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Tomorrow's starter...........Ben Brown -
6-4 in our last 10 Sundays 🙂
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Rumors are the DBacks are looking for pitching prospects specifically in trades. Doesn't mean it can't be done without them but it seems to be what they are pushing for.
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My thing is, young hitters often go through a series of adjustments as pitchers learn how to exploit them. Even if Shaw has figured out something, it doesn't necessarily mean he won't go through another period of adjustments. To me I'd rather have a 50 HR righty bashing HRs than take the chance that Shaw is going through adjustments with pitchers exploiting a weakness. There is 0 chance we resign Suarez and the 3B role is almost certainly his next year. He can still get 3 starts a week to keep him in the lineup if we trade for Suarez. All that said Suarez only makes sense to me if it comes with 2-3 arms added. If they get Suarez and like a pen arm or Suarez and a back of the rotation starter, I'd much rather go a different route and ride with Shaw.
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Cubs back in 1st. Thanks Miami
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W. Big with a bullpen game tomorrow
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I was relaxed about this game until I saw Pressly in. Again I know his overall numbers are decent but he just doesn’t make me comfortable. and just like that a HR and a single
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Why do they always do this to Seiya specifically?
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Damn, thought that might be gone. Either way nice contact off a lefty for Busch. He seems to keep getting better against them
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Or if any of the OFers need a day off or god forbid injuries, it opens up Suarez at DH and Shaw at 3B. You can probably get him 3 starts a week still.
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BINGO edit: damn beaten
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Ironically this was posted 15 mins ago: honestly I’m not sure how I’d feel, it would depend on the other moves we made. We’d still need a minimum of 1 starter and pen arm. As for Shaw, very encouraging and the smart people can tell us how sustainable it is, but the Cubs lineup could definitely use a power hitting right handed batter with 3 of the 4 best power hitters being lefty. If you can get a guy who could hit 50 HRs this year for the middle of the order it’s enticing even if it puts a pause on Shaw’s rise imo. It makes the Cubs lineup that much more difficult to pitch to when you can mix in another righty power bat But at the same time I won’t complain if the Cubs like what they see from Shaw and don’t pull the trigger on upgrading 3B. Offense isn’t generally a problem for the Cubs.
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but I was told the season is over and we should all find something else to do with our lives
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nope
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The one downside of this new righty lineup is the top of the order consists of 3 lefties in the first 4 batters which leaves the Cubs susceptible against teams with good lefties in their pen. Not that a non-slumping Tucker is bad against lefties, but PCA and Busch are both noticeably worse against lefties. Its definitely something teams can exploit late in games. Though ideally the Cubs have a big lead because they load up the lineup with power hitting lefties earlier in the game against a righty starter.
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103.9 exit velocity on that HR
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lol I was kidding, going along with the 'were not going to give Ian Happ any credit' theme
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Good point, don't want Shaw coming up with no one on base
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he did
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Well I mean it just barely got out lol
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It's been known to happen. Don't know if every young pitcher is shut down. If the Cubs are planning to shut him down eventually, perhaps its a good idea to stretch him out a day like today when he's thrown 6 shutout innings.
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No doubt he's been pretty off lately and its super frustrating but fans are saying Tucker is actually terrible
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Do you try to get a 7th out of Horton knowing that a dreaded bullpen game awaits tomorrow?
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At least we're not the Tigers, about to be 1-12 in their last 13
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Cubs twitter is starting to turn on Kyle Tucker hard lol
