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Jason Ross
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Everything posted by Jason Ross
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One thing that's important: Pete cooled off, but his approach didn't. And that's new information. We've seen him run a pattern of: better approach, get hot, go nuclear, get overly aggressive, cool off terribly and stay aggressive. This time the calm demeanor at the plate is there post nuclear cooloff. And it comes with a mechanical change. I don't think he's super-saiyan walk guy, but I kind of buy the approach mostly sticking around.
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Sadly, Miller hadn't pitched since the 23rd and Morejon hadn't been used in a few days. I'd assume both are perfectly fine for tomorrow. Adam is probably down, though.
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They probably *can't*. But when it does go to hell for a week, these are the games that will balance it out. If there's a small benefit, the Cubs do seem to be finding a few guys. Ryan Rollison looks like a guy. Jacob Webb looks like a guy. Tyler Ferguson is showing you he might be a guy. It's a start. It's not great, but it's a start. You can begin to squint and see what it could look like if Palencia comes back, you trade for a reliever or two, and maybe add Wiggins or a few of these pop-up prospects. Please, word, don't ruin it because I said nice things
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Good news is that the Cubs bullpen situation is probably at a decent spot headed into tomorrow and Wednesday. You've got an off day Thursday. The only arms you used tonight were Hollowell, Thornton and Thielbar. Puts a few other guys in play who probably were down tonight. And you've got Assad to eat bulk.
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I kind of understand the send. Miller is a killer and you don't expect many flyballs against him. He strikes out over 50% of hitters. He gets 50% of ground balls when you hit the ball in play. That's a pretty low chance at a fly-ball. It was shallow but required a good throw. But you also probably have to trust Seiya more in that situation. Regardless, Seiya made it happen. We love W's.
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SEIYAAAAAAAAAAA
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Good job Alex.
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A little shot of optimism for everyone: Bregman is a career 0-5 against Miller with 3 Ks,
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Bregman gonna walk it off. (I'll delete this when I'm wrong. Also if I just keep guessing one day I'll probably be right)
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I don't know how Thornton keeps doing this.
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With peer pressure we can bully him into joining the others.
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Great throw Amaya.
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Cubs have to lead the league in pitchers who wear goggles/glasses.
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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.
