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    I know some of the TV stuff changed mid-offseason and that surely affected payrolls, but I'll never understand why a team with such limited money to spend allocated nearly their entire FA budget to a guy whose shoulder is hamburger meat. Especially since they're consistently able to spin pitching straw into gold.
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    Yeah there's probably some luck there. But there's some stuff that's not too: - They are above average at pulling fly balls. Not elite lack last year but still above average - It's generally a fast team that's aggressive on their feet, which nets you some extra bases (Shaw's double yesterday for instance) - Wrigley has I believe in aggregate played hitter friendly thus far. Obviously that's a knock on the repeatability of the offense's topline production, but on a team level any credit you take from the offense you have to equally give back to the pitching staff I'd guess if you de-lucked them they'd still be top 2 but closer to the Braves at 3 than the Dodgers at 1?
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    The Cubs are leading baseball in hitter fWAR right now. It's basically a rounding error between them and the Dodgers, but there's a sizable gap before the Braves at #3.
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    The Athletic makes it sound like the team is going to activate Palencia tomorrow and skip a rehab outing
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    I am pretty skeptical that his profile can work in the big leagues, but Brett Bateman is having a surprisingly productive season and is totally age appropriate for AAA? But man there are essentially no big leaguers who look like him offensively. Cavan Biggio is probably closest. End of career Bobby Abreu when he'd lost all his power shows up on some leaderboards as well?
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    More Lovich Through 3 PAs tonight hes seeing 4.36 pitches per plate appearance. I don't know where that would sit on an MLB leaderboard but it's high. Kyle Schwarber for his career for instance is 4.23. It's also why his strikeout numbers are so high despite only slightly elevated swing and miss.
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    Speaking of dongsmiths with 3 PAs so far tonight Hartshorn is now at an even 100. No longer tiny sample size gotta offer a million caveats territory.
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    99 win pace by the way
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    Eli Lovich second day in a row with an opposite field dong
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    It's irrational but honestly it feels like there's no in-between
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    Matt Waldron sucks, but! - A 12-something ERA is ripe for regression - Knuckleballers are weird...I don't think we've faced one since pre-pandemic? - Taillon’s not exactly Cy Young Definitely feel much closer to good than great for this one.
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    FG's Cubs list is apparently coming out this week
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    This was the Soriano lifecycle to a T, and I agree I definitely expect Pete's ebbs and flows to look like this
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    This is not to go as far as to call them all pushovers, but the Cubs don't face another SP who is definitely good until next Sunday when they draw deGrom. Everyone before then is either outright mediocre to bad or a guy with a good resume having a bad start to 2026.
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    Probably not. At least not a dude you'll ever trust in a high leverage spot against a RHB. That said if someone is not a dude I appreciate them coming in and just relentlessly filling the zone
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    Jerzembeck's alive! Honestly kind of shocked, usually when they bother to IL a guy he's out a while.
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    Eli Lovich dong
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    Yeah TJ#1 is more or less routine but TJ#2 is still assume the worst until the guy has re-proven himself.
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    Ethan Roberts gave up a homerun on a ball hit 118 MPH. I...don't think I can blame that one on the conditions. Struck out the side after, he feels like a much safer bet to rejoin the big league club at home on Friday.
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    No exit velo reading on Bateman's dong, but Triantos just donged on a ball hit 94.4 to the opposite field. Wild conditions today.
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    Okay yeah Brett Bateman just homered they're clearly playing moon baseball today
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    Yikes! Although, 10 whiffs so far....
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    Assuming today goes well, I'd consider Wicks for the MLB pen as early as this weekend.
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    Yeah I'm hoping this pairing is semi-permanent, you pretty much couldn't craft a better vet to pair him with in a lab.
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