Transmogrified Tiger
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Loud contact for a 1-2-3 first, pretty dominant striking out the side in the 2nd -
BBTV has Alcantara alone as appropriate value for Alonso. There's likely some 2nd/3rd piece of a similar caliber as Rex's suggestion to make sure you're the high bid or to account for the QO benefit, but ultimately it's only one year of Alonso you're buying and we know from the price of deadline rentals that it isn't exorbitant.
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White Sox Season in Jeopardy
Transmogrified Tiger replied to Brock Beauchamp's topic in General Baseball Talk
Reinsdorf is doing the thing where he's becoming impossible to parody -
White Sox Season in Jeopardy
Transmogrified Tiger replied to Brock Beauchamp's topic in General Baseball Talk
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There are 50 qualified OFs, Happ is 17th in fWAR and 22nd in wRC+.
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Agreed, good business by Jed.
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Lange deserves to lose for that ridiculous neck covering, should honestly have to start every batter 1-0 as punishment
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I hope this is true! As a changeup guy I can see the argument that he might dodge the harsher adjustment period that comes from platoon side damage at the MLB level, but I think we're underestimating the level gap if we think he can be plug and play right away. To that point, I don't think Wicks is ready to go even 80-90 pitches on 4 days rest with consistency, especially while making the biggest level jump there is.
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I guess the disconnect for me is that I don't think this is particularly good? It's basically the bare minimum of what we'd expect of a AAA pitcher with serious MLB aspirations, and we're getting to it by slicing his already minimal AAA time in half. And this is in the context of a guy pitching once a week and who hasn't hit 90 pitches all year(notably, he's been pulled earlier than pitch count would imply in a couple of these strong recent starts), it just doesn't strike me as a realistic expectation that he can be a functional MLB starter immediately in a playoff chase.
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That wasn't an endorsement of Wesneski or Kilian, but they have demonstrated a far greater level of MLB readiness than Wicks. I'd almost go as far to say they may try some type of piggyback setup with Shane Greene before they go to Wicks, he's barely pitched at the AAA level and he hasn't been all that good. I get the urgency and desperation of the situation, but there's nothing about Wicks' performance(not missing bats or controlling the zone at AAA) or trajectory(7 starts at AAA w/ < 5 IP/start, all on 5+ days rest) that point to him being ready to start taking turns in an MLB rotation.
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Jordan Wicks has 7 starts and 33 innings at AAA with middling results, I'd peg him no better than 3rd in the rotation pecking order at this point, behind Wesneski and Kilian.
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General Baseball Chit-Chat Thread
Transmogrified Tiger replied to David's topic in General Baseball Talk
lol Total Zone had him as a -34 LF -
"okay starting with the Royals series the Cubs really need to rack up some wins" (Cubs win 3 of 4 and climb to WC2) "no not like that, elbows are too pointy relievers are getting overused" it's okay to enjoy the good outcomes, folks
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am I crazy or is that a bog standard play for Baez that he made more difficult by losing his balance before the throw
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Are other teams comfortable going to their 5th and 6th best relievers more often? This strikes me as less of a failure of the bullpen and a function of the rotation hanging on and putting more work on the pen while the offense stays in games enough to keep leverage high without putting it out of reach as often as we like.
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The pen was up after the first two reached
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maybe this is me just being old fashioned but it feels like a good time for the catcher to actually give the pitcher a target to hit
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Anyone Playing Immaculate Grid?
Transmogrified Tiger replied to UMFan83's topic in General Baseball Talk
an all-team grid feels like such a throwback, I like it (he said before getting super frustrated trying to do it and getting 7/9 like normal) -
The Terrible Umpires Thread
Transmogrified Tiger replied to TruffleShuffle's topic in General Baseball Talk
I have a little sympathy for the ump there, the catcher is basically standing(which moves the ump out of normal position and hurts his ability to see the bottom of the zone) and stabs at it dramatically. Gotta get it right, but much harder call than looking at the K-zone after the fact would imply. -
I will say that Girardi has grown on me a bit this year, for as much as I prefer the Boog & JD booth I think the 3 man booth has made him a little sharper and less likely to spout nonsense. He's closer to the Brenly tier than the Sutcliffe tier at this point, which if we can't have JD 160 games a year is probably better than most. Still would rather just have as many Boog & JD games as possible though.
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can't see this guy's name without thinking of John Candy announcing the Mets power hitter with dread in Rookie of the Year
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This is maybe oversimplified, but this is how I see it. Smyly does not look *incapable* of still getting out major league hitters, he hasn't lost a fistful of velocity or gotten rocked all year, so his individual performance comes down to him dialing in command and otherwise having his mechanics ironed out. I'm not overly optimistic about him going lights out for 6 weeks, but I'm not treating his current state as static. Wicks is a good prospect, but he's also one who does not have overwhelming velocity, and his AAA performance doesn't illustrate a mastery of that level to give me confidence he's a day 1 MLB success. Even his recent form which some have trumpeted is showing middling swing and miss and a lack of elite control to pair with that average K rate. If the question was 'are these 2 similar enough options that it's worth bedding in Wicks so he can play a more meaningful 2024 role', then I get that argument and would probably lean towards it. But to answer the question 'we need the best possible option to win this game or the next couple games' I can't possibly see it as black and white that the changeup artist with the 4.23 FIP in AAA is unquestionably a better bet than Smyly figuring his struggles out out like he has a number of times at the MLB level.
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Adbert's composure/mentality is unbelievable
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All things equal I think it's a matchup dependent thing. Today I think it's more clearly Merryweather, who hasn't pitched since Tuesday, while Fulmer(and Cuas) pitched Wednesday and Friday.
