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As someone who has to follow the game through here more than I'd like, I've gotten pretty good at figuring out what happened through just emotional outbursts. This one has me stumped. triple f bomb because Fernandez threw one to the backstop that bounced right back to the catcher so Hammel couldn't score Got it...appreciate the detail. That's the kind of stuff that doesn't show up on the ESPN Gamecast.
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As someone who has to follow the game through here more than I'd like, I've gotten pretty good at figuring out what happened through just emotional outbursts. This one has me stumped.
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Fair. .733 OPS is June isn't too far off his career numbers, and that's with a .277 BAPIP against his career .307. I know BAPIP isn't perfect, but his line drive rate remains strong.
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"Making sold contact outs" qualifies as a 'good day' for pretty much anyone on the roster. People around here are generally smart enough to know that if someone is hitting the ball consistently hard, it's going to translate into offensive production at some point in the near future. Right now for Heyward the production isn't there, but the contact is giving us a sign that it should be coming soon.
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I never once in the last couple years expected to be this excited about him.
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Whatever. Almora or Coghlan is going to walk off and hit Matheny in the face with his bat flip.
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Seeing that I can't find video yet, can someone describe just how high the pitch was? Trying to decide how angry to make my text to my Cardinal fan brother who is at the game.
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I doubt it would happen for a few different reasons, but Chris Sale's 2 option years in 2018 and 2019 would make for a pretty good Arrieta replacement if the White Sox ever figured out they need to blow the team up and that Sale probably has no interest in signing there long term.
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Yeah I'm sure they've made it a priority and they've been very good at keeping their starters healthy the last few years (I can't think of anyone either). But especially given the way they've all been pitching this year, there's a steep drop-off between those five and anyone else currently in the organization. Granted, I could take over the 5th spot for Hammel or Lackey the rest of the year and we'd still win the division, but there's a decent chance in a couple of years it's going to be, for the players currently in our system, 34 year Jon Lester, Hendricks, and then whoever has made it up from the lower levels of the minors. They have the pieces to acquire a front line starter that's could be in the rotation for 4-6 years, but they don't have the need to make that trade yet. If and when the need arises, I'm hoping those pieces are still around, and not playing in New York so I had to hate myself for cheering for Chapman for 4 months.
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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.