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  1. squally1313
    It may be a matter of days before he falls flat on his face. But what separates him from the AAAA sluggers of Cubs past is that he's doing it at a time when it actually matters. If nothing else, hopefully the smoke and mirrors are enough to earn him a few million yen on the other side of the pond. He's going to K a lot, which is not the kind of hitter you necessarily want to add to this lineup. I think what actually separates him from those other guys is that it seems like he can actually play solid defense. Jake Fox could hit, you just couldn't put him anywhere and he wasn't good enough to be a DH. With Wisdom, you get a 5% chance of a Max Muncy thing, a pretty high likelihood he can be the next Bote (or the Bote we thought we'd be getting), and a decent chance his K rate goes to 40% and he falls into the Fox/Hoffpauer/LaHair category.
  2. squally1313
    Honestly, just do the softball rule. Hit a no doubter, just pimp it straight back to the dugout.
  3. squally1313
    Doubtful. Think I wasted most of that energy supply on the USMNT last night....will check the box score when I wake up and wait until Wednesday when I can get pissed off watching Yu destroy Jake.
  4. squally1313
    I mean, if those guys can stay healthy, they've been more than good enough to carry the team. But... Burnes pitched 116 innings in 2018, 71 innings in 2019, 60 innings in 2020, and he's at 59 this year, having already missed a couple weeks for injury. Woodruff pitched 114 innings in 2018, 121 innings in 2019, 74 innings in 2020, and 76 innings this year. Peralta 139 innings in 2018, 98 innings in 2019, 29 innings in 2020, 64 innings this year. I'm aware every team is going to have these issues to some degree, but few teams are relying on their starters like they are (first in starter fWAR so far this year), and I don't think they have any reinforcements to fill in the inevitable gaps. Only looks like 1 prospect in the top 150 on FG, Aaron Ashby, who had never pitched above high A before this year and is walking over 5.5 guys per 9 in AAA so far this year. They'll need Yelich to come back and resume MVP production, otherwise the offense will never be able to do enough.
  5. squally1313
    With Woodruff, Burnes, Peralta, Hader, Williams, they're going to win a lot of low scoring, close games. Just a matter of if that kind of elite pitching will hold up over a full season after last year.
  6. squally1313
    Yeah I mean the big thing was we haven't been able to develop pitching. Alzolay and Keegan Thompson already look like they belong. Maples, Steele and Nance have been solid parts of the pen this year. And guys like Abbott and Marquez are on the cusp of making an impact. It took awhile but we're starting to see it happen. Unfortunately the two or three that turn into impact arms can probably decide which of KB, Javy, or Rizzos locker they want next year.
  7. squally1313
    Yep. Oh no, Bob Brenly, 9 year MLB player, 4 year MLB manager, and like 20 year broadcaster who, as an example, signed a 4 year deal with the Cubs for $3.5m in 2008, might get fired at age 67? Whatever will he do, besides stiff caddies at his country club and yell at waitresses for taking too long to get his bottle of wine.
  8. squally1313
    Well, at least Cubs payroll is more efficient this year. So there. Paying someone $8m a year to produce 0.3 fWAR is unfortunately not even more efficient than paying Yu $18m to produce 1.9 fWAR. But Tom's bank account is more efficient I guess.
  9. squally1313
    This team is approaching ‘Fun’
  10. squally1313
    This team is probably good enough (and the rest of the division not great enough) to play meaningful baseball the rest of the year, while still bad enough to feel like we're almost overachieving somehow. Quite the needle to thread.
  11. squally1313
    Right, and double digits under .500 in the next 6 weeks very likely includes a KB injury or serious slump, which changes the outlook on what you get for a short term rental anyways (vs the comp pick).
  12. squally1313
    Can we never be on SNB again? That was awful.
  13. squally1313
    Jeff Fassero plus any catcher over 30 beats anything else Assume you meant Jamie Moyer?
  14. squally1313
    This is just an incredibly unpleasant experience all around right now.
  15. squally1313
    Or Bryant or Jake. Or Ross' thought process.
  16. squally1313
    Heading into the bottom of the 10th you need 2 innings of work, I can accept that the benefit of having a lesser pitcher face the bottom third of the lineup is greater than the odds that the offense puts up more than a singular run in the top of the 11th. Love being unable to bring in our closer in a bases loaded, 1 out situation because he might possibly have to pitch another inning while the other team throws out Clase and Karinchak after they both pitched yesterday.
  17. squally1313
    Could/should Javy have dropped that?
  18. squally1313
    Hoping the plan was to hope he struck himself out, and if not hope Keegan's aforementioned complete inability to miss bats led to a double play.
  19. squally1313
    Not scoring a run in these two innings with these control issues and a free runner on second is certainly special.
  20. squally1313
    That's our DH striking out on 3 garbage bunt attempts, having never had a successful bunt attempt in his life, while Ross just refuses to take off the bunt sign. What are we even doing here.
  21. squally1313
    You know you put together a good lineup when you have to pinch hit for your 5 hitter.
  22. squally1313
    Can we get a Clase just once, ever? You'd have to go back to what...Marmol? to find anything close.
  23. squally1313
    Picking a random list of top free agents, you get the following: Kawhi (player option with LAC, he's not coming) John Collins (seems redundant with Vuc) Mike Conley (will be 34 on opening night next year) Oladipo (redundant with Zach) Jarrett Allen (center, could obviously help, restricted FA) DeRozan (redundant with Zach) CP3 (not giving up $45m option) Lowry (mid 30s) Lonzo (has said he wants to play in Chicago) So basically not sure how we could do much better than Ball this year anyways, and probably won't take up all your cap space. Get rid of everyone listed above besides Theis and hope everyone takes a step forward.
  24. squally1313
    Are we still supposed to start these in the third inning? Oh well. The Cubs take advantage of the DH today by using Ildemargo Vargas, who, yes, historically he hasn't been very good at all, but this year he's been...hm, turns it out he's been even worse. We switch out one broken down infielder who should supposedly be in the prime of his career (KB) for another (Baez). Matt Duffy ascends all the way to the leadoff spot, where it should be theoretically impossible for him to hit into any double plays given the bottom 3 of the line up. Whoever the eff this dude is pitching for the Indians has pitched 9 innings and given up 4 dongs. Last time he pitched professionally in 2019, he was putting up a 5.11 ERA in AA while going 2-13. At this point, I don't have to tell you what this all means.
  25. squally1313
    I mean, I definitely didn't enjoy the Curt Schilling Whines on National TV era.
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