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At least the Tigers have Eduardo Rodriguez going tonight against the Reds Connor Phillips who got lit up in his first career start last time out. Giants are losing 5-1 (I thought it was a night game, whoops). -
After losing 2 series over a 2 month span, they're about to lose back to back series with one of them being against the worst team in the NL. The team is running on fumes right now. This is the 27th game for the Cubs in the last 27 days.
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The good news is that losing the tiebreaker to the Rockies isn't going to matter
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Damn, I ignored the game hoping to come back to a comfortable lead. Man we suck hard right now.
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I was thrilled to have PCA up but wasn't looking forward to him getting ABs in key spots like he has several times this series.
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Not taking advantage of a bases loaded 1 out situations gonna hurt
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David Ross is not going to have the patience for PCA striking out looking with the bases loaded
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Bases loaded and 1 out for PCA. No K's or GIDPs please
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55% of Wisdom's PAs this year have been one of the 3 true outcomes. He chooses walk this time.
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Nice start Taillon
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Another out on the bases, thats 5 this series...
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Except Seiya who looks at 2 straight strikes
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Good start Morel. Couldn't score on a single though, hopefully he's not stranded at 3rd
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Other relevant games today: 2:45 CT - Guardians @ Giants (SF 3.5 GB w/o tiebreaker) 5:40 CT - Reds @ Tigers (CIN 3.0 GB own tiebreaker) 5:40 CT - Braves @ Phillies (PHI 1.5 GA own tiebreaker) 6:10 CT - Diamondbacks @ Mets (ARI 2.0 GB own tiebreaker by going 1-2 or better this weekend) 6:40 CT - Marlins @ Brewers (MIA 3.5 GB own tiebreaker - Brewers 4.0 GA, own tiebreaker by going 2-1 or better at end of season) Worst case scenario: Cubs end the night with a 1 game cushion over WC3, 2 game cushion over playoff cut line, 2.5 GB Phillies for WC1, 5 GB Brewers in Central) Best case scenario: Cubs end the night with a 3 game cushion over WC3, 4 game cushion over playoff cut line, 0.5 GB Phillies for WC1, 4 GB Brewers in Central - Or if you care more about the division, 3.5 game cushion over playoff cut line and 3 GB Brewers in Central)
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How many players do the Bears have that are top 10 in the league at their position? 0? Maybe Edmunds? I think Jaylen Johnson is underrated but not sure he's a top 10 corner. DJ Moore is good but I can easily name 10 WRs I like more. Way too soon to rip Poles for this draft but I remember there being quite a few headscratchers on draft night...hopefully his evaluations are right and they develop into good talents. This team has a lot more solid football players on it which should theoretically raise the floor of the team, but not as much the ceiling. And its hard to not have more solid football players when last year 60% of the roster were cast offs and practice squad caliber guys
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You risk losing him....or maybe it helps him realize that he's in a contract year and doesn't want his big payday to be a 1 year prove it deal after he's a healthy scratch the last 16 games of the season.
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PCA back in the lineup today but Wisdom and Amaya too. Expected Amaya with the day game but that might be a rough bottom 3 of the lineup (or maybe PCA will get it going with the bat!)
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Yeah the offense hasn't regularly looked the same since the Braves series, though they have had moments of competence. Breakdown using my favorite arbitrary start/endpoints ( i can see your eyes rolling): First 93 games of the season: .247/.325/.398/.722 Next 19 games of the season: .303/.376/.531/.907 Since then (34 games): .244/.308/.413/.721 Of course that first 93 games contained a hot streak to start the season, a terrible may, a middling June before starting the 19 game hot streak during the Nationals series in July. It's just a very streaky offense.
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Speaking of benching Claypool:
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Yeah, missed practice doesn't excuse the effort that we saw. What message does it send to the players when a guy was so blatantly loafing it during a game to the detriment of the team and gets to keep playing? Especially for a team with a coach that constantly talks about not loafing it on the field being one of his defining principles. If he's not held accountable the team will notice.
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I think the thing that drives me nuts is that we are making it so much harder on ourselves. Every team chasing us except the Giants has won the tiebreaker against us which is pretty damn significant in a tight race, and little things like losing back to back 9th inning leads against the Reds, or losing 3 straight 1 run games to the Marlins or losing 1-0 and then in extra innings on back to back days against the Diamondbacks are the reasons we don’t hold the tiebreaker against any of them. Other than the Giants we seem to save our most painful damaging losses for the teams that we most need to beat. *I realize we haven’t officially lost the tiebreaker to Arizona yet but it’s very likely
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I was looking at the numbers against their ****** starter and despite only 3 ER, they managed 9 hits and 2 walks in 5.1 IP, so they hit him pretty well. Why only 3 ER? Well giving them an out on the bases in 3 separate innings begins to explain that. -Instead of 1st and 3rd and 2 outs for Swanson in the 1st the inning was over. -Instead of a runner on 1st and 1 out in the 2nd, it became Madrigal hitting with the bases empty and 2 outs -Instead of a runner on 3rd with 0 outs in the 5th, it was bases empty 1 out and of course Nico singled later in the inning.
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I'm chalking this up as one of those "we're a good team not a great team" losses. Sometimes your taped and cobbled together pitching staff struggles to hold a bad offense down (obviously the offense needs to do more too). I see people on twitter saying the Dodgers or Braves would have rolled over Colorado. They probably would have. We're not the Braves or Dodgers. We might be able to beat one of them in a short series if hot but they are clearly superior teams.
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While true, you put yourself in that situation by walking or hitting the bases loaded. But yeah easily could have struck out and maybe they score 0 runs that inning. Either way, we're not playing good baseball right now and its frustrating as hell as we hit the final stretch.
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PHI 1.5 GA CHC -- ARI 2.0 GB --------- CIN 3,.0 GB SF 3.5 GB (if they finish their loss otherwise 2.5 GB) MIA 3.5 GB
