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  1. Transmogrified Tiger
    Something I didn't think about until just now, I wonder if Brown throwing on Tuesday and only for an inning portends anything about who starts on Saturday/Sunday the next time they need Hendricks' rotation spot. Whether or not Wesneski gets used this series will probably be a big indicator.
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    Basically the platonic ideal of a 4th OF. Some might prefer a touch more damage at the expense of some plate discipline, but for his role the floor he creates is so high.
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    One of the funnier pitcher HR reactions I've seen in a while "huh, will ya lookit that"
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    Yes
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    Rough day for Busch's Z-Contact%
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    I marvel to keep the pain at bay
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    The Cubs stole 140 bases at an 80% rate last year, this year with an extremely similar hitting roster, through 22+ games they are 4 for 11.
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    A second HR for Triantos and a HR for Aliendo, have a day
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    Amazing what happens when you unshackle yourself from Garrett Cooper and his reign of terror on the offense.
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    Looking at the schedule, next week may be pretty telling in that regard. There's 2 day after night games this week, but Sunday through the off day is 11 straight with only one day after night.
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    Both. Being the 27th man should not count, but Little was previously only sent down on the 17th so he's still within that window that would require an injury now.
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    Little can't be recalled without an injury either AFAIK, hmmmm
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    Oh good point, I hadn't knocked my previous assumption that he would be the DH callup out of my head. So yeah someone is getting IL'd, and you'd have to assume Hendricks is the favorite.
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    Rosario played what position now
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    Convo here:
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    Wesneski would be a pretty strong signal of Hendricks to the IL, right? Save for a previously undocumented injury I can't think of an obvious swap unless the only reason he hasn't been up for Brewer was they wanted someone like him or now Teheran stretched at Iowa.
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    My point with the comparison was less to tear down Brown(I'm still a little skeptical but if he keeps throwing strikes like this...), and more to build up Wesneski. To that end, a lot has been made of Wesneski's struggles against LHH last year, but it's worth recognizing that he did not have struggles against them in AAA or MLB in 2022, and to start 2024 he hasn't struggled against them at either level. This is not to say that the 2023 issues were a fluke to write off, and the most recent sample sizes aren't much, but part of the concern when we talk about this is that Wesneski's current repertoire is *incompatible* with getting out LHH. That's a very difficult thing to resolve at the MLB level, but if in practice it may be that he had a mechanical/pitch mix issue that caused the LHH struggles, that's more likely to be solvable. And if he does so, then in terms of present utility I think he and Brown are very similar.
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    If the White Sox play at a 90 win pace for the rest of the season, they will finish below .500.
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    I think this is a really useful framework for thinking about the pitching staff. If I were to nitpick it I almost think there's a separate category in between the high leverage arms and the extras, in which I'd put Almonte and Keegan. They seem clearly by performance and usage to be thought of higher than the extras, but they're never being used instead of the one inning leverage guys when they're available. That's also useful because I think basically all of the extras can flow upwards to that level based on form(e.g. Little, Cuas, or Palencia go a week without walking the world) but wouldn't immediately be part of the late inning circle of trust if they did. Otherwise, I'm consistently higher on Wesneski than most and I think he's got more in common with Brown than Smyly in terms of ability. But with Brown and Assad's success he hasn't gotten the opportunity so I can't say with certainty he's there in Counsell's eyes.
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    Setting aside if a retirement gift is the right spot for a sponsored giveaway(probably not!), that TV costs between 4-8000 dollars depending on the specific model.
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    1) No 2) It was before Seiya and Happ got hurt and he started doing things like starting at DH against Edward Cabrera
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    Garrett Cooper has a 122 wRC+ at the moment, if you are comparing him to Mancini/Hosmer or are generally worked up about his production you need to get a grip.
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    Welcome!
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    I mean, Kyle giving up rockets and 460 HR is ominous and bad and going to be bad every time it happens. Kyle having an inning like last inning will be scoreless most of the time. From a process perspective he'd be a perfectly fine SP if every inning went like that one.
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