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Everything posted by squally1313
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21% GB rate from Kenley
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dansby walkoff
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if they go ahead now they can't add to their walkoff total
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FInnegan is bad, Kenley is bad, but we need at least 2.
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2.11 ERA 18.1% K rate 14.1% BB rate sure sure
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.860 xBA on that last PCA catch.
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As a Cubs fan, Seiya can't get backpicked there. As a baseball fan, those plays are so fascinating/cool in terms of the communication required to make that timing work as well as it did.
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.120 xBA on Busch's home run. So we're square there.
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They're hitting Flaherty hard. PCA squared his up, Suzuki squared up a ball that went just foul, Nico and Dansby both hit it hard. That said, not a lot of faith in Taillon or whoever else doing 5 runs better the rest of the game.
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Dingler HR: 97.9 EV, 33 LA, 396 distance Dansby FO: 97.7 EV, 31 LA, 396 distance baseball is stupid
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deepest part of the ballpark, cool cool cool
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of course that was a 1-2-3 inning.
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But it's pretty clear who they would be replaced with, right? Isn't 100 games of JD and Boog better than zero?
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This isn't to defend Taillon at all but Savant is making it seem like the second home run was at least somewhat wind aided (xBA was .220). Hadn't seen an official read on the wind, kinda weird weather out in the suburbs, but hopefully we get some help on our end too.
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Pomeranz gone Maton back to the IL (same knee issue) Taillon and Civale added to roster
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Cubs Trade For Beleagured Starter Aaron Civale
squally1313 replied to Brock Beauchamp's topic in Chicago Cubs Talk
everything that did/didn't happen last year, and then the (potentially made up!) rationalizing of 'well they asked for owen caissie AND jaxon wiggins, that would have been absolutely insane!' like this organization would be in shambles without the about to be 25 year old who might, maybe, one of these days, actually show something in AAA*. 7 starts, 22 innings, 19 walks. thank god we were responsible and decided that was more important than having literally anyone better than colin rea starting a game 5. no offense to jaxon wiggins, seems like a cool dude. -
Cubs Trade For Beleagured Starter Aaron Civale
squally1313 replied to Brock Beauchamp's topic in Chicago Cubs Talk
Yeah this is all fair/correct, I think. The difference between July 19 and July 31 is probably minimal, although I can see the division getting tight. The frustrated tone comes from A. everything that did/didn't happen last year, and B. the fact that needed top line starting pitching from the jump, and we're now 98 games into the year with our best position player group in baseball per fWAR dragging us to the 5th best record in baseball. This wasn't a problem created by Cade Horton getting hurt, though it certainly didn't help. We went out of our way to block pretty much every top prospect we have for the foreseeable future. Go get something for them. -
Cubs Trade For Beleagured Starter Aaron Civale
squally1313 replied to Brock Beauchamp's topic in Chicago Cubs Talk
This trade is fine. in terms of the bigger picture, I’m beyond tired of the narrative of how much it’s going to cost or whatever. We have a drastic, glaring need. Figure out what it takes to acquire a good starter and a good reliever and then actually go out and do it. We’re on at least year two, probably more of it being likd this. Adjust to the market. It’s an insult to the group of position players to insist that Jefferson Rojas and his salary suppressed control is too important and we should just be happy with Justin Steele throwing in Arizona in August as The Real Acquistion. -
Yeah seems like a double edged sword. The rain will clear the smoke for like 24 hours (supposedly going to come back tomorrow night). It's probably playable in current conditions, the golf courses out by me in the western suburbs were all packed yesterday still. I'm sure Tom wouldn't love the decreased attendance from a smoke game but it's not like we can just delay a whole series
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Yeah but everyone knew he was toast going into the 9th too. Those three outs were maybe the most terrifying moments of my life. The Circle of Trust was just him at that point.
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Does it make sense beyond 'it makes sense for the financial well being of the people owning opening day tickets'? That sounds snarky but it's somewhat genuine, I just don't think it's a real concern in terms of setting up a schedule where you're allocating like 15 days off over a 6 month period and one of them is automatically after game 1. But I'm happy to hear why otherwise.
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What would we ever do without a backup infielder that like 6 people had heard of 6 months ago. Just find another one.
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Yeah you're right that I probably overlapped different arguments. I just think the argument of 'oh it's the Brewers so this guy must actually be good' falls apart pretty quickly. Vaughn, Harrison, even Conforto and Rolison have all shown flashes of talent in the past. Does that translate to future success? Absolutely not, and there are hundreds of examples you could probably name just between the Brewers and the Cubs. Gordon has not, really at any point in his career. We can evaluate the players. Astros ended up keeping most of McCuller's contract too, so this wasn't some 'buy a prospect' thing (also because, again, he's 27). They need innings, and while none of these injuries are recent, there are five relievers on the 40 man roster injured right now, and four of them are lefties. (You know who would have been really good to stabilize their rotation right now, even in a down year? Freddy Peralta. But hey, at least they have Brandon Sproat, 25 years old, and his +5 ERA and FIP, and a guy with a 95 wRC in AAA with no real defensive position)
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