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Probably mentioned elsewhere, but Rizzo back tonight. Wainwright has so far continued his decline, Ozuna/Molina/Dejong have combined to walk all of 5 times this year, and the offense is basically being carried by "career minor leaguers until age 28" Tommy Pham and Jose Martinez, which is basically business as usual for these guys. Oh yeah, they also found a dude who hasn't pitched above A ball until this year and is now the hardest thrower in baseball. Sure. Give Dex a good ovation when he leads off since he obviously doesn't get that when he plays at home, and then take care of business.
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Albert Almora Jr. has been scratched due to illness.
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Eh, if you combine this year and last he's got 27 home runs in 555 PAs (157 games). It's not the 37 he put up between A+ and AA in 2013, but 27 would have been 5th amongst all second basemen last year (and everyone above that had at least 645 PAs). And considering he was moved off shortstop by circumstances largely outside his control, if you look at shortstops 27 would have been second behind Lindor's 33, in 723 PAs (which means Baez has him beat in HR/PA). The contact skills haven't developed enough to make him a true star, but most of what his promised has come through.
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https://www.mlb.com/cubs/ballpark/information/security Luggage/Bag/Stroller Check Oversized luggage and strollers can be claim checked at the Bike Valet located in the alley just east of the main entrance for the CTA Red Line stop on Addison Street, easily accessible from Sheffield Avenue.
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Damn you I was saving that for some terrible post that was sure to come when the Cubs don't score in the bottom of the first or something.
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Did I anticipate having to resort to Breaking Bad on April 13th? No. Am I thrilled to get past your guys apparently encyclopedic knowledge of the Coen Brothers to get to the greatest show in history?
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The Cubs alternating wins and losses for the first twelve games of the year...
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To be fair, the Cubs used to (still do?) keep out the media for 10 minutes after every win to have a dance party. This was annoying, but whatever. Feast on the Braves, who are actually really bad.
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pretty sure this is the case for every team in baseball, not just mutually exclusive to the Cubs. Nope, it's just the Cubs. The rest of baseball is teams racing to score double digit runs first, because once they do it once it obviously continues like that the rest of the season. Puts us at a bit of a disadvantage, but we'll see how Theo adjusts.
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Jesus Christ
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Apparently Hurdle called out Baez and Contreras last night (Baez for the bat toss after the pop out that he apologized for after the game, Contreras for showing up the ump after a strikeout). Doubt anything comes from it, but we'll see here if they want to go full meatball.
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Kris "0-2 to 4-2" Bryant
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I think it was more that the dugouts are further away from home plate now, so it’s tougher to heckle the ump from the bench.
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Heyward over Happ against a lefty. Probably appropriate, but not really how I saw it playing out.
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No Rizzo, Zobrist at first batting third, everything else about what you'd expect.
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Going .500 over 153 games is 76.5-76.5, add in their current record and you’re at 83.5-78.5. Maybe their performance so far raises expectations by a game the rest of the year, there’s 84.5. Splitting hairs at this point over a team that’s going to be 12-15 games behind us in September.
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Ian happ is example #472834738 why you should essentially just ignore spring training performance.
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I get that of all the core players, Baez will probably contribute the least value to the team. But it's already pretty much guaranteed that I'll be more excited to look back at his highlights than anyone else on this team. It'd be like if Luc Longley also threw down windmill dunks or something.
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Happ, Zobs, Bryzzo, Willy, Almora, Addy, Javy Must win series per Cubs/baseball expert Jesse Rogers, so I expect playoff intensity on the field and in the game thread.
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Zobrist is leading off, you can guess the rest of read about it later or whatever who cares we're all dying anyways
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You could feel the strike zone shrink every time Bryant sat there and spat on those pitchers. What a hitter.
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Despite everything else, our bullpen has been pretty fantastic. Justin Wilson being good again would help a ton down the stretch.
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Almora Bryant Rizzo Willson Kyle Russell Zobrist Javy Kyle
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Not if you're a 9-5 cube dweller like myself. Yeah, I know, bad take. As a new 9-5 work from homer, especially one who is waiting on Amazon for a new PS4 controller to get back into the Show, going to be a long day.
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Also, this Smith guy (Caleb, apparently) is a lefty, so it'll be interesting to see how Maddon fits in Almora and/or Zobrist.