CubUgly

Dodgers have terrible luck with relievers, They paid big $$ for Tanner Scott and Yates last year and Diaz this year and all were terrible. Scott and Yates were unusable in the post season, but they have so much monopoly money they had 3 big money starters in reserve they could plug in the for the post-season and do better, so......

I'm really intrigued and excited about this new pitch, and absolutely setting myself up for disappointment, but I can't help it.

Yeah, I just find Bruce will post opinions on what they might our should do disguised as news sometimes. Was this sourced info and/or did Bruce site sources said this or was it just deep thoughts by Bruce Levine?

I could see Cabrera being a good bullpen option - but my Levine trust meter is not at 100% on scoop.

So, Cabrera is about to be activated, and we've been told Brown will be back this year and we expect Palencia will be back fairly soon as well. Thornton, Theilbar and Civale out? Or do they send Assad down to stay stretched and if so which of the 3 stays?

Exactly, not so very long ago we were talking about how if the Brewers played .500 ball the rest of the year we'd have to post some ridiculous record to catch them by the end of the season. Well, we're not even halfway through August and they are going into LA for a 4 game series only 3 up!!!! Man, it's happening.

Cabrera's last two rehab outings have been intriguing. I've seen some chatter of a new pitch in the mix that may be a game changer?

The eye test has not been as affirming as I'd hoped it would be. That was flat out batting practice last night - even the outs were rockets. The numbers I saw his last 15 outings in LA are not quite jibing with what I've seen so for here, but small sample size so.......

Agreed, I think he has shown the ability to learn new positions quickly and play at an at worst an average level and likely better and his athleticism plays well in the outfield too.

Agreed, this streak needs to be more like the rest of the month rather than 2-6 games - but the contact in these last two games was welcome because he was having trouble even foul tipping balls in the couple of weeks prior.

Swing and miss is always better I agree. He got away with two hangers to Caglianoni in one at bat yesterday as JD pointed out, and the pitch to Marte is about the only pitch and place you could throw it to Marte in order to give up a homer to him as he is definitely on the downside of his career. But the guy keeps posting, and giving us 6 to 7 so either he's having a long streak of good luck or he's doing something that is netting positive results other than whiffs. Of course all things being equal I'd love more whiffs of course.

Zobrist played a lot of positions, but none at a high or above average level in my opinion - adequate and servicable would be my observation. I would say the same for KB. Javi played above average defense at multiple positions and I agree he doesn't get the shine for that that even KB gets and certainly not Zo.

His first at bat was right in line with all his at bats the last week or so, he looked nowhere close to getting a hit. The second at bat was in my memory the first hard contact he'd gotten in about a week. I was so happy for him getting the home run and double. He has long been on the extreme hot and cold streaks his hold career. I hope this season ends with one of those hot streaks. But he has never hit as bad right handed as he has this year.

The chemistry is better but still not good, because it was so painfully awful at first. Alex still comes across too often as trying to say things to get JD to like him rather than to make the broadcast better. Did he do the games by himself in Iowa? He seems to have similar issues with others he works with but it seems more pronounced with JD.

Yeah, Tucker until just the last week are two was a below league average hitter, 2/3 into a full season. Plus, how he won a GG in Houston I'll never know - I never say anything while he was here that indicated he was anything but at best average defensively - and I'M being nice. The defensive metrics seemed to back that.