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Did the camera angle play tricks on me or did Dansby miss first base by a lot -
you have to know that's a backup catcher going down the line and take the step to set yourself
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I think it's less about Brown pitching tonight and not being rested and more about Brown pitching tonight and giving up more 100 mph line drives than he got outs. That said, I think at least for next week it will be more about times through the order, and I suspect both Smyly and Brown will be asked to get 9-12 outs.
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like I said, great choice sticking with Cooper
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Tauchman for Cooper here I assume, would be nice to scratch across 1 to make the 9th tighter, especially w/ Leclerc 'blowing' his last outing
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ooooh Cuas putting that new sweeper where he wants it
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Seager has 3 hits with exit velos of 86, 78, and 78
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1) this assumes the order will remain the same all year long, it won't which is most of Derwood's point 2) even then, 'fewer starts' in this context is like a maximum of 2 starts, not meaningful
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are these balls hot, that should not have been a home run
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this is hilarious
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Gomes and Busch it is
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Minor League Discussion & Box, 3-30-24
Transmogrified Tiger replied to CaliforniaRaisin's topic in Cubs Minor League Talk
Caissie with 2 singles and a walk through 5 innings -
Fangraphs pages have average fastball velocity on the dashboard: https://www.fangraphs.com/players/keegan-thompson/19795/stats?position=P Keegan has sat at 94 or just under it for all his MLB seasons.
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Brown getting called up *today* might be an indicator that he's going to be used in a pen or piggyback role, unless the rotation is getting shuffled to keep him on a schedule.
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With a day game tomorrow, probably best to think of the next two games as a pair for lineup purposes. Hendricks v. soft tossing LHP today, Wicks v. hard throwing RHP(Gray) tomorrow. The catchers will split the games, ideally starting Amaya against this LHP would be nice, and it's Hendricks who calls his own game. Other way would be if Counsell was alarmed by Gomes getting dusted by velo on Thursday(remember Gomes was PH for in the 10th), then it could be Gomes today, Amaya tomorrow Cooper today seems like a certainty, this is what he's on the roster for Then you've probably got a decision between Madrigal and Busch, or rather Madrigal 3B/Morel DH v. Morel 3B/Busch 1B. Madrigal has handedness and defense on his side, but Busch worked excellent at bats and this is a pretty good opportunity to get a look at if he has any viability v. LHP at the moment. Especially since... Tomorrow should be a very similar lineup to opening day(catcher potentially excepted) given the pitching matchup. Depending on the above decisions I could see Tauchman(at Busch/Morel's expense) or even Mastrobuoni(for Madrigal) getting token starts to get them first series ABs and ease some regulars into the grind of the season given the night/day back to back.
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The walk rate(and ERA) did get worse after he came back from injury and was in the pen, but the comparative struggles were of a similar magnitude beforehand. At AAA prior to his injury he had a 4.85 ERA, 5.54 BB/9, and 1.25 HR/9.
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There's a difference in level though. Wesneski struggled against LHH/with HR at the MLB level, after not having material problems in the high minors. Brown not only struggled with walks in the high minors but at AAA was worse at getting outs and even giving up HR than Wesneski's AAA time. There's a two-step of hope with any adjustments we think Brown has made. It's that he controls his fastball so he not only stops walking so many people but he also stops giving up so many runs at the AAA level, *and* that translates to MLB. Wesneski doing anything to correct his LHH/HR struggles doesn't have that extra layer of risk given his level and past performance.
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The thing about WPA is that in-game I don't really get it being a permanent fixture because as a current state it tells you so little. Maybe they need to do that to bring enough awareness to the idea, but the real utility is showing the plays/innings that result in big swings. It's a metric to look backwards with so I'm not sure how useful it is as a constant on the scorebug.
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It really should be Wesneski, I'm not going to take a handful of innings of Ben Brown not walking ST lineups over his extended problems struggling against AAA hitters as proof he's leapfrogged Hayden in the pecking order.
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Minor League Musings
Transmogrified Tiger replied to Little Slide Rooter's topic in Cubs Minor League Talk
I'm a little less concerned about Murray being in Iowa to start with. He doesn't have the same ceiling as the IF prospects around him, and his profile is such that there's likely to be a less stark learning curve at AAA so it's easier to gauge his potential MLB readiness from AA. Said another way, I would be more comfortable calling up Murray straight from Tennessee if the need required it than I would be Caissie. -
low key bush league slide from Semien
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Jung had a 5% walk rate last year and he's held up on like 5 great 2 strike pitches today
