Transmogrified Tiger
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I can squint and see the logic, the first several times through the order La Stella/Rizzo and Happ/Schwarber are not going to be in less advantageous positions, same number of at bats and the run producers are more likely to have runners on base. The loss of an extra Schwarber or Rizzo at bat is mitigated by the ability to pinch hit with Bryant for La Stella and in general staggering LH/RH promotes better bullpen matchups. That's probably some overwrought thinking for a getaway day lineup, but ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ -
that is worse than all the walks use your brain and get an out
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Looks like Albers pulled the ole pitched a lot last night muscle [tweet] [/tweet]
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130 to 160 innings isn't that obnoxious a jump either, and Montgomery has slim odds of significant postseason innings. I don't think managing his workload, even in an optimistic case where he locks down a rotation spot for the rest of the year, is a big need.
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Looks like slot for Hoerner. [tweet] [/tweet]
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In this upside-down world you start to think that nothing can surprise you, and then you see indicators that Pat Hughes is running a scam from a geocities website.
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I wasn't in yesterday's game thread during the late innings, did we talk about how Hader is absolutely going to have his arm fried(either via injury, ineffectiveness, or both) by throwing multiple max effort innings every other day? He's on pace to break 90 IP, which hasn't been done since Carlos Torres and Betances in 2014.
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Minor League Discussion & Boxes, 6-12-18
Transmogrified Tiger replied to CaliforniaRaisin's topic in Cubs Minor League Talk
The extra exciting thing about Mekkes to me, and this may be anecdotal since I obsessively follow him more than most, is that for all his video game numbers a lot of the damage he allows happens when he gets stretched into multiple innings. Last night was pretty emblematic of that: K, K, K, K, 1B, PO, 1B, BB Another fun fact: Mekkes has given up 6 runs this year. One of them was a 9th inning home run that he followed up with a scoreless 10th. All of the rest have come from innings with the contrived 'runner on 2nd' situation for extra innings, with 4 of the 5 being unearned because they were those runners. -
NL Central: Reds, Pirates and others
Transmogrified Tiger replied to Hairyducked Idiot's topic in General Baseball Talk
Chatwood is almost certainly the other. And they still have one of the most talented rosters in the game and they still have the money to drop a bunch of cash on Harper's doorstep. -
the idiot Pirates are a good reminder that for as much as I don't really think the Brewers are good, I do appreciate that they've generally avoided trying a bunch of nonsense in the name of rivalry. Craig Counsell may only have half the bones of a normal boy, but I do give him credit for that
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Good game Brewers, next stop home ownership I’m just kidding, the middle class is dying, you’ll rent forever
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Extremely starting to feel like an understatement
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Groundwork being laid for an extremely dumb game here
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Were the Brewers jerseys designed in MSPaint, what is with that yellow ‘accent’ on the letters
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NL Central: Reds, Pirates and others
Transmogrified Tiger replied to Hairyducked Idiot's topic in General Baseball Talk
You can say the same thing about every team 3-4+ years out Yes this is the part that’s always forgotten. Yes, it’s true that the Cubs have a bit of a reckoning coming post-2021, but the number of teams who can have high confidence about a huge chunk of their roster that far out is basically zero. Look at the 2014 Astros, Yankees, or Dodgers, there’s like 5 players max who played significant roles on those teams who still are this year. The counterpoint you’ll hear is that since the Cubs’ system is so horrendous they won’t be able to backfill for players they’re losing. This fails to recognize that 1) the Cubs are still quite likely to have multiple (high-priced) stars in the form of a signed Bryant and someone like Harper, meaning the onus is more on the system to provide decent players instead of franchise cornerstones 2) 3-4 years is an eternity in refilling a system 3) the Cubs have proven their player development bonafides many times over and 4) even with that money spent on stars they’ll still have financial muscle over the rest of the division. The 2022 Brewers have Cain and Yelich for one year and Hader for 2, everyone else is bad or gone by then. Their farm system has like 2 more OFP 55 guys at the moment, that’s not gonna create a moat at all. -
NL Central: Reds, Pirates and others
Transmogrified Tiger replied to Hairyducked Idiot's topic in General Baseball Talk
Nothing says 'built for the long haul' quite like having 7 players on your roster playing at a 2 win pace, with 2 of them being relievers and 2 others being Junior Guerra and Jhoulys Chacin. -
Minor League Discussion & Boxes, 6-10-18
Transmogrified Tiger replied to CaliforniaRaisin's topic in Cubs Minor League Talk
Passantino at South Bend: 7.2 IP, 6 H, 1 R, 11/2 K/BB I want him to be a thing through at least AA very desperately -
Start Montgomery
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Bryant stole second, LaStella broke for home on the throw down, Kingery picked the short hop in front of 2nd and threw home to get Tommy pretty easily.
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Eh, Javy was just going to strike out any way so why not take a chance? Dude is just swinging at whatever is being thrown right now. The chances of Javy, even at his worst, managing to find the ball and bloop it into the outfield are far better than that play working with La Stella running home. Getting LaStella requires a non-wild throw to 2nd that is quickly fielded and thrown accurately home, and only one of those things has to go wrong for LaStella to score. The throw was almost wild but Kingery made a nice play to pick the hop in stride and throw accurately to the plate. It wasn't as easy an out as the end product looked.
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Agreed, I think this may have been the exception because Almora literally made contact with that leg before the ball popped the glove, and it was extra obvious the catcher was kicking his foot backwards and not trying to receive the throw or whatever such nonsense is normally used to justify it
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Medium depth, terrific throw, catcher did not give a lane
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Both
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His wildness is a new thing, right? I don’t give AF about his spin rate on his breaking ball, the MF’er can’t locate his fastball. He has always been a low control/high walk guy, but not to these record-breaking proportions.
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tommyyyyyyyy
