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Another day off on Monday, think/hope we see our best lineups this week before 13 in a row to end the year.
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It sounds like they aren't ready to put Willy in full games yet. They activated him because there was no where to rehab and they could use his bat for PH. But yes i am fine with this once he starts and if the offense hasnt gotten their horsefeathers together. Willson is starting tonight, per Maddon...I assume at catcher, but line up isn't out yet. It's going to take him a little bit to work back up to his normal workload, so I'm fine with him and Avila staying mostly behind the plate...if we need offense late, then pinch hit Avila and move Contreras to a corner OF. I'd be fine putting Almora and Schwarber into a straight platoon the rest of the year, but the idea of putting Schwarber and Happ next to someone not named Heyward scares me. Don't care too much about where everyone hits, but I'd go something like this: vs Righty/Lefty: C: Contreras/Contreras 1B: Rizzo/Rizzo 2B: Zobrist/LaStella 3B: KB/KB SS: Baez/Baez LF: Schwarber/Happ CF: Happ/Almora RF: Heyward/Zobrist Give Avila an occasional start, sprinkle Jay in across the outfield every couple days.
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We also got back a guy who ended up being our starting catcher for a month while putting up a .257/.368/.432 line. And Wilson could come back next year and be good -- like he has been the rest of his career. Obviously it hasn't worked out great, since Wilson suddenly became horrible. But I'm not quite ready to write it off as a bad trade. yeah but there's no option for "ill hold off" so it's either good or bad, and it definitely hasn't been good. I get that Wilson was supposed to be the main piece here, but Avila has played really well in Contreras' absence, and being able to go into October (yes, we're making it) with those two instead of some generic terrible backup catcher (aka Victor Caratini) is pretty good. Yes, in hindsight we would have been better off taking any other pitcher from Detroit, but it's a not a total loss, and I'm fine penciling Wilson in as the 7th inning guy for 2018.
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Bears game 1 vs Falcons, Sun at noon on Fox
squally1313 replied to jersey cubs fan's topic in Other Sports
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Bears game 1 vs Falcons, Sun at noon on Fox
squally1313 replied to jersey cubs fan's topic in Other Sports
This announcer just has zero idea that there is under a minute left in this game. -
Probably over in the Bears thread until that becomes a lost cause. Give it an hour.
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I'd guess he's not fully cleared yet, but with the expanded rosters there was no reason not to activate him.
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Why is this not a front page article
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If you think about it, it's pretty crazy how much has gone wrong. We've gotten very little from all three OF spots (3.4 WAR from Heyward/ALmora/Jay/Schwarbs) Russell sucked and got hurt (or got hurt and sucked,) same for Zobrist. So the only offensive production we've gotten is from KB/Rizzo/Willson with cameos from Happ and Baez. Our SP has gone backwards both in production and health, our bullpen is trash save CEJ and Wade, who both have the same Achilles heel anyway. Our trade acquisitions have been either disappointing or regretful. Even the bright spots are marred by problems — Bryant hasn't had anyone to knock in and is gonna finish with an RBI total in 60s, and Contreras started cold and missed a month with an injury. Even Baez's defense has gone backwards. Agree with all this, but it's worth remembering just how high our expectations were, not unjustly so, where a year where pretty much everything has gone bad, we've had to settle for 'only' having like, the 8th best team in baseball.
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Bump
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I'm not going to meatball and say Quintana is a bad pitcher, because he's actually good, and has pitched well tonight. I AM going to meatball and say I don't have a lot of faith in him come October. As a third starter, whatever, but that means Jake and Jon have to come back pitching well.
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9/4 Cubs (Arrieta) at Pirates (Kuhl) 3:05 ABC7
squally1313 replied to Cubswin11's topic in Fred Hornkohl Game Thread Forum
Do you mean just like, home runs divided by total runs? That wouldn't be too hard to figure out. Cubs are 4th in HRs and 5th in total runs, so assume their ratio would be about league average, if that's what you're looking for. -
Remember all those stories from April and May about how every Cub starters' velocity was down from last year? This one in particular: http://www.fangraphs.com/blogs/whats-going-on-with-the-cubs/ Relevant paragraph below: The potential explanation I find the most interesting: This could be something the Cubs are doing on purpose. Two years ago, the Cubs advanced to the NLCS. Last year, the Cubs won the World Series. This year, the Cubs are expected to make another deep run, and they ought to take the NL Central without too much of a fight. Not that a team should ever take anything for granted, but just based on the rosters and the math, these Cubs ought to play more than 162 games. We’re looking at longer seasons, and shorter offseasons. More time spent pitching, and less time spent recovering. Wouldn’t it make sense to open the season by having your starting pitchers try to back a little off? Given the recent performance from Jake, Lackey, even Hendricks, you guys think there's anything to this?
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Banned Haha wasn't expecting you. Fluke groundball plus bad throw, then another ground ball. More bad luck.
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Ban anyone who complains about the bullpen.
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I love dongs as much as the next guy, but I do enjoy some versatility, where we don't need to flash dongs to still have a healthy day on offense. That's...not the right way to use 'versatility'. A home run is the best possible result of every offensive at bat. It's like playing blackjack and hoping to occasionally get 16s and 17s rather than 21.
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He's never going to have the pin point control he had in 2015, and when he tries to hit corners he's going to put a lot of guys on base and rack up his pitch count. If he can just trust that his stuff is still good enough to generate weak contact in the zone, even if he's not racking up Ks, he can still be a very good pitcher. Not close to 2015, but still very valuable.
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Maybe he should actually hurt, but if not, sure would have been nice to have Lester tough it out a couple more innings with a thin pen
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Also bears repeating, Monty is amazing
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Stop horsefeathering sliding into first
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Cant wait to hear the meatballs go after him for taking himself out of a game just because he was having a rough inning. if he did that, that's not meatbally at all. Yeah taking yourself out in the second inning raises definite concerns. Everyone could tell it was a string of bad luck, hence the no mound visits and no one warming up. For him to say 'horsefeathers this game, horsefeathers the bullpen, I'm going home' isn't really that good of a look for a dude who has repeatedly been pissed about getting taken out in the past.
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Sort of did look like he tapped out. Which would be much better than an arm injury. Yeah, seemed pissed off at bosio for something. Not coming out I guess? Overall season performance aside, I don't have much problem with the way he pitched today. Just incredibly bad luck.
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Yeah, kinda seems like he just took himself out of the game. If so, happy he's healthy, but obviously not ideal. Side note: World Series heroics obviously, but I'll always love Monty for his apparent willingness to pitch in any situation, and pitch well.
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That's why we got Avila.
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Like 5 players in the lineup tonight had a key hit in horsefeathering game 7 of the World Series less than a year ago, but yeah, screw these chokers.