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  1. Transmogrified Tiger
    come on man that has absolutely not been a strike the whole game
  2. 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.
  3. Transmogrified Tiger
    Made now hitting .348/.423/.500 w/10% BB% and 23% K% edit: and another walk since I made this post
  4. Transmogrified Tiger
    HR for Preciado, the BB/K is still not where it needs to be, but he's legitimately raking this month.
  5. Transmogrified Tiger
    Honestly I was expecting worse from the description. He should score and didn't even get it on target, but he still had to beat the keeper which makes the angle tighter than it appears.
  6. Transmogrified Tiger
    Kilian has been on 4 days rest in his recent starts, that would have him in line to pitch in Iowa on Tuesday and have an extra day of rest to start the 30th. So basically no shuffling needed to line him up for those 2 starts.
  7. Transmogrified Tiger
    Bote sighting at Iowa, he doubled in his first PA
  8. Transmogrified Tiger
    Is his velo up? Fangraphs doesn't have the Pitch Info section for this year, but their other Pitch Type section has his fastball lower than both 2021 and 2020. My guess is that teams are probably going to see him more as a 5 unless there's a meaningful uptick. He's getting ripped by righties and he's not getting a lot of K's either. With the new playoff format maybe there's some inflation through having few true sellers though.
  9. Transmogrified Tiger
    Do you mind translating what you wrote about Palencia? When a pitcher who isn't pitching very well in general has a really good but short start, the hype train around Cubs Twitter is a little disproportionate. If he had gone 7 IP or been more consistently doing that then that would be different, but for someone who profiles more as a reliever than rotation stalwart, it's a bit much
  10. Transmogrified Tiger
    That is probably the rub. If you have a bottom 5 MLB team and a bottom 5 farm system, how good are your odds of swaying his opinion in 2 years? And the opportunity cost is pretty significant because we've seen even elite players don't command enormous packages as they get closer to FA.
  11. Transmogrified Tiger
    I have to leave soon and just casted a browser tab with Youtube for a few minutes, it went from the dopey announcers to Pat and Ron for the last 2 hitters and then back to the other guys as they threw it to commercial. Real bang up production from Google
  12. Transmogrified Tiger
    Just realized Frazier is rehabbing with Iowa, 0 for 4 yesterday and 1 for 3 with a single today.
  13. Transmogrified Tiger
    everything dies, even robots
  14. Transmogrified Tiger
    The Red Sox or the Saudi Yankees is a pretty easy call for me.
  15. Transmogrified Tiger
    Alcantara in May: 61 PA, .302/.393/.623, 4 HR, 11.5% BB%, 24.6% K%, 175 wRC+
  16. Transmogrified Tiger
    You just killed my buzz. But looking at his minor league numbers prior to this start that seems spot on. Maybe we can trade him for a new Aramis. And to be clear that's not a terrible outcome! For most of his Cubs tenure Hernandez was a league average player or slightly below, and having someone of that caliber able to eat up playing time at multiple positions helps raise a team's floor. Plus he could always figure something out and be more of a Contreras or a Chris Taylor in terms of value.
  17. Transmogrified Tiger
    I almost feel like Willson plus positional flexibility and a bit more swing and miss is maybe a better comparison. Or maybe Jose Hernandez for those who remember him.
  18. Transmogrified Tiger
    Villar looked obviously safe in real time, what are we doing here
  19. Transmogrified Tiger
    not sure if I've ever seen a dust up as transparently petulant than what Vogelbach did there
  20. Transmogrified Tiger
    if you misplay a ball so badly that Vogelbach gets a triple to LF, you should strongly consider retiring on the spot
  21. Transmogrified Tiger
    Alcantara HR
  22. Transmogrified Tiger
    What's the current status of the 40 man roster? I thought the team website was the gold standard, but they show 43 players on the list(not including 60 day DL guys), don't show Newcomb on the DL, etc. Hughes who isn't one of the 43 was apparently added without dropping someone, but I have no idea what that means for the rest.
  23. Transmogrified Tiger
    It was clearly trending this way, but calling up Morel instead of playing Happ in CF even temporarily feels like a defining moment for Happ's future. Not a problem when he's 6th in MLB in OBP, but when the cooldown inevitably comes, the LF only profile is certainly dimmer long term.
  24. Transmogrified Tiger
    With Steele showing some length recently and Stroman presumably not too far from returning to the rotation, you can add Thompson to this list soon too.
  25. Transmogrified Tiger
    Is it me or is Simmons short-arming all his throws from short? They've all been routine plays so maybe that's his accuracy motion, but given his slow-healing injury was shoulder soreness, maybe not a great sign.
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