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Jason Ross
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I'm sad I missed this.
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Do you want me to timestamp when I rank *all* the posters or just when I rank you?
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We'll be live after every game. Come spend some time with us, We're taking questions, reacting, etc. (It'll be a lot more fun when we win, but even during a loss we'll be live)
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Hell yes.
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Insurance!
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Only in the playoffs. Because why not make your league look closer and closer to an Eastern European Hockey team on the biggest stage?
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They should turn down the difficuluty on Mason Miller from HoF to like, veteran, just to be fair.
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Jackson Merril did have a very good year last year! Jackson Merril was just as good as Ian Happ *this* year. How many players have had statistically good outlier years and then never replicated them? Even last year, that would require Jackson Merril to be a 9 win player. He was a 5.3 win player. Happ is consistently 3-high 3 wins. He's not even "two times" the player. At his best, he's been about 1.5 wins or so better. But we don't have any data to suggest that's going to be the norm. In 2025, they've been nearly identical. Here's another data point: xwOBA - Happ: .363 and Merril - .360 We don't need to be hyperbolic.
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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.
