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  1. Myrtle Beach has a .703 winning percentage, which is simultaneously absurd and meaningless. Elsewhere, Frazier is 2 for 3 with a pair of doubles.
  2. 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
  3. 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
  4. Gaga Slonina committed to the USMNT, Gregg continues to win all the recruiting battles that matter most.
  5. 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.
  6. Made now hitting .348/.423/.500 w/10% BB% and 23% K% edit: and another walk since I made this post
  7. HR for Preciado, the BB/K is still not where it needs to be, but he's legitimately raking this month.
  8. 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.
  9. 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.
  10. Bote sighting at Iowa, he doubled in his first PA
  11. 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.
  12. 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
  13. 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.
  14. 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
  15. Just realized Frazier is rehabbing with Iowa, 0 for 4 yesterday and 1 for 3 with a single today.
  16. The Red Sox or the Saudi Yankees is a pretty easy call for me.
  17. Alcantara in May: 61 PA, .302/.393/.623, 4 HR, 11.5% BB%, 24.6% K%, 175 wRC+
  18. 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.
  19. 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.
  20. Villar looked obviously safe in real time, what are we doing here
  21. not sure if I've ever seen a dust up as transparently petulant than what Vogelbach did there
  22. if you misplay a ball so badly that Vogelbach gets a triple to LF, you should strongly consider retiring on the spot
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