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They went through the whole process of making the trade and then gave him the most PAs in spring training (in which he performed very well) to dump him after 7 PAs? It's arguably hard to stash a rule 5 guy all season, so far it's been pretty easy as Workman has gotten basically a PA every other game. Brujan stuck around because Hoerner was coming back from an injury and you can never rule out another injury to the rest of our middle infield options. Basically Lance Lynn but MIF. But now he's healthy and there's nowhere to put him that upgrades our team, so, you're welcome for the rehab, hope you catch on elsewhere. The difference between 2025 Gage Workman and Vidal Brujan is immaterial, and there are a lot of of Vidal Brujan's out there in case you, for some reason, need one. If Gage needs to go for the reasons outlined above by Bertz, fine, sure. But for the dude with the career 50 wRC?
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Yeah Brujan sucks in a very clear and obvious way. Workman might suck too but going through this whole process to dump him after 7 PAs to swap up your 26th man slot seems like a huge waste of time.
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Light flurries all day, both in the loop and in the western suburbs. Probably won’t be noticeable or cause any sort of delay tonight. hoping the weather and the wind gives Steele a nice boost of confidence.
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Yes, I would look beyond a six inning sample size when making pitching decisions.
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This has big 'if he's a good hitter, why doesn't he hit good' energy. reference:
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Luke Little 25 walks in less than 33 professional innings last year, so not totally sure why he's the hot name around here to solve our 'let's walk every lead off hitter' problems.
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Guys Ryan Pressly hasn't had minor league options in like 5 years.
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Padres (Hart) vs Cubs (Brown): 4/6/25, 1:20pm
squally1313 replied to Brandon Glick's topic in Fred Hornkohl Game Thread Forum
Yeah I finally went back and found it after meaning to make this comment for a few days, but on 4/5/24 the Dodgers were in town and the Cubs chased then-top-prospect Bobby Miller in a 5 run second inning by just grinding him out (HR/walk/single/single/FO/walk/double) and I remember thinking that the team could be special because there just weren't any weak spots. Of course I was thinking that about a lineup that had Morel, Madrigal, and Gomes in the lineup, and also thinking Bobby Miller was good. Which is all to say....baseball seasons are so long. -
Vince Vaughn lookalike sitting next to an Eddie vedder lookalike in the front row?
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Is this your first time watching any sort of competitive sports
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who cares
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yeah for sure. was more referring to the overuse concept than the effectiveness part of it, which is very TBD
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what a play
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Pressly is about to Cishek himself by throwing 50 pitches every outing
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The guy with the 3.10 FIP last year? Yeah, probably.
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Hodge against the top of the order again. Not enough sample size to say that's specifically the plan (vs him just being the 8th inning guy), but like how it's working out thus far. Side note: Tatis is so cool. Edit: Mostly ignore this, looked and saw Tatis up with 2 outs and figured he was batting third, forgot he's their lead off guy. Leaning more to Hodge just being the 8th inning guy at this point.
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Feel like he would have had a much better shot at Turner at first there.
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Bogaerts didn't hit the ball that PCA caught quite as hard, but going to the gap instead of dead center probably makes them about as likely to get out of here on a normal day, so we can probably cancel those out. The rest runs more unlucky to the Cubs, as shown by the 41 point xBA advantage.
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Outside shot of getting a 'crowd rises to their feet' moment in the first inning of the first home game here
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Grind grind grind
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Yeah I understand the concerns about the offense slowing down but it was somewhat unsustainable anyways, as much as I would love to continue the stateside team .866 OPS. The weather should help Shota as much, if not more, than it hurts us.
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In front left center, but not overly strong. Also cold.
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Look we just need to keep him in Iowa until he can prove he looks comfortable as a major leaguer. That's just how you do things.
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Going to do that annoying thing I do every now and then. The bullpen certainly isn't a strength, but if we're saying this years problems are the same as last years problems, I've put, for 2024, the Cubs starters line, the Cubs bullpen line, the league wide starters line, and the league wide bullpen line in random order here. Try to suss it out. 8.96 K/9, 3.44 BB/9, 3.97 ERA 8.34 K/9, 2.89 BB/9, 4.15 ERA 7.95 K/9, 2.57 BB/9, 3.77 ERA 9.25 K/9, 3.76 BB/9, 3.81 ERA We shouldn't settle for middle of the pack in a playoff year, full stop. But we had some bad sequencing luck last year and the painful losses are always going to stand out more than, say, holding the lead on Tuesday. It's probably going to be average, and come down to pressing the right buttons at the right times and then just hoping the coin flips the right way. I've basically just become a nihilist on the bullpen. It's pitching BABIP.
