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I seriously don't want Nico to ever hit a flyball and the Cubs need to get Dansby right again. One of the big reasons he was brought in was because he hit a ton of FBs. That number, along with his offense, has cratered as a Cub. From 40 in 2021-2022 to 35 in 2023 and now 30 in 2024. We just absolutely suck at pulling hard flyballs. This article is bang-on.

Cubs exit velocity from being a playoff contender is outstanding

Swanson swings at first-pitch sinkers/pitchers pitches way too often.

Even beside that, we had an article here that showed all of the batted-balls he had that were classified as hard-hit and he did not get a hit off of and the majority of them were either grounders right at a fielder or long flyouts to CF. Both of these are basic killers of BIP these days so big whoop. His xstats need to be taken with a little salt. The BBK improvement is cool but hes pretty easy to defend against if you keep him in the yard (like pretty much the entire lineup)

That BBK at that age.... now he's crushing the ball. His offensive potential is insane.

I thought 111 with a 33 LA was pretty much a guaranteed HR

My god he throws so many uncompetitive pitches. Hottovy needs to get this dude right.

The players in Iowa all suck in Iowa dude. They've all been terrible. In Iowa.

He came back on 6/8 actually

He's got a long friggin neck. Gotta be careful with that thing.

The failure to develop hitting at the MLB level and to get the relievers to harness control and command are the reasons Jed should be fired if they ever decide to go that route. Every team tries the same strategy with their bullpen just about. Develop a few of your own anchors. dissect and reinvent a few arms and hope for good health. They obviously really lack guys that can throw power stuff for strikes. I do not believe that they should have paid more money to fix the pen, though. You can name a couple guys who got big contracts that have worked out so far but there are a lot more that simply have not. or have been no better than replacement level. The best pens are loaded with reclaimed guys if you took at the situation honestly. Two years ago we could have traded a guy in our 20-30 rank for a Matt Strahm and Jeff Hoffman package and now they are 1/2 in fg RP war. This is not the Cubs being cheap: this is the way it is done these days. and unfortunately. Hottovy has not worked much magic with the pen. If you're not noticing that the dice-up-the-pitch-mix-and-set-em-free approach is being utilized by every organization then you're not paying attention. Go look at the top 30 leaderboard for RP and see how many of them you would have reasonably expected to be among the best this year. Probably 5, maybe 10. Look at what Breslow has done in Boston with a bunch of nobodies. The Cubs are falling behind because of their development system. Just when it felt like they may be catching up on the pitching side. the league took another jump. and they stagnated on the offensive side and now both ends took pretty mediocre. I'm nervous about the guys anchoring our farm these days because we don't seem to have much of a system in place to help them excel at the MLB level.

If he hiit a shitload of FB right now he'd probably be hitting 240

My list is just that short

I have not seen a lot of unique moments in person in my life but I was there for Jake's no-no in L.A.. Bellinger's HR off a lefty is probably #2 In my lifetime lmao

Mo also homered. Christian with another good game. OPS almost to 850. Promote him.

horsefeathers I should have been filming that one

Just cannot get the big hit. Wifey got fantastic seats.

I'm on the way to attend this game and I'm so ambivalent that it hurts

2 out rally for another run

Nobody can get the big hit. That was terrible Codym

horsefeathers Amaya is horrible

We are being extremely aggressive and he's just toying with us It's crazy how horrible we have been vs LHSP over the last month. They just dominate us.

Can't trust him

Exciting night from Sanders and Wiggins

Give us a long heater Chris