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  1. CubUgly
    Also, it's hard to know how bad the injuries he had really were so I'm saying now I may be unfair here, but my thoughts on that were if Andre Dawson who basically played his whole Cub tenure on bad knees, had the same injuries Tuck had he would not have missed near the time in critical times that Tuck did. And I think teammates notice things like that, right or wrong. Nico IMHO played through what seemed (emphasize seemed) a worse hand injury that the pinky thing for Tuck.
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    I definitely got that feeling. And I'm absolutely just speculating but I got the sense that his teammates kind of felt that way too. That he did not seem particularly interested in joining the team when they clinched the playoffs a bit off putting. You would literally have had to chain me up to keep me from celebrating with my teammates when I was active in team sports. A few other things that many would likely also shrug off bothered me a bit - a lot of little things in total. I would not have booed him were I there, but I was not at all disappointed that he did not return here. I don't think he'll age well.
  3. CubUgly
    They think they can do like they did the last two, use starters coming of the IL in the bullpen for the playoffs. But Yeah their pen is mediocre at best and there is some aging and natural decline with their core players - albeit slow and minimal - it is occurring.
  4. CubUgly
    Hopefully the re-set does Cabrera some good. He really struggled to find anything before the injury, and I see he gave up 3 runs in 43 pitches in his first rehab stint despite hitting 99 mph. I'm baffled that he was not better, he should be better than he was. May take an offseason to find it? Maybe a bullpen option till then?
  5. CubUgly
    That can't be emphasized enough, the sheer volume of significant pitching injuries but also not hitting as a team for basically a 5-week chunk of the season and still being where we are. Outstanding job by the coaching staff to navigate that.
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    Maybe some redundancy with Pedro and they like Pedro better?
  7. CubUgly
    They'll do what they have done the last 2 years, use starters out of the pen in the playoffs. They went out and got the two best relievers on the market 2 years back in Scott and Yates, they both sucked badly, so badly that they were unpitchable in the playoffs and just pitched Yamamoto for 9 and used their high priced starter talent out of the pen. If Bubic doesn't work out they will do the same this year.
  8. CubUgly
    Yeah, and I know - easy for me to say - I'm watching the game and there is a box to help me - but if we had two challenges, and I think we still did at that time - man that was a tailor made - have to challenge moment - it should have tied the game and then who knows what the next batter does, the bases are still loaded.
  9. CubUgly
    I would chalk it up more to several squandered opportunities to push runs across. A total team effort.
  10. CubUgly
    There is some feeling among some folks who follow podcasts for a living that prospects for the Dodgers get "the Dodger bump" as far a rating prospects go. That if they are in the Dodgers system they must be better. Not sure how much if any of that is true but one would assume the Tigers have their own process and they think these guys are good enough to trade Skubal for? Just seems like they could have done better.
  11. CubUgly
    One wonders if they gave Skubal some say in this and he said he wanted to go to the Dodgers? Because yes, at first glance it seems the Cubs and several other teams could have matched that offer? Bottom line the other owners care about baseball they need to quit dealing with the Dodgers on deals like this!!
  12. CubUgly
    Assad COMPETES in the truest and best sense of the word. And that's not something that's measurable so folks in the analytics and sabermatric world cannot make sense of it.
  13. CubUgly
    So good, as good as anyone has ever been in center and according to many in the know - that's not hyperbole. Also, I thought his at bat in the 9th - even though he lined out to center, was very impressive. Took some close pitches, worked the count to 3-2 and got a pitch he could hit and hit it hard.
  14. CubUgly
    Yeah, y'all have been telling me here all year the underlying data says Thornton's run was going to end badly, but he kept producing so I was not as upset as some he came in when he did. In fact he's been very effective in the very same situation multiple times this year and not even let the Manfred man in. And yes there was some bad luck, that 5-hop infield hit was not hit hard just to the perfect spot. But then he walks the guy - no one to blame but him there - so that all it takes was one hard hit ball, and game over. Tough loss.
  15. CubUgly
    That downtown has fallen by the wayside a bit.
  16. CubUgly
    I think the regression in attendance has a much to do with what JD was speaking to last night as the actual product on the field.
  17. CubUgly
    That would also suck but that would be so baseball. The Cards are going through one of those hitting funks I guess all teams do right now. ours seem to last longer though don't they.
  18. CubUgly
    True dat.....The shirts off boys are making the most of their 15 minutes - give em that. But even they have not been able to revive the dying game day experience there. Even with all the Cub fans there the crowds were underwhelming - and have been the last couple of years. Even JD mentioned on air last night - which kind of surprised me - that there are nice areas in and around "the Lou" but downtown ain't really one of them.
  19. CubUgly
    Yes, forever will be thankful for those big time - step up starts in the playoffs last year. And in fact the way he finished the regular season was critical to us getting home field vs. San Diego. I wish he could have found something coming off the IL, I really do. Sad, but necessary.
  20. CubUgly
    Yeah, Happ's RH plate appearances are starting to look like Taillon's starts unfortunately. It's hurting the team. Now granted when they bring in a righty in the 6th or so he can turn around and his defense has been as good or better than it's ever been - so there is somewhat of an argument against platooning him for those reasons, but man he's been bad RH.
  21. CubUgly
    Ultimately Jason the bottom line it would border on negligence to pitch him again this year and all of this is just semantics....so however you want to do it - that's the reality. Phantom IL does not work for you I get it and you make a solid case. Not as cut and dried for me but so what. He just can't pitch again for the Cubs this year.
  22. CubUgly
    I actually think Taillon is that good of a teammate. Course we never really know these guys like we think - just my perception. Of course he wants to pitch, but judging by his comments yesterday, even he thinks deep down knows he's unpitchable.
  23. CubUgly
    It seemed to me that's what they did with Hendricks? Did it not seem that way to you? For me it would not be a "work through it" thing, Nobody is going to pick up Taillon or trade for Taillon right now and he certainly is not going to pitch in the minors. Would a fake IL be as embarrassing to him as a DFA? maybe, I don't know. But maybe it would give him an opportunity to still hang with the team and be part of whatever run they make. DFA would not.
  24. CubUgly
    I can guarantee that whole locker room wanted him to find something in that start, as did I. But he did not and it was even worse than expected - hell had one in the first that nearly went out of the park. In the post game he said he was not naive to his situation; he knows he's hurting the team. But he thought he could still find something. Sadly I don't agree and the Cubs just really can't afford literally giving away another game starting him. Fake IL ?
  25. 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.
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