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  1. Bertz
    If he tweaked something, he wouldn't be out there. I think it's probably just overuse and a bit of arm fatigue. He needs 2-3 days off and then hopefully he'll be fine. Yeah, if you include the ASG he worked in 5 of 8 days. Most likely just that. Which raises the question of why the hell he was out there. That's not an unreasonable workload in general, but while we're being so shamelessly careful with KB's hamstring it seems weird to push Kimbrel that much.
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    That's embarrassing
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    Yeah. His velo on his last fastball was 94.8. I don't remember seeing him below 95 since he was a mess in 2019. I'd keep him out until at least Sunday at this point.
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    Davis is quickly going from "he should get some big league time next year" to "you can probably assume CF is his next year"
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    Thank goodness. Honestly we could probably use our full allotment on guys who have been hurt all year Amaya Roederer (assuming this would be far enough out he could at least DH?) Marquez Franklin Clark Thompson McAvene I think that might be too many pitchers, but I wonder if enough orgs will have so many guys already at innings caps that it works out?
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    No, that's probably never happening for a reliever again unless it's like an Edwin Diaz situation where a guy is pre-arb. But Kimbrel will net a ton. Jeff Passan had an article yesterday and said the top 5 valuable guys this deadline are Buxton Gallo Berrios Kimbrel Bryant And it's more likely than not that the Twins hang on to their guys.
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    So I agree with you broadly, but this and what happened right before the ASB are pretty clearly the team being hyper-careful IMO.
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    A grade lower than "sore" I guess? Basically he'd get pulled for a hangnail given the current circumstances.
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    So basically the same thing that knocked him out for a game or two before the ASB?
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    *sigh*
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    This is really really good
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    About a third of these guys are/were stars, another third certainly would be if they were on the positive end of the defensive spectrum like Brennen, and only Diaz and Arcia were full on busts.
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    Taking this instead back to June 19th to give us a full month, he's at .244/.352/.462, with an 11% walk rate, a 23.1% K rate, and a 123 wRC+. Given his age this really has to be a corner turned rather than just a hot streak, but if it is and he can get up to South Bend by the end of the season this season could go down as a pretty solid success. I didn't think that was going to be possible a month ago.
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    Probably assume there's roughly half a million for rounds 11-20?
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    Brennen already 2/2 with a double and a dong, OPS at AA up over .900. He's also basically stopped striking out the last two weeks.
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    Brothers has pissed himself in nearly every big time situation he's been in this year, but bring him into an outing like this and he KILLS. I have zero read on how much value he has right now, because it comes down to whether you believe it's an issue between the ears or believe it's just been some bad dice rolls.
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    FWIW, as of about a month ago projections thought he was worth an extension https://blogs.fangraphs.com/the-cubs-big-three-is-back/ He's been fairly horsefeathers the last month, but he's still probably still at ~4/70 based on the numbers. I'd give it to him. I think his back issues are more concerning than a computer will properly account for, but I'd balance that out with all the team captain warm and fuzzy stuff in my mental ledger.
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    No chance, the question is likely between Alfonso Rivas or Michael Hermosillo. Rivas is a tweener 1B/LF who we got for Tony Kemp, and Hermosillo was the most interesting of the minor league free agents Jed signed last winter, and is killing it at Iowa, but is 26.
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    I'm getting a serious Brian Dopirak vibe reading about him. It's not a bad thing, since sometimes those guys pan out. Even if we have a Chris Davis-type outcome, that can be useful when under team control. What's more intriguing to me is this helps get a picture of the current trade market for hitters. I had resigned myself to the outcome that the Cubs wouldn't get a Top 100 prospect for any of Baez/Bryant/Rizzo, but Joc for Ball suggests that might not be the case. I think it's simply that teams aren't looking at thing as superficial as even a slash line. Joc's been kind of a dud, but his underlying skills like plate discipline, exit velocity, etc. have all been fine. So teams, or at least a team, feels reasonably confident that he's still the same guy he's been historically and paid accordingly.
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    Seems odd to label Caissie a bat-only guy if some scouts think he could handle CF. I mean he's a big dude but reportedly moves quite well. I feel like everything I've seen has said he'll either be a RF or a 1B long term. And when 1B gets even a mention it's usually not the best sign for long term defensive value.
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