Transmogrified Tiger
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his ERA isn't 3.65 anymore -
The relievers they've used today have ERA's of 2.77, 2.50, 2.25, and 3.65.
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The ball was dead because it hit him
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Minor League Discussion & Boxes, 5-11-25
Transmogrified Tiger replied to CaliforniaRaisin's topic in Cubs Minor League Talk
I'll be honest that I've been very discouraged by Mathis's season. He's a high round college draftee at Low A, hitting .216 with a 119 wRC+ is a bright red flag for a bat first/only prospect. It's gotten better in May(albeit at the expense of slug), so I'm holding out hope that draft layoff + TJS + highest level he's played are causing him a few more growing pains than you'd normally see from this caliber of prospect at this level. -
Morgan to the 60 day IL feels like the path of least resistance since he'd only have to be IL'd for 5 more weeks to get to 60 days and there hasn't been much sign of him being back to pitching.
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Yeah the inconsistency of playing time is definitely something that crossed my mind. But it also crosses my mind in a similar way for my expectations of Long/Alcantara, so in the absence of other alternatives(needs to wait til July) or other circumstances(Busch or OF injury), I'm still giving Turner more than 60 PA of runway.
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The thing that keeps me from being that impatient with Turner is that he had multiple slumps of this magnitude last year and still was a good hitter. There's no smoking gun with his statcast sliders either, especially given the small sample. Unless things go further south I think I'm more of the mind that I give him the time to get right and then look to the trade market for someone like Mountcastle to wrap up the season, because I don't particularly trust Long(or Alcantara) to be any more effective a bench bat than Turner has been.
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I find the Pressly dialogue frustrating because it seems a number of people just decided that he was a lost cause on borrowed time in March, which is why you get numerous 'why isn't he released yet' complaints in his first bad outing in ages. But the lack of K's is worrisome and I wouldn't bet on 10 consecutive scoreless outings from now without those ticking up(I also wouldn't bet on the K's staying this low). Unlike Squally I think he's been used as a leverage arm when he's been available(the knee drain and lack of close games has kept his usage low), so I understand some concern there(though certainly not last night's usage). But the reaction to Pressly having a rough day compared to Merryweather's Sunday trouble or when Hodge had his nightmare outing against Arizona is over the top.
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In that time he only gave up 1 run total, when Turner dropped the ball that hit him in the chest. He hasn't been giving up baserunners and despite the low K's he had a good FIP because everything was getting beaten into the ground and he wasn't walking people.
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I get that no one wants to hear it after a disaster outing, but just to ground the anger, Pressly hadn't given up an earned run since March, and in his last 10 outings had a 0.9 WHIP, 3.21 FIP, and 63% GB%. The lack of strikeouts are a concern but he had been boring and effective for the last month.
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Shota's hamstring strain "mild"
Transmogrified Tiger replied to Banedon's topic in Chicago Cubs Talk
I'm hopeful Steele represents an upper bound, the organization talking about those two had different tenor, and Steele definitely had a more significant reaction to the injury(though it's possible Shota is more stoic with those I guess). -
Minor League Discussion & Boxes, 5-6-25
Transmogrified Tiger replied to CaliforniaRaisin's topic in Cubs Minor League Talk
He was a piggyback starter on Thursday -
Setting aside the Tokyo games for obvious reasons, PCA has played 33 games in 39 days, and will continue to have 1 day a week off through the end of May. Combined with Alcantara sporting a 95 wRC+ at Iowa, I don't think there's urgency to bring up a PCA hedge *now*. If PCA starts scuffling or gets a little banged up you can throw Brujan out there as needed, or even Happ/Tucker if you want to be aggressive with bats. I think this becomes a concern worth making a move when you hit June and the team plays 26 games in 27 days. Hopefully by then Shaw is back and you could use Berti for a similar purpose as you used Brujan, or maybe Alcantara warms those long levers up with the weather like he has in seasons past.
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Minor League Discussion & Boxes, 5-4-25
Transmogrified Tiger replied to CaliforniaRaisin's topic in Cubs Minor League Talk
boy Christian Franklin did not maintain that hot start at all -
rough up Peralta, finish the sweep, break their spirit
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good grief PCA these are not cheapies
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Robbed Soler, too
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Hodge and Pressly's ERA/FIP splits are a hilarious yin and yang
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JD just vaguely confirmed that Boog is still sick/unwell and that's why he's still out.
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NL Central: Reds, Pirates and others
Transmogrified Tiger replied to Hairyducked Idiot's topic in General Baseball Talk
I was at that game, went from funny to absurd very quickly with that play at the plate. -
I think you just split their time as long as neither is an offensive black hole. Only 6 catchers last year caught more than 105 games and were above average hitters, and only half of those had done it in consecutive seasons. Nature of the position anymore is it grinds you down, so even if Amaya is only playing 60-80 games it's not like he's missing out on hundreds of PA of lost development.
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Cubs to select P, Chris Flexen
Transmogrified Tiger replied to Jason Ross's topic in Chicago Cubs Talk
With no off day til May 8th and Shota slightly gimpy, I would guess they option Cosgrove since he went 2 last night and then Flexen and Wicks would be in contention for a start/piggyback if they want to give anyone in the rotation 5 days rest. Wicks can go back down after if they need a live arm. -
Minor League Musings
Transmogrified Tiger replied to Little Slide Rooter's topic in Cubs Minor League Talk
Ballesteros did hit 19 HR as a 20 y/o across AA and AAA last year. I'm skeptical of if he has enough power to sustain a modern 1B/DH profile, but he's also not Luis Arraez out there.
