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wowowowowow ticos
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ticossssssssssss
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Yellow card accumulation runs through the quarterfinal, so any of these guys getting a yellow card in the next game would be suspended for the semis: Orozco, Brooks, Johnson, Bradley, Jones, Bedoya, and Wood
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Looking forward to Wood getting his second yellow after someone rips his arm off and then trips him with it
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Go Ticos Go
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This ref has gone from calling every single thing to calling fouls at random out of spite.
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man, have a day, John Brooks
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Worth noting that Arrieta has 5 days of rest on either side of this start. -
wow that looked wayyyy more like he touched the base than like 90% of close turns the one last night was worse
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some pitchers literally say they are looking to pitch to more contact, including arrieta and sale this year Pitchers say a lot of things. Sale I'm almost positive is trying to not scare people with his drop in velocity by saying something that sounds strategic but he's literally just not missing as many bars with his stuff anymore Pitchers sometimes very explicitly throw pitches they want guys to swing and miss at, like chase sliders, high fastballs, etc. Other times they throw pitches that they're more okay with contact because they want to throw strikes and set up sequences. Or in other words, pitching to contact in the 'haha they're gonna pop this up just like I planned it' sense is pretty much a myth; pitching to contact in the 'even if you make contact I'm okay with that because of the pitch/location/your lack of skill' sense is absolutely a real thing.
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oh man the timing of that "you're envisioning yourself, aren't you" from Len just killed me
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Bryant on pace for the most casual 40 HR season
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how did JD know that O'Flaherty had never committed an error that fast
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Poor Wisler can't get that home runs per inning number against the Cubs below 1.
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Rizzo back in the lineup and Coghlan makes his debut. [tweet] [/tweet]
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Minor League Musings
Transmogrified Tiger replied to Little Slide Rooter's topic in Cubs Minor League Talk
Fangraphs' new prospect guy Eric Longenhagen did a chat today: http://www.fangraphs.com/blogs/eric-longenhagen-prospects-chat/ -
I'd narrowly give it to Campos over Payet. [tweet] [/tweet]
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Minor League Discussion & Boxes, 6-10-16
Transmogrified Tiger replied to CaliforniaRaisin's topic in Cubs Minor League Talk
Spencer Patton now at 22 IP, 15 H, 37/9 K/BB, 0 HR -
Messi has played 30 minutes and he's tied for the tournament lead in goals.
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For perspective, the Cubs are 107-44 in the last calendar year, by losing tonight they fell below a 116 win pace in the last 12 months.
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Is there no downtrend that you're not willing to completely ignore? Yeah it's amazing that they've put together a 41-18 record, but that's because the SP has masked a lot of the glaring problems. I'm actually more worried about the pitching sustaining a strand rate that is higher than what we mocked the Cardinals for last year than I am the offense which has used up all of the fantastic depth they had in March. But in the grand scheme of things my biggest worries are like a 3 on a 1-10 scale. Yes they've gone like 17-12 since their 24-6 start. But 17-12 is still like 96 win pace over the course of a season. And this is a down stretch for this team relatively speaking The strand rate will go down as the temperatures go up, the Cards last year actually had a higher strand rate to this point in the season, especially compared to everyone else. However, the same increase in temperatures means more runs on the offensive side of the ledger. The Cubs also have a great defense, 20% of their rotation is incredibly good at inducing soft contact, and their FIP is #2 in baseball(#1 for SP).
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You are smarter than this. His last 3 appearances 1/3IP 5H 5ER 1BB 0K. Combine that with a 5.57ERA and 4.56FIP and you can't feel at all comfortable with him coming into tight games. 5 days ago he had a 3.48/3.81/3.42 ERA/FIP/xFIP, and moving beyond the small samples of this week/this year is very positive as well. So yes, unless there's some reason to think Grimm is more fundamentally broken, I'm very comfortable with Grimm in a tight game, although I also recognize as the 3rd best reliever he isn't going to be flawless(and historically he may struggle with control, like 80% of relievers).
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You are smarter than this.
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These are all things you've said in the last 90 minutes.
