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  1. Transmogrified Tiger
    This ends a particularly difficult stretch in the schedule, 23 of 35 games against teams in playoff contention. For comparison, 23 of the next 52 games are against teams in playoff contention, plus more days off and the all-star break too.
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    Yes, because Soler is the absolute epitomy of health. Focus on the noun more than the adjective. Soler for a reliever that is not Betances or mayyyybe Miller is probably a hard no. That said, I agree that trading Soler doesn't really open up a hole so there's little downside in him being your centerpiece in a big trade. That trade would need to be in the Gray/Teheran mold though and not for a reliever just because we need one and trading Soler doesn't leave a chasm to be filled in the OF.
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    more like here we were, amirite high five
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    Wood to face Ozuna and Stanton in a 2nd inning is not a super duper great idea
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    Contreras is not a major league first baseman
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    I like things like legacies and best teams ever and watching the best players ever do what they do. It's probably some Bill Simmons built BS or something but oh well. Hoping my favorite team wins a championship isn't on the top of the list of why i like NBA basketball. To be clear, that wasn't a criticism of someone who does like the NBA, just an answer for someone in the conundrum of having a vested rooting interest that has an incredibly small chance of winning big. I like the NBA for the 2 months that decide the season(the conference finals and NBA finals), but with the competitive landscape I treat it more like the Olympics than a sport to follow day in and day out. And this is coming from someone whose favorite team(Cleveland) has one of the golden tickets to title contention.
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    It's more complex than this, but teams have stopped swinging. They know that his command hasn't been pinpoint like it was last August, but they also know the stuff is still insanely hard to hit. So if they get ahead in the count they shrink their zones to nothing and hope that he doesn't fool them or he can throw 3 balls before he throws 3 strikes. Arrieta is in about the same number of 1-0 counts as last year, ~40% of total PA. 2015 after 1-0: 345 PA, .188/.257/.287, 8% BB% 2016 after 1-0: 153 PA, .206/.346/.310, 16% BB%
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    Oh that's the good stuff, Cease. Happ got a pinch hit walk to start his AA ledger. Corey Black now at 5/0 K/BB in Iowa is an interesting development.
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    The solution is to stop following the NBA with any seriousness, because David isn't wrong about having pretty much no chance at a title, but the teams that do care so little about the regular season that winning a handful of regular season games means less than ever too.
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    lol off of Motte
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    [tweet]https://twitter.com/theeuro2016/status/745702108918222848[/tweet]
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    Actually there were some interesting quotes from Theo about acquiring players that are perceived as bad humans(a la Chapman). He also zings the press, and I'm just going to assume it was a direct attack at Greenberg, who wrote the article.
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    The thing about worrying about Arrieta's pitch count relative to other guys is that in most cases, the onus is on the opposing offense to make a high pitch count inning stick. If Hendricks has a 25 pitch inning, that puts a pretty hard limit to how deep in a game he's going. The average Arrieta performance is good enough that the offense has to do some work to avoid a 25 pitch inning turning into 40 pitches over 3 innings.
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    I say it again, Peak Portugal
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    holy smokes, Wondolowski starting is unacceptable
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    I mentioned elsewhere that Concepcion wasn't really call up worthy(largely because of the walks), but looking closer it seems he's a better fit for the Richard role that is primarily 2nd LOOGY/mop up guy. At AA & AAA LH hitters are 5 for 43 with 19 K and 4 BB, a .311 OPS. You could maybe infer that the high walk rate against RH hitters is from nibbling and avoiding getting burnt, while he attacks LH hitters that he knows he can get out.
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    Barring a DL stint it pretty much has to be Richard getting DFA'd. None of the LH relievers have been really callup-worthy, but Pena and Patton have both been great and neither have had much platoon split at Iowa. Since Patton is already on the 40 man and already had that momentary call up earlier, I'll guess it's him.
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    statcorner thought he had a good game oddly he lost several strikes but also added a bunch, for +2 strike calls total...but as i said before i think that ump was either screwy with his zone or plain bad Cubs Related had a nice writeup on that: http://www.cubsrelated.com/2016/06/willson-contreras-framing-from-first.html I didn't have much of a point of comparison so I pulled up Lackey's previous start in Washington, and it looked like the net strikes was about the same.
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    Richard has been banished to the end of the bullpen. Here's the game leverage that Cubs relievers are entering games to this month: http://www.fangraphs.com/leaders.aspx?pos=all&stats=rel&lg=all&qual=0&type=3&season=2016&month=6&season1=2016&ind=0&team=17&rost=0&age=0&filter=&players=0&sort=9,d Aside from maybe facing a LH hitter or two if Wood has already been used, Richard is clearly bottom of the totem pole.
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    Tweaked a hammy running to first in leading off Saturday's game. Not terribly serious.
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    I'm struggling to remember much in the way of arm injuries from Cubs SP in the last few years. Arrieta missed the start of 2014 with a biceps tweak IIRC, and Jackson may have gone to the DL at the very end of his time as a SP with an arm ailment(although that could've been made up), but like said above, I don't think that's a coincidence. I don't think that it's a lock to continue at the same rate(because screw pitchers), but the front office has clearly made some intentional decisions about keeping SP arms healthy and it's shown.
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    The oldest of those guys(Diaz) is 3 years younger than Castillo, and also probably isn't very good with the velocity that his MLB numbers are crashing to earth.
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