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Ian Happ fWAR: 2.8 Jackson Merril fWAR: 3.0 Ian Happ wRC+: 116 Jackson Merril wRC+: 116 I'm not very good at math, but that isn't "three times" the player. That seems like, exactly as good as the other. Maybe you have Happ bunt, maybe you don't - some players just aren't good at it and by bunting you put yourself in an even worse position than the swing, but for the love of god, stop the Ian Happ hate.
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Yeah, he hit it hard. Sadly, the recipe for a double play usually includes two good ingredients: someone else had to be on base (a good thing) and someone had to hit the ball hard (a good thing).
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Alright, Tucker. Let's get a big one.
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I think with how the lineup is going to roll over, you'll get the lefties in the 7th and then you'll be mostly RHP in the 8th and 9th. Like you'll see Sheets and Croenenworth soon, but then it'll be back to the Tatis-RHH top.
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BABIP luck going our way here. Nice.
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...but why?
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Me, a history teacher.
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Thielbar - Kittredge - Keller should be the blueprint from here. Lets find an insurance run somewhere and take this.
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I love when he runs the clock down,
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Feel like we got a little lucky. I don't think he went.
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We probably did a little. But I think the narrative of "oh no it's the Cubs offense again!" that this thread had been hard on is just not an accurate description of what's going on. He's generating those whiffs largely due to his own pitching. I don't think we were helping him nearly to the degree people here think. I'd say it's 70/30 in favor of Nick.
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He was doing this. Stats wise, it has merit. A little less against a RHP, but it remains statistical viable for someone like Pete.
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BACK TO horsefeathers BACK
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In his defense, both of those swings only had an xBA of .300.
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I don't think that's what this says. Another way; this is a pivotal moment. The Padres have their best hitters up and the Cubs offense hasn't gotten going. You cannot afford a run here. Mentally and on the scoreboard. So bring in a guy you think will shut this horsefeathers down regardless of whatever designation he has. The Cubs still have Kitttredge and Keller from the right side.
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To be fair, especially to Shaw, the likely reason he chased the fastball is because he got stuck with a strike-2 call that was *not* a strike (per Statcast). Good pitching; Pivetta went fastball outside the zone further than the bad called strike and generated a whiff. On one hand, yes, Shaw should not swing at that. But that's also good pitching and a little bit of favorable umping on the call. It's not as cut and dry as one thing or another.
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Yeah, might be a good time to just have Pomeranz up and running.
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Missed a few pitches, but Pivetta also doing good work out there.
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Dansby.
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Fun strikeout there.
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Exactly. He probably froze initially just to ensure it was a ground ball. That ball was hit 101mph off the bat and did go 65 feet, so it wasn't too far from Swanson when it actually got down. Last thing he was going to do was get doubled off with zero outs. He would have scored if it was more clearly a groundball because he'd have gone on pure contact. With 0 outs you're much more cautious.
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Ignore if he strikes out. I'll delete.
