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At least this guy had pretty standard splits last year (neutral this year). Still pretty absurd. Robel in left should be...unpredictable.
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Days without a Rizzo grand dong: ZERO
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Yeah, another one that totally flipped from last year. I assume it's just randomness, but still very odd/frustrating.
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Well, top half at least.
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The like 5% of lineups mattering they’re horsefeathering up tremendously. Yeah, for me when I say 'lineups don't matter', I mean it in a sense of...there's no such thing as a prototypical lead off man, or you don't need your slowest, biggest power hitter batting fourth. To whatever degree it does matter, it's that your best players should be hitting more times than your not good players. Which is decidedly not the case here.
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LOL at both those calls from the Edmonds strikeout, and then Zambrano still being in the 8th inning of a game we were losing 5-3. Different game.
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Not sure how to find this and too lazy to do the work, but I'd guess the average runs scored in the playoffs is lower than in the regular season.
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Yeah this feels like one of those 'down 6-0 after 2' Lester starts. If he can get through the lineup the first time, we should be fine.
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Erick Lauer vs RHB: .258/.308/.402 .302 wOBA Erick Lauer vs LHB: .279/.340/.372 .311 wOBA 2018: .366 wOBA vs LHB, .341 wOBA vs RHB Get your horsefeathers together Joe
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He had 1000 PA as roughly a league average hitter prior to this season. I know a lot of people are predisposed to dislike Almora because he swings too much and therefore doesn't walk or hit for a ton of power, but he was a perfectly fine role player for multiple years until his struggles this year. That could be a blip and it could be him finally getting figured out for good, but scoffing at the idea that he's ever been useful is silly. It's at least party just SSS noise, but his collapse against LHP this year is really mystifying. Before that, my general frustration was how he was used (too high in the order, against too many RHPs) and how he was perceived by Cubs fans in general (lead off hitter, gold glove center fielder). A career 103 wRC+ against LHP with above average defense has a spot on any roster. Now I don't really know what you do with him besides send him to wherever Schwarber went before the WS to have him see endless LHP.
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Have you SEEN all the times his helmet has fallen off running the bases?
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I'm on the fence for that one. The Marisnick play is definitely more dangerous, but he showed what seemed to be genuine remorse almost immediately afterwards (what that's worth will vary for people), and what he did was a split second decision and a play that was probably legal for at least some of his baseball career. Throwing at a player, even if you didn't mean to throw high, is a premeditated decision to hurt someone.
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Almora is pretty much Corey Patterson except without the upside potential. That is being exceedingly harsh to Corey Patterson, who put up a 2.5 WAR in half a season followed by a 5 WAR season, and then another 3.8 WAR season for the Orioles. The odds of Almora ever reaching Patterson's 10.9 career WAR is like 100 to 1.
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Joe still thinks he has a mental injury. But other than that, no issue.
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Brewers/Hader came real close to blowing their game today. Whatever, maintain the lead.
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This was his first run allowed in 20 appearances (although he did let 3 of 12 inherited runners scored), going all the way back to mid-May. During that span he's allowed a .462 OPS. There are definitely some red flags that suggest regression is inevitable but lol he's been pretty damn effective. And really, he should be our lefty specialist. 53 lefties faced this year (potentially before today), 102/170/204 line against.
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lol
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Minor League Discussion & Boxes, 7-16-19
squally1313 replied to CaliforniaRaisin's topic in Cubs Minor League Talk
Baseball needs a loaner program. Send Miami some low A nobody and then tell them to pitch Underwood for 6 weeks to see what he's got and then send him back to us. -
Kyle Ryan, cool. I get that there's an off day so you can ride the bullpen. But still.
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From what I can tell on the videos, the goal is to get them to five or six feet long. At that point, they're pretty unstable and usually leaking leftover beer all over the place. It's entertaining, and far from the worst thing that's happened in the bleachers, but I get the Cubs not being huge fans.
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Yep. He's shown more of an eye than I thought, but eventually he's just going to stop seeing hittable fastballs, and I'm not sure he's going to be able to adjust. But that still means we should absolutely ride his bat through the adjustment phase.
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7/16 Cubs (Mills) vs Reds (DeSclafani) 7:05 WGN
squally1313 replied to Brian707's topic in Fred Hornkohl Game Thread Forum
To be That Guy briefly, remember this game the next time we complain about the basket. Robel's home run is only a HR in Wrigley, and then Schwarber just muscles out a glorified pop out. Credit to Mills for fighting back and also saving the pen a little bit. Day off tomorrow, so shouldn't be any issues, outside of maybe Kimbrel being out since he's still ramping up. Win the series, and then keep doing that. -
I justify it by looking at the positive of not letting Maddon continue bringing in Monty with two guys on to face a tough lefty. In the short term, unfortunately, it probably means more Rosario (which, his entire existence continues to baffle me), but if we go into August with him and Ryan as our top lefties (or without letting Kintzler start taking those spots), then I'll just assume Theo has given up on this team.
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2019 Game Thread Starters
squally1313 replied to Sammy Sofa's topic in Fred Hornkohl Game Thread Forum
Anybody know who's up?