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Getting rid of the 8th reliever and having 4 outfielders for 3 spots isn't really an untenable situation. Especially when Almora can get plenty of run as a defensive replacement and is a guaranteed start against LHP. They can also just ride Happ's hot streak and if he hits a cold spell just ship him back to Iowa. Or someone else needs a DL stint or just gets a multi-day knock. Or they make an early trade and one or both of Almora and Happ are gone. In other words, we don't need to apply permanence to a situation that is 100% guaranteed not to have it. 20 days ago we all would've laughed at the suggestion that we'd be having a conversation about how to make room for Happ, in another 20 days he might be hitting .190 or Heyward might have bonitis or Almora might be in the American League.
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Minor League Discussion & Boxes, 5-18-17
Transmogrified Tiger replied to CaliforniaRaisin's topic in Cubs Minor League Talk
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having Duensing try to go 2 innings seems like begging for a save situation, why not get Johnson an inning before he goes back down?
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College hitters who bash the bejeezus out of the ball always have my attention.
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Jay if you could limit the babip regression to one out at a time, that would be great
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perhaps the first time an umpire has ever called out Votto looking
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Same, I started cackling at Bryant hitting another one to make it 12-0 so I flipped the game on the TV just to see him line out. Not cool, gameday.
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DAILY CUBS TRIVIA Did you know? Kris Bryant is really good at baseball
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Hendricks you magnificent dead-eyed stepdad
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He had a rough road trip, 3 for 19, 1 2B, 4/1 K/BB. I'd prefer him out there to Candelario but he's probably got to hit his way back into the lineup against RHP.
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Happ/Zobrist/Russell eh
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I won't go so far to say that's the *right* expectation, but Happ's is a unique situation. Adjusted for level he has 800+ PA as a pro that don't put him as ready for anything above replacement level in MLB. A month of hitting HR in a hitter-friendly league doesn't wipe that away, although like I said in the first sentence, replacement level is probably regressing a bit hard.
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That's not terribly surprising, ZiPS is going to put heavy emphasis on his .733 OPS in AA.
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maybe the nicest thing you've ever said about a white player
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ya did good Ian
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Lackey very curious if the ball is still in the vines, doesn't want any surprises when he does his late night rabbit hunting
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Baez didn't get to face Arroyo last time, have to think he'll probably throw out his back swinging so hard and then Happ can stay until Zobrist/Jay are healthy or longer. Joe's playing the long game.
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the odds of Lackey giving Happ the 'why did you open the gate' look tonight are at least 80%
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Maybe today is the day I subscribe to the Athletic
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I don't know what I expected.
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his most recent tweet before that dustup: [tweet] [/tweet] What in the world is Schwarber doing as a talking point, is this the 'how dare you let this person endanger himself by playing the OF' nonsense again?
