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Cool, makes sense. He's pitching lights out and is exactly the type of arm you want for the postseason.

Per Cubs Insider, Wilson's fastball has the highest whiff rate among LHRP in MLB. We haven't see it yet in a Cubs uni but the sample is extremely small and that should change.

I thought the report was that he's allowed to discuss and seek an opt out clause with the acquiring team (not that he just automatically has it) in exchange for waiving no trade rights I didn't really look too hard at it Ok, I just saw someone post the tweet. I need clarification now.

Per Merosi, if Verlander is traded he will be able to opt out after this season, and same for next year if he's traded in the offseason First I'm hearing of that

Take a shot?

Want. To. See. Passes.

Man you can't drop a pick like that

This is efficient passing

This was apparent in his workouts. His ball placement is phenomenal.

Easy to get hyperbolic but he's looked horsefeathering awesome on this drive

Good stuff, stepping up in the pocket

On the move and on the money

I'll take it. Our rookies held their own and Floyd flashed big. Our defense is solid.

Wish it was Shaheen but that was sweet

Everyone wants to see this 7 Denver, horsefeathers off

The pass game has been terrible but we are playing a ridiculously talented team as well. At least several defenders have flashed. Oh horsefeathers Mitch in

Definitely should've had that, Shaheen

Good stuff Leo

Solid Tseng again 7 IP 1 ER 5:1 HR 3B 6 singles, 9 GO, got GDP to end the 6th and the 7th Maples faced 2 batters, threw 6 pitches, 5 for strikes, got a K and a GO Hannemann is 16/18 on SB. Gotta think he's gonna be in Chicago in September.

Definitely want to be patient with it

... Barstool Whatever the feelings are about Barstool I'm pretty sure they have decent connections to both Chicago baseball teams. They've broken stuff before, especially like this on injuries and call ups. Yeah I'm not doubting their credibility but I used ellipses just to denote the grain of salt needed. Nothing officially announced yet but I lean toward it being accurate.

... Barstool

Me too. Though it looks like inclement weather could produce a pretty sloppy game. I'm real curious to see the pass rush and how well it helps the coverage. Hoping for very short-lived pockets and several hurries from Floyd.

Or was I just responding to this attempted cover-up that was in response to Sofa who initiated the "complaining" Nobody is getting on base in front of him, pitchers can attack him more with pitchers, pitches and not have to give in as much when sexy dexy and the like were OBP monsters in front of him last year. And for the most part Duke agreed with me; just not with my theory for why those rates are down

You've got to quit inferring so much from stuff like LD%. It's crazy unstable. It does do a really good job of explaining why things have happened. But it's hard to use contact quality stats to tell us much going forward. Remember when Miguel Sano and Aaron Judge were BABIP'ing over .400 and making no weak contact and you were going gaga over them and proclaiming that Judge was going to BABIP over .400 all year? That could still happen, but that's aside the point. The point is taken. What I will say is that when I comment on KB I'm not trying to project anything toward what's gonna happen moving forward; just simply what has been, what I've seen and what possibly comes out in the numbers. The league is really good at figuring players out and it is impossible for me to begin to say how hard it is to counter those adjustments. Judge has had a reversal of fortune for sure. I stopped looking at those stats for Sano and Judge a while back but for that moment in time, they were pretty outrageous. I know it's not a mental thing; the guy recorded the most high pressure putout in baseball history. I'll reiterate, for everybody, that I've never said he's incapable of being clutch. In fact just now is the first time I've used that word. But I relent - my expectations are just so high with him. Perhaps a little out of whack. He's still had a great season and is really one supernova week from being right on track with last year. Now would be a great time for him to go into god mode.