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Roberts reportedly sat 93 last year. If he's sitting 95 now that levels up his ceiling considerably. In terms of stuff you're looking at a profile like Ryan Pressly, a legitimate 1st division closer. He also started throwing a slider this year and was taught it by the Yankees pitching guy we hired away, Moskos or something like that. Seems like there’s potentially a slider revolution coming, lots of guys allegedly picking one up this offseason. See if Heyward can even put one into play
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I've only been able to watch a handful of games and I haven't seen a single win lol But what I do see is so ugly. Teams know exactly what we are trying to do, what spot DeRozan is trying to get to, that Vuc is going to put up a shot immediately after he receives the ball in the post and not get any closer to the basket, etc. You can see their preparation in their anticipation, how they jump the pass lane before we even see it. There's no fluidity to the offense, rarely more than 2-3 passes before we just give up and chuck it. Then on defense it is straight up like men vs boys, giving up nothing but high% shots and uncontested 3s.
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Minor League Discussion & Boxes, 4-5-22
We Got The Whole 9 replied to CaliforniaRaisin's topic in Cubs Minor League Talk
Nwogu looked like Pedro Cerrano on that dong -
Lonzo shut down. horsefeathers this horsefeathers.
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Totally expecting Harold Ramirez to push a 150 wRC+ this year
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Tiger at +5000 doesn't seem like a total suckers bet. I mean, it's horsefeathering Tiger. I'll throw a dub at it.
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We could have gotten Austin Meadows?!
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Damn feels like I'm watching the Bulls in the 2nd half here. KU just erased a pretty big halftime deficit in a matter of minutes. We got a game again.
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I'm calling it: Madrigal hits more HR than Nico
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General Baseball Chit-Chat Thread
We Got The Whole 9 replied to David's topic in General Baseball Talk
I read about this last week from the Rangers camp and what immediately came to mind from that term was Carlos Marmol. Apparently Jon Gray and Dane Dunning are names to watch that have taken to it immediately. -
Yeah just a gut feeling but I think Rodriguez didn't show up to camp in the shape they had hoped he would have. Before the season I would have figured he was practically a lock with his electric stuff but they barely even used him.
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Wick is a lock for the major league pen and probably a setup role, did you mean someone else? Abbott is a starter who hasn't been able to prevent damage at AAA and doesn't throw all that hard, so he's not a surprise to not get a serious look at the MLB pen with this many options of interest. Rodriguez hasn't been optioned that I can see so he may still get another appearance or two. The only players with 5+ appearances are Effross(pitching very well), Rucker(also pitching very well), and Yardley(NRI they're getting a good look at) so it's not all that disproportionate. I meant Wick. His walk rate exploded last year and I would just figure they'd want him to have more than 2-3 tune-ups before the season starts. And I know what Abbott did last year but he did get screwed out of a year of development following his org MiLB POY designation in 2019. He has a stronger track record than Keegan Thompson but he was really bad last year for sure. Seems like a guy that should have been facing more ML hitters than he did before he was optioned; not necessarily in the pen but in general.
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I'm curious to know which players, besides Villar, whom was mentioned specifically, showed up to camp looking like they hadn't been in a gym, or had begun ramping up their baseball activities. To me it's a little curious that a guy with Rodriguez' stuff has only 3 appearances and is ticketed for Iowa. Same with Wick and Abbott, whom feels like the type of fungible arm they need. They've barely pitched.
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Severely undermanned Grizz beat the Suns and moved to 20-2 without Ja. Crazy horsefeathers.
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I gave up on this game 20 minutes ago holy horsefeathers
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And he's on the board
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Has the caliber of pitching he's faced here been majorly high-velo anyway? Off hand I remember him facing Marquez... But Marco Gonzalez is certainly not, nor is he a K artist.
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Minor League Musings
We Got The Whole 9 replied to Little Slide Rooter's topic in Cubs Minor League Talk
horsefeathers, I guess I should have looked him up first. -
Minor League Musings
We Got The Whole 9 replied to Little Slide Rooter's topic in Cubs Minor League Talk
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Brennen Davies? Turns out we do have a Zach Davis... Ha... Ha
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Got a notification that a Zach Davis hit a 2 run HR to give the Cubs the lead. We don't have a Zach Davis. But Brennen sure hammered one.
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I so hate the Pat Williams pick
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Grizzlies are 17-2 without Ja. They just destroyed the Bucks. Desmond Bane is a badd dude. The Suns are having one of the quietest dominant seasons that I can recall. They're 60-14, have the best odds at +350 for the title, but I feel like the hype around them is nowhere near what their level of dominance should dictate. I'd be so happy for those guys if they seal the deal this time around. I love the Celtics at +1000. Theyve been the best team in the league in several categories in the 2nd half. They are thrashing teams left and right, ridiculous defensively. They have a well rounded team but also have 2 guys that can dominate any given night. I hate their organization and they have too many titles as it is but it would be a pretty great story if they actually add another chip coming back from, 6th?, in the conference at the ASB.
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Hermosillo is exactly the type of player the Cubs should want right now. There's pretty good potential for him to ball out for a couple seasons and then we can trade him as he enters arb seasons as a 30 year old. horsefeathering get rid of Heyward. Don't just give Hermosillo away. There's solid potential there.
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Gigantic Willy Style - The Willson Contreras Thread
We Got The Whole 9 replied to Sammy Sofa's topic in Chicago Cubs Talk
What teams aren't operating this way? The Braves had their homegrown star lead them to a WS and apparently told him flat out, "if you don't take this extension, we're going to trade for Olson" and did so that very day, while extending him as well. The Dodgers let their homegrown star walk without much of a fight, because they traded for his replacement in the middle of the season. What pisses me off is how seemingly easy it has been for other teams to lock up their young guys and ensure theyll be around for 8-10 years. The White Sox pull this off with just about all of em. The Braves got Acuna (sort of understandable I guess because he got a pittance as an IFA) and Albies for dirt cheap. I look at Baez and have to believe, like, say, after 2015, he would possibly have taken something along those lines. Were we still in wait-and-see mode, probably. But that was a guy with such a boom/bust profile that he may have jumped at it. Or Schwarber after 2016. After that injury and his dedication to returning and performing like that on the biggest stage, feels like a great set-up for an early extension, as long as it was reasonable from our end. I'm not at all surprised with what's going on with Contreras, though. Just hope he bounces back offensively and has a hot market.