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  1. CubUgly
    Yes, CC and the Twinkle's are going to have to have a hard conversation with him. I just can't see justifying running him out there against the Yankees. We've already punted two wins against lesser teams.
  2. CubUgly
    It pains me but there is no way you can let him start again. He even seemed resigned to it in his post game interview. How could you not? I'll forever be grateful for his two post-season starts but you can't pitch at this level if you give up three homers a game.....you just can't. Especially when the first two are homer or strikeout guys that can only homer on egregious mistakes, which JAMO obliged with.
  3. CubUgly
    If not DFA'd the Hendricks fake IL. I watched the post-game interview. It was painful. Everyone in that locker room wanted Jamo to show he belonged. I wanted Jamo to show he belonged. He didn't. The first two guys that hit homers off him were like the twin brothers of a Rob Deer/Joey Gallo love connection. if you hang a meatball they will hit it a mile, If you throw a good pitch or even a kind of good pitch, they will strike out. He threw meatballs to both of them. I just can't see any scenarios where he starts again or pitches again. These games are too important to run him out again just because we all like him. The stakes are too high. We pretty much forfeited the last two games he pitched before the game started. Assad is the MUCH better option until if and when we get someone before the trade deadline. This is a no brainer and it pains me to say cause that dude was nails last post season.
  4. CubUgly
    I will forever be grateful to Taillon for those two playoff starts last year...both big time step ups. But there has been very little reason having seen all his starts this year to have any realistic expectation he can get back to that or even close. If he gives up two early bombs today or some such, how many more starts can a team in a playoff race reasonable afford to keep trotting him out there?
  5. CubUgly
    Pirates offense has been REALLY good this year too. Outside of Ozuna who looks to be washed, their lineup has been hitting really well. Second in the majors in runs scored. Well done by Shota.
  6. CubUgly
    Baseball is a game of constant adjustments. Shota was for much of his first year here a very good MLB pitcher. He had and injury - had teams adjust to exploit his weaknesses and he fell on some hard times, but he's smart - he's always looking for the next adjustment to get back to where he was. Been pretty darn good his last 7 starts. Let's see how it plays out.
  7. CubUgly
    Nico with less speed and defensive prowess?
  8. CubUgly
    I thought after the first Montero's stuff was really nasty. I think only Dansby's fly out in the 5th was maybe the only ball hit near the barrel. But I expected to do better against their bullpen guys and we really didn't and that was disappointing. This team with the pitching we have at this time ain't winning any 1-0 or 1-1 get em in extra inning games. Gotta score more runs.
  9. CubUgly
    Honestly more worried about the Pirates - lots of young and talented pitching with years of team control.
  10. CubUgly
    Agreed, he settled down well later, but the first 2 or 3 innings they were hitting rockets off him - a couple likely would have been out the day before. Now one could argue he was pitching a certain way because the wind was blowing in but that contact was hard.
  11. CubUgly
    Pirates have a bright future with several good up and coming players....not looking forward to that.
  12. CubUgly
    I heard that PCA did not want to hit against a position player pitching and was pretty outwardly expressing that - but I was asleep by then so I did not see that.
  13. CubUgly
    Well, we need him to. Valdez has been middling this year but he's capable of shutting out anyone on a good night.
  14. CubUgly
    Yeah, I bet that first walk of shame into the clubhouse and/or interview room was very awkward for him. Everyone See the tee-shirt Theo was wearing Friday!! Hilarious.
  15. CubUgly
    Actually, it was the Cardinals just a few years ago, they have been replaced by the Brewers. They've had a damn good run with a mid payroll and exceeding projections every year. Keep waiting for it to end - it just won't. I hate them more than the Cards now.
  16. CubUgly
    If so makes me wonder did his editors back in the day have to cover for a lot of stuff like this. He doesn't have an editor on Twitter and has a lot of typos and grammar errors and flat out odd/peculiar takes.
  17. CubUgly
    My in-laws are all big Astro fans and I can tell you they will not be torn apart to see McCullers go. Having said that he'll probably turn into the second coming of Roger Clemens once he gets to Milwaukee.
  18. CubUgly
    You seem to have much more historical knowledge of him as a person and as a reporter, do you think his mental faculties are slipping or was he always like he is now?
  19. CubUgly
    I mean....I hate to pile on the guy, but this honestly isn't even that all surprising. I really did not know very much of him until he started appearing on Marquee. I would see his name pop up from time-to-time before that when someone would reference an article of his but did not really read much of his stuff. But in his role on Marquee - he seemed to me oddly out of place, making me wonder what his role was supposed to be. My perception was he seemed to be a bit of a bumbling older gentleman with very little insight and some odd takes, and strange tweets.
  20. CubUgly
    It's supposed to be tweedle right? So much to laugh at here!! Gold Jerry - GOLD!!
  21. CubUgly
    I feel very confident he won't nose dive in the second half like he did last year.
  22. CubUgly
    No doubt, Considering the legit decimation of the pitching staff, both starters and relievers and basically the whole lineup not hitting as a whole for about a 5-week stretch, the record is better than anyone would could or should have expected. Honestly, Rea has been better than Taillon and Assad has been better than Cabrera, but we expected to have had Steele back by now and to have had Horton and it is very reasonable to expect they would have been better than any of those 4. And the bullpen we are throwing out there it's crazy we can hold on to any lead. Truly great job buy CC.
  23. CubUgly
    What an unexpected disappointment. I can't see him hitting this poorly the rest of the year, just no way. The break will be good for him. Hopefully, the Nico we all know returns for the second half.
  24. CubUgly
    I do remember the time where during one of the cold stretches we have come to know so well each year, he said he and Baez were the only players who gave a horsefeathers, ironically he said it just shortly after Baez forgot how many outs there were in an inning and got picked off in the base paths. That could not have gone over well. And he got to the point I think where he quit putting in the time working on his catching and just concentrated on hitting. Two different teams gave up on him as a catcher and word got out that he was calling pitches that one of the Cardinal pitchers didn't even throw in one game. He can still hit at a decent clip but all in all the juice probably ain't worth the squeeze.
  25. CubUgly
    His velocity was fine but his control was whack. Let's hope that continues.
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