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Things that are apparently fascism: - Wanting to be paid for the hours you spend researching and writing about sports - Spending more time with your kids
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Mooney in the Athletic this AM says Friday's a bullpen game and Taillon is starting Sunday. I'd guess Keller (who would require another 40 man move for the Dodgers series) and Wicks follow Taillon on Sunday. Then the pitching staff for the Dodgers series is the normal on paper one except with one of Palencia/Brown subbed in for Taillon.
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This did a really good job clearing things up IMO. Keegan Thompson not being part of the travel party probably makes him the 40 man move for Shaw I'd guess.
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If all these guys also threw in games today I think it backs up Pearson/Miller being part of the 8 man bullpen theory Also great news that Owen Caissie seems on track for opening day, if not sooner.
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I'm probably reading too much into it, but I wonder if Miller and Pearson pitching today is a sign they're indeed going to make the 26 man roster. This is the last game before everyone jumps on the plane to Japan. From a standpoint of being ready for next Tuesday, you'd probably want your A team relievers to pitch today, then one of the exhibition games.
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There are some breadcrumbs you can pick up around developing and convalescing players but for an All Star level talent like Steele it's purely about health.
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Misiorowski is Milwaukee's closest equivalent to Horton or Brown. 1 ST game obviously meaningless but good to see him not really doing much against this lineup
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The 40 man move is interesting. We know both Brujan and Workman are making the Japan trip. All of the roster bubble pitchers are as well. It's either Hollowell, Kilian, or someone is going to get DFA'd while in Japan.
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Because he's been tracking towards the opening day start in Japan, decent chance it's normal dead arm that guys typically get towards the end of March. Usually happens around the point guys build up to 4 or 5 innings.
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🚨 🚨 Jordan Wicks sitting 93-94, topped out at 95.6
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Of course it's happening when we can't watch but Shaw with two line drive singles today through two at bats
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I'm pretty okay hunting for upside knowing that there's probably also going to be a top 45 pick used on the position.
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Pretty decent money too
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Ian Rappaport seems to be doing his best to make Bluesky work. Matt Miller (draft guy) appears to be sitting next to Adam Schefter and passing things along as well.
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This spring the Chicago Cubs have not been immune to the pitching injury bug that plagues baseball every March. Thankfully to this point they have not been among the teams hardest hit. Despite that, reporting tonight out of The Athletic indicates that Jed Hoyer is still active on the market for starting pitching: It's not totally clear how much of this is laying groundwork in case an injury arises versus how much the team is intent to add a starter even as things currently stand. The Athletic also reports that the team had an offer out to Andrew Heaney before he signed with Pittsburgh, though he theoretically could have been a fit in the bullpen as well. NorthsideBaseball's own Matthew Trueblood also reported last month that Hoyer was still talking with the Padres hoping to land Dylan Cease, so bigger game may be on the table if it's available. -
This spring the Chicago Cubs have not been immune to the pitching injury bug that plagues baseball every March. Thankfully to this point they have not been among the teams hardest hit. Despite that, reporting tonight out of The Athletic indicates that Jed Hoyer is still active on the market for starting pitching: It's not totally clear how much of this is laying groundwork in case an injury arises versus how much the team is intent to add a starter even as things currently stand. The Athletic also reports that the team had an offer out to Andrew Heaney before he signed with Pittsburgh, though he theoretically could have been a fit in the bullpen as well. NorthsideBaseball's own Matthew Trueblood also reported last month that Hoyer was still talking with the Padres hoping to land Dylan Cease, so bigger game may be on the table if it's available. View full rumor
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Megan had an update on the pitching too. Basically Taillon/Boyd are going to start the two exhibition games, so they won't be on the 26 man roster against the Dodgers. So the bullpen against the Dodgers seems likely to be the 8 guys we expected coming into camp, Rea for long relief, and then one of those 4 she called out (most likely Keller IMO). Although that's only 12, so Keegan Thompson too?
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2025 MLB Draft Thread
Bertz replied to Outshined_One's topic in MLB Draft, International Signings, Amateur Baseball
I know you don't even know what you're talking about anymore, but how is writers charging money to read their writing fascism? And I know you're going to go straight to ESPN/Disney but they've been behind a paywall for over a a decade, so explain it to me in terms of mid size shops like Fangraphs/BP/Baseball America. -
Shaw has not had a lot of hard contact this spring but he's worked a lot of deep counts
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I think this is someone really big who didn't normally wear stirrups during a brief foray into stirrups. I'm kind of thinking Schwarber?
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I'm torn because on the one hand this team used 9 SPs last year, and it would have been 10 or 11 if they had anyone left they thought was more viable than Kyle Hendricks. Rea provides some floor above literal replacement level options. On the other hand, how many Ben Brown/Cade Horton/Daniel Palencia/etc. bullets get wasted down at Iowa because Rea's just sort of there and in the way? It's not hard to see the latter outweighing the former. On Brown and Horton specifically though, I think there's some benefit to having them start once a week at Iowa and try to stretch out how long they're in the rotation before they inevitably have to shift to the pen. Both guys are likely capped in the 120-130 innings neighborhood this year. I'd guess from a long term development/durability standpoint 20 starts and 20 relief outings is better than 15 starts and 30 relief outings.
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And overnight Gerrit Cole. This one sounds especially bad.
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That's totally fair on Amaya. I have been reticent to buy in too hard on his second half breakout, but there was nothing especially flukey under the hood there. And to your point he does grade out shockingly well on the bat speed front.
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George Kirby and Grayson Rodriguez to the IL today. Guess we're at the point of the spring where the pitching injuries are going to start piling up.
