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I hope Jed just hate-texts Theo for a few hours when he watches Cease against us. 12 IP vs us this year, 0 ER 3 H 15 K
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I believe he was the #1 prospect in MLB for 2 straight years.
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I disagree that it's the end of a slump or that pitchers will move on from attacking that zone. He could easily go 1 for his next 20 and slumps don't just end when a player hits a HR, but this article is so spot-on. Just watching his ABs over the last few weeks you could see the pattern emerging. Pitchers would start him off with a backdoor breaking ball or cutter and then relentlessly pound that up-and-away zone. I am happy that he made them pay - what I would like to see is for him to sit on more pitches in that zone, and crush them to LCF. I think he gets too pull-happy. Especially at home, it would behoove him to take advantage of the shortest LCF in the league. Getting too pull-happy forced a lot of whiffs and ground balls.
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Then why do teams do it? Even with Uber prospects. You don't have to let a dude languish for weeks. Sometimes a reset can do them a world of good. He has options; I hope it's not entirely ruled out.
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Because of the 50% K rate over the last few weeks
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I said Busch should be demoted and I stand by it
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Fantastic catch Nico
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Good guess by Profar basically
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Son of a bitch
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A Nico flyball to CF probably has a .01 XBA
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Stop giving away so many ABs Pete
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Wooooo That was a really stupid attempt to get an extra base.
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Busch needs to be optioned. Let him get into a groove in Iowa. Like all Cubs he is defeated easily by high four seams
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Teams are gonna be scrambling to create their own version of him lol
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He's freaking disgusting
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The least competitive AB possible after a really good PA last time. PCA got 3 good pitches to hit and didn't even take a swing.
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Minor League Discussion & Boxes, 5-7-24
We Got The Whole 9 replied to CaliforniaRaisin's topic in Cubs Minor League Talk
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The article was clearly written before last night's game, FWIW. He's up to 220/315/449/117. He has vastly improved the BBK, from a career .3 to a .6, which is highly encouraging, None of the defensive metrics seem to think he's decent at 3B, but if he can hit 120 and be a 2-2.5 guy I guess you live with it.
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Good points. Hoping Jed pulls him, along with a LHRP like Puk. That could be a real boon to the pen.
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Morel has raised his line back to his usual 119. That BBK on the season is pretty awesome. If he can keep up the power he can be a 130+ guy. Has to keep laser-focused discernment. Even the fly out to end last night was 105 off the bat on an inside fastball at 99 mph. That was pretty impressive.
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I did not realize this but Shota is basically the only LHP to throw many splitters in a long time in the MLB. It is extraordinarily rare. Most hitters in MLB have literally never seen a splitter from a lefty. He has the chance to really dominate for most-of-if-not-all of this contract. It is an almost certainty - barring catastrophic injury - that the Cubs will pay all 5 years of his deal. That IVB freak fastball and the splitter are complete rarities. I would not be surprised if the Cubs ask him to play a sort of mentor role and try to coax some of his pitch qualities out of him and onto other pitchers in the organization. Like teach Wicks that fastball, please.
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I think Pressly would interest him a great deal. He has been incredibly consistent for almost a decade and he still controls the zone excellently, plus all of the postseason experience. I wish we had signed Robertson; similar in that long, consistent track record, short-term with a just AAV. Pressly does have an option at 15m for 2025 if he makes 50 appearances this season. Not sure if Hoyer would want to take that chance and make that commitment. But I like him a lot for our roster.
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1. Don't give up contact 2. That is some really ****** luck
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Shota's fastball is tied with Glasnow's fastball for the most valuable pitch in the league. Interestingly and somewhat surprisingly, Assad's sinker is in a 5-way tie for 2nd.
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He should have hit for Happ in the 7th, even though Happ drew a walk. We needed a big hit there and they had the LHP in there who had only faced one batter.
