Bertz
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Montgomery's been perfectly good today. This start has basically been the inverse of Lester's start against the Dodgers where all those 105 mph line drives were hit right at our defenders.
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Montgomery had experienced pretty close to Jon Lester levels of luck his first six starts, and the baseball gods have decided to collect their entire price today.
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DONG!!!!!
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Those t-shirts are hideous
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One of the least impressive HRs you'll see. Of horsefeathering course
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I'm a little worried about this series. The Twins suck, but Berrios is pretty great, and we've got Chatwood going tomorrow. Luckily Sunday should be a gimme.
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This is what I think of whenever someone complains about trading a good player No one wants to take take Almora out back and shoot him. If you trade him, you're getting something comparably good back. That being said, I don't think trading Almora makes sense in the Harper scenario. His defense and his lefty killer-ness make him a necessary compliment to a Schwarber-Heyward-Harper OF.
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That's a good point. Also would make me want Machado way less. I am kind of hoping that Machado's not as bad at SS as the numbers say he is, and that it's a Dexter Fowler situation where UZR/DRS are punishing him for the positioning mistakes of the O's coaches. If he's not actually a SS I don't think he's a guy to give hundreds of millions to.
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I think the roster has enough flexibility that Harper/Machado should come down to which player you like more for the contract. If you sign Machado, Russell is likely sent somewhere for pitching. If you sign Harper, Happ likely goes. Also, Heyward's re-emergence probably makes it so trading him is no longer a pipedream. He has not (and at this probably cannot) done enough to make opting out a legitimate possibility for 2018, but if this is his new normal his 2019 opt-out is likely in play. I'd imagine you could trade him, include a bunch of money in 2020+ to protect the other team against him re-collapsing, and something could come together relatively easily. I'm not sure if that's the right move, but it's certainly more possible than it looked in March. So it might be a matter of keeping the homegrown part of the band together and lifting out Heyward for Harper.
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Wish we had one starter who looks like he might be good going forward. Must be nice. I feel pretty good about Alex Lange
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The Reds position players are legit. They've also got a few legitimately good relievers. Their problem is that Luis Castillo is the only starter in their org who looks like he might be any good going forward.
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I got it! I got it! I got it!
Bertz replied to OleMissCub's topic in MLB Draft, International Signings, Amateur Baseball
why It's certainly not a hill I'd die on, but broadly speaking, there are major differences. The proliferation of technology and associated changes in the flow of information are enormous, yet "Millennial" continues to be a lazy catch-all for "people not currently materially impactful on society who are younger than me" in many media and business settings. Many Millennials grew up without widespread internet, mobile phones, or intense airport security. Someone who's 35 generally has a different worldview and grew up in a different world than someone who's 15. Hell, even someone who's 28 grew up in a different era than someone who's 18. A kid who just graduated college probably has a hard time remembering a time when there wasn't a supercomputer connecting its user to everyone else in the world from the palm of her hand -- it's pretty cool. Yeah. Millenial is used basically any time an old person sees a young person they don't like. I see it similar to how you've described. In my mind a millenial is someone who is old enough that they clearly remember life before the internet, but young enough that it's been around for the majority of their lives. Basically the generation that grew up during the transition. -
Yeah, his velo is fine so I think this is just a slump. Since he became good his struggles have generally been when he's only throwing like 85.
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Is Justin Turner cutting his own hair now? My lord
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That is such a dumb homer and I love it
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If Yu comes back from this injury fine, I'm not really worried about the starting pitching any more than just normal existential dread about any pitcher. Lester's been lucky, but he's also been fairly good. He's probably due for a <2 inning 8+ hit disaster start, but I'm not worried about him overall. Unless your expectations are still that he's an ace I wouldn't worry. Similar story with Monty, he's been lucky but also legitimately good. Quintana had a rough start to the year and is still climbing out of that. but has generally been good since. He has a 3.12 ERA the past two months. The walks and HRs are up, but I don't think by an alarming amount. He's probably been nibbling a bit too much because he's been a little unlucky with homeruns. Not a long term concern IMO. Kyle's been a little more concerning. He's down across the board. That being said, his velocity is fine, and in the past his struggles have generally been directly tied to reduced velocity. I'm hoping it's just a slump. but even if he's diminished now it's more a case of being more average than good rather than being a full on problem like Chatwood.
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Minor League Discussion & Boxes, 6-27-18
Bertz replied to CaliforniaRaisin's topic in Cubs Minor League Talk
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That’s one of the dumbest trade ideas of all time Seriously. My memory was that Realmuto is basically Willson with the bat but with average framing and one less year of control. That's a better player, but certainly not by enough to give up Happ. I looked it up, and it's two years less of control AND he's a similarly poor framer. So there's just no justification at all.
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Ugh. Who would we really feel comfortable with making a playoff start? All of them except Chatwood. Yeah. I'm a bit worried about Kyle, but I think Lester/Q are fine and I only need like 2-3 good starts from Darvish for my worries there to melt away.
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We had the best record in the NL before this series. There was nothing that needed to be kicked on. This series sucks and is embarrassing but the comparisons to last year's team don't really hold.
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On a lighter note, I rewatched the first season of Detroiters this weekend, and it led to me finding this: It's the greatest thing I've ever seen