Yeah but this is standard for a new kid coming up. It’s a game of adjustments. We have seen that Bote has a good approach and hits the ball hard. If he can make the adjustments he will be more than fine. If he doesn’t, he will be like the hundreds of other kids that come up with a good bat and don’t pan out.
Yeah. Really can’t see a scenario where they don’t shut him down and start over, unless he by some miracle just has cramps. If they shut him down for any length of time I don’t know if it’s possible for him to come back and able to he counted on in October
So were again looking at Lester, Hendricks, Hamels, Monty/Quintana in the PO rotation Dammit I was really hoping Darvish could come back and pitch like a #1 or #2 with a fresh arm. Oh well
They better not call this leading with the head penalty as frequently in the regular season as they are in the preseason. Edit: that last one was pretty legit but there have been some ridiculous ones throughout the league
Hamels has accumulated 1.2 bWAR in 4 starts which puts him 0.1 behind Hendricks for 2nd best Cubs starter and 0.4 behind Lester for most valuable Cubs starter