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  1. Bertz
    :beg: I believe this would get the team pretty close to having everyone relevant who was slated to be above South Bend playing. And while certainly not good, I tend to think the really young guys aren't being hurt as much spending a full year on mechanics and conditioning.
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    That's fair, maybe they end up having to get creative, like they did with Jesse Chavez two years ago. Thankfully, as bad as the team has been at FA pitching the last few years, they've been stellar at trading for guys on the fly and having them produce. Chavez two years ago, Wick/Ryan/Wieck last year, and too early to tell but possibly Sadler and/or Tepera this year. And those were all up and down type arms at the time of being acquired, I'd like to see what they can do with someone already has pretty stellar stuff, like Miguel Castro on the O's.
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    Yeah, I think the bleeding has stopped on the bullpen. I feel decent about all 6 of those guys. The problem still is there's not anyone who I feel really good about. A lot of those guys are still missing an MPH or two, I'm hoping simply because summer camp wasn't a real ST. Like I'll be very quick to fully trust Ryan when he's hitting 90 MPH again, and Wick when he's sitting 95 instead of just touching 95. It's not hard to see a path to the pen fairly quickly being an outright strength. Have 2-3 of the above guys show they are (or still are) higher end guys, grab an impact guy via trade, and have one of Carraway or Marquez come up and shove.
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    :shock:
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    Guessing this is what Alzolay is getting called up for. He gets the 2nd game Monday, Q gets the second game Wednesday?
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    Broadly I like this idea. That said I think Bote is more valuable than Bradley. In a year where the balance could be made up with prospects that's an easy fix, but it might be tricky given current circumstances. I feel like the Bote/Bradley value gap is a top 10 in your system guy, but not quite a top 100 guy. Those are specifically the types of guys not at teams' alternate sites this year (and even guys at alternate sites would have to be scouted via video and Statcast rather than in person scouts). I do wonder if we see lots of deals with PTBNLs this month, with the hope that there is an AFL 2.0 this year where teams can get looks at a broader range of guys.
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    Curious if someone is hurt or if he's just been killing down in South Bend. If he's looking good out of the pen, swapping out Underwood and Winkler for him and Quintana does quite a bit for the bullpen. Also gives ~2 weeks to evaluate what else might be needed at the deadline.
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    What Jeffress has done thus far has felt way too smoke-and-mirrors-y for my comfort level. That said, his velo had been 91-93, but tonight it jumped to be more 93-95. If he can get it back up one more tick, and be more 94-96, I'll be less skeptical of him if the results stay good.
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    Might be about time for Dylan Cease to make the conversion to reliever (where I bet he'll be awesome)
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    I said DH, 3 Batter Rule, and 28 Man rosters. - I prefer the NL rules within games because I like the strategy. Not the double switches and stuff, but more about the inning management from the pitcher's perspective and when/how to use the auto out. I also like rewarding the Zambranos, Greinkes, and Bumgarners of the world. That said, from a team-building perspective the DH opens up SO MANY possibilities that it ultimately wins me over - I've loved the idea of the 3 batter rule since I heard of it. I know it has a smaller effect than you would think, but reducing those patented Bruce Bochy innings does so much from a watchability standpoint - The 28 Man roster is great because teams have actual benches again, and the 3 Batter minimum has kept the reliever changes to a reasonable level. The only negative is that I think we need additional incentive to have starters go 6. Maybe keep bullpens to 8 guys even with the two extra spots? Get more restrictive with DL/Option rules? I'm fine with starters averaging 4.5 per start in this fake season but that's not okay long term
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    People will also enjoy this bit. Sounds like Almora is probably on his last chance, and he's gonna have to prove it from the bench.
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    This is quite the break
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    I'm curious if the league is going to really commit to winning percentage determing playoff spots if there's a massive games played discrepancy. Like if the Cubs go 37-23 (.617), and the Cards go 25-15 (.625), are you *really* going to give the Cards the division?
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    https://twitter.com/SomeonesAnIdiot/status/1291224885390434305?s=19
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    A vague level of fastball command and some actual soft contact...still quite a bit further to go but that's some progress. Plus I believe that was the first swing at his curve all season.
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    I wonder if that was it for Underwood. The curve ball that was getting pub in summer camp hasn't been there outside of one outing, and the fastball has taken a step back. Maybe bring Steele right back?
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    If we had to lose I do like that it's like this. Chatwood didn't walk anyone, and the huge margin early means we can get all the bullpen dreck into this game to keep sorting through them. Good outings from any of Rea/Winkler/Tepera would be real clutch tonight. And obviously any sort of progress from Kimbrel would be huge.
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    Love love love that even with all this traffic on the bases Chatwood kept throwing strikes. I think that convinces me most of these gains are real more than a couple of clean innings would have.
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    Love the Morel quote too. 112 is some serious exit velo. Only 23 guys have done that even once this year. Pretty great for a guy who probably still has physical maturing left to do.
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    About the same as their costs? You think the Cubs org had 0 costs between April and July? Mostly just non-uniformed staff, a piddling enough chunk of change that it's completely or at least mostly paid for by their revenue streams not directly tied to gamedays (e.g. Marquee's crappy non-game programming)
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    What were ratings for April through mid-July? About the same as their costs?
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