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  1. UMFan83
    I was just addressing the idea that this particular lineup leaves us vulnerable to strong RH relievers later in the game.
  2. UMFan83
    True but Turner can be subbed with Busch at any point and PCA can hit for Kelly or Shaw (subbing in McGuire or Berti afterwards)
  3. UMFan83
    A little funny because as someone pointed out, Lodolo is slightly worse against lefties this year, but the Cubs are running out their most RH lineup possible (unless you subbed Berti for Tucker).
  4. UMFan83
    Is there a meteorological reason for the 2 straight years for the high number of wind blowing in games? From what I've read, historically it's about 33/33/33 between in, out and cross-wind. But last year it was like 46/16/38 in favor of blowing in and this year doesn't have easy to compile data that I can find but its gotta be something similar. We're not in an El Niño or La Niña so it's not that. Could just be random luck and the wind happens to be blowing out heavily when the Cubs are out of town. But it's very strange....one year is a blip, 2 years seems like the beginnings of a trend if it continues.
  5. UMFan83
    Wow I'm just hoping they get at least 1 from the 1927 Yankees.
  6. UMFan83
    Don Draper voice (via ChatGPT): You can tell any story you want about a baseball player. All it takes is choosing the right starting point. Pick a 15-game hot streak and he's a future Hall of Famer. Highlight a cold stretch and suddenly he's a bust. That’s not analysis, it’s authorship. You’re not uncovering truth, you’re shaping perception. People want numbers to confirm what they already believe. They want to feel smart, justified, certain. So we slice the data to fit the narrative. A slump sells panic, a streak sells hope. The illusion is that it’s objective, because there’s a stat behind it. But it’s still a sales job. Baseball is full of streaks, full of noise. The truth is always messier than the story we tell. But the story is what sticks.
  7. UMFan83
    fair
  8. UMFan83
    I’ve been doing this for years. It’s just a way to show the length and depth of recent slumps. I'm not making grand claims about the players or the team, and I’m fully aware the endpoints are arbitrary. Baseball is full of streaks, good and bad, and eventually most guys hit again. This is just a snapshot of how rough it’s been lately, not a prediction or deep analysis, just a data dump. Like, saying 'Seiya has a .494 OPS over his last 14 games' doesn’t mean that’s who he is, it just illustrates how cold he’s been in that stretch.
  9. UMFan83
    Which I readily admitted
  10. UMFan83
    Slump tracking because I'm the weird kind of person who does this horsefeathers: Seiya Suzuki last 14 games: 6-49, 1 2B, 2 RBI, 35% K%, 17% BB% (good), .122/.271/.143/.414 Kyle Tucker last 27 games: 21-93, 4 2B, 1 HR, 9 RBI, 16% K%, 18% BB%, .226/.365/.301/.666 Michael Busch last 21 games: 12-73, 3 HR, 5 RBI, 33% K%, 7% BB%, .164/.256/.288/.544 Dansby Swanson last 17 games: 12-66, 1 2B, 1 HR, 8 RBI, 40% K%, 6% BB%, .194/.242/.257/.499 Carson Kelly last 9 games: 6-28, 1 2B, 2 RBI, 18% K%, 9% BB%, .214/.324/.250/.574 Ian Happ showing signs of life so I'll leave him out of this but can put together an ugly stat line using arbitrary end points also On the plus side, despite some struggles, PCA has continued to get enough hits to not be in a true slump, Nico has hit very well the last month or so. Shaw has fallen off in terms of production the last couple of games but still liking his ABs overall.
  11. UMFan83
    KB vs. Rockies in 2015 parallel? lol
  12. UMFan83
    I was already typing my complaint that Turner is our ****** ass bench option and a sarcastic remark about looking forward to the deadline so we could fix that. But he shut me up before I could even say it.
  13. UMFan83
    YESSSSSS we needed that
  14. UMFan83
    I’m shocked a lefty is lined up to face our lefties
  15. UMFan83
    Yep…
  16. UMFan83
    Add struggling closer to the list of issues with the Cubs right now. Even getting the job done he’s allowed some hard contact lately.
  17. UMFan83
    And a leadoff double lmao
  18. UMFan83
    Yeah, pessimistic or optimistic, its hard to deny this series has not been fun to watch.
  19. UMFan83
    Brewers scored 38 runs in their 3 game sweep of the Nats, 38-14 combined score with 7 of the 14 Nats runs coming in garbage time with the Nats down 10+ runs. Meanwhile the Cubs have scored 7 runs all series. Cubs need 6 more runs today to prevent the Brewers from jumping them in run differential
  20. UMFan83
    Well we got through the heart of the order that inning. Palencia will have 6,7,8 in the 9th
  21. UMFan83
    Feel like 60% of PCAs at bats lately have been against lefties and he’s struggling
  22. UMFan83
    This ump blows
  23. UMFan83
    Incoming lefty to face PCA im guessing i mean it doesn’t help that everyone is slumping but feels like teams are game planning the cubs offense better
  24. UMFan83
    No wonder pitchers keep hammering Seiya outside with all the terrible strikes called against him
  25. UMFan83
    Are the Cubs doing the thing where they do all their hitting in one game of the series? lol
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