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Stroman left game with blister
Transmogrified Tiger replied to Brock Beauchamp's topic in Chicago Cubs Talk
Between the off day today and Wesneski being in the pen you'd hope at a maximum it's a one start deal. You can give him an extra day's rest and have a piggyback in case you're concerned about it opening up again over 100 pitches -
Taylor all the way up to 6 in that mock. Nimmala is the pick with Shaw, Troy, Meyer, and Waldrep still available.
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I think the better question is can they afford not to extend him? The contracts they've signed have a pretty clear window through 2026, and while they want to have the talent pipeline to not start over afterwards, the roster construction creates urgency to not tie a hand behind your back. Letting Stroman walk(for nothing or very little in trade as you mention) is a big step back for a team that isn't currently at the level they want to be for that window. Yes, they can use their resources to backfill him in the rotation, but they probably should be looking to do that even if Stroman stays. A Stroman extension is unlikely to be more than a couple million increase in AAV, and they would clearly have the room in the rotation for it given that Wesneski has not seized a role, Hendricks is a FA, and Smyly isn't someone you set and forget for 30 strong starts. You do gain Stroman's salary back if he leaves and that would help, but considering that good, high strikeout SP are desired by 100% of MLB teams every offseason, even if you have the resources to sign/trade for two, it's a difficult thing to pull off in a single offseason. Banking Stroman now makes it easier to get your guy as the hopefully over the top addition.
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"literally his nephew, not just faking it" okay that's enough of this broadcast for me
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Based on whatever is happening when he pronounces Madrigal’s name, I’m guessing Michael Kay is insistent on the one true way to say “vase”
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That was Gorman, not sure why the camera zoomed on Edman after. No coincidence that happens when they play a guy who probably should be at 1B up the middle.
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I'm not even a big Mihailovic fan but he and Roldan should probably be starting if the alternative is running a Sonora/Morris/Sands midfield that wouldn't be a noteworthy group in MLS. Won't be surprised if we start turning the screws on them now with both of those two subbed in.
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Yeah Rios is the 27th man and Velazquez is one of a couple guys who traveled to be part of a taxi squad for the series.
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This is wild Swanson: 324 PA, 2.9 fWAR Correa, Bogaerts, and Turner combined: 918 PA, 3.7 fWAR
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Pretty sure if you're an outfielder and Madrigal burns you for an XBH you have to take a boat back home
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Hughes is done for the year as well, they opted for surgery on the knee problem he was trying to tough out since spring training.
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Smoltz saying he watches too much golf to start watching Ted Lasso is a level of Smoltziness previously thought to be unreachable
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Golden opportunity for Arenado to answer the "what's different about this game" question with "well Ken normally I don't have to do interviews while I'm warming up before an inning"
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There's demand for trade rumors and I don't think the media is collectively internalizing how non-obvious a lot of teams trade deadline decisions are at this point, so there's gonna be a bunch of 'Team A was bad last year so they might sell this guy to expected contender Team B even though Team A is closer to the playoffs than B'. That's not literally true in the case of Bellinger to the Yankees, but thematically it's still assuming Cubs sell Yankees buy without a ton of thought. As for the literal rumor, I'll be surprised if Bellinger is traded. Even if the Cubs fall out of the division race while Bellinger gets hot, I don't think they'll get anything better than the comp pick for him. Maybe with fewer sellers you'll see teams get more aggressive with their offers, or maybe Jed would feel the heat to get more immediate ROI than a comp pick, but I don't see those as likely.
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Minor League Musings
Transmogrified Tiger replied to Little Slide Rooter's topic in Cubs Minor League Talk
Gotta be careful with stuff like FB% when there's such a stark difference in balls in play. At South Bend, Horton(who is down to 42% after last night) has given up 3.6 FB per start, or 0.9 per IP. Gallardo, despite a 36% FB%, is giving up 5.2 FB per start and a shade over 1.0 per IP -
Minor League Musings
Transmogrified Tiger replied to Little Slide Rooter's topic in Cubs Minor League Talk
I'm pleased with Ferris' performance so far, but in what way is it anywhere close to what Horton is doing in South Bend. -
Mayo with an updated mock that's a fair bit different than others I've seen: https://www.mlb.com/news/mlb-pipeline-2023-mock-draft-june-22 Skenes goes #1, Wilson #6, Troy and Bradfield fall to the 20s. Cubs take Taylor with Dollander, Waldrep, Shaw, Troy, and Bradfield still on the board.
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Minor League Discussion & Boxes, 6-22-23
Transmogrified Tiger replied to CaliforniaRaisin's topic in Cubs Minor League Talk
Horton's last 5 starts: 22 IP, 15 H, 4 ER, 39/4 K/BB, 1 HR -
It’s an energy drink that bought the naming rights to the sports teams from Louisiana Tech
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I would assume that's with the intention of making him the new Cuadrado, which is I guess better at Juve than it is at Lille since Juve are so ball dominant that he'll be playing high up the field more than some wingers at lesser clubs do.
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He's Ortega redux, post-prime but well rounded and good enough to have a run of good form at the MLB level that elevates from bench/AAAA bat to 2nd division starter for a while. Him turning on a ball for a HR in this series is a really good sign, because he clearly has a discerning eye but he wasn't really driving the ball so I without that change I'd be afraid pitchers eventually try(and succeed) at knocking the bat out of his hands.
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Anyone Playing Immaculate Grid?
Transmogrified Tiger replied to UMFan83's topic in General Baseball Talk
Got dang it I mistook Orosco for John Franco the other day and it was driving me nuts that I could not place Orosco's name when my guess was wrong. -
In June (entering today) they are 13th in wRC+ and 22nd in ERA(with even worse FIP/xFIP). Or more simply, they're 14-6 this month with a +8 run differential, which is really hard to do! Maybe they won't have such an immediate and damaging nosedive as Pittsburgh losing 9 straight to division opponents, but I don't see a lot of sign that they're on the upswing compared to riding a hot streak that doesn't look very sustainable.
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Yeah the schedule has been fairly kind too. As of yesterday there were 6 teams who were 5+ games out of playoff contention. The Reds have played those teams 22 times, compared to 10 for the Cubs and 15 for the Brewers.
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Anyone Playing Immaculate Grid?
Transmogrified Tiger replied to UMFan83's topic in General Baseball Talk
I started last week and it is fun but also surprisingly frustrating. There's always at least one where I get tunnel vision and ignore a blindingly obvious answer for something obscure. Like somehow my brain decided that the only Dodger/Cardinal it could find was not *Albert Pujols*, but Jonathan Broxton.
