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I do remember them mentioning that....can't remember if they were talking specifically about pitching, or just in general. For what it's worth, according to the link below we've been around the middle of the pack in terms of DL days (probably inflated a bunch by Schwarbs), so it hasn't really been something they've been able to 'achieve' thus far, at least in terms of the overall roster. http://www.spotrac.com/mlb/disabled-list/ If Warren was pitching as advertised, that'd give us a little cushion. But right now depth starting pitching looks pretty ugly. Not saying we should trade Torres for a 6th starter, but if we lose one of the big guys for the year or a couple of Lackey/Hammel/Hendricks for 4-6 weeks, it'd be a bit of a concern.
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As much as I would love to see Miller in a Cubs uniform, I don't know if it's worth even giving up Torres or Happ for him. Yes, those guys are theoretically blocked in our organization for a little while (and they aren't close to the majors), but those are bullets that could be spent on something else when a bigger need arises. And by that I'm focusing mainly on the rotation. You never want to plan on or assume injuries, but you also shouldn't plan on the health we've gotten out of our starters over the last year and a half, especially given the ages of some of them. With Warren looking shaky and our other swing relievers not doing a whole lot, our starting pitching gets pretty thin. Yeah, Torres might be a few years away, but if Torres can be a piece that gets us a top starter to replace an injured Arrieta/Lester/Lackey, or if Arrieta walks, I think we're better served making sure we can do that. Plus, at the end of the day, I trust the front office to find a way to shore up the bullpen in a much cheaper way. They did it last year with Cahill and Rodney, and you can tell they're already trying with Matusz and Crow. They'll figure something out.
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We've outscored our opponents by 171 runs this year (double any other team). We've given up 193 runs this year. Let's line those numbers up in this series, eh?
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Yeah, I know all playoff series are largely crapshoots, but if we're going to walk away with the #1 seed like I expect us too, I'd much rather see some combination of St. Louis, Pittsburgh, and Miami in the wild card game than NYM and LAD.
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Zimmerman in a key spot following a walk against the Cubs for the 47th time this year
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The Rizzo game?
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Vinestal, giddy with excitement, eagerly types up 'Watch Grimm blow it here lol' and hopes against hope he gets a chance to click 'send'.
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Yeah probably lol
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The Golf and Beach thread (blackhawks offseason)
squally1313 replied to jersey cubs fan's topic in Other Sports
This cash needs to go to Panarin and shoring up the defense. Shaw's given us plenty of great moments, but they've come with a lot of frustrating ones, and he's going to get paid too much for what he does. It's amazing that we probably get a better package back for this trade than the Sharp trade, especially considering we had to include our top D prospect in that one. All speculation what went on behind the scenes on that one, but it hurts that we ended up with nothing there. -
Do you think when Fowler was negotiating with the lame ass Baltimore Orioles on a crappy February day he could have ever imagined being the #3 overall vote getter in the entire league while leading off for the most dominant baseball team in years?
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Yeah those aren't even close. While some people can get away with it (see Eve, Alice), he comes off like the guy giving out the permits in Wayne's World 2. [bbvideo=560,315] [/bbvideo]
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Swap the last two and you nailed it.
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You guys....this is what we do in hot weather. Dong party, all day errday.
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I know it's by design but I miss K everyone Jake and don't like pitch to contact Jake. Pitching to contact is boring. His K rate is actually up for the current year, but I know what you mean. I'm fine with it today. The worst team in baseball on a 90+ degree day....do enough to get the job done and get out of there.
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2016 Cubs Picks Thread
squally1313 replied to UMFan83's topic in MLB Draft, International Signings, Amateur Baseball
[tweet]https://twitter.com/ThomasHatch27/status/194624434882084864[/tweet] Looks like we picked the right guy -
I don't know a ton about the system, and I'm guessing this is more of a project that you'd like to figure out, but I'd assume a Google shared workbook with password access would get you pretty close, no? I'd guess they'd have something that lets you track who makes changes, to keep people in their own rankings. Obviously it'd be a lot cooler if it were integrated here, but I like the general idea so much I just would love to see it implemented somehow.
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Chris Coghlan to Cubs for Mendy; LaStella to DL
squally1313 replied to UMFan83's topic in Chicago Cubs Talk
Coghlan was the 55th more valuable offensive player in baseball last year. Giving up someone who's put together below league average performance in AAA over his last 160 games doesn't seem like that much. All depends on what you want to look at. Coghlan's peripherals have definitely gone down, but batted ball profile seems pretty consistent to last year. -
Chris Coghlan to Cubs for Mendy; LaStella to DL
squally1313 replied to UMFan83's topic in Chicago Cubs Talk
I was excited when I heard this, and then I found out Coghlan has been ummmm....a bit less than impressive this year in Oakland. Hopefully he can help out. I'm sure Maddon loves the flexibility. -
I'm curious on how many opportunities he gets. His main value in terms of winning games would be as a late game defensive replacement, but with Bryant/Fowler/Heyward being the default line up, there really isn't anywhere to upgrade, unless you want to push Baez to second and Bryant back to third (and even that would lead to one of the outfielders playing 'out of position'). If you give him starts, is it in left? I'm guessing he'll get one, maybe two games over Fowler over the next couple weeks, but I doubt we'll see enough to make any reasonable conclusions.
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After all those years of suck, they just wanted to see what it was like on the other side of the fake rally for once. Let the 15% full crowd start to get excited for a few minutes before sending them home more pissed than they were 10 minutes earlier. It's fine, the Cubs are just bored. 40 wins on June 6th hahahahaha
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It seems like we never really put out our 'top' lineup. In one way, it makes me happy because it means we have another gear to bust out. In another, it makes me sad because I know the real 'top' lineup is missing my favorite dongsmith.
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We are a third of the way through the year and pythag has us at a 128 win pace this team is outrageous and I never want this to end.
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I realize after last night and this I'm putting myself close to a definitely unenviable position on the Clayton Richard Bandwagon, but... He's the last pitcher in our bullpen, with a 3.34 FIP in his small sample size of nine innings. 17% LD/16% hard hit % rate against a .432 BAPIP and a 45% strand rate. He's not visually appealing because he doesn't strike anyone out, but he gets groundballs (67% this year, 59% last year in 42 innings), and lefties wOBAed .240 against him last year. Maybe let him hit double digits in innings for the year before we start screwing with our 40 man to bring up Gerardo Concepcion and his unsustainably low BAPIP.
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By most/many/seemingly all accounts Contreras is not ready defensively. Trading for catching depth makes sense for both the short and long term seeing as there's no Cs under contract after 2017 on the ML roster right now. I don't care how dumb it sounds, I'm holding on to the 'Schwarber is someone's personal catcher when he gets back to full health'. Between that, Contreras, and one of Lester's other hunting buddies, hopefully we'll be covered.
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Maybe he's not happy about the advertisements that are based on his internet activity?