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  1. Bertz
    Fun Fact: Jefferson Rojas is still 20 for a few more weeks
  2. Bertz
    I'm a long time vocal skeptic of Assad's strand rate voodoo but worth noting the last time he had velocity like this while fully stretched out was the back half of '23. He was actually pitching well then he just got lucky on top of good pitching.
  3. Bertz
    It's a little thing, but I'm a big fan of an 0/3 from Triantos coming in the form of three pulled fly balls
  4. Bertz
    Yeah and the 3rd time truly is a kiss of death. Daniel Hudson got a few years on his 3rd UCL and Jonny Venters got one? And I believe that's *it*. That said this stuff doesn't always have rhyme or reason. Adam Wainwright and Masahiro Tanaka each pitched for like a decade with their UCLs hanging by a thread. Nate Eovaldi had both his TJs by 27 and has had one of the best after 30 pitching careers of the last decade. But yeah, realistically revise your expectations for Cade way down.
  5. Bertz
    Two blown UCLs isn't quite the kiss of death it was 10 or even 5 years ago, but it's pretty damn bad. I think you can count on your fingers and toes still the guys who've come all the way back as SPs, and even most of them are pretty diminished (Taillon’s a good example).
  6. Bertz
    Wow. Curious if this is because he's old and they feel the need to push him or because he's looked good enough this spring to warrant it.
  7. Bertz

    Boyd to DL

    Bertz replied to Neuby's topic in Chicago Cubs Talk

    Good news at least is bicep is not usually a precursor for something worse like a forearm. Bad news is eyeballing some prior examples this looks like it takes him out a month to a month and a half.
  8. Bertz
    I'm not totally sure I agree with the premise, but setting that aside Patrick Wisdom’s bat with Alcantara's speed and defense is a ~4 WAR player
  9. Bertz
    I kind of wonder if they're doing the "give this guy some run to make absolutely sure he's cooked" thing with Conforto knowing Seiya's no more than a few days out and they'll need to cut someone.
  10. Bertz
    I probably would have gone Roberts too, but I'm guessing it's Martin because A) they want someone besides Brown who can give them length and B) the next xouple teams on the schedule have lineups vulnerable to LHP.
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  12. Bertz
    Ethan Roberts has his pre-Tommy John velocity back, I think he's going to resume being a DUDE this year.
  13. Bertz
    I'm sorry, I have to wait how long before I can see Hartshorn hit again?
  14. Bertz
    I'd plan to have Brown take one of these games to the finish line, and assume the other game you use the pen like normal Also another pitcher is going to come up and join Martin for the DH. Curious who.
  15. Bertz
    He's another guy repeating, and unlike someone like Southisene isn't still young for the level regardless, but there's a noticeable drop in swing and miss from Lumpuy so far. Great to see.
  16. Bertz
    440 feet!
  17. Bertz
    This was the one nice thing about the COVID season is with no in person fans they could be nimble with this stuff
  18. Bertz
    Re: LMG it probably doesn't hurt that Tenn's roster mostly sucks and the opportunity cost for letting him start is low
  19. Bertz
    With 5 walks to 1 strikeout to boot
  20. Bertz
    The difference is mainly name value at this point
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  22. Bertz
    Curious what the roster move for Horton is. Obviously one of Rea/Brown is going to slide into the rotation and leaving an opening in the pen. Do you bring up Assad so you can continue doing the two long relievers thing? Do you bring up one of the vets to preempt their opt-out, even though none has really been amazing over the last month? Maybe Ethan Roberts, whose stuff appears all the way back and in tiny sample has been the best reliever at Iowa so far?
  23. Bertz
    Cole Mathis clutch go ahead 9th inning dong, obviously following another Hartshorn walk
  24. Bertz
    Also I know he gave up two dongs tonight but one of them looks like it was very much a product of the elements
  25. Bertz
    GOOD LORD
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