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Anyone Playing Immaculate Grid?
Transmogrified Tiger replied to UMFan83's topic in General Baseball Talk
8/9 because my Astros WS champ didn't play in the playoffs, I demand to speak to the immanager -
The only thing PCA is the clear best option for is CF/OF defense, and it's only brought up in this context because it's a thing PCA is excellent at. There isn't any current issue with CF/OF defense, there's multiple good CF defenders on the roster, no one is getting defensively replaced late in games, it's unlikely to be a thing that matters deeply to the front office in how they deploy that one roster spot. PCA isn't going to be a good MLB hitter next month, and while he is very fast he's an inefficient baserunner compared to Mastrobuoni. If you want speed you bring back Mastrobuoni, if you want a bat first guy you bring back Mervis or Young. We don't have to consider who is the best option for speed + LH bat + OF defense because that's not the grouping that will or should be prioritized. But since you asked, still Mastrobuoni. Slightly better baserunner, much better bat(for September 2023), and where he lacks elite defense he makes up for with positional versatility.
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I don't think it's unreasonable to ask for Ozzie Albies to be put in jail
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Eh, whether you look at ERA, RA/9, or FIP he's been a Top 10 SP this year.
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Kinda curious if they try Wesneski in short relief once Assad is rested/Stroman is healthy. Would be a little bit of a risk in the instance of future SP injuries, but Assad has shown capable. Plus you could have Wesneski take on the Fulmer multi-inning fireman role to keep him reasonably stretched out and then have Fulmer for later innings.
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So the likely plan is Cuas, Leiter, Alzolay then, yeah that's about as good as you can hope for under the circumstances. With Olson due up though I'd at least think about Leiter in the 7th.
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Happ was running on the pitch but I have to wonder if Acuña slipped or something, the real-time or replay didn't really show him. That wasn't so far in the corner that Happ should've scored standing.
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I feel like scorers were basically told this year 'it's only an error if a little leaguer could've done it' as some backdoor way of killing off the error entirely
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shouldn't have tried to deke him Acuna
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I think it's mostly a path of least resistance sort of move. If you look at the pitchers on the 40 man there isn't really another option if they want a fresh arm. Rucker can't be brought back up for a few days, Estrada just went to Arizona for injury/dev list purposes, Brown is on the IL, and Thompson and Jensen are disasters. Kilian can backstop long relief for a couple days until Assad/Wesneski are able to resume that role(since they don't need the #5 SP until Stroman returns), and Rucker can take over that roster spot after if not Stroman himself.
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I originally typed up something longer, but the real answer is I would put heavy odds against PCA seeing MLB time unless there's big, unforeseen changes(e.g. multiple injuries). There is one (1) roster spot available for a position player call up in September, unless the org commits malpractice and doesn't add an RP when rosters expand. PCA is unlikely to be the right choice given his current readiness, duplicative skill set with the current roster, and lack of 40 man spot compared to the alternatives. Want CF/OF defense? Have it already. Want a PR? Mastrobuoni is probably better at it. Want a LH bat? Mervis, Young, or even Mastrobuoni are a better bet for a team making a playoff push, and don't require an early 40 man decision.
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White Sox Season in Jeopardy
Transmogrified Tiger replied to Brock Beauchamp's topic in General Baseball Talk
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White Sox Season in Jeopardy
Transmogrified Tiger replied to Brock Beauchamp's topic in General Baseball Talk
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tyler no
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Minor League Discussion & Boxes, 8-5-23
Transmogrified Tiger replied to CaliforniaRaisin's topic in Cubs Minor League Talk
Rucker started and went 3 IP for Iowa, which is 1) interesting as a signal of what they might be preparing his role for and 2) confirms he's almost certainly not coming up in the next day or two as bullpen help -
And yet! Cubs Braves wRC+ fWAR/500 PA wRC+ fWAR/500 PA 144 5.0 170 6.0 134 2.6 152 3.7 130 4.1 142 5.7 121 2.8 121 3.2 121 2.9 116 3.9 119 4.6 115 2.8 101 2.8 113 2.9 100 1.6 110 3.3 99 3.2 106 0.7 119 3.3 Average 127 3.6
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I bet they'll try to avoid Merryweather if at all possible, but there's no one in the pen who has thrown consecutive days so they're in a pretty normal spot for as many consecutive games as they've had. Plus a roster move is always a possibility.
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Led by multiple runs for all 9 innings, nice comfortable low-stress win. Adbert even chose today to give up his monthly home run when he had room to spare, what a pro
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finally we all get to see what we came to see, umpires calling extremely questionable balks
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Depends on how much Cuas(who also pitched yesterday) has been burned by getting warm at least once already, but also I like to live dangerously
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cackling at Boog casually dropping a "no regerts"
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okay with that HR we're probably fine to let Kay eat the last 2 innings right
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Yeah it's a bullpen game where Assad + Fulmer got you through 5, you have to use the underbelly of the pen. Palencia only faced one hitter over the minimum, and given the circumstances(aforementioned bullpen game, 5 run lead, huge stretch of consecutive games), giving him that extra hitter with Leiter ready to go if he doesn't find his release point seems like the best path.
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lol how many times has that 1-0 pitch been a strike today, come on
