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  1. Bertz
    Busch absolutely Hulking out every time we face the Dodgers is one of my favorite sub-plots on this team.
  2. Bertz
    Also Rea was kind of incredible tonight. If he can sit 94-96 for 3ish innings there might be some real long term utility there. With how dominant Jordan Wicks was at Iowa this afternoon in a 3 inning stint maybe there's a successful piggyback arrangement to be had.
  3. Bertz
    1 run in 10.1 IP for the bullpen this series is maybe the biggest development in my mind
  4. Bertz
    SP at the deadline just went from a 'probably' to a 'definitely'. I think there's extra incentive to get someone long term and not just a rental. i.e. like Squally said a few days ago, go get Sandy Alcantara. I will say with Horton and Wicks looking great at Iowa my concern is more about replacing Steele's TOR-ness and less about replacing him with broadly competent innings.
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  6. Bertz
    League average is about 40-35-25 pull-middle-oppo, and he was 40-26-34 last year. So a little oppo heavy. This year early on he's pulling everything, 68% coming into today.
  7. Bertz
    Oh hey an opposite field double from Cristian Hernandez
  8. Bertz
    Glasnow's actually been pretty bad to start the year. I presume that won't keep up (it's likely rust after last year's injury?), but hopefully he has one more clunker before righting the ship.
  9. Bertz
    The offense is obviously the story but the pitching staff coming into this environment and giving up only 3 runs in 17 innings is pretty cool. Especially with no Shota/Steele contributing to that.
  10. Bertz
    With Wicks presumably not needed in LA I hope he at minimum gets to piggyback Flexen today
  11. Bertz
    I'm not in the "no way the Cubs sign Tucker" camp, but I'd be very surprised by this timing, and I trust Hector Gomez about as far as I could throw him.
  12. Bertz
    Brewers pulled a Cubs tonight and blew a 4 run lead in the 9th in Arizona
  13. Bertz
    Counsell also said Rea "probably" starts tomorrow. So my guess is Wicks is being held out in case Brown gets blown out tonight (in which case Rea goes long out of the pen)? That or Wicks is hurt
  14. Bertz
    Moises had some uncharacteristically high swing and miss upon reaching Iowa last year, that looks to be rearview mirrored thankfully. He's been getting the ball in the air more early on too. Good stuff generally, though he is chasing a good bit right now.
  15. Bertz
    Also appears to be on a mission to maintain a SB per game pace. Too bad he sucks because our expectations were too high three years ago or whatever.
  16. Bertz
    Blue glove is a tell even if I'm too dumb to say who. Matt Garza?
  17. Bertz
    Connor Noland if you'd like to keep up your strong start that'd be pretty sweet
  18. Bertz
    Ethan Roberts finding two MPH this winter is fun. Obviously needs more runway but I'm feeling a lot better about him as a late inning option than I did last year.
  19. Bertz
    Two more hits and a SB for Cristian In less positive news Caissie hasn't played since Sunday
  20. Bertz
    Bullpen game for Iowa would really make you think Wicks is on his way to LA
  21. Bertz
    Through 2 starts Cade Horton is allowing a 70.3% contact rate in the strikezone. As a frame of reference, Jose Siri was the worst in the big leagues last year at 70.8%. Siri struck out almost 38% of the time.
  22. Bertz
    Yamamoto has been pretty incredible to open the season here, so this should be quite a toughy
  23. Bertz
    He is an idiot but he's well sourced. So reporting I tend to trust him on opinions I tend to roll my eyes at.
  24. Bertz
    BTW Hernandez is the same age as the hitters at the top of this upcoming draft. So despite having been in the org for a while, if he were to continue whooping ass at South Bend for the next three months he'd be essentially at the exact same point developmentally as a first round college bat.
  25. Bertz
    There is some positive regression coming for the pitching staff. They are 26th in strikeout rate yet also: - 19th in contact rate - 2nd in chase rate - 10th in zone rate Those three numbers don't jive with that strikeout rate ranking. Like the pitching certainly hasn't been good, but I think they should probably be closer to 15th than 25th. And that's to say nothing of the schedule aspect.
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