Transmogrified Tiger
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Love this pick. What's his name? What position does he play?- 112 replies
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5 man infield feels like a suicidal move for this situation
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This is crude because I don't know how to find it otherwise, but Amaya has been vulnerable to velo/power stuff like Kahnle's Also Ross isn't currently managing
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Hendricks was called for a pitch clock violation before the first pitch of the bottom of the first, with the hitter not close to the batters box, Ross kept on him through the first few batters and got tossed
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I’m more okay with an underslot this year than last(though Horton looks like a good pick so far regardless). It’s a deeeep draft so that has more benefit, and at 13 it’s an extremely muddled group where it’s very likely you’re choosing between similar options. Plus many of those options are college guys with a bit less leverage.
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Exactly, I actually thought I said Bote's name and must've left it out in the rush to finish the edit. No long term deal in Wisdom's case but same story where the pressures that take him to Iowa make him preferred to get bumped off the 40 man, after which it's game over even if he stayed in the org.
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There's some roster math they have to make some more opinionated decisions about soon. With 13 position players, you've got Happ, Bellinger, Seiya, Hoerner, Swanson, and Gomes as iron clad locks. For those remaining 7 spots, you've got non-optionable players with 2024 guarantees(Mancini, Barnhart), prospects that could use more playing time(Amaya, Morel, Mervis), and optionable role players who are playing well enough to earn their spot(Madrigal, Tauchman, Wisdom*). That makes 8, so with everyone healthy Mervis may stay down unless they do something they haven't yet been ready to do. *Not currently playing well enough but has more significant history doing so than others ETA: I don't have a great feel for this, but I'm wondering if July makes for a bit of a last stand for Wisdom. With Madrigal and Morel looking playable(plus the possibility of a trade target) he's more expendable if the bombs aren't flowing, and he's redundant with Mancini as a 1B/DH. They don't have to cut him as he has options, but if he gets sent to Iowa it's not hard to see him never coming back.
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"Friday Cubs! Friday Cubs! Friday Cubs!"
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Anyone Playing Immaculate Grid?
Transmogrified Tiger replied to UMFan83's topic in General Baseball Talk
Tried to be clever and get a low % Yankee 40 HR and got burned(maxed at 38). Probably wouldn't have been able to remember a COL/DET either way though, so the 8/9 was deserved -
Pretty encouraged by the landing spots of the USMNT guys on the move in Europe so far. Pepi to PSV, Aaronson to Union Berlin, Pulisic to Milan seems done, Musah either at Fulham or Milan. Just need to quiet that Balogun to Chelsea rumor and find a good home for Adams and Dest.
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They needed a minimum of 2 more innings from the bullpen, had already used Palencia and Leiter Jr(who went 29 pitches so couldn't go a 2nd inning), Alzolay had pitched 2 straight days and 3 of 4, and Rucker went 35 pitches yesterday. So even if Fulmer(who had given up a run in 2 of his last 15 appearances) is apparently unusable, you have to use some combination of Merryweather, Assad, and Kay to get through those last 2 innings. Using Fulmer is fine in that situation, probably preferred given that 6-7-8 was due up.
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2022-2023 Offseason Top Prospects List
Transmogrified Tiger replied to CaliforniaRaisin's topic in Cubs Minor League Talk
Wow that is not the name I was expecting to read at #2 -
Taillon vs. Friday Cubs is a real test of opposing forces edit: Taillon's one Friday start was one of his best of the season in a 2-1 win @SD, Friday Cubs superiority confirmed
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this is great
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lol the moment Morel got jobbed I knew Bellinger was gonna do that and have the call potentially cost them the tie game
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NL Central: Reds, Pirates and others
Transmogrified Tiger replied to Hairyducked Idiot's topic in General Baseball Talk
Right, Martinez is allowed to check a strange piece of equipment, and he's allowed to think EDLC is being immature for taking it personally in his celebration. He's not objecting to fun/celebrations, the situation is tantamount to a guy hitting a HR after a check swing appeal doing a fake point to 3rd base to celebrate. -
boy we really got human elemented in this inning
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NL Central: Reds, Pirates and others
Transmogrified Tiger replied to Hairyducked Idiot's topic in General Baseball Talk
I dunno I'm kinda with Martinez on this one. Guy had a weird thing on the end of his bat, he asked the umpires to check it/if it was legal, umpires said it was fine so he didn't make further fuss. EDLC hits a HR and points to his bat, as he should be allowed to, and Martinez thinks he's being a baby for taking it personally, as he should be allowed to. -
I got curious so I checked on how Schanuel fared against power conference competition, and even though these are midweek games it did make me feel a little bit better. FAU had 6 games against Miami and Florida, Schanuel in those games: 29 PA, .545/.655/1.500, 7 HR, 7/4 BB/K
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Especially since there's so many fewer divisional games, I think it's more useful to think in terms of what the likely win count of the division may be, then you can center the conversation around how likely it is the Cubs can pull that off. I'd expect some drop off from the Reds, but between them and the Brewers it seems like a safe bet that the division will require 86 wins. Hitting that mark requires the Cubs playing at a 96 win pace the rest of the year, which while not impossible is a gear they haven't shown in any real sense. As with Brock's thread the other day there's very little cost to simply waiting to see if things change(those 9 games between them could be opportune if they split and the Cubs get hot), but even if the Cubs start playing well it's not likely to change the calculus that it's an uphill battle.
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https://blogs.fangraphs.com/2023-mock-draft-1-0/ All that matters is that they get it right in the very end, but boy does drafting a college 1B from a non-power conference make me antsy. Especially since he did not hit in the Cape last year.
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Minor League Discussion & Boxes, 7-5-23
Transmogrified Tiger replied to CaliforniaRaisin's topic in Cubs Minor League Talk
Manny Rodriguez is in a pretty good run of form. After tonight his last month: 8 G, 9 IP, 8 H, 1 ER, 14/2 K/BB, 0 HR -
Young was presumably the call up because it's intended to be short lived, with everyone healthy you've got to make a (potentially) more uncomfortable decision to get Mervis in there, so I take what I said back about Mervis being blocked. It's not so much 1B it's the roster spots where the bottom of the roster is performing 'okay' so there isn't an obvious choice unless you cut Mancini, which is a more substantial one-way door compared to the alternatives.
