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  1. Bertz
    This is...kind of sad. Like with KB down the Cubs are kind of vulnerable. Add someone who can make a horsefeathering impact. Moustakas is fine, he helps, but where's the Schoop/Gausman deal, or the Dozier/Gibson deal? Or why did they let the Dbacks get Escobsr yesterday? This just feels so much like the Pirates a few years as go. They're going to "keep their powder dry" so long that they miss their shot.
  2. Bertz
    Nah, our FO is smarter than that. This is a "horsefeathers happens" kind of night, where whereas Chatwood is just straight up broken. Last 6 starts: Montgomery - 5.80 ERA Chatwood - 6.75 ERA I mean Monty has better era but they both have sucked Montgomery has been hit hard, but every non-elite guy has stretches like this over the course of the year. He's not walking a ton of guys and he doesn't have a HR problem, so I tend to view it as just a slump. He was fortunate when he was a 1 something ERA during his first month in the rotation, and he's been unfortunate lately. Baseball.
  3. Bertz
    Nah, our FO is smarter than that. This is a "horsefeathers happens" kind of night, where whereas Chatwood is just straight up broken.
  4. Bertz
    The BABIP gods are ANGRY tonight.
  5. Bertz
    Robinson Cano is pretty high up there.
  6. Bertz
    I take the guy giving up hits every single day.
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    [tweet] [/tweet] Beautiful
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    [tweet] [/tweet] I like Ziegler (I'm really partial to guys like him and Cishek) but I feel like given the Duensing situation a guy who can get lefties out might be necessary.
  10. Bertz
    [tweet] [/tweet] I don't know if that's inside info or just an example of the type of thing they could have in mind.
  11. Bertz
    The dodgers are significantly worse against lefties again, but not as awful as they used to be in 2016 Phillies are much worse as well. Conversely, the Braves murder lefties (which is why they gave us so much trouble)
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  13. Bertz
    Much like BABIP regresses towards .300, L/R splits tend to regress to a player's overall mean. Almora playing versus righties is fine, especially with how banged up the roster is right now. And lineup doesn't matter unless you're doing something actively harmful, like batting the pitcher at cleanup. Tl;DR stop whining about Almora, if he's comfortable batting 1 or 2 that is probably worth more than the .1 runs/game it costs us over an "optimal" lineup.
  14. Bertz
    Hamels' homerun problem screams fluke IMO. If it truly is a fluke, he's a slightly above average starter who should cost very little to acquire. That's a massive upgrade over Chatwood. If his homerun problem is not a fluke, he's still a little better than Chatwood on a rate basis plus he will throw an extra inning+ per start. I would love someone more fun like Gausman or Stroman, but we're in a position where mediocrity like Hamels will absolutely help.
  15. Bertz
    There's a decent chance this was Chatwood's last start as a Cub. That's the only thing leaving me somewhat zen about this.
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  17. Bertz
    Hamels is solid, and with his contract the prospect cost should be minimal. I feel pretty comfortable hand waving away spikes in dongs allowed if they're not due to velocity loss.
  18. Bertz
    That could actually be a sneaky awesome way of upgrading the rotation this year. An impact guy like Stroman probably costs someone off the ML roster, let's just say Happ or Almora. Our FO is reticent to do that during the year, but if you expand the deal to Donaldson and Stroman. pushing KB to the OF if/when both are healthy, you can trade one of those guys without hurting our position player depth.
  19. Bertz
    Stroman would be phenomenal, but I really doubt a deal comes together. He's the sort of guy teams seem too scared to deal during the season. He basically had a terrible April, but has been typical Stroman since, so no worries from me on him going forward.
  20. Bertz
    Happ is probably the best starter who gets moved this deadline, and that's not too backhanded of a compliment as he's a solid 3 win guy. I think for me the issue is that because he's #1 I worry about how inflated his price will be. There also may be some diminishing returns as he's quite similar to Lester and Quintana, though that's a much lesser consideration.
  21. Bertz
    I roll my eyes at a lot of the Joe bullpen whining, but what the hell. 3 righties coming up, Lester at about 100 pitches, and basically everyone good but Cishek fully rested. Why did Lester start this inning?
  22. Bertz
    This might have been Lester's best start of the year. I'd pull him and turn it over to the well rested pen.
  23. Bertz
    I'm torn. I like Happ a lot, but I'm worried about cost and I'm a little worried about how similar he is to Quintana and Lester.
  24. Bertz
    You picked 2 isolated examples during a month long stretch where the Cubs are killing it with RISP Fair enough. With the offense struggling at the moment, it’s just frustrating to see them come away with one in what should’ve been a big inning. Be honest, would you have been mad if Russell's ball had otherwise the same but several feet to the left and snuck through for a hit?
  25. Bertz
    I can't decide if I'm more encouraged by Jon getting plenty of swings and misses or discouraged that most of the balls in play have been hit super hard.
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