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  1. Jason Ross
    Good win. Hard fought.
  2. Jason Ross
    This is correct. Ball hits a batter, swing or no swing and its a dead ball. Runner on 1st under 2 outs - batter cannot advance. Runner one 1st with 2 ours - batter can advance Always stupid: dropped third strike rule
  3. Jason Ross
    Dropped third strike is a stupid rule in general. "Oh the hitter swung at a ball so horrendously bad that the catcher couldn't possibly catch it. Give 'em first base".
  4. Jason Ross
    I also mentioned Shaw hadn't been hitting it in the air a lot. He homered.
  5. Jason Ross
    Right on cue. He was my deep-cut-for-prospect-sickos name drop on the pod today. I appreciate him making me look good. Thanks, Eli.
  6. Jason Ross
    The push and pull with aggressive hitters and good hit tools; learning just because you can hit a thing doesn't mean you should. Rookie stuff. Its cool, he will learn.
  7. Jason Ross
    I think Tucker should do that too.
  8. Jason Ross
    Give it three weeks. We are a cyclical bunch.
  9. Jason Ross
    I wouldn't worry about it. Even if we want to go with the thought that hitters hit better in different spots in the order (not something I really subscribe to), Swanson's best wRC+ over his career is in the 6th spot. His second worst is the 8 spot. Swanson will eventually cool off. But thats because he's always a streaky hitter.
  10. Jason Ross
    Strong first from Brown. Key for him is getting ahead. Hes very predictable when behind, but getting ahead allows him to use his two pitch mix with deception. More of that, especially against a bad lineup.
  11. Jason Ross
    Busch almost assuredly cannot keep up defensively at 3b. If he could, it wouldn't be starting now, it'd have happened sometime last year when Morel couldn't, either. We gotta stop pretending the not-3b is a 3b.
  12. Jason Ross
    This. Michael Busch isn't a 3b.
  13. Jason Ross
    Well, to be fair to Turner, Turner and Happ are not interchangeable. Turner's really here to be a 1b platoon (primarily against LHP) and some deep 3b coverage. Happ neither needs a platoon hitter nor is 1b/3b option. Turner's primary role doesn't really change sans-Happ. I agree that Turner's probably trending in a direction where the Cubs will have to make a decision on him at some juncture. He's still in a sample size where if you want to believe it's a combination of slump/sporadic playing time you can believe it as he's still sitting at 70 PA's over 1.5 months. I know the eye test looks like something else, but people were flipping out over 92 PA's of bad Swanson (30 wRC+), it's not like 70 is some impossible tailspin. As of now, the Cubs still have a vested interest in figuring out what they have in Turner and hoping it's a slump versus being toasted. Especially because I'm not sure there's going to be an easy trade target for a bit. Until then, it's either Turner or like a rookie such as Jonathon Long.
  14. Jason Ross
    Miller seems possible. Could also be Nate Pearson, who's just been bad, seemingly, wherever he's pitched this year. I'd guess it's between those two.
  15. Jason Ross
    Hey, offense is fun!
  16. Jason Ross
    It'll be nice for a while not to see the best-teams-in-baseball on a daily basis. Take care of the next month winning 3 out of every 5 games or so, and the Cubs will be in a great place.
  17. Jason Ross
    Fun W.
  18. Jason Ross
    Drew Pomeranz *looks* based on demeanor and appearance like he belongs in my adult league.
  19. Jason Ross
    Everyone leaves a few pitches in hittable spots. They happen. Strong pitch shape, movement, and other offerings create situations where even when you leave a ball hittable, you still miss barrels and players just mishit them. He generated a lot of whiff, he didn't have multiple hitter-streaks of walks. One of the jams he was in was effectively a HBP and then a mistake by Amaya. That's a good first appearance.
  20. Jason Ross
    Really successful first 4. He got 9 whiffs on under 75 pitches. Never really lost the control. One hung slider will make the ERA look worse than the appearance was.
  21. Jason Ross
    Damnit. Hung it.
  22. Jason Ross
    *Nasty*
  23. Jason Ross
    Good job getting out of it. The slider to Lindor was a good pitch.
  24. Jason Ross
    Good first inning for the kid. Very economical.
  25. Jason Ross
    Here he comes.
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