Transmogrified Tiger
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when you really think about it, in the cosmic sense what is a catch really -
I want to flick that cameraperson in the ear
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Gallen vs. Friday Cubs, big time heavyweight matchup
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Hoping Little got here quick enough that he can get his debut out of the way
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I mean the Iowa rotation is not exactly stuffed to the gills with quality, they keep using Stephen Gonsalves as an opener for lack of better options. But still a little bit odd that there seemed to be momentum for Greene, he got the call up, and then...that. Maybe Hottovy vetoed him or something once he got to Chicago.
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For sure, I don't mean to imply ownership has their hands tied into doing so or anything like that. Just that they don't seem to represent a deviation from the new norm at this point.
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I think this phenomenon is mostly a macro trend. The 2007 Cubs averaged 40,153 and were 6th in attendance. To compare to a more recent emergent season, the 2015 Cubs averaged 36,540 and were....6th in attendance. This year is a step below that at 34,373 and 9th, but this team had less pre-season excitement and looked dead in the water as late as mid-July so I think there's other potential explanations. If next year's team is competitive most of the way through the year and they're still struggling to break a 35k average, that I'd put more on the Wrigley/Ricketts-specific component.
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Minor League Discussion & Boxes, 9-5-23
Transmogrified Tiger replied to CaliforniaRaisin's topic in Cubs Minor League Talk
Shaw can max out at 17 games at AA, unless he's hitting like .450 I don't see any harm in having him start 2024 in Tennessee. The last couple years(Morel, Amaya, Wicks) has shown that's not gonna prevent them from impacting the big league club if they're ready, plus you stay away from a little bit of the Iowa April weather. -
lol we(read: me) talked ourselves into them being ready to give Greene turns in the rotation and he got 1 mop up inning and sent to the moon, outstanding
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I'm pretty sure Boxberger is cooked so I'm not interested in him in particular, nor am I pining for a particularly different call up, though in a few days I'd probably prefer Brown I think. It's just a bit different than the normal reaction to a call up since unlike swapping out Little for an end of bullpen mop up guy, it's a fairly clear downgrade if it's Alzolay going to the DL(and while I hope not that seems the most likely outcome). That said, the Palencia comparison, while true on the merits of control, does gloss over that Little has been much more effective as a reliever and better at the other parts of the FIP triangle. Even if he's walking a few more guys he'll be able to get away with more because of the obscene K rate and how no one seems to square him up (1 HR in ~130 full season IP). I just am gonna hold my breath if he's being used in a leverage situation, and in September in a playoff chase there's lots of those.
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Yeah, I'm pretty lukewarm (no pun intended) on Little since he's been worse at throwing strikes at AAA than Palencia was, hopefully his recent form is figuring things out. And it's especially a bummer if the likely reason is a late inning reliever potentially being down.
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A+ sequencing
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I mean in some cases sure, but basically since day 1 he's been at least to Fulmer levels in the pecking order if not better, and his pedigree and performance has uh, not quite been to that standard. At least peripherally.
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I'm happy he's had good outcomes so far but I have to say I'm a little puzzled how quickly Cuas has joined the circle of trust
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Alternatively, he's trying to stay away from Alzolay and Merryweather is in line for the 9th against the top of the order(albeit a mediocre offense that has already PH the #1 and #2 hitters)
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omg that behind the plate angle of the bat toss
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Madrigal's gonna get a swirly for wasting a Gomes steal attempt
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can't remember the last time I laughed out loud at a play like that Pederson attempt
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With that HR, Seiya has moved past last year's wRC+ (116), he's up to 118 and 2.4 fWAR
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Meckler looks like a create a player from a little league world series video game
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Minor League Discussion & Boxes, 9-5-23
Transmogrified Tiger replied to CaliforniaRaisin's topic in Cubs Minor League Talk
and now a ground rule double for Shaw, the search for a level he can't hit .400 at continues -
Second run was pretty unlucky, solid single turned into two thanks to an error, then driven in on a floated blooper just out of Swanson's reach
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Yeah, for as much as I can understand(and mostly agree with) why he's not going to get starts, I don't think there's a satisfying answer to why he has ZERO plate appearances since his call up. Not giving him a stray PH spot in the double header or in the 9th on Sunday seems like a missed opportunity even if the consequences aren't great.
