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Jason Ross
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Everything posted by Jason Ross
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Stupid challenge.
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Pete's gonna walk, and Bregman's going to make-up for yesterday with the bases loaded hit. (I'll delete this if I'm wrong)
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Uh...Manny...what you doin?
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Really good grouping on the split finger. And he kept the fastball generally up in unhittable spots.
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Solid performance from Shota to get six tonight. He kept the ball on the ground, gave up a few more hits than normal, but still generated a good amount of whiff. Cubs bullpen really needed someone to clear innings tonight.
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Who has debated his k-rate is elevated? But since when is posting a wRC+ over your career averae a "bad season"? His career wRC+ is 117 and he's got a 121 on the year. Regale me.
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Forgive me too, friend. The Brewers are a great org. In fact, what they do can't be repeated in many ways. The Cubs hired Craig Counsel and the Mets hired David Sterns and neither have had the magic. I think it goes to show that the organization is just well run. A comment Craig made recently, though, I think kind of gets to some of the root of it. Basically, it was that as a big market it's a lot harder to just mix and match, and throw away what isn't working. The Cubs, for example, made a significant commitment to Alex Bregman and they just can't pull the plug; they have to let him work through it. But the Brewers don't invest in players like that; so when Player X is bad...they just dump them. They churn through players until they find one who works. It's how they ended on guys like Kyle Harrison, Quinn Priester (last year) and Andrew Vaughn. And I think that's part of their secret sauce. I think the Brewers have a keen eye for development but also have a lot of wiggle room to move on from a guy when it just isn't clicking immediately. So I think that's the magic.
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Minor League Discussion & Boxes, 6-29-26
Jason Ross replied to CaliforniaRaisin's topic in Cubs Minor League Talk
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If you expand that out just two plate appearances he has a 104 wRC+. Is that amazing? No. But it's 4% better than average. If you expand it to his last 122 PA's he has a 128 wRC+, which is 10% better than his career average. Arbitrary end points can create whatever argument you want them to.
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Bring back the Milwaukee catchers for challenges only.
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Good first.
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So, a few things. 1. Brewers Magic is not derogatory. They've done an admirable job, dating back to 2018, in building a strong, top-to-bottom organization. Their magic is in part positive variance but variance they help create. That's why they've been good. 2. They didn't magically become good 2.5 years ago. They really began the "Brewer breakout" in 2018 when they caught the Cubs late in the year. From 2018-2023 they were 14th in runs scored. Offense has only really kicked up recently when some of their big offensive prospects have come up. 3. Payroll has literally nothing to do with my article. 4. That's a really oddball takeaway from an article on Bryse Wilson. The point of this was not to denigrate Milwaukee, but to focus on how the Cubs used a playbook that Milwaukee has often used themselves; one of using unsung heroes to steal a game when on paper, they may not have been the team you'd have bet on.
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Ben Brown got hit all over the field last year. He also needed a rework of his repertoire. Remember how bad against lefties he was? Now he throws a sinker and a changeup with more confidence. And it's not a 1:1. Nothing I said suggests that Jordan Wicks will become Ben Brown. But that if we left this board, or really, Cubs fans in general decide who was worthy, they'd have thrown away both Ben Brown and Justin Steele years before they'd have broken out. People need more patience. Pitchers break out in their mid-20s. Especially pitchers who have dealt with injury delays...which all three of my examples have. I'm not sure what the future holds for Jordan Wicks. He really may never manifest as an MLB mainstay. But he's not so old or untalented that he can't breakout in some way, either. But many (too many) treat him as an extreme after thought.
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Hollowell and Alcantara recalled. Shaw to IL as is Roberts. I feel like the Roberts one is not a real one; but they needed to have a pitcher "hurt" to get Gavin back.
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Yeah, Wilson was just "solid". I think he got a little help from luck (the Brewers just didn't do anything with RISP all weekend). I think he got a little help from himself. But he looked like he belonged in the MLB for one day. And I think he'll stick around for a bit. Even if just incase of another injury to the rotation. Funny aside, as I realized I typed in "one day" again (shocker, I wrote an article with some sort of pop culture undertone); the real driving force behind this article was the song "Heroes" which I was certain was written by the Wallflowers, and I learned that no, that's a cover, and it was originally a David Bowie song. So, uh, thanks Bryse Wilson for the music lesson.
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Yeah, it was a fun day from him. I wouldn't expect it often, but those kinds of performances are fun. You went into yesterday thinking "ugh" and it turned out to be an emotional, exciting game. Truthfully one of the special things about baseball. When you play 162 every game has the opportunity for very surprising moments.
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My favorite comment any announcer made all day was when they mentioned Wilson was good at football. Yeah, I'm not surprised.
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Who has suggested the Cubs use him as a leverage reliever in any serious manner recently? This sounds like a manufactured complaint more than anything. We can't believe Outshined was suggesting it any other way than tongue-in-cheek he added Liam Hendricks who is a late 30s pitcher making his debut in the Complex league right now. I've seen people suggest before that he could become a trusted reliever at some point, and most of those opinions have come well before 2026. i don't see anyone clamoring for Jordan Wicks as a legitimate 8th inning option today. The entire thread yesterday was groaning and whining that he was even on the roster. As of now Jordan Wicks is 26. He's a former 1st round pick who has had some flashes of MLB use while also dealing with a handful of injuries that may have sapped his upside or maybe has just set him back. There's still MLB capability there. And maybe one day he can work back into a rotation. Wouldnt be a crazy outcome.
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To be fair, I don't think he was being serious about Wicks closing in September. That said, Wicks passed any eye test you could have asked for yesterday. It's the first eye test here past in a while, but he did well. Even the walk wasn't really a walk. Let's not forget, last summer this board was ready to take Ben Brown and shoot him to the moon. Justin Steele had his first good year at age-26. I'm not entirely ready to take Jordan Wicks and punt him into space.
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Knee injury. "Inflammation"
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Padres bullpen isn't in great shape either. It's probably less abused than ours, but multiple guys have gone 20+ last two days. I think they need innings from him. Factor in the brutal heat about to be faced and there are four or five guys on there that could *really* use the day off.
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Minor League Discussion & Boxes, 6-29-26
Jason Ross replied to CaliforniaRaisin's topic in Cubs Minor League Talk
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2026 MLB Draft
Jason Ross replied to CaliforniaRaisin's topic in MLB Draft, International Signings, Amateur Baseball
Carlos Collazo of BA had his 5.0 Mock drop today. A few other names of relevancy: 24. Taylor Rabe 26. Cade Townshend 28. Zion Rose 29. Teagan Kuhns 32. Hunter Deitz 37. Daniel Jackson
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Correct. But they've recently been calling guys up and down, and with the rules they can't keep recalling the same players unless an injury occurs. There's a pause. It may cause the club to need to DFA someone to add someone else. I don't have every one of those tracked off my head. As well, Iowa has been churning through relievers, no guarantee any specific guy isn't also down because of use over the weekend. The Iowa Cubs had Christian Bethancourt pitch yesterday, for example. That's the Cubs depth catcher. I don't think it's their first plan. But it may be a requirement regardless. Wilson has a negative career fWAR so it's not a particularly difficult choice if they are forced to make it.
