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  1. Bertz
    Pretty incredible game from the bullpen, especially with Palencia and Pomeranz down. Feels like this makes up for one of the disaster games in April.
  2. Bertz
    Reggie Preciado dong. Signs of life just keep trickling in.
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    As much as I agree with Tryptamine that the timing is right for adding an impact cost controlled starter, I don't think the market looks like it's going to cooperate unless the Nats make Gore available. And I'd guess it's less than 50/50 they do. I think if you're Jed you're realistically going to have three options: 1. Settle for a rental and revisit the big trade in the winter - Honestly this might be the smart play regardless, as Tucker's fate heavily influences what/how many resources you'd want to part with in trade 2. Buy in on a SSS break out - For example Ryan Weathers and Max Meyer both look great for the Marlins. The fish are early enough in their rebuild to probably make them available, but you're likely gambling a lot of resources on less than half a season of success 3. Rescue a live arm from a dumb team - For instance Trueblood made a pretty compelling case for Ryan Feltner over the winter. Reid Detmers seems pretty fixable. Etc. I think the big risk here is can you fix one of these guys *in season*? Because you need someone who can help out this October
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    20+ inches is insane. Imanaga for instance has elite vertical break and he lives in the 18-19 range.
  5. Bertz
    https://blogs.fangraphs.com/2025-zips-projections-houston-astros/ A 3.35 ERA, and that's in Houston which obviously is more of a hitters park than Wrigley Also, small sample size but he's been missing a ton of bats since his disaster outing a few weeks ago. https://www.fangraphs.com/players/ryan-pressly/7005/game-log?position=P&gds=2025-05-09&gde=2025-10-31&season=&type=16 I wouldn't be in a huge rush to move him back into the closers role, Id like to see those whiffs translate all the way into strikeouts, but there's a decent chance he's already fixed.
  6. Bertz
    Pressly projected fantastically coming into the year. He had declined yes, but from a top 5 reliever in the league to very good.
  7. Bertz
    Jaxon Wiggins and Cade Horton being lined up is fun
  8. Bertz
    Looking ahead a bit to next week, it looks like the Cubs are going to get Mackenzie Gore but miss Tarik Skubal.
  9. Bertz
    I hate games this lopsided. The embarrassment of losing is not properly aligned with the odds.
  10. Bertz
    92 pitchers have at least 50 IP this year. Among them Ben Brown ranks (all stats oriented so 1st = best): - 31st in groundball rate - 43rd in walk rate - 22nd in groundball rate - 76th in hard hit rate - 56th in barrel rate - 23rd in xFIP - 73rd in xERA - 91st in ERA He is getting hit hard, so he shouldn't have results as sparkling as his FIP suggests. But there's just not any reason to think he should have an ERA over 5, much less 6. Hell even with the hard contact you'd probably expect south of 4 going forward. This is about as slam dunk a case of bad luck as you can find. If he was on any other team we'd be champing at the bit to buy low on him.
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    Ben Brown's walk rate is 50th of 92 pitchers with at least 50 innings this year. His control's not a strength but it's fine.
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    Setting aside any of the bad luck parts of Brown's performance (I can read the room enough here to know no one wants to have that conversation) why do you think a guy who has struggled so mightily in the first inning would be a good fit for the pen?
  14. Bertz
    Jefferson Rojas walked with the bases loaded. It's a little thing that I really like seeing out of a young hitter. Speaks to a mature approach at the plate.
  15. Bertz
    I'm sure Iowa's just a bullpen game that Pearson happens to be starting, but given everything going on I'd stretch him out for real like they've done with Keegan Thompson. Like what could you lose at this point?
  16. Bertz
    Uh oh, avoid that Jewel on Addison and Broadway for a while I guess
  17. Bertz
    Uh oh, Wicks is hurt
  18. Bertz
    29 Ks and 6 BBs across 18 IP his last three starts. That's a 45% K rate
  19. Bertz
    SB is not great about consistent velo readings but I saw a 95 get popped in the 4th. And no idea how they grade out objectively but visually the slider and curve are pretty. I think he might be a thing.
  20. Bertz
    Ask yourself what it would take for you to deal PCA, discount it ~20% because of pitcher attrition, and that's what Skenes would cost. You're talking something insane like Busch, Shaw, and Horton.
  21. Bertz
    You should never expect *this*, but this is the benefit to giving jobs to talented sub-25 year olds.
  22. Bertz
    Really interested to see what Ryan Gallagher does for an encore. 20 strikeouts over his last two starts. If he has another big K game that starts really setting off alarm bells, in a good way. Like is he a breakout, or is he bullying children with some plus secondary pitch a la Nico Zeglin last year?
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    Oh BTW Dansby Swanson's on pace for another 5 WAR season
  24. Bertz
    Will Sanders got hit around a bit but I'll take 5 Ks and no BBs on a bad day. Now sitting at 44 and 8 respectively on the season.
  25. Bertz
    Not the top story with the offensive fireworks but Luke Little with 5 Ks in two scoreless innings is a lot of fun In 13.1 IP since getting back to Iowa, he has 17 Ks and has only given up 8 baserunners
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