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  1. Bertz
    Division lead up to a season high 5.5. Cards now in 3rd place after getting manhandled by Jake Misiorowski in his MLB debut.
  2. Bertz
    Callis this evening Despite being a big fan of his namesake I'm not super excited for Aloy
  3. Bertz
    Yeah I think it was certainly this. The 8th was the higher leverage inning tonight. Pressly's out of the doghouse but every indication is still that Palencia's the closer. At least until Hodge is back, I'm curious to see who it is then.
  4. Bertz
    Brown did not have an opener against Detroit
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  6. Bertz
    So uhhh why is Eriandys Ramon at AA? I could see if there was an injury and Tenn just needed a warm body for two days, but he's now been up since Saturday and getting a more appropriate warm body over the Monday off day should have been easy enough.
  7. Bertz
    If Wicks is this close to returning he should still be fairly stretched out. It's only been about three weeks.
  8. Bertz
    Caissie really desperately needed a stretch where he went nuclear, so these last few days have been very good to see.
  9. Bertz
    I was just reading about AJ Russell at Tennessee, and he basically sounds like a carbon copy of the Jaxon Wiggins situation. He'd be a really fun get at 56. I'm all about pitching this draft though. Give me Witherspoon/Bremner/Quick at 17. Then at 56 take a swing at another frontline pitcher, even if you have to swallow some risk. Russell is probably my favorite, but Forbes or Wood out of college or of course a HS pitcher would fit the bill too.
  10. Bertz
    I think if you're expecting urgency on addressing the bench you're going to be sorely disappointed. - As others have pointed out Craig is barely using it because of how locked in the starting 9 is - Given the talent down at Iowa, we don't necessarily need a strong bench to insulate the team from injury - Turner is a big time vibes guy, and so particularly with a 5 game division lead you don't kick him to the curb to wring a couple extra runs out of that roster spot. Also probably worth noting that his xwOBA says he's been a little unlucky - Notable deals don't get done in June, you'd just be making eyewash junk in junk out moves such as the Jake Burger example I do suspect the bench will look different as we get closer to the end of the year. I think Brujan will be replaced by someone more useful. And I think one of the kids will come up and take Turner's spot, with Turner going on the IL for something made up and shifting into more of a cheerleader/extra coach sort of role. I'd be pretty surprised if either of those happen anytime soon though.
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    Keith Law has the Cubs taking Gavin Kilen in his mock draft this AM. The writeup makes it sound more like speculation based on fit and type (he has some Matt Shaw vibes) than anything sourced.
  12. Bertz
    Looks like he was sitting 94 topping 96 https://baseballsavant.mlb.com/gamefeed?date=6/8/2025&gamePk=780752&chartType=pitch&legendType=pitchName&playerType=pitcher&inning=&count=&pitchHand=&batSide=&descFilter=&ptFilter=&resultFilter=&hf=playerBreakdown&sportId=11&liveAb= Still down from last year, but not as bad as the stadium gun. If you look at that game as well as today https://baseballsavant.mlb.com/gamefeed?date=6/11/2025&gamePk=781285&chartType=pitch&legendType=pitchName&playerType=pitcher&inning=&count=&pitchHand=&batSide=&descFilter=&ptFilter=&resultFilter=&hf=playerBreakdown&sportId=11&liveAb= It looks like Neely's traded some velo for some horizontal movement on the fastball. Question then becomes is that velo gone, or is the temporary focus on getting the movement right at something less than max effort. We've seen temporary drops in velo before. Keegan Thompson stands out because he was down like 4 MPH at I believe the start of the '23 season and ot all came back immediately when he got called up.
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    What do we think the point of this is? I was just looking and he's made 3 rehab outings in AZ already as well. Like when Kenta Maeda has a double digit ERA and is Iowa's #3 starter, are we really not able to find a spot for Clarke? It's not April so it's not a weather thing. Is this a backdoor into coaching? A way around the 180 person minor league roster max?
  14. Bertz
    I don't think Franklin has the oomph needed to bring back lot of trade value. That's not a problem though, he's basically Gen Z Reed Johnson and that fits this roster like a glove.
  15. Bertz
    Jack Neely seems to be fixed. Not a huge rush with Luke Little dominating and Porter Hodge likely due back within the next fortnight, but still really good to see.
  16. Bertz
    What a weird matchup. Two guys pitching like high end #2 starters both with ugly ERAs because they've been BABIPed into oblivion. Who will the baseball gods screw over harder today? Tune in at noon to find out!
  17. Bertz
    I wouldn't be to worried about Alcantara's innings. He's on pace for ~160 and he was the most durable starter in the league prior to his TJ. Like don't try and 2008 CC Sabathia him, but he should be fine.
  18. Bertz
    Yeah I really like Elise in the booth. I do like Dempster in there too though, he stopped trying so damn hard after the first season or so and I vibe with him now. I think for me it's something like this: JD>>>>>Dempster>Elise>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>Sutcliffe, Girardi, or any other bozo they've tried
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    This is probably a good game to keep in mind when you have the urge to move someone to the bottom of the order during a slump Also Brad Keller is a bad dude. I wouldn't mind him getting some save opportunities to make sure he can keep doing it when the leverage is really high.
  20. Bertz
    Yes! Hopefully he is able to hit the ground running. Even given how much of a pitcher's park Myrtle is things have been bleak
  21. Bertz
    I believe Matt Shaw has graduated, and Horton has not but subjectively it feels a little silly to still be ranking him
  22. Bertz
    Jesus Christ
  23. Bertz
    Why? Why would you be nervous? In what world does a 50 PA sample for a 30 year old mean anything?
  24. Bertz
    I'm not going to dictate how people can engage eith the sport, but I mean yeah that's generally the healthy response. It's a long season, streaks and slumps happen. The very best teams of all time still lose ~50 games. The slumps the Cubs have gone through to this point have been comically short to this point. If you get this worked up when the team loses to guys like Zack Wheeler and Tarik Skubal, on the road no less, how in the world are you going to cope with actual adversity presents itself?
  25. Bertz
    So the record vs. teams over .500 since an arbitrary date thing is dumb on the merits, but I just realized it's not actually even correct? Since April 23rd 1-3 vs Phillies 2-1 vs Milwaukee 1-2 vs SF 1-2 vs the Mets 4-2 vs. the Reds 1-2 vs the Tigers That's 10-12, not 4-9. I'm not even sure how you get 4-9? Like the Reds are 1 game over so I could see them not being included depending on when you checked but backing them out still doesn't do it.
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