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  1. squally1313
    Agree conceptually that the Cubs have a lot of good hitters and probably no elite hitters, I honestly have no idea if that's a 'conceptual' problem (6-8 105-115 OPS+ dudes vs a couple 140-150 and then some scrubs). Having said that, both Bellinger (.909) and Suzuki (.938) were over .900 in the second half last year. It's there, we just haven't seen it.
  2. squally1313
    To the extent you think the Cubs are in 'Win Now' mode, Morel's defensive shortcomings are a serious issue that may eventually go away over time (and consistent, every day reps), which is something a non-Win Now team can afford to give him a lot easier, especially given the tons of team control he still has. The bat is legit and he's made serious improvements there, but if he's DH only at this point in his career he's a lot less valuable even when the actual offensive output starts matching the metrics.
  3. squally1313
    Since May 1 the cubs have had the 6th best bullpen in baseball by fWAR, first in K rate, 15th in walk rate, very bad BABIP and underperforming their FIP by about a run. Agree on needing to limit brown’s innings if we get back in contention and want him around in September/october, but think you can delay that decision another month and keep all the starters well rested (and willing to get an extra inning from them) without being terrified of a brown-less bullpen
  4. squally1313
    Just go 6 man for a while. Hendricks is basically a wasted roster spot, and nobody beyond shota, who prefers more rest anyways, has stood out enough demand starts over another. Keep them all stretched and wait for the inevitable injury.
  5. squally1313
    It sounds like there’s a pretty high likelihood that one of the rehabbing pitchers is hurt enough to push to the 60 man. But also madrigal, fine, whatever. More interested in what they want bote doing. The first base/outfield/DH platoon is pretty crowded with PCA and Happ seemingly locked in and seiya looking real shaky, so not sure it’s the best time to give up on morel at third. Can’t imagine a lot of situations where you’d rather have bote hitting over wisdom. Also could be an injury, who knows.
  6. squally1313
    What a weird, amazing game
  7. squally1313
    Oh man I want PCA here one way or another. If the point is to be entertained just give me him in center forever.
  8. squally1313
    Well well well
  9. squally1313
    Sending Greene back out here seems pretty malpractice-y
  10. squally1313
    This is low key the best game to be at at wrigley
  11. squally1313
    Lolllllllll
  12. squally1313
    Cool, fun, happy he’s been designated as our most important offensive dude
  13. squally1313
    Would love to hear why tauchman should be getting more PAs than Happ
  14. squally1313
    One of those start times where I’m going to be pissed all day it wasn’t a 1:20 start and then very happy, four beers deep, when it starts tonight. That’s assuming it happens at all, weather in the western suburbs looks like rain all day
  15. squally1313
    Man this one is going to hurt. lollll madrigal just for the story line
  16. squally1313
    lol that ball three call
  17. squally1313
    Gomes would have definitely knocked him in with two outs, for sure
  18. squally1313
    If we're lucky, we can reuse this post in a couple weeks with a different name in there.
  19. squally1313
    Tauchman has plenty of value here, but I don't think he needs to be 'guy who gets the most ABs on the team'
  20. squally1313
    Estrada has 16 major league innings where he's shown any semblance of success. Ben Brown, in his last 13 innings, has 19 Ks and 2 hits allowed. We got him for 2 months of David Robertson. These things happen, all the time, to every team in baseball.
  21. squally1313

    PCA

    squally1313 replied to thawv's topic in Chicago Cubs Talk

    Lol that's where we are at with our 24 year old clean up hitter third baseman with a .380 xwOBA huh? Excited to hear about Matt Shaw just keeping the spot warm for Christian Hernandez after he has an average rookie season.
  22. squally1313
    I totally get what you're saying about aggressiveness and getting ahead of the market, but it's a little funny to see all the vitriol Swanson has gotten this year and then point to....trading for a shortstop with a history of success who, YTD, had given you negative defensive value and was hitting .197 at the time of the trade.
  23. squally1313
    This is almost certainly not updated for today, but there's a current argument for the pen being 'decent' today, and that would be before you send Brown or Assad there. In May: 7th in fWAR 1st in K/9 10th in BB/9 21st in ERA 7th in FIP 4th in xFIP 25th in BABIP, which explains the discrepancy above Obviously they were brutal in April, and I don't want to talk out of both sides of my mouth when it comes to slicing/dicing sample sizes, but in April they were 5th in innings and May they are 15th, so there's maybe some credence to increased effectiveness coming from working a normal amount of innings
  24. squally1313
    of horsefeathers course
  25. squally1313
    The shadows couldn't be in a tougher spot right now, so Amaya (and Leiter) letting this guy go from first to third after an infield single is really annoying
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