Bertz
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FWIW it currently looks like rain is supposed to hit in the early evening tomorrow. So the game looks safe but things don't have to shift a ton for that to change.
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This is the team yelling into a bullhorn that they believe PCA's a superstar
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Really strong contact and chase #s this spring too. Exciting stuff.
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Question of the week: how many games will the Cubs win in 2026?
Bertz replied to Brock Beauchamp's topic in Chicago Cubs Talk
I said 91+ I don't think it's going to be way plus, I expect a similar output to last year. Last year we had an elite position player group and an okay pitching staff. This year I expect both groups to converge and end up good. There is upside beyond that. The pitching staff in particular I won't really argue with the 50th percentile projections where they are. But at the same time it's obvious that basically every SP beyond Taillon and Rea provides an easy to see a path to providing more. -
PCA leading off to get that standing ovation, I see you Craig
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I'd guess with where payroll is it kicks in for 2026, but yeah Happ and I believe Hoerner worked like you said and started after the season they were signed.
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One of the catchers if it's just a random day off, Long gets called up if there is an injury. All they said about Austin is "months" for his knee to recover so I'm assuming June or July. That said with adding the three bench guys to the roster an Austin 60 Day IL move is an obvious lever to pull, so if they don't it says he's expected back before Memorial Day.
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Would seem to indicate either Kingery made the team or they're about to make a small trade
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Great read without all the histrionics coming from a lot of corners. Smart money IMO is a repeat of last time. Owners dick around until around Valentine's Day and then negotiations start slowly getting more reasonable. Calendar flips to March and things actually get serious. Deal gets done plus or minus a few days from when it would impact the regular season. A late dramatic "breakdown in talks" is a given.
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You're better off arguing with a lamp post
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The non-rational part of my brain does not like the offense getting red hot right before they go north. You're wasting bullets.
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Ethan Conrad Out a Month with a Back Injury
Bertz replied to CaliforniaRaisin's topic in Cubs Minor League Talk
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Not that there's no fat to trim off the 40 but adding all three of Carlson, Kingery, and Conforto feels wasteful. Just call up Cowles to warm the bench for a week.
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Yup
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By process of elimination sounds like Carlson and Brown made the team. Pretty surprised Snider is willto go to Iowa.
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No, it sounds like he'll go to Iowa so he can play every day and come up mid-season if there's some runway due to injury. I suspect if we hadn't gotten Bregman he would have made the team. But Bregman pushed the bulk of Shaw's playing time to the outfield.
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I think this was, in addition to the IVB Plaid pointed out, the notable thing to me. The quality of that fastball was all over the place even just over the course of a single inning. This is a young guy who still has projection but also more straightforwardly some experience-fed mechanical consistency probably goes a long way.
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Wing looked great. As you'd expect with a teenager too many non-competitive pitches but he has a chance to be a dude.
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That was a majestic dong from Kade Snell, who has looked really good all spring. Getting sent straight to SB out of the draft was a tough assignment. Hopefully with an offseason under his belt he can come back and conquer it.
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