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If you had to guess Garrett Cooper's job, and you couldn't see how far he hit a ball, how many guesses would it take you before you got to baseball player? Is it less than 1000? I'm not sure. -
Probably Keegan for one more given the DH tomorrow, I'm guessing?
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Fangraphs' stuff like service time or options is generally the before the season value and they update once a year.
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Minor League Discussion & Box, 4-19-24
Transmogrified Tiger replied to CaliforniaRaisin's topic in Cubs Minor League Talk
Maybe, but even without the ball Horton has basically been just as dominant so far. -
This year so far 9 players at Iowa have had at least 35 PA, Canario is 7th of 9 in OPS. He was 7th of 13 among Iowa players w/ 100 PA last year. He clearly has some talent but his pedigree and performance do not justify anyone thinking he is more than a *potential* 4th OF or short sided platoon bat, which is what we have seen players like Wisdom have *proven* they can be. It's fun to dream on the 5-10% chance that Canario flips a switch and becomes Marcell Ozuna lite or something, but for the purposes of a competitive team winning games, he should not be playing more than he has. His MLB success is *because* of the shielding he has received and not in spite of it.
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Wisdom is better than Canario. Maybe if you're really bearish on Wisdom the defensive RF that gap closes enough to make it a coin flip, but especially in small doses like injury replacement short sided platoons, it's a pretty easy decision.
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Minor League Discussion & Box, 4-19-24
Transmogrified Tiger replied to CaliforniaRaisin's topic in Cubs Minor League Talk
I think Brown's progression last year is a good barometer for when Horton might see Iowa. Brown made 4 starts in Tennessee and was moved to Iowa at the start of May, which feels like the path that Horton is on. Once in Iowa though I think all bets are off depending on MLB team needs and how quickly he starts excelling at that level. -
1. Come on Jed, where's your sense of adventure 2. The bench is now 4 RHH(Amaya/Gomes, Canario, Madrigal, Wisdom/Cooper) most days. Yes, there aren't many starters you'd want to pinch hit for with a LHH(basically just a C that you replace afterward with the backup), but I still find this odd. There's not so many PAs available for RHH bench players as is, why not keep the guy who hits LHH, is your best pinch runner, and can fake it basically anywhere defensively?
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You're thinking of the minor leagues, who play 7 inning games for DH's. Still 9 innings at the big league level, but both teams get an extra roster spot to call up a pitcher.
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I'm still not sure what the position player is, but I imagine we'll know since the departing player probably isn't staying in Chicago? On the pitching side though, in theory they could push Taillon one more day to Saturday and let him be the 27th man so there's no need to remove a bullpen arm until his next start, which in theory could be pushed all the way to the Boston series if you let Brown start one of the Houston games. EDIT: You could also start Brown on Sunday, that would be 5 days rest and give Hendricks 2 extra days to rest/work out whatever he's dealing with. That would remove Brown as a long man this weekend and make the DH more risky, especially for Taillon's first start. Maybe you decide after seeing how much the pen gets used tomorrow if you keep Shota on schedule.
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I wonder if the pitch mix is influenced by repeat outings against the same team too. Probably next to impossible to control for in Alzolay's sample size, but the thesis might be that he gets more slider heavy when he sees hitters multiple times in a series since his fastball isn't the wipeout pitch that other elite relievers possess.
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Minor League Discussion & Box, 4-17-24
Transmogrified Tiger replied to CaliforniaRaisin's topic in Cubs Minor League Talk
Two more walks for Shaw, now at a 8/9 K/BB to pair with his 1.331 OPS. Elsewhere in walks, Arias is off to a better start in that department, 8/3 K/BB in 7 IP. -
Pulling Wesneski feels too clever by half, he's cruising, on 4 days rest, and has thrown 60+ pitches multiple times at Iowa. You've got a 3 run cushion so at least let him concede a baserunner since you're facing the bottom half.
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Busch placing that like he was angry they preferred to walk Morel to face him
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Minor League Discussion & Box, 4-17-24
Transmogrified Tiger replied to CaliforniaRaisin's topic in Cubs Minor League Talk
If it's Wisdom coming back to Chicago, it's little weird that they couldn't decide before or after the game, especially since the roster problem he might solve isn't a super urgent one. -
I kinda wonder if they just eat the innings today with whoever is planned to go down for Taillon, presumably Palencia or Thompson. I doubt they'd make a 40 man move for this very short term crisis, which makes the only practical option probably Wesneski, who you might not want to disrupt just to eat a couple innings on getaway day. It might be difficult to physically get someone to Phoenix in time too.
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I think I said it elsewhere, but to the degree that Adbert has a problem it's one in his control, and that's throwing *too many* strikes, so it's less concerning than someone being unable to find the plate or having every pitch get torched. As an aside on the HR itself, that's the sorta thing that makes me side-eye some of the exit velo data. I know it was a quick stroke and clearly it was hit hard enough to have the distance, but it was on a slider and frankly off the bat it did not look like 110 mph(2nd highest in a game with tons of rocket shots).
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sigh, Cubs are still looking for their first extra inning win since 1986
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Randall Grichuk looks like a college lacrosse player (derogatory)
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let Morel pitch
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got to give extra innings credit, every one somehow becomes more annoying than the last
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innovation
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Dansby has not been up to his standard defensively so far this year
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now tied with Seiya in fWAR, 117 wRC+
