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Throw strikes, let KB get a basket shot, don't burn any key pen guys, don't get hurt.
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He's hit the ball really hard and has a 20% walk rate so far this year. Obviously expectations are raised if he's going to max out defensively as a first baseman. But everything beneath the hood still looks good.
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Guys. Come on guys.
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lolllllllllllllllllll
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Bad Cody
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Murakami after the 2025 season to solve our third base issue.
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It's a bad approach against this guy. He doesn't give up HRs normally, much less on a day like today. Hit the ball hard on the ground. If the BABIP gods get you that way, so be it. Going for the fences against a sinkerball pitcher on a day like today is dumb.
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I don't care about what hand these guys are. Happ and Belli are already in the line up, that's fine for guys hitting on the left side against RHP. Tauchman is in the lineup because we currently have, ignoring the catchers, 7 good hitters and then 3-4 mediocre options. The fact that Tauchman hits lefty doesn't make him a substantially better hitter than Madrigal or Wisdom in a couple weeks. Morel should be in the lineup, especially if he's seeing the ball this well (only 1 K so far this year is really encouraging). But he's a DH at this point in time.
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As mentioned earlier, Hudson is terrible. Please start hitting accordingly.
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We're currently effectively running Mike Tauchman out there as our every day DH, you could absolutely just give that line up spot to Wisdom/Madrigal and take Morel's glove away from him and not lose pretty much anything offensively.
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That is a nasty split. You can see it fall off the table. And man, the emotion already. Could be a fan favorite quickly here.
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Unreal how often the ball has found Morel there
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Pretty insane
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108.8 off the bat from Seiya. Dakota Hudson sucks out loud but real encouraging.
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Just A Guy Ian Happ improves his OBP to .533 to start the year.
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Blackmon made some pretty loud contact, but locked down after that. Though I'm sure for other reasons you'd prefer another 20-30 degrees on the thermometer, you can't really ask for an easier debut start.
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Matt Chapman was just sitting out there the whole time
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Game Thread Sign-ups: March-April 2024
squally1313 replied to PackLandVA's topic in Chicago Cubs Talk
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Yeah I don't mind win probability as a tool and certainly didn't bother me showing up in the top corner of the broadcast. I don't know how much it adds to like, the entertainment value of a game? Given Kyle's first point above, do you really want to showcase that (making up numbers) being down 2 going into the 8th only gives you a 20% chance of winning? Seems more likely to drive people off than keeping them interested. On the gambling side of it, it seems counterintuitive just because I assume at a very rough level that in game live betting odds mirror the win probability chart pretty closely, but for the (ever growing) spreads that the casinos bake in to the odds to make sure they get their revenue. I think it's pretty likely that tracking win probability against the live odds you'd rarely see like, some sort of value proposition available, which to me would lead to decreased betting having it put right in front of you. Then again, maybe they're just counting on the anti-stats crowd to get angry and try to prove a computer wrong or something.
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Most of this hinges on the expected time frame for Steele's recovery, but I think given that the next open start is Colorado (who sucks) at home, you let Wesneski take that one (and maybe let Smyly open to get through Blackmon/Jones/McMahon once). If he can't handle a Colorado lineup in April in Chicago (seeing a high of 41 and potentially snow on Wednesday), then you stretch Smyly out and give him a shot. While both of those guys get a shot, you're giving Brown a few starts in AAA to force his way up.
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The complete ease and omnipresence of gambling is the big issue for me. Without leaving my house, or even getting up from the couch, I could lose thousands of dollars by noon today. And then when the gambling account is empty, adding thousands more takes about 4 minutes, and either way I'm bombarded with promos and sign on bonuses and whatever else.
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Adbert* Alzolay* Alzolay was the 16th best relief pitcher in the league last year by fWAR Cubs, overall in 2023: 254/330/431 Cubs, RISP in 2023: 272/350/425
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I don't really know what this means. What team is equipped to replace their ace with anyone besides a 6th starter? There are 24 pitchers projected for over 3 wins. Five teams have more than one of them, including the Cubs. There's not a team in baseball that has an extra Justin Steele lying around to fill into the rotation.
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Garret Cooper does the worst thing you could do in that situation, drew smyly gives up a phantom run against 2-3-4 of the rangers lineup. Drew’s fault!
