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  1. We Got The Whole 9
    From my not expert analysis of Willy vs Javy there from watching these early games. It seems like Willy takes one or two wild hacks in an ab where it seems like he's just guessing FB and swinging hard no matter where the pitch is, but then can generally reign it in and put together a quality ab after his one guess swing. Javy on the other hand seems like the same old Javy. Agree that Willy probably needs to cut the O-Swing rate down but I don't think it's just entirely him not recognizing correctly/not being able to control himself I think part of it is him cheating. I agree with this that it's not a pitch recognition issue but rather that he might be guessing. Hitters do this from time to time but some more than others obviously. Willy has the track-record of a disciplined approach so I definitely give him the benefit of the doubt. Javy on the other hand... honestly I think he got a little too gassed up on himself and he's not thinking about just putting the ball in play at all right now. Joe and Co. need to get him going middle-away again.
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    It's too early for this to mean anything but I am still going to mention that Willy is chasing pitches at a pace not far off from Javy and making contact at the same rate. O-Swing Willy 41.2 (59.5 contact) Javy 48.4 (59.4 contact) Again I acknowledge it is only 20 PA but that is a lot of chasing from Willy whom I expect to be a disciplined hitter. Love the guy but let's hope that's early-season over-anxiousness and that he can rein it in. He's a beast but he's not gonna get many barrels like that. However, Schwarber is filling the void Dex left with a sparkling 21% and Zo, Russell, Heyward, and Rizzo are all below 30%, with KB trailing by just a tad, and likely to tighten his zone significantly and join that group soon. Love when these guys just spit on pitches out of the zone.
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    He can't touch Jansen
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    Wait back on it and hammer it oppo
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    Not a good slide by Javy
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    Yeah now you're about to get slaughtered
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    Stop these 1st pitch pop ups
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    Ogers
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    There's the quick inning he needed
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    Zo's gotta protect there. Oh well we got enough lol
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    TCB Rizzo
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    Sit the f down you cure for the lefty woes
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    Deja vu
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    Where is Theoyer
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    I had to change the channel... we made a baby that night and it didn't make it... glad the wife is sleeping
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    Nothing good happened with Iowa today. Happ struck out twice.
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    Me too but they are really piling up with minimal open space for them to play. They're gonna have to move some of them but I think the mythical 5-1 deal is very unlikely to ever happen with this FO. I think it'll be more like 2-1 deals for reclamation projects or slightly faded prospects.
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    That was no 'bone bruise', right?
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    It certainly has been a good start for the top Cubs minor league pitchers. Butler (even thought he won't count towards the system's ranking is still important), Clifton, De La Cruz, Hatch and Cease combined for 24.2 IP, 17 H, 4 R, 3 ER, 11 BB, 25 K for a 1.09 ERA and a 1.14 WHIP. Lesser prospects Zastryzny, P. Johnson, Tseng, Alzolay, T. Miller and Rondon threw 24.1 IP, 15 H, 5 R, 5 ER, 6 BB, 32 K for a 1.85 ERA and a 0.86 WHIP. Add in bats like Jimenez, Happ, Candelario, Caratini with some emerging bats like EJM, Parades, etc., Albertos once short season gets started and the 27th and 30th draft picks and this system could be pretty solid by year's end. It will be fun to track for sure. I can't imagine it's a popular thought around here but I kind of also like Morrison as well. He doesn't have the stuff or pedigree to stir prospect love but he does maintain excellent KBB, GB, and suppresses HR. He seems to miss a lot of barrels and could possibly thrive with our defense IMO. I'm not saying he will be as successful as Hendricks but I think there's a MLB pitcher there. Anyway, he also had a good start for the Smokies as well. I personally really like the pitching crop we have.
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    #Cubs Maddon: "His delivery, location and pitch-ability was outstanding. I'd much rather see what we saw today than 94, 95 all over the map"
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    Angels erase a 7 run 9th inning deficit and walkoff on the M's
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    How do you check these? You have to go to mlb.com and click on Gameday for the game. Once there, if you click on the "Feed" tab, you can get statcast data on exit velocities. Thanks. I figured it would be in GameDay when you click the batted ball result... but nope. Anyways thanks again.
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    How do you check these?
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    That slider had great depth
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    horsefeathers great game Jhey
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