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Some really cool clips in here.

Based on your posts the last few weeks, that doesn't really narrow it down between the two.

I'm not saying it'd be nice if Happ 'took care' of this problem...but I'm not not saying it.

The guy who has 7 home runs in 90 PAs after 10 in the previous 947? Sure? I don't think it's a hot take to say you'd rather have LaStella's April over Descalso's, but I remain pretty confident that we'll have the better player going forward.

There is a difference between actual production and projections. I don't hate Schwarber, I just think that the Cubs would be a better team if they had traded him a couple of years ago when his trade value was high and we probably could have received some young pitching. I admire his work ethic and his majestic HRs, but he is still a DH/platoon OF. Fine - How about Schwarber's actual 2018 production of .238/.356/.467? Considering most of Burnitz's best seasons came during the juiced ball era, that Schwarber line from last year is more than comparable. He's also rating as an above average defender again, no matter how many times you try to claim that he's best served as a DH. Oh, but I'm sorry. Go ahead and keep banging your head against this one. Look, B2B has this figured out. Schwarber should have been traded at some undefined time for some undefined players (maybe even to two undefined teams, for two undefined players/groups of players?), and because of that obviously successful trade, the team that has won the most games in baseball since 2015 would be even better. After all, based on the stories we're actually aware of, Andrew Miller was supposedly on the table for Schwarber, and we passed on Miller, which was clearly a huge mistake as he only gave up a game 7 home run to 74 year old David Ross in a game we won by 1. And then put up 2.7 total fWAR in the next two years for $18m, compared to Schwarber's 4.8 fWAR for $1.1m. And then became a free agent, whereas we have Schwarber for two more years. When you look at the facts, it's obvious.

Staying up for that was thisclose to a really dumb mistake. But worth it for Schwarber, that Javy turn, and Cishek channeling Strop-y with the double fist pump on a perfect pitch for the win. Pretty awesome.

I just want to go to bed

The possibility of Bote turning into a mostly full time player (with at least acceptable defense at third and short) really opens up the possibilities in the lineup to hide weaknesses/struggling players.

I cant believe that info is not easily accessible. The Cubs broadcast has that run expectancy graphic they show so the info is out there. Oh I'm sure the play index stuff would have made this a ton easier, but I don't have nearly that kind of expertise. When I saw it was only 41 doubles/22 games, figured it wouldn't be that bad. BaseballRef PBP, search for 'double' and see what comes up. I was mostly just pissed because at the beginning I thought for sure I was proving him wrong.

It was that or rolling forward excel files for the 8th straight hour. By this point I was basically just following gamecast...I've spent 20 minutes in worse ways.

By what measure is this guy our best option.

Game 1: No leadoff doubles Game 2: No leadoff doubles Game 3: Descalso doubles to lead off the 6th, Heyward singles to bring him in (1/1) Game 4: No leadoff doubles Game 5: No doubles Game 6: No doubles Game 7: No leadoff doubles Game 8: No leadoff doubles Game 9: No doubles Game 10: Descalso leadoff double, walk, botched FC, scores on GIDP (2/2) Game 11: No leadoff doubles Game 12: No leadoff doubles Game 13: No doubles Game 14: No leadoff doubles Game 15: No leadoff doubles Game 16: Bote leadoff double, Almora popout (of course), Q K, Descalso RBI single (3/3), Descalso leadoff double, KB 9-5 DP (3/4) Game 17: No leadoff doubles Game 18: Contreras ground rule double, FO, walk, pop out, K (3/5) Game 19: KB ground rule double, FO, GO, walk, K (3/6) Game 20: Rizzo double, FO, line out, GO (3/7), Baez leadoff double, Bote single (4/8, though technically Baez ended up at third but I'm still counting it because horsefeathers this at this point) Game 21: No leadoff doubles Game 22: No leadoff doubles So 4/8. Is everyone happy now. God this might be my low point here.

Their bullpen has actually been pretty shaky this year, so still in good shape. Even Kenley has been pretty dong happy.

41 doubles on the year (probably before today)...I am just above the level of boredom required to take on this task, but you're probably only looking for like 10 instances.

8th in wRC with runners in scoring position 3rd in high leverage situations 8th out of 8 and 3rd out of 3 probably He meant since an hour ago.

I don’t know about this specific scenario (or if you can even find it) but as of like 3 days ago we were top 5-10 in the league in batting average and other factors with RISP. YOU KNOW I'M RIGHT. 8th in wRC with runners in scoring position 3rd in high leverage situations

KB turned into Zobrist before our eyes.

Thanks guys, and hey, there you go Schwarbs

Can someone describe the Baez error? Bad throw to home?

It's like Lester knows he's on a pitch count and just daring them to hit his cutter over the plate.

Unless they want him to hit a reset button and work on stuff I’d assume Zagunis is going down for Russell, if/when he comes up. Though Schwarbs should be in consideration and Almora just needs to go away for anything. Yeah kinda forgot about him, good point. At this point all three could probably use a send down (Schwarber for a quick reset/consistent ABs and Almora and Zagunis because they belong there)...will be interesting to see which direction they go.

Schwarber is definitely getting sent down for Russell next week, which is infuriating for a couple reasons (1. Russell in general and 2. Almora still exists)...but man, he is making that decision pretty easy right now.

Watching my bleacher seats on Stubhub at $19 when the lowest price is $17 and going up, but also it's pretty nice out and my boss is gone for the day...real emotional roller coaster.

Purely baseball discussion: I'm not going to get too worried about it. We know Russell is a very good shortstop, we know Javy is a very good second baseman (and probably shortstop too). I get the concerns about the relative arm strength, but Russell has always gotten the job done, and, while it comes up less, it's been annoying watching Murphy/Zobrist/Descalso noodle arm the back half of a double play ball whenever that comes up. And does anyone really think this current version of Javier Baez (or any version, really) is going to let where he plays have any impact on his performance at the plate? Bigger picture discussion: Hopefully Russell gets his first payday in a sack of nickels, drops it on his foot and loses 4 toes and we never see him again. Well my thought is that Russell probably is not going to play every day. Maybe he will but if he doesn't, you'll see Javy constantly moving from 2B to SS and back because there's really no one else on the roster that can play adequate SS (unless I'm forgetting someone). I'd rather have Javy making every start at SS and let Russell/Zobrist/Descalso switch off at 2B. I know what you're saying, and I agree that no one besides Russell and Javy should be playing short. But last year Javy started 75 games at second, 18 games at third, and 52 games at short. I think for someone like him the talks of how it may impact his offense just don't really apply. If you want to make the argument it will throw off his defense with making different throws, footwork, etc...that makes sense. But the offense won't be impacted.

He has had 2 off days in the past week, and one more after this weekend. But yes, they definitely need to dial it back as we enter May. Good point. Looking through the Dbacks series, all of their starters have shown some evidence of success. Maybe give Contreras the Tuesday night game off against the shell of King Felix. Monday, Tuesday, Thursday off would be a nice little reset going into the Cardinals series.