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  1. Bertz
    Less surprising after all the run he got in Spring Training but Hartshorn too. It wouldn't have been a huge shock to wait until May. Lovich and Southisene were on that timeline last year. I'm annoyed at the South Bend infield. Southisene and Mathis should be up there. Escobar probably too, though maybe this is confirmation Escobar going to tbe outfield is more about his deficiency rather than deference to other guys.
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    Hopefully Taillon’s fixed whatever issues he had and can hold his normal velo for a full game. If not it's lined up for us get a lot of Ben Brown tonight
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    The Cubs last year had 23 starts where the SP generated 15 or more whiffs. They have 3 already thia year, and Boyd's 20 from OD would have ranked #1 last year. People are wringing their hands about the dongs but the non-Taillon rotation is looking as good as you could hope for IMO.
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    It's still probably nothing but Rea randomly started getting a bunch more swing and miss last September and then low and behold it happened again tonight. Really like the three inning saves to rest the bullpen. Hope Craig is aggressive with Rea and Brown having outings like this.
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    EXTREMELY early but 3 BBs and 1 K for Alcantara makes me happy
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    lmao Velo is down a bit. Averaging a hair under 96. Curious if that's early season stuff or if he's dialed down a bit to throw more strikes
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    Would seem to point to the Tampa or Pitt series for him to come back if there are no setbacks.
  8. Bertz
    Probably not ideal with Shota pitching
  9. Bertz
    Irvin had a good spring training, but nothing from it looks especially notable to shift your priors on him. This game is about Shota.
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    Speaking of pitchers who look to have their pre-surgery velo back Luke Little. He was 93-96 today, which is a tick below what he was at his peak but up a good bit from last year. Also worth noting he was primarily throwing sinkers, which is a new wrinkle for him (and probably explains a portion of the still missing velo).
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    He didnt today but he does throw a curve. Also some of this is semantics but I believe those cutters are actually sliders. Speaking of semantics most of Roberts fastballs are actually cutters. 93-94 is actually pretty strong velo. The average reliever cutter last season was 90.4. Roberts back at his pre TJ velocity is very exciting IMO.
  13. Bertz
    Through three innings Will Sanders' fastball is up nearly a full mile and a half
  14. Bertz
    Fangraphs currently projects Hoerner to be worth 3.2 WAR in '27 and 2.8 WAR in '28. Do the half a WAR per year decline thing and that's ~12 WAR for the life of his contract. I'm not going to back of the napkin the inflation calc but $12-13M/WAR.
  15. Bertz
    This feels like a huge gift paired with this pitching matchup. I don't like how lopsided this game feels. Baseball has a tendendy to make these types of games go the other way to prove a point.
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    It's weird to crow when you were very wrong in the opposite direction?
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    He slowed down after the first (where he nearly hit 95 at one point), but it looks like he's back to his 2022/2023 velo. Four seamer was 93.1, sinker 92.4. Last two years those pitches have generally been in the 91s as a starter.
  18. Bertz
    Jonny Long just does not make outs
  19. Bertz
    It appears Javier Assad's WBC velocity spike was not just a national pride-fueled mirage
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    Pretty surprised it came in under 150. Good horsefeathers, dude loves it here.
  21. Bertz
    It is funny to me that there is a pretty large and vocal part of this fanbase that lets Milwaukee live rent-free in their heads and yet loses their minds when the Cubs do anything besides prioritize homeruns.
  22. Bertz
    @Named After Maddux This was so good! Flanagan especially stands out. I think we saw this spring with Luke Little the difference that having a "real offseason" can make, at least in terms of your measurables. Reports on Flanagan's stuff last summer were a little solid and unspectacular. But if more strength leads to a little more juice on the fastball he could get fun fast.
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    But a glove first CF who is much much further away from FA should somehow still be paid more?
  24. Bertz
    There's zero chance Hoerner makes less than PCA. Zero. PCA's still pre-arb, Hoerner's probably got food in his pantry that will still be good before he was set to hit free agency. The question is whether it comes in closer to $150M or $200M.
  25. Bertz
    I think between Shaw and the three prospect infielders (Rojas/Triantos/Ramirez) you should definitely plan to keep one and can maybe accomadate two if you make one of them something approaching a full time outfielder. There's pros and cons for each guy; - Shaw and Rojas are the most likely to have enough bat to still be a quality player in the outfield - As a switch hitter Ramirez is probably the best compliment to the current infield - Triantos as a speed/defense/contact guy is probably the one who is best suited to being a career bench guy Thankfully there's time and no rush to get anything done, not like there was this winter with Caissie. If the team does want to do anything major at the deadline though I feel like this better be the stash Jed deals from.
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