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  1. Bertz
    I think you dump Workman when one of three things happens: 1. One of the Iowa kids starts popping off and you want the roster spot 2. PCA's struggles against lefties reach a point that you want to add a dedicated RHH CF to more proactively platoon him 3. We've got another month or so of Workman looking this helpless
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    With Corbin and Mahle going the next two games it is a pretty decent opportunity for another sweep. That'd really be nice to bank those wins because this upcoming west coast trip looks extremely tough.
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    Flexor Strains generally require a recovery measured in months, not weeks. Brewers rotation is Peralta and pray for rain now
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    JP Wheat with one walk and 4 K's in 4 innings? That'll do. Mathis has DH'd both games so far. I'm hoping him being at Myrtle is more or less any rehab assignment and he'll go to SB when he's a little healthier and the weather is a little warmer. Honestly exact same deal for Carico too while I'm thinking about it.
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    Cam Smith has a 43% K rate and a 67% groundball rate. I've never seen those numbers combine for over 100 before (though it's obviously possible because they have different denominators). Maybe the minor leagues are necessary. Who knew?
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    This is, no joke, 95% of a manager's job.
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    Cubs play the Dbacks again in two weeks so unless this is a minimum length stay he will miss that series
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    Nick Pivetta with the wind blowing in is a really tough matchup since his one weakness is dongs. That said Boyd's a flyball pitcher too so this should be another low scoring game. Hopefully we can defense and baserunning our way past them again.
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    Matt Shaw was horrific in Japan and IMO a bundle of nerves. But he's got a 113 wRC+ and nearly even walks and strikeouts since getting back stateside. On top of that he's got a .341 xwOBA to a .322 wOBA domestically, so I'm not sure the luck argument holds either. There are some ugly swings, he's getting beat in-zone more than I'd like, but I don't see any reason he should be at Iowa.
  10. Bertz
    Wicks sat 93 and got 15 swings and misses tonight. I won't say I don't care about the rest, but I'm pretty close to not caring about the rest.
  11. Bertz
    Just two starts but Leiter's been incredibe to start the year and looked like he was breaking out. Now we miss him and get gifted Patrick Corbin. This April has been the opposite of early last year. Early last year we got the teeth of every single rotation we faced, now it's the opposite.
  12. Bertz
    May the last two years was a strength of schedule thing IMO. So the team *should* be having that dip right now if it were to happen. That said last year's dip lasted through June well after the schedule let up so 🤷
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    Randy Vasquez is bad. Really really bad. That said I'm worried that this team is due for a game where they get BABIP'd, and the weather today certainly wouldn't combat that.
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    10, 8, 1 now after the triple
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    Owen Caissie has 9 balls in play this season. 7 are 100+ MPH, only 1 has been on the ground
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    Velo a little lower in the 2nd, but still averaged 96. Guessing that's more legit and he was amped in the 1st. Still nice quick efficient inning.
  18. Bertz
    Horton sitting 97 the first few batters 👀
  19. Bertz
    Owen Caissie 107 MPH single. The secret is clearly to hit the ball on the ground more
  20. Bertz
    Will Frisch is alive?? Nice!
  21. Bertz
    Ramirez is legit as well. He's been an age darling for a while and there was some EV data posted recently that was encouraging in terms of ceiling. I haven't sat down and done a list in a while, but I'd guess Sanders and Ramirez would land in my 15-20 range and no one else would crack 30. Leigh, Scalzo, and Armstrong have big league relief profiles. But yeah, it's pretty bleak. The good news is there's a log jam at Iowa, so potentially that missing wave of talent doesn't have to be felt too much as it'll take time for the org to work through the guys there.
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    Yeah "aside from PCA" is doing some real heavy lifting there. Basically the inverse of the old "other than that Mr. Lincoln, how was the play" joke. The Cubs got incredible value for Javy, very good value for Rizzo, and rolled snake eyes on the other two deals. If you'd promised me what we have right now the night of that trade deadline or offered to spin the wheel again I'd have locked it in so so fast.
  23. Bertz
    There was a little bit more swing and miss today than normal from Kilian, so if you really wanted to squint you could take that positive. But yeah he seems beyond even being fixed by Zombro.
  24. Bertz
    Good lord that's awful. I don't know that we've had an affiliate this bad since the farm was at its nadir in 2019. Hopefully Gray and Wiggins are at South Bend and not the IL.
  25. Bertz
    Stop me if you've heard this one before, but Caissie hit a ball 100+ MPH in the air for an out. That is I believe his 4th barrel and he has one hit to show for it
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