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  1. CubUgly
    I know in one of the recent broadcasts Boog referenced the hand injury Tucker got sliding like back about 5 or 6 weeks ago when he missed the one game.....he seemed to be insinuating that the struggles are related to that and his hand injury from back then and it's still affecting him. I'm not sure if that's speculation or has some merit but it would explain to some extent maybe, the lack of power.
  2. CubUgly
    I didn't say our team, although it ain't great there either....I said our best players, or what I would consider our best hitters in Seiya and Tuck have been struggling for a long period of time. And even when they get hits they aren't slugging in that time period either. That just has to turn around and I think it will but man.....I'm still waiting and it's been over a month now.
  3. CubUgly
    I guess you could say that 83, but this season seems to me to be unusual in the degree to which they are all playing mediocre baseball overs such a long stretch all at the same time. The 2016 Cubs had a 5-15 stretch at the end of June and early July even but this is pretty prolonged and watching our good hitters struggle so much for so long is really, really hard to take.
  4. CubUgly
    Only because every other team that had good records in MLB outside of Milwaukee seem to be struggling too. My concern is we just aren't playing well, our best players are not hitting, our bullpen that was among the leagues best entering July has been bad in July and we just in general aren't playing well. While we were exceeding expectations and projections before we are not any more and I would say in the last month or so we are performing below both....time to start playing better with what we have then we can complain more about the holes.
  5. CubUgly
    I'm heard nothing but very seldom is something like this not an IL stint that lingers longer than the original report says.
  6. CubUgly
    I mean, I'm not the guy who is constantly complaining about Jed, but that 3 mile an hour dip the 3 games prior to getting him, was that just summarily dismissed?
  7. CubUgly
    Yeah, that sense of urgency that Boog insists just isn't a thing in a big league clubhouse....well I agree with you I think it needs to become a thing. The Reds score the tying and go ahead runs after swinging bunts, the go ahead run on an end of the bat blooper with a 70 mph exit velocity.....all because all the good hitters on our team have all decided to quit hitting all at once and when they do hit it ain't homers anymore. No way in hell they should win that game with 3 runs....now WAY!!
  8. CubUgly
    Do you consider that projecting "Very Well". I guess I'm splitting hairs, but I don't. I'd call that good....not sure that warrants the "Very"
  9. CubUgly
    Not saying he's wrong, that's subjective. Just saying I'm still not feeling great about it - I was just thanking him for trying to make me feel better about it.
  10. CubUgly
    I would say "very well" might be a stretch. For me "very well" for a guy who you are wanting and hoping to compete for a high leverage spot, most likely closer, would have to be a bet better than his were. The one pre-season projection I found was a 3.74 ERA with a 1.17 WHIP. Is that considered very good these days for a high leverage reliever?
  11. CubUgly
    Yes, I knew he had had some bad batted ball luck and that the FIP was better than than the ERA, but the velocity dip you and others referenced is VERY concerning and also his 3rd time through numbers are alarming - but they say he will be more of swing guy so maybe they work around that?
  12. CubUgly
    Thanks for trying Derwood.
  13. CubUgly
    Yeah, folks keep trying to make me feel better about him, man I just don't see it. But I did look back on the Sutcliffe trade in 1984 and he was 4-5 with a plus 5 ERA at Cleveland when we got him so.....
  14. CubUgly
    Considering how cold Tuck, Seiya and Happ have been the last month plus and what only maybe like 5 or 6 homers between the 3 of them in that span? It's a wonder we're not further back. Just need to get them back up to speed.
  15. CubUgly
    I do recall an outing right after the historically bad one he finally struck someone out and he came raging off the mound spewing expletives before and after "I can't miss bats". But alas he couldn't, which is why he kept being pushed to lower and lower leverage until he even stopped getting people out at all. I'd say DFA'ing him would be worth 1-2 wins but he didn't pitch in leverage anymore so probably not. He had a good career, sorry to see it end that way but they seldom end well do they?
  16. CubUgly
    Hey, he hit that meatball that PCA missed the day before in the 9th. Not easy hitting a baseball out of the park, even the mistakes....good for him.
  17. CubUgly
    Yep, Their guy hit the 2 strike two out meatball out of the park in the park with two on in the 8th, our guy actually got a couple of mistakes in the same situation and was only able to foul them off in the 9th. Not saying hitting a baseball is easy, but the difference in the end their guy executed and made our pitcher pay for his meatball and PCA was not able to. Of course there were chances earlier and if Tuck, Seiya and Happ keep hitting like they have the last month we gonna struggle. I mean walks are nice and everything but we need more than that from them.
  18. CubUgly
    Boog only really gets excited when he's flirting with T-Mac.
  19. CubUgly
    I just can't get past the Boyd/Horton conundrum - can't see either of them getting to 150 innings and still pitching effectively if at all with Boyd having not pitched 100 innings in 6 years and Horton hell, probably never in his career even going back to college. I know they monitor these things differently now and don't hold to the Verducci model that teams seemed to adhere to in the recent past - which BTW I always thought was flawed. That's why I strongly felt we need two SP's at the deadline. Not only has our starting pitching been middlin over the last month or two but two of those starters may either not be pitching anymore by late September or may well be weary-armed and less effective if they are.
  20. CubUgly
    In fact in more likely he will not be here next year than he will.
  21. CubUgly
    I knew the cancer had come back, didn't know how bad it had become. Prayers and thoughts for Ryno and his family. I was a freshman in college in 1984, the memories are so rich and so vivid I can relive them today - thanks for those memories and all the others Ryno that helped make a sometimes frustrating existence as a Cub fan an overall happy existence.
  22. CubUgly
    Not sure but their fans are ROASTING Cashman.
  23. CubUgly
    Agreed, been saying that for two months. And I don't think it's a probably.....if we want to compete for a WS title not getting two starters as a contingency would be negligent. If you don't and want to hedge for the future and hold on to some of the assets.....then o.k. 1. But personally for me, you can't count on windows like this being open from year to year....go for it.
  24. CubUgly
    I would and have said the same about Boyd. And that concern is to a higher degree.
  25. CubUgly
    The old unwritten rule used to be not to let a pitcher pitch more than 30 innings more than was pitched the previous season - or some would even use 50% more as the benchmark. According to Sharma teams use other means of measuring wear and tear now, but still no one really knows. But it's obvious the Brewers are concerned about it and are really dialing him back.
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