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Cubs vs Dodgers Tonight! 7:05 ABC7
squally1313 replied to itisallpartoftheplan's topic in Fred Hornkohl Game Thread Forum
Do we know if Kenley is unavailable or if they are just saving him for a save situation -
Cubs vs Dodgers Tonight! 7:05 ABC7
squally1313 replied to itisallpartoftheplan's topic in Fred Hornkohl Game Thread Forum
This is probably the most cubs baseball I’ve watched in one day in my life, so blowing a save one strike away and then losing an extra inning game with AAA create a player seems very pre-super cubs -
Cubs vs Dodgers Tonight! 7:05 ABC7
squally1313 replied to itisallpartoftheplan's topic in Fred Hornkohl Game Thread Forum
Eye test of his defense makes me think his value might be a bit overstated, just with framing and blocking. But the offense is pretty close to fine...just missing some power like most of the rest of them. Probably speaks to you’re bigger complaint, which is that we’re a top tier offense statistically that has struggled with runners on base, and those are the at bats that stick out more. -
Cubs vs Dodgers Tonight! 7:05 ABC7
squally1313 replied to itisallpartoftheplan's topic in Fred Hornkohl Game Thread Forum
Why have just one Chatwood when you can have two -
I mean, he's definitely this fragile. Go look through his career. When he's healthy, he's usually dominant. Being dominant in October is way more important than June.
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Tight back, precautionary, out for tonight. I don't know how the logistics work, but given that MLB allows you 26 players for a DH and we went into it with 24 seems...bold.
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Agreed on no-doubles defense, though it was Happ in left at that point. The lack of execution with RISP is immensely frustrating, but given that pretty much every advanced statistics study says it's fluky and not predictive of future performance, I find it hard to complain about it too much. Maybe you can point at one player here and there and say they have an issue with their mental approach (and I'm guilty of thinking that with KB from time to time, which is dumb), but no way this is a team wide issue, especially with the sustained success this group has had.
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I'm guessing the normal "Morrow is only pitching in a save situation" rules won't apply tonight. Monty is on a somewhat limited pitch count, Cishek might not be available, Strop and Wilson definitely won't be. It'll be Monty/Duensing/Morrow.
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Good call, though they PH for Pederson.
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Feeling a dong here.
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That kid who caught that ball looked so terrified for a couple seconds there. He's way too young for Bartman, but I'm sure he knows the story.
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Yeah, he needs an extended stretch in AAA. Is there some veteran innings eater we can pick up for cheap to bridge the gap until Darvish comes back?
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Chatwood has had two absolutely terrible calls go his way already. I'm assuming we didn't call up a 26th guy? We're in trouble if Chatwood does his normal thing and then we have rain delay issues for Monty tonight. There's a third terrible call to get the K.
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This could get really ugly.
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Fun fact: David Ross career OPS: .739 Yadier Molina career OPS: .738
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Even if it's true, I don't really know that I'd agree with it being 'concerning'. Over 162 games, even if they (continue) play(ing) super hot/cold...it should balance out enough for our true talent level to win us the division. Once October starts, isn't it usually a matter of what team gets hot? There is, granted, a ton of time between now and October, but the playoffs are ideally 3-plus weeks long and it would not bode well for us to win if the wacky up-and-down play were going on then. 14-6 in the last 3 weeks. I know outside of one inning it was a pretty unenjoyable series, but we were pretty 'hot' for the 19 games before that.
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I’m convinced it’s worse this year. Again, I can't remember who it was but I remember reading something a few weeks ago that it is worse, in fact it was approaching a historically high variance between their hot and cold streaks. I tend not to get too worried about how things look in June, and I'm really not all that worried that much overall, but that particular thing does concern me a bit. Even if it's true, I don't really know that I'd agree with it being 'concerning'. Over 162 games, even if they (continue) play(ing) super hot/cold...it should balance out enough for our true talent level to win us the division. Once October starts, isn't it usually a matter of what team gets hot?
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I'd assume most of us aren't, because it's an off day. But excited to see you the next time they're losing! That’s the joke. Also I probably post in here way more when they are winning so try again. My bad....got caught up with everyone else. Sorry about that. Also...hopefully congrats on the new son, either already or in the next few days.
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Third in WAR for catchers this year Contreras? The guy with a higher wRC than last year? That Contreras?
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I'd assume most of us aren't, because it's an off day. But excited to see you the next time they're losing!
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The guy with the 2.71 ERA, the guy with the 0.55 ERA, or the guy with the 1.22 ERA? Which of those guys today would be left off the playoff roster? Who has a 2.71 era? Chacin's in 3.32, started the day 3.58. Though his K/BB is 6.8/3.6. He is not good. Accidentally looked up Guerra's numbers, my bad. He's fine. 1.1 WAR on the year, before tonight, which would lead the Cubs pitching staff.
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We are really breaking this down. I’ll try again. The Cubs go though pretty decent stretches where they are being shutdown by (fill in the blank) average starting pitchers. The Cubs have too many good players and I expect no stretches like that because they are awesome. Then you don't really understand how baseball works, and you're going to generally not enjoy watching it.
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Yeah my bad, I confused him for Guerra, who is marginally better. I'm with Derwood. I'm sure everyone we've faced is saying that same thing about Randy Rosario or any of the other dorks we've called up from AAA in the last few weeks. It happens.