squally1313
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Our lineup usually looks so much better with the DH in there (shocking, I know), and then Joe decides to go and ruin it by putting Almora against a righty and the corpse of good Jason Heyward.
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I'm sure this is getting off topic, but did I miss something Fukudome went through? The headbands and a couple shirts were spectacularly inappropriate, but I don't recall hearing about anything that directly affected him. thats not enough? No I was just saying the n-word like, in general. I wasn't talking about you, the only African American here, specifically.
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This is the thread where we talk about how awesome Kris Bryant is
squally1313 replied to David's topic in Chicago Cubs Talk
Different body part but did Zobrist have any sort of surgery on his wrist in the offseason. He was dealing with that for most of last year and I think I remember hearing he just needed rest to let it heal. This could obviously be worse than that but sometimes rest is the only thing that helps. Pessimistically, I've kinda accepted at this point that we aren't going to see full strength KB in 2018. Optimistically, he had decent numbers in his 10 July games, and it sounds like there wasn't some flareup when he stopped playing, he was just sore and knew he wasn't 100%, so it's hard to see him coming back as anything less than that. Power might be sapped, but there's still plenty of value there. -
It's a lazy pick, but Rene Rivera had a decent start to the year, got hurt, and according to Fangraphs should be starting rehab assignments in the minors pretty soon for the Angels. Obviously they aren't going anywhere, so might be worth a phone call. Edit: Just saw he's playing for the Angels tonight, so I guess he's healthy.
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It'd be nice to see the Cubs make a move for a veteran catcher they can trust. It's clear they don't think much of Caratini (nor has he done much this year), and Gimenez basically talked his way off the team. But it's pretty clear Contreras has been struggling for a while now, and the simplest explanation is that he just needs a break. He's going to surpass last year's PAs by the end of weekend, and he's only 2 PAs behind Posey (who has played a lot of first base) for most PAs for catchers. Obviously his arm is valuable back there, but his framing is suspect, and if he's not producing at the plate we're not losing much by giving him more rest down the stretch.
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Ride Cishek.
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Brewers board is going nuts over the pitching decisions (day off Monday, day off tomorrow, Hader has pitched 5 innings this month). They aren't wrong, but this inning has been basically 100% on your terrible defense.
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Ctrl+T brewerfan.net
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Go for the kill shot Bote Edit: Rizzo
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Russell?!?!
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1-0 count, let me try and pull a change up on the outside corner at the knees, surely this will lead to positive results.
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I'LL TAKE IT
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Point: Guerra doesn't really have much of a platoon split. Counterpoint: Almora since the ASB against RHP (51 PAs): 128/180/149 (which, yes, Happ is OPSing 623 against RHP in the same time frame, but still)
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Zobrist KB Rizzo Baez Schwarber Contreras Heyward Pitcher Happ/Bote
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Taking by far your biggest slugging guy and batting him behind the pitcher and Russell.
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This is the thread where we talk about how awesome Kris Bryant is
squally1313 replied to David's topic in Chicago Cubs Talk
Soooo back to right handed Jason Heyward then? He had a horrid June (lack of power, obviously, but also a sky high K rate), but in his ten July games he was still putting up a .787 OPS, even without showing any power (1 HR, 2 2Bs). Assuming any sort of health improvement from the time off, that's still a valuable hitter for this team going forward this year. Not ideal, but he can definitely help. -
Let's just keep things together through today and the Pittsburgh series. 9 games against Detroit, Cincy, and the Mets should help after that. If these struggles continue through there, even if we continue to mask them, the schedule gets a little tricky after that (one game @ Atlanta, @ Philly, @ Milwaukee, @ Washington)
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Yeah, I posted that and then looked at the Fangraphs odds, which is weirdly down on the Red Sox. Has them playing the rest of the year at a .585 clip, which is way below the Astros (.635), Indians (.632), Yankees (.626), and Dodgers (.597). Have them essentially on par with the Nationals (.581). We're at .569. They've got the Astros as the WS favorites at 23.7%, Red Sox at 15.3%, Cubs at 10.2%.
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We're going to make the playoffs (which a majority of teams don't), and we're probably going to lose in the playoffs, because that's what most teams do. The Red Sox might be the best team in history, and I'd give them like a 20% chance to win, and definitely less than 50% to make it to the World Series, which seems to somehow be the expectations around here now.
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Someone (Duke) tell me this is sustainable
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That seems to be a more debatable point now that the season is hinged on critical injuries and a truly terrible starting rotation. You could also use those words to describe Milwaukee. I'll take the 2 game lead and the superior talent elsewhere.
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I get the 'anything can happen' mentality, and trust me, I'd much rather be 15 games up. But right now Fangraphs has us at 96% to make the playoffs. For as much as we've 'sucked' in the second half, the Brewers have made up all of a half game in 3 weeks. There's far more evidence that says we should be start playing better than there is for pretty much every other team we'd have to worry about. It's not locked up, but we'd be the favorites if everyone was starting from the same spot. Giving us a head start makes it even more likely.