Bobson Dugnutt
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I don’t really care about Counsell one way or the other, but I’m not sure what he’s supposed to do with this collection of pitchers. He’s been handed the worst staff in the majors and the team is on pace for 90 wins.
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He may never play another snap for the Bears again, and what we’re hearing from Poles and Johnson speaks volumes about their frustration levels, but putting him on the PUP list doesn’t signal anything either way. It was the obvious move to make. They get no benefit from cutting him and he’s clearly not ready to go on the active roster. If they IR’ed him before the release of the initial 53-man, he’d be out for the whole season. If they took a similar approach as they did with Bryant and included him on the initial 53-man roster and then IR’ed him, someone else would’ve gotten squeezed off the initial 53, if only for a day, and other teams would have had the opportunity to sign or claim that player. He’d still have to miss a minimum of 4 games and they have to burn one of their 8 designations to return. Because he 1) entered camp with an injury 2) did not participate in any practices or preseason games, they are able to place him on the PUP list, leaving the door open for him to return and saving a DTR for another injured player. Thats it. The Bears made the obvious move because it was the obvious move. We learned nothing new about their feelings toward him or their plans for him.
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They did not effectively cut Gordon by putting him on the PUP list lol what are you talking about and no, they have the option to open a 21-day practice window as early as week 3, positioning him to play as soon as week 5. But they do not have to open the 21-day practice window that early. Formerly, it was a 5 week period during which a team could begin the 21-day practice window for a player, but im not sure how the rule changes allowing PUP players to begin their window as soon as week 3 changes this (I.e is it still a 5 week period or is it now 7?). but presumably they have until at least week 8, maybe week 10, to open his window. Like it or not, Gordon is almost certainly here for the next two seasons, so ya just gotta hope he gets healthy and sees the field as much as possible.
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I went back to 1991 and found two cases of a team finishing last in pitching fWAR and having a winning record: the 1991 A’s at 84-78 and the 2000 Angels at 82-80. The fact that they’re playing at a 91-win pace tells you just how good the bats and gloves have been.
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All our injured pitchers are great and all our healthy pitchers are bad. As soon as the injured pitchers get healthy they become bad and as soon as the healthy pitchers get injured they become good. It’s what’s known as Jed’s Paradox.
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Cubs pitching ranks under Jed (fWAR): 29th 27th 10th 17th 19th 30th
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Man, we gotta stop with the “Cabrera could be the relief ace we’ve been missing” thing. I know it’s September and the trade deadline has come and gone and every single reliever on the active roster stinks so we can only pin hopes on guys coming back from injury but based on everything we’ve seen from Cabrera this year, he won’t be the answer either. He’ll just be more cannon fodder.
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i don’t want to
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my kingdom for a trustworthy bullpen
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This is the reason he was placed on the initial 53 man. If they put him on IR on Sunday, he would not have been eligible to come back this year. By waiting a day, they can designate him to return. They are allowed to designate 8 players to return from IR in a given season. If he progresses well, they can use one of the designations on him.
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Normal caveats about preseason apply, but I thought he looked good against the titans.
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Honestly, no, probably not. Like I said, I’m not Dexter’s biggest fan, so I don’t necessarily mind losing him. It’s the timing that really has me interested. I don’t really see the need to trade him if you’re looking at a 5th or later pick in return. I’d just as soon keep him on the roster, even if he winds up buried on the depth chart a bit. If he goes, his roster spot probably just goes to Lynch? I’d flip him for a 4th or higher right now, but is another team going to pay that? I’m doubtful. That kind of has me thinking it’s a challenge trade. No one has emerged as an obvious winner in the LT competition and the DB room is looking very thin with injuries stacking up. The Bears seem happy with their edge options for some reason but that’s another area that could use help. Flipping Dexter to address one of those needs before the season would be smart.
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What a waste of a gem from Holmes. 7 innings of stress free baseball and two relievers you’d like to count on for high leverage innings in October can’t shut the door.
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Yeah, I don’t really know what to make of it. I’m not the world’s biggest Dexter fan, but it’s on odd time to be subtracting from the roster. Maybe they like their group just enough there that they’re dangling him to upgrade LT, Edge or DB. that said, it seems like everyone is just running with the one Schultz tweet. We’ll see how it plays out.
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welcome to the Budweiser broadcast booth brought to you by miller lite
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I used to play Words with Friends with Jarrett Payton.
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Folks on Reddit claim Parkins makes 7 figures in his current gig. I really enjoyed Danny, but unless he gets let go by FS1 or just misses Chicago so terribly that he’s willing to settle for, what, a quarter of that, there’s no way he’s taking the gig. And he and haugh would go together like oil and water. More likely it’ll be someone they can save a few bucks on like Ruthie Polinski, Gabe Ramirez, or Carmen Vitale.
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It’s so unrecognizable compared to what it was in its heyday. It’s always had its flaws and bad on air personalities, but we’re only like 7 or 8 years removed from it being around the clock live and local. None of the current on air personalities really carry any gravitas or have any charisma. I’ve always liked Grote, Harris and Spiegel are fine. They all kinda seem like supporting players though, Holmes comes off as whiny and condescending and Haugh is very grating. Local radio is dying everywhere, but the talent drain is tough to see.
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Good stuff, thanks for sharing this. I mostly only know him as the former producer of the Big Picture podcast, but Wags is the man.
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Wtf Zeferjahn
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Yeah, that’s a surprise. Man, Harris was so bad, though. No surprise there. The Score is such a shell of what it used to be. So much time filled with nationally syndicated shows, wagertainment, and replays of 2016 Cubs games. And the personalities on ESPN 1000 do nothing for me.
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Minor League Discussion & Boxes, 8-16-26
Bobson Dugnutt replied to CaliforniaRaisin's topic in Cubs Minor League Talk
Yeah I mean I have no strong opinions on Kepley one way or the other, but throwing a Rickey Henderson comp (no matter what level of poverty you want to qualify the comp with!) is giving “Harold Reynolds analyzes the draft” vibes. Dude is 17th among hitters in fwar all time. There’s some guys whose careers are just so hallowed that invoking their name in relation to a back end top 100 prospect who just hit AA is just silly on its face. I tend to like players who play like Kepley but I’m still waiting to see more upper level success before I buy in, but even then, as others have mentioned, it’ll be interesting to see if he actually makes sense in the cubs lineup when he is ready. If Seiya walks, if Busch levels out closer to 18-22 HRs than the 34 he hit last year, etc. they’re going to need to find somewhere for more thump in the lineup, and COF is one of the only spots that’s not spoken for in the coming years. -
yes he died of a thumb cramp. rip
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Minor League Discussion & Boxes, 8-16-26
Bobson Dugnutt replied to CaliforniaRaisin's topic in Cubs Minor League Talk
It’s a little hard to bridge the gap when one guy is throwing a Nico comp (complementary!) and the other guy is pulling out Rickey Henderson. -
Who?
