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Everything posted by Jason Ross
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Goddamnit, Shaw cannot buy a hit right now!
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Beautiful start for Cade. I'd assume he's done after that (you can usually tell he's done when the fastball drops to the 94mph range). But great game. The changeup is becoming a legitimate plus pitch before our eyes. That's how you become a rotational anchor.
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It's been coming along. He was really strong with it against Washington as well. Not the first time we've seen it good, but with how left-handed this lineup is, we have never seen him rely on it this much. This is big big development from him. Fastball-slider struggled against opposite side (i.e. see Wesneski and Alzolay). Changeup plays so strong against LHH as a righty.
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Okay, Reese. Do your thing.
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With Shaw's progress on process, I'm actually not sure they will. Shaw's within reach of league wRC+ for 3b. And defensively he's been good. There's ceiling there, even in 2025. I think they'll sell out for a controlled SP and go with a Urias or Castro at 3b as a backup type who hits LHP for Busch.
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100%. I like Counsell, but I think he msiread this. Cantillo has been used exclusively as a RP in the majors but has started plenty in the MiLB. This lineup screams "opener" with PCA in the 4 spot and Busch hitting 6th (what you'd see against a RHP not a LHP). They got caught out, though, as Cantillo went 4 and then they went lefty behind him.
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My guess is they were literally trying to "steal" a base. Moreso than a "stolen base" applies. Rocchio is a groundball merchant, hitting them nearly 50% of the time. Cade Horton gets 47% ground balls so far. So you have groundball merchant+groundball merchant, but a SP who has a tendency to sometimes spike a slider. So you hope in a 1-2 count (after he went high-fastball) that he goes back to the slider and you can stay out of a double play.
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Minor League Discussion & Boxes, 7-3-25
Jason Ross replied to CaliforniaRaisin's topic in Cubs Minor League Talk
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Even funnier considering how the PA started. "I'd love to ask Cade if he thinks Naylor was going to go there" says Boog. Cubs seemed to have known.
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What a tag by Dansby.
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Cade, give me the four-seam on the hands and low right here. He gets that, he gets the double play.
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Yep. xBA of .270 and .220. Bad luck. Maybe you get one of those, but both getting through is annoying.
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He's basically been forced off his second best pitch due to the LHH. He's had to throw his changeup almost 50% more than his slider. Pretty great performance to this point considering.
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He'd come up in almost any position with RISP, the Cubs get on base the 6th most in baseball. Hitting fifth means he's hitting directly behind the three biggest HR threats as well in the lineup. We make too much of an issue with batting order. Both our 7 hitter and the 8 hitter just hit with two-on. He can hit fifth or seventh or whatever for I care. It's frustrating, but it's more that it just feels real right now. And we're hyper focused on those few PA's.
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Same here! Another 94mph off the bat. He's been sitting healthy over 90+mph pretty often since he switched from a leg kick to a toe-tap including his two hardest hit balls of the year. Really think we're teetering on a breakout. He's hitting the ball harder. He's made mechanical changes. I think we're getting there.
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Probably not. But we also know that RISP, especially in that kind of a SSS is not a definable skill. In fact, over his career he's hit better with RISP than bases empty. It's just not something we should complain about. It's sequencing more than anything. I know it can seem frustrating and real, but more likely, it's just not a thing.
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Swanson has a 139 wRC+ over his last 36 PA's. And a 127 wRC+ over his last 72. We probably have been much too hard on him.
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Umpire's facemask was broken. His chinguard popped off. Equipment manager was helping him out with it.
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This feels like a PCA 3-2 bomb. I'll delete this when I'm wrong.
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Thank you so much! I try to find the middle ground. Thank all of the middle schoolers I deal with 10 months of the year. They cannot emotionally regulate horsefeathers, so the only zen I have at times is to be the calm one.
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Absolutely. He's looked pretty good. Leadoff walk to Kwan was really his worst PA, but he's sitting on 7 whiffs so far. He's essentially gone fastball-changeup all day with how lefty heavy Cleveland is as well, meaning his best pitch (slider) has been rarely used).
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Shaw has seen a significant uptick in EV (almost 3mph), hard hit (over 10%) and LA over his last 10 games. He has seen a significant downtick in o-swing and an uptick in contact rate. This coincides with mechanical changes. He is literally the 6 unluckiest hitter in baseball according to BABIP vs xBABIP differential. He is in a situation where the processes are all getting much better but the results haven't followed yet. Please be patient. I will add, he has a 91 wRC+ over that span (league 3b is 96 wRC+). This is with a .273 BABIP that is still probably a bit on the low side. He doesn't appear lost at all.
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Yes. For the game. For the HR Derby and BP they have All-Star uniforms still. They also have special ASG hats for the game.
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Minor League Discussion & Boxes, 7-3-25
Jason Ross replied to CaliforniaRaisin's topic in Cubs Minor League Talk
I predicted the Brown thing the moment he was demoted. This is how you give him a timeout from innings. Wiggins as well. He looked gassed last outing and walked four. He has pitched a lot more than he had in years so far. This is a timeout for load management almost assuredly, at least one Brown. I highly suspect the same for Wiggins with no announcements and his involvement in futures game. Nothing more.
