Transmogrified Tiger
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Yes, if you ignore the two great relievers who are temporarily hurt(one with a non-arm injury), come up with a reason to not like Edwards(who has been dominant), and also ignore Grimm who has been fantastic for a good while now, there is very little to trust in the bullpen.
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I have admittedly not watched games in their entirety much this month, but by my calculations Wood has thrown 20+ pitches in relief in about 75% of the last 30 games.
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my generation appreciates Tina Fey's comedy even if it means tolerating Lindsay Lohan
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Going to remember this as the one time TT is wrong when he dongs in game 1 of the World Series
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zero, the chance is zero percent that Schwarber comes back this year
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What's the disconnect on those numbers from his -0.1 defensive rating that's going into his WAR calculation? For catchers with at least 190 PAs (to get his 196), only Flowers, Gattis, and Montero are worse (32 total). That is largely a result of his 164 innings that have graded out poorly at a non-premium position (LF, where he has a -19.6 UZR/150). Bad grade at bad position = poor defensive WAR number. Further, I don't believe FG is incorporating any sort of pitch framing gain into WAR as of yet. Also, the numbers in that article are from Baseball Prospectus's catcher defense stuff, so none of that is making up part of his fWAR.
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Lackey and Rondon to DL - Zastryzny and Peña up
Transmogrified Tiger replied to CaliforniaRaisin's topic in Chicago Cubs Talk
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http://www.fangraphs.com/blogs/kris-bryant-might-be-the-best-all-around-player-in-the-nl/ this is only a footnote in the article but yes I am here for the favorable Bryant/Trout comparisons please and thank you
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Lackey and Rondon to DL - Zastryzny and Peña up
Transmogrified Tiger replied to CaliforniaRaisin's topic in Chicago Cubs Talk
If it was Rondon going to the DL instead of Lackey, I don't think that Zastryzny would be the guy getting called up. Zastryzny is the clear answer to 'if you have to call up a starting pitcher from the current Iowa roster, who would it be?' I suppose Rondon and Lackey could both be hurt, but more likely Maddon cares more about keeping Hector from getting hurt again than he does winning any game in the next 6 weeks, so letting Grimm get 1 out in a meaningless game against the Brewers isn't much of an indicator. -
Jorge Soler's Humongous Dongs
Transmogrified Tiger replied to Sammy Sofa's topic in Chicago Cubs Talk
The FA options for SP this offseason *at the top of the market* are guys like Cashner, Hellickson, and Brett Anderson's arm fragments. Also there may not be a ton of cash to float around, Lester/Heyward style. That said, I bet you could get some teams pretty interested in trading a good SP, with something like Soler/Baez, Lackey/Hammel to backfill their rotation(if a contender), a prospect like Candelario, etc. -
OPS against us is about 1.400, which means against everyone else it's probably closer to .600 than .700.
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I can only laugh that it was Nieuwenhuis
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A glut of young position depth, what to do in 2017?
Transmogrified Tiger replied to Jazz's topic in Chicago Cubs Talk
I would be comfortable trading away a maximum of one player from the 'glut' in terms of that not hurting depth to the point of opening a hole. There's definitely roster spots for all of them too so I think it's far less of a problem than we'd like to think, we all grew up on a relatively static 8 man lineup going out most days(maybe with a platoon or two thrown in), and that's not really the reality or ideal any longer. With that in mind, I'd simplify the problem to the idea that Soler, Schwarber, and Heyward are probably not all going to get every day starter at bats in the same outfield. It's possible, especially with Almora as a likely platoon bat and defensive replacement, but I don't think that's the defensive outfield the front office wants to be leading with. So if Soler continues to hit, my hunch is that he gets dealt in the offseason. If he doesn't hit he might yet be traded, but it's easier to justify him as a platoon/bench bat. -
Minor League Discussion & Boxes, 8-17-16
Transmogrified Tiger replied to CaliforniaRaisin's topic in Cubs Minor League Talk
Candelario's repeated ability to be terrible for months, get promoted, and then wreck shop at a higher level is...perplexing. -
Other Games Week of 8/15
Transmogrified Tiger replied to Cubswin11's topic in Fred Hornkohl Game Thread Forum
I'm pretty bummed the Dodgers won so I couldn't post that the Mets were as close to the Phillies as they were to the wild card lead. -
Jorge Soler's Humongous Dongs
Transmogrified Tiger replied to Sammy Sofa's topic in Chicago Cubs Talk
why do i see such different numbers on baseball reference? do you have playoffs added in? Yes, playoff numbers are added in for both. Although both were incredible in the playoffs so the closeness of their numbers wouldn't deviate too much if you discarded the playoffs. -
Jorge Soler's Humongous Dongs
Transmogrified Tiger replied to Sammy Sofa's topic in Chicago Cubs Talk
Soler's last calendar year: 260 PA, .261/.361/.518/.879, 23% K%, 13% BB% Schwarber's MLB career: 309 PA, .251/.359/.521/.880, 28% K%, 13% BB% -
Other Games Week of 8/15
Transmogrified Tiger replied to Cubswin11's topic in Fred Hornkohl Game Thread Forum
Giants load the bases with no outs in the 9th, down 2 to the Pirates, with Posey and Crawford due up 6-4-3 FO-8 Giants lose -
Elsewhere in 'probably not DL-worthy injuries that make it simpler for us to manipulate the 25 man roster', Coghlan is DLed with a rib contusion and Patton is up to replace him, presumably until La Stella(who I'm told looks like a seal, iirc) is in game shape.
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Once you're past 30 you'll realize hooker and blow fiestas can involve many, many people. Right, I was saying more 'isn't the easy answer to if Lochte is caught lying in verifying with the other guys' and not 'he couldn't have been doing cocaine, there were other people!'
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The 3 and 4 order doesn't really matter, but man what does Hendricks gotta do to get that #3 spot
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Seems relevant here. [tweet] [/tweet] [tweet] [/tweet] Congrats on your recent run of success Montgomery, here's a start in Coors as a reward.
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Weren't there like 6 swimmers there for the incident? Not that other swimmers can't be into [thing that would be hilarious if Lochte was doing], but I thought Lochte got most of the press because of his name, and not because he was the only one there.
