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  1. UMFan83
    So nice when it’s the other team’s bullpen that is walking everyone in sight.
  2. UMFan83
    No Cardinals gamethread up yet so... Completely forgot that because of the Cardinals super spreader event last year the Cubs never actually visited St. Louis. Of course making fun of their COVID struggles seems harsh now since they managed to pass the 85% threshold and the Cubs won't
  3. UMFan83
    It’s seriously unbelievable how good the Cubs bullpen has been this season. Whatever Jed and co. are doing there keep it up
  4. UMFan83
    The kid that managed to put the ball into play again deGrom is going to tell his grandkids about it.
  5. UMFan83
    Tbf I don’t think they’re trying to change him or consider him a project so much as he’s cheap, healthy, and likely was better than most 5th starters on opening day rosters I’m really looking forward to him being bounced, don’t think there was ever any expectations that Trevor Williams was going to lock down a rotation spot all year His ERA the prior 2 years was 6.18 and 5.38. They had to have seen something they thought they could fix to get him back to 2018 performance when he was actually pretty damn good. There had to have been better pitching options out there for relatively cheap but I'm too lazy to go back and see. But I feel like coming off of his performances the previous 2 years he seems like a guy that would have signed a minor league deal with an invite to ML camp not a major league deal for $2.5m
  6. UMFan83
    i mean this is usually a pretty winning strategy, given the Bucs terrible record of tinkering too much with pitchers It's a great strategy if you're the A's or the Twins, not if you're a major market team in the last year of their offensive core window Of course, that would mean not trading Darvish either, but here we are Joe Musgrove is working out great for the win-now Padres who have spent a ton of money the last 2 years. Jameson Taillon hasnt worked out so far but the Yankees invested in him. Gerrit Cole helped the Astros win a pennant The Rays are small market so it doesnt match your criteria but Tyler Glasnow is another example of a talented Pirates pitcher who was rehabbed and became an elite pitcher who pitched in the World Series last year. Why wouldn't you take advantage of that? I get your point we shouldn't be relying on scrapheap guys while trading away guys like Darvish but the Pirates in particular have been ripe with talented pitchers that are turned around on a different team.
  7. UMFan83
    Kyle Schwarber this series - 2-10, 2 HR, 3 K, 3 BB. Some things never change. (still love you schwarbs)
  8. UMFan83
    I mean if they thought they found something they could fix, I don't mind them trying it. It's sort of what happened with Jake in 2013. If it works they have cheap starter production and/or a guy you can get value from at the deadline, if it doesn't you have other rotation options and you didnt spend a lot on him.
  9. UMFan83
    Kyle Hendricks took up the mantle as a tribute to Jon
  10. UMFan83
    I was told he has good peripherals...but he doesnt pass the eye test. And his recent historical data doesn't point in his favor. No idea what the Cubs are trying to change with him though. I try to be patient with projects like this, but you gotta give me something to keep the faith.
  11. UMFan83
    Is there a particular reason Duffy didn’t swing there?
  12. UMFan83
    The Cubs might have actually been pretty decent if they had starting pitching
  13. UMFan83
    Wtf Jake. What a stupid inning so far
  14. UMFan83
    Can we not put him in a game until 4 more players around the league make their big league debuts? I want him to be the 20,000th MLB player
  15. UMFan83
    Cubs night games before Memorial Day and after Labor Day have been starting at 6:30 since 2019. I have no idea how I haven't noticed that. Assume it has to do with school nights.
  16. UMFan83
    Any idea why all these night games are starting at 6:30 in this series? I thought maybe the Cubs decided to make their night games start at 6:30 for the season but looking at their upcoming home games they go back to 7:15 after this series for the most part. Also when looking at up i noticed that after this series 34 of the Cubs next 55 games are on the road. 34 road, 21 home. Seems rough
  17. UMFan83
    It's always hilarious to me how the Cubs managed to score 9 runs in that game in this way: 1: Groundout 2: Groundout 3: Wild Pitch 4-5: Double down the line 6: Dropped 3rd Strike/error 7: HBP 8: a "double" which was really a misplay by Werth that allowed a ball to go under his glove and by him 9: Groundout 1 legitimate RBI hit in the game and it was just barely enough to win a must win game.
  18. UMFan83
    Way to manage a clubhouse.
  19. UMFan83
    There are just 5 teams in the NL with a positive run differential. The Cubs are one of those 5 teams.
  20. UMFan83
    Ugh I hate dropped third strikes
  21. UMFan83
    I don’t think I’ll ever be comfortable with Winkler pitching ever. I know his ERA is like 0.70 but I just can’t be confident in him.
  22. UMFan83
    5 of the last 6 hitters have gotten hits off Davies and not many of them were cheap
  23. UMFan83
    Tony LaRussa and his stupid unwritten roles and no fun in baseball horsefeathers is a big reason why I loathed the Cardinals so much. Matheny carried the torch and was almost as bad. Shildt hasn't been nearly as bad which must be why I don't hate the Cardinals quite as much as I used to (though I still hate them).
  24. UMFan83
    Nance looked like a baller out there. Painting the corners at 97. I’m excited
  25. UMFan83
    Really? For $2.5m more than we paid Trevor Williams we could have gotten Lester who couldn’t pitch much worse than what Williams has given us. Williams has decent peripherals and better actual stuff. Plus minor league options if we want to shoot him down to Iowa to get straightened out. Lester as a franchise hero would have had to get run out there every 5 days pretty much regardless. That's why I really didn't want him back. Tepera has looked real good for the last 2-3 weeks I hope when his stats catch up with his peripherals, he is pitching longer than 3-4 innings in his starts
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