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Minor League Discussion & Boxes, 4-15-22
Transmogrified Tiger replied to CaliforniaRaisin's topic in Cubs Minor League Talk
I'm not afraid to say it, this allowing no baserunners and striking out half the lineup thing that Herz is doing? I'm a fan -
Mills to the 60 day maybe? The only other 60 day candidates are Miley and Andrelton, and I would guess they'd prefer to allow them the flexibility to be back as soon as physically able. I don't see an obvious DFA candidate since we're 6 games into the season. Mayybe they're really aggressive with Chavez if there's something they're seeing stuff/mechanics wise they really don't like?
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After 2020 Baez also was another year older/closer to FA, played at a sub-replacement level in the shortened season, and Theo left the front office. Lots of things were different if and when they re-engaged prior to 2021.
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Steele + Thompson: 15.1 IP, 12 H, 2 ER, 14/4 K/BB, 0 HR
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that's some early-career Willy 'look at my arm' stuff
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there's the upside of VIllar's baserunning aggression
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Leeds is gonna stay up, but Adams might find it similarly hard to find playing time with Kalvin Phillips at the 6, though I guess he could get sold or theoretically they both could be part of a 4-2-2-2
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how does everyone involved with the business side of MLB not get mugged on a daily basis by people dangling a dollar bill from a fishing pole
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Probably not easy to find, but I'd be interested to see how that is affected by count. I could see a maximizing strategy being something like"You're allowed 1 swing in a non-hitters count that doesn't have 2 strikes per game". Not in the literally enforced sense, but it's concisely distills the logic.
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3 runs and at least a dozen pitches that don't happen if Schwindel picks the Hayes GB
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not sure if this is good or bad yet but both Wisdom and Schwindel look bad on every type of pitch and location so far
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MLB.tv just played the Planet Fitness commercial three consecutive times, this is violence
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Has anyone done any studies on if you get the ball to first faster with the quick jump throw or planting and gunning, like they've done for running through 1B v. sliding? Every time I watch one of these plays(which are impressive) I can't help but think they're giving up so much velocity that unless they've been running for like 10 steps they'd be better off getting the whole of their arm behind it with a slower release.
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Modric is a witch
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and now Lewandowski gets the equalizer
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Lewandowski is extremely fortunate to still be on the field right now, got a yellow that was at least a light orange tackle, then basically did the same thing again a couple minutes later with no foul or card.
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It's the Pittsburgh home opener, though why it's at 4 instead of at 1 or 2 is beyond me. It's the 12 minutes that has me most confused. A Pittsburgh newspaper tells me that it's a special gametime for opening day since 412 is a Pittsburgh area code.
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i suppose they might be playing a 5 with James in the middle of loftus-cheek at WB (or vice versa? he's used loftus-cheek as a progressive CB a couple times, though never in a game of this magnitude. Yeah that makes more sense than "Ruben Loftus-Cheek, #10 for a Champions League game where we need to score several goals"
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I love that he had to have drawn up that lineup, checked it and noticed it essentially creates Loftus-Cheek v. Modric, and decided "yeah that'll work" Also, Werner against a team that doesn't have to be all that interested in scoring/getting high up the field?
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please tone down the field mics so the drunk idiots aren't competing with pat for pbp
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Rizzo's decision making in Javy's body well, after seeing him on the team maybe it's more like Mike Moustakas's body
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what is Hermosillo upset about
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He was pretty good last year on the surface. 30 appearances, 2.14 ERA, 2.01 FIP unless the underlying numbers suggest he was much worse 0 hr in 33.2 IP, ,267babip was the lowest of his career, no increase in velocity. The only thing that suggested any real progress was a change in pitch usage. You'd have preferred he given up more home runs? His xERA and xFIP were fine last year too.
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Minor League Discussion & Boxes, 4-10-22
Transmogrified Tiger replied to CaliforniaRaisin's topic in Cubs Minor League Talk
Really feels like he's doing this to harm me personally for being so excited to get him. -
I don't know if the actual measurements bear this out, but on TV the ride on Stroman's sinker is wild. Like he's throwing it up and down a hill
