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Dex to DL, Edwards Jr. up
Transmogrified Tiger replied to Ding Dong Johnson's topic in Chicago Cubs Talk
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. -
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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Dex to DL, Edwards Jr. up
Transmogrified Tiger replied to Ding Dong Johnson's topic in Chicago Cubs Talk
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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Rusney Castillo on outright release waivers
Transmogrified Tiger replied to Little Slide Rooter's topic in Chicago Cubs Talk
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. -
Seemed like the Pirates were trying to ice him a little bit. Obviously, the pitcher had no book on him to speak of, so the mound visit made sense. But then after the mound visit was two throws to first base, which would have had my anxiety level in anticipation of that first pitch even more nerve wracking. It might have been a better idea of throwing one outside of the strike zone on that first pitch, because after that long wait, Willson was clearly ready to swing the bat. And that he did. I loved Joe all but getting someone to chain Baez to 1B. Reminded me of a travel ball coach I had who would show up kids who missed a sign more than once. He wasn't above yelling "steal second on the next pitch" across the field to a baserunner on his team. I particularly liked that what got the message across was Jones doing the 'be cool' hand signal over to him.
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RH hitters are 1 for 13 against Taillon and they faced LHP the first 2 games of the series, today is an obvious day to load the lineup with lefties.
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The US had the better of the run of play against Ecuador until it went to 10 v 10. Then Ecuador's speed advantage was magnified and they had way more urgency to throw numbers at the goal. In the last month the US has given up 3 goals: a corner, a PK, and a run of play goal 10 v 10. I feel pretty good about their ability to prevent a blowout, even if odds aren't great that they win outright.
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Rusney Castillo on outright release waivers
Transmogrified Tiger replied to Little Slide Rooter's topic in Chicago Cubs Talk
Castillo turns 29 in a couple weeks and owns an OPS in the .670s in both AAA and the Majors. Not a lot of optimism or upside to be had there. -
Other Games - Week of June 13
Transmogrified Tiger replied to PackLandVA's topic in Fred Hornkohl Game Thread Forum
The Rangers are also 5 games above their pythag, Desmond is the only regular with a wOBA over .340, and A.J. Griffin is the only SP they have with a FIP below 4.20. That's unfairly painting them in a bad light, but they aren't going to win 100 games. -
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All that's left now is to play count the cards that Mexico earns in spite.
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[tweet]https://twitter.com/lakeline/status/744348914254548992[/tweet]
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lol "that is a concerted effort by McCutchen" come on Smoltz, you've been alright today, but he got sawed off
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Yeah if it's this tight then Niese's outing gets counted in outs instead of innings.
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what on earth was the deal with those ghoulish looking guys in old jerseys
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legit cackling at Ronaldo scoring on that free kick where he was at least a yard offsides for the entire build up
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This tournament is peak Portugal
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General Baseball Chit-Chat Thread
Transmogrified Tiger replied to David's topic in General Baseball Talk
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I'm nitpicking, but a 1-2-3 of Cole/Taillon/Glasnow would not be hard to beat. In future years with more development from Taillon/Glasnow sure, but this year it'd be somewhere between 6th and 10th in the NL. That said, the Pirates aren't going to trade McCutchen. They could trade Melancon, and they might sell off a bench bat like Rodriguez or Freese that is near FA, but they don't need a cosmic shift.
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Shirtless Cahill pics plz http://media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m9xr4z5usZ1qbiz1t.gif
