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heckuva jump cody -
another obvious swing from Machado, what are we doing here
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uhhhhh that was an obvious swing by Bogaerts?
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Kohl, the pitcher
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Obviously blowing an 8 run lead isn't going to ease any pre-existing concerns about the bullpen, but before yesterday the Cubs had a middle of the pack bullpen ERA despite being top 5 in bullpen innings. Are they 1.5 arms short right now? Probably, and those guys are either on the roster(Merryweather, Assad) or will be a very real option sooner than if this wasn't the 2nd week of April(Brown, Horton). It's a reasonable opinion to want them to have invested more in the pen, but let's also not oversell the difference in certainty. There's a number of "real" arms from the market struggling so far too(Hader, Johnson, Alvarado from a quick search of those who are pitching and healthy).
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In that vein I suspect if there is an issue, it's that he needs to miss the plate more, which given his control is a gameplanning tweak more than an issue with hitters figuring him out or anything long-term worrisome. His O-Swing isn't particularly elite for a reliever, doubly so when you consider he has a fairly high Zone% for a reliever, so there's probably room to take a few more risks, like 1-0 to a very dangerous hitter.
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Yeah my order of takeaways would basically be: Even the best teams lose 2+ months worth of games, and among them are going to be many painful, frustrating losses. When you use 4 relievers(including 2 late inning stalwarts and your stuff-monster LHRP) and they all give up runs, sometimes it's just not your day. This is the price you pay for rotation injuries. I mentioned earlier in the thread but the last turn through the rotation got 21.2 IP from the starters, 49% of innings. If you're counting on the bullpen to throw more than half of your innings, then you're giving more innings to the worst of your pen and tempting fate. This is compounded by both Merryweather's injury and the fact that Cuas and Almonte would be less relied upon if Assad and possibly Brown were bullpen options. Cuas probably needs some time in Iowa to find his command/release point. I'd expect that to happen whichever happens sooner between Edwards getting ramped or Taillon being ready to rejoin the rotation, possibly sooner if they want to throw Keegan out there(hey after a bad first outing the last 2 have been solid) There's nothing else peripherally standing out, but 2 HR in 5 outings for Adbert has me side-eyeing his progress over the coming weeks, especially with Merryweather out.
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Yeah, including tonight the last turn through the rotation has gotten a combined 21.2 IP, that is, uh, going to lead to some runs given up from the bullpen when you make relievers throw more than half the innings.
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The countdown to Cuas going down for Carl is on
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lol this offense is facing a superstuff buzzsaw and spitting in their faces
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Christopher Morel go one (1) game without missing the 1B challenge
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that is some arm on Tatis, yeesh
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Amaya sticking with his best weapon, the HBP
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Finally, we get to see how good a Calipari team can be if he could win some recruiting battles.
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I think that's mostly based on the pitching matchups, which are about as tilted to the extreme as is possible considering it's the Padres best 3 starters against the Cubs w/o Steele or Shota:
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A little surprised they didn't bring in Cooper for either of these ABs against LHP given the long stretch without facing one.
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They could, but the only fresh arm that doesn't require a 40 man move is Keegan, so don't think they'll be doing that.
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Almonte threw 20 pitches yesterday, my guess is he gets to go until he gets 1 inning or maybe until the LHH at the top come around, then they'll try to get 3 innings combined from Smyly/Palencia with Neris to close it out?
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I guess I've never seen Ryan Yarbrough pitch because I would've confidently said he was a RHP
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I can't recall the specific games but to my memory this type of thing happens around once a season given the number of day games the Cubs play.
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1) the rain doesn't have to completely stop for the day for the game to resume 2) there's no reason to think they wouldn't wait that long. The Dodgers have a night game in Minnesota tomorrow and the Cubs have a night game in San Diego, if this was Sunday Night baseball we wouldn't think anything of their travel schedule
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I'm concerned about the integrity of moundball, that should not be a winner smh
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Minor League Discussion & Box, 4-7-24
Transmogrified Tiger replied to CaliforniaRaisin's topic in Cubs Minor League Talk
Right before he flew out to CF, no foul balls or other swings besides the fly out. So if it's an injury it's on that swing or run to 1B, wouldn't normally guess that. -
He's not eligible to be president I think you stopped at the right spot
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It would be darkly funny if his delayed signing led to him struggling for 3-4 weeks and depressing his EOY numbers enough that teams were afraid of him again in FA
