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  1. Transmogrified Tiger
    How many times have the Cubs gotten a multi-run lead this year and lost it by the time the SP left? Feels like it's been half their games.
  2. Transmogrified Tiger
    Triantos since 4/20 (123 PA) is at 365/430/490 with a 14% K and 10% BB Season BA is over .300 now as well. This kid is going to be DJ LeMahieu with a bit more power, isn't he? Jeff Cirillo was a name that came to mind.
  3. Transmogrified Tiger
    Alright I listened to the last half, if you want to hear the specifics, you can skip to the 'empty your notebook' segment that is the last 8ish minutes but it's not worth it. Heyman lists the Cubs as a potential suitor(among 4-5 teams he name drops) for Brandon Nimmo in free agency, adding some color that he hears "they're gonna spend". Literally no other description. Also, Heyman (essentially quoting Boras) says Soto isn't getting traded.
  4. Transmogrified Tiger
    Did anyone sift through this to get any detail on what the 'expected to spend big' means in more detail?
  5. Transmogrified Tiger
    Preciado in May after going 3/4 with a walk tonight: 59 PA, .346/.390/.500, 6.7% BB%, 28.8 K% Triantos in May after going 3/4 with a 2B and walk tonight: 76 PA, .353/.421/.515, 9.2% BB%, 13.1% K%
  6. Transmogrified Tiger
    Said another way, on Saturday morning, he should not have been on the major league roster. As of 5 minutes ago, he should not be on the major league roster. It should have been a Dread Pirate Roberts thing ever since last year. "Good night Frank, good work. Sleep well, I'll most likely demote you in the morning"
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    Kilian not starting today makes me wonder if he's gonna get those 2 double headers. Mills is probably gonna be ready to take at least the later one, and there's no shortage of pen arms pitching well that might free up Thompson to try to go 4 on Monday.
  8. Transmogrified Tiger
    On Saturday morning, Schwindel had a .568 OPS and .254 wOBA. As of 5 minutes ago he had a .679 OPS and .300 wOBA.
  9. Transmogrified Tiger
    Without getting too in the weeds on his peripherals(partially because I'm lazy, and partially because I hate small sample over-interpretations of stuff like plate discipline data), I think this tells a compelling story of Seiya crushing the ball for 2-3 weeks, pitchers adjusting and him cratering for 2-3 weeks, and now him adjusting back and hitting around his season line for 2ish weeks. I don't think that current equilibrium is necessarily his long term expectation, but it does help tell the tale with more nuance then him simply being good then bad.
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    I have a tough time seeing a 1H 2023 call up for anyone who isn't at least performing well in AA now, so the Wicks and Canario timelines(while they have their logic with Wicks' advanced nature and Canario's 40 man spot) seem aggressive. Similarly, Caissie struggled so badly to start the year that it stretches my belief that he can earn a promotion and perform well enough to get past 2 more levels in 15 months. But what this does say to me is that the pitching help is on the way and not on a long term timeline. They've clearly got pitching dev in full gear and are on a path to essentially get to a place where 1 strong SP candidate and several RP options are filtering through per year, and that's a really good place to be. It also says that the competitive timeline could really use a couple trajectory improvements from the hitters at South Bend or above. Davis coming back from injury and going supernova on Iowa, Ball keeping up with the marginal improvements to his current form, Velazquez figuring out Iowa, etc. It'd really be a boon if they could reasonably hope for a possible star and a decent role player/starter on the hitting side hitting Chicago by the 2023 All-Star break.
  11. Transmogrified Tiger
    Eh, that’s a weird ball to play with the hop and would’ve been really hard to charge. The right read was to probably lay back and play the big hop and use the arm to get the runner by a few steps. If he charges that, even on a fast/quick read that might jump over the glove and if he gets it you have a weird running/falling throw. It wasn’t some standard grounder that was gonna stay down you can charge on. Idk I can accept that getting the short hop might be optimistic, but once you back off he doesn’t get around the ball or get himself moving towards 1B, and he didn’t have to show big range. I’m not saying he screwed it up but it’s talking this up as 4d chess when it’s a 95% probability chance and his actual movement doesn’t demonstrate anything special either.
  12. Transmogrified Tiger
    Am I losing it or is this thread a bit off the rails That is a bog standard play a SS has to make, and while it’s a nice showcase for Morel’s arm, the fact that he doesn’t react quickly enough to make a play on the short hop or field it moving towards 1B means he didn’t even play it that well.
  13. Transmogrified Tiger
    Wolves is the exact caliber of club I'd hope for Slonina to go to, though Jose Sa just had an incredible season and is only 29 so unless he gets sold the path to playing time might not be much different than going to a mega club.
  14. Transmogrified Tiger
    It was .450 entering today and he was 0 for 1 on BIP today so probably a shade under that. But yes, when you're hitting .372 that's gonna come with a very high BABIP. Hitting .370+ in a 160 PA sample is the noteworthy part of that, especially given his K rate and speed which would help support a high BABIP.
  15. Transmogrified Tiger
    Wisdom starting to look like last season, accounting for the macro conditions. 2021: 375 PA, .231/.305/.518, 8.5% BB%, 40.8% K%, .346 wOBA, 115 wRC+ 2022: 140 PA, .219/.279/.492, 7.1% BB%, 40.0% K%, .334 wOBA, 115 wRC+
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    I'm intrigued by the idea of Adams to Leeds, especially since Marsch would clearly rate him, but I'm a little antsy about there being a consistent spot on a team with Kalvin Phillips playing the 6. Maybe they're a double pivot in a 4-2-2-2? Or is Phillips a candidate to get sold?
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    https://twitter.com/johnspacemuller/status/1528402200581574657
  18. Transmogrified Tiger
    3-10 in 1 run games, really frustrating
  19. Transmogrified Tiger
    Myrtle Beach has a .703 winning percentage, which is simultaneously absurd and meaningless. Elsewhere, Frazier is 2 for 3 with a pair of doubles.
  20. Transmogrified Tiger
    After an inning or two the ump realized the ball was flying out and that zone got much larger. See Contreras's K v. those walks
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    If Morel keeps stinging the ball I wonder if they might ride that hot streak and make them more comfortable optioning Madrigal post-injury so he can get his swing right
  22. Transmogrified Tiger
    Gaga Slonina committed to the USMNT, Gregg continues to win all the recruiting battles that matter most.
  23. Transmogrified Tiger
    come on man that has absolutely not been a strike the whole game
  24. Transmogrified Tiger
    The Cubs are 26th in wRC+ from 1B, and would probably be there or worse for DH if they didn't have Willson playing there 20% of the time. Not having any offensive value at the bottom of the defensive spectrum(and not having their 1B be any good defensively either) is a real killer.
  25. Transmogrified Tiger
    Made now hitting .348/.423/.500 w/10% BB% and 23% K% edit: and another walk since I made this post
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