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It is curious - I know there is a school of thought among sabermatricians and statheads that batting order if fairly insignificant but Rossi has flip-flopped almost everyone around in the batting order so he seems to think there is at least some significance to it, but other than Tauchman pretty much a lock as leadoff when he starts, not other player has been as solidified in one spot as Happ has been at the third spot.
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Article: The Morel Compass
CubUgly replied to CandidCubs's topic in North Side Baseball Front Page News
Capturing the innocence and exuberance of my joy, Morel rounds the bases like a little leaguer who has never excelled at this level. Well said sir- 3 replies
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I think he has the work ethic and coachability as well as the athleticism and skills to learn to play 3B at the very least at a serviceable level if not better. Next offseason start him there and leave him there.
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And leverage situation have gotten higher and higher as time has gone so for one of my buddies who wants to say it's because it's all low leverage, it was for a minute, but not anymore.
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Can't be emphasized enough. 3 K's with the bases juiced - including making Roberts look silly.
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Yeah and I thought the fly to Happ in the first should have been a catch. But we gotta score more than 3 runs!!
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the only Zobrist I know of is the one 35+ one who played for the Cubs, never saw him enough to judge before but I saw him enough for form an opinion of him defensively after and this was my observation. I have no reason to doubt your high praise pre-Cub days and I have nothing but respect for Zobrist contribution. I just think the degree to which his defensive prowess at multiple positions "As a CUB" is a bit exaggerated and overplayed. And if you care to see I conceded even the past his defensive prime Zobrist was better defensively than Morel, and I never compared their bats.
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I never thought Zobrist was above average at any position he played in the field, I think that gets overplayed in the media and by fans. In fact IMHO he was mediocre as an outfielder and while reliable at second his range was lacking compared to those he was replacing. I remember screaming about it during games back then. But yes, Morel has not improved at any of the defensive positions he's played outside of second base and Zobrist was a better defender as a veteran player here at positions they both played than Morel is now at the tender age of 24.
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Yeah, not being a weed guy I'm not great on the signs but I've seen this referenced many and varied times by folks who I have to assume are in tune with the signs.
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I was at that series and one thing that stuck out is - it was the biggest number of visiting fans I'd ever seen at Wrigley and I've seen the Cubs play all but about 5 or 6 teams at Wrigley. And you couldn't really tell until the Blue Jays did something good becaue they wear the same color blue as the Cubs.
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I agree their announcers are hit or miss, and more miss. But is it any worse than listening to two guys who obviously don't like each other (Boog and Girardi) try to prove who the smartest guy in the room is
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Yeah, I had several issues both with the lineup and in game coaching decisions tonight - I thought bringing in Wesneski when he did was a real head scratcher, given his issues with lefties. But ultimately you have Happ (why is he still hitting 3rd) and Morel crapping the bed twice with RISP, Swanson all of a sudden in New York looking like Baez and he and Belli both swinging at ball 4 in the 8th. There were several opportunities to overcome what I think were bad decisions and honestly against the guys who were pitching we should have, so more on the players. And I don't want to hear the 16 games in a row stuff - this time of year everyone is a bit tired. Miss me with that.
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The Cubs were emasculated when the Reds came to Wrigley back on Memorial Weekend. It would be nice to return the favor with one more decisive win tonight.
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And their outfield hasn't been much better.
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I can remember folks pimping hard hit rate for Bote for 2 years - it never turned into equivalent production. I know Boog is in love with hard hit rate as a tell all metric, but I've seen enough examples to where it just isn't the tell all for me. Dude is producing and he's hitting the ball over the wall.
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Ohtani to Dodgers for an ungodly amount of money
CubUgly replied to JD94's topic in Chicago Cubs Talk
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It was a hold your breath moment every time a ball was hit to him out there for me.
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I only knew him through the podcast he did with Kap but you get a much better idea of who they are when you hear them. He was very political and very heavy-handidly one sided politically - and was especially outspoken during Covid - and I had to quit listening to that podcast because that's not why I listen - I can go to 100 different podcasts if that's what I wanted to listen to and I told them as much in the comments.....he kept on so I moved on - I'm sure they could have cared less.
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And I'm good with that. Dude had some hate in him that always clouded his credibility. But apparently still breaking Cub news?
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I know BA is an outdated stat that few give credence to anymore, but for someone who rarely walks or hits for power like Madrigal, it's important. He almost has to hit .300 or more to justify playing him anywhere.
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Ironically, Madrigal has been the best of them all defensively at third, no one could have predicted that. He worked his tail off and made himself a servicable 3rd basemen in a relatively short amount of time. Of course he lacks the power you would like at that corner and only in the last few weeks before he got hurt did he start hitting anywhere near the player we thought we would be getting. And therein lies the rub, how much are you willing to risk defensively to get the hitting and power you want and need at 3rd? I agree the risk is there defensively more with Morel than the others - but honestly none are really great there.
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It's not like they've never played him at third, this year....they have. Hell, they played him in left in Minute Made Park and cost us a frickin game. I understand your point - I do, but if that's the reason they won't because it's too risky...well - how many games this year have we risked games playing not only Morel out of position, but I can go on for a while. We've been risking games at first base practically all year.
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Oh, I agree - the Cubs definitely have reservations about Morel defensively. My perception is that Morel is very coachable and a very hard worker. Maybe I am wrong on that. But if I'm right, kinda do like you did with Happ - who was pretty poor defensively everywhere they put him, then they left him at one position and he improved dramatically. Put him at third, leave him at third, work with him at third.
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