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I agree, some have said the Phillies are, but their bullpen is bottom third in baseball by most every metric, they lost their best pitcher for the year and while Schwarbs is having a career year, their lineup is aging and much like the Cubs lineup has been prone to some prolonged hitting droughts. Once could argue they are the favorite - but powerhouse....I don't think so. The Dodgers bullpen is horrific and they have some still good but aging every day talent as well. And the Brewers - I don't think anyone understands how they are doing it but until they do it in the post season I don't think they'll be considered a powerhouse or anything of the sort.
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The term "Moribund Franchise" seems made for them. As much as we complain about ours, man thank goodness I'm not an Angels fan!!
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Oh, it's definitely a creeper vibe all the way. If he's not trying to belittle his broadcast partner he's creeping on T-Mac.
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I'll say this....it looks like we'll probably win 91-93 games - somewhere in that neighborhood. If you'd given me that before the season started I'd have taken it....even with Steele. I'll always have certain issues and disagreements with our manager over 162 games, that's perfectly reasonable for any rational fan. But I do think he was more involved in the personnel decisions, and all other decisions after kind of getting the lay of the land last year. And I think he's handled the bullpen very well. I'd give him a B+ at worst.
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Rays (Baz) vs Cubs (Boyd): 9/12/25, 1:20pm
CubUgly replied to Brandon Glick's topic in Fred Hornkohl Game Thread Forum
No sure if there is a slight dip in velocity or slight change in pitch shape or what, but I think many expected him to have issues pitching effectively, or even at all - at this point in the season, because as we all know he hasn't pitched anywhere near this much since 2019. -
Padres are having it rough too. 6-9 in their last 15 games so even though we are treading water we were able to stay arms distance from them to this point. Of course they are playing the Rockies at home right now, so.....
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You are correct, sorry I forgot about the first round by for the top 2 seeds. Probably nobody wants to play the Giants right now is my overriding point - they are the hottest team in baseball right now.
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I can tell you one thing - the Brewers are hoping to hell the Mets can hold off the Giants for that final Wild Card Spot.
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Man, feels like to me the end of the Theo era was the same.
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One wonders if he has hit the proverbial wall. He hasn't pitched this many innings, or anything close to it in - what?? 6 years. It's been a concern of mine all year for both he and Horton....could they pitch effectively into September given this fact?
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Ha! yes and it was mutual. Is it possible Marquee thought the open mutual disdain was entertaining?
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They have certainly given Cohen the opportunity, but the chemistry is just bad with he and JD who seems to be as get along a guy as there is, running that back IF and that's a big IF, Boog does not return. It would be like forcing Girardi and Boog together who obviously did not like each other and they did that waaaay too many times.
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I gotta say - I agree, it sure seems like he doesn't like him. I noted yesterday it seemed JD was making a real effort to at least conversate with him - as there have been games where it seems like anything but, it was literally cringeworthy it was so awkward. I also agree with Bote on the buh-bye, that is also cringeworthy. It is good to get a break from Boog's I know more baseball than all of you act from time to time, but the chemistry seems so bad with Cohen and JD I find myself thinking "Come back Boog"!
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He had more hard contact this weekend than he had in the whole month prior, and I don't believe that to be an exaggeration.
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I've been really concerned about that all year and they have surpassed what I expected of them and are still pitching effectively. How much longer can they go? I know they use different means of measuring these things now outside of sheer pitch and inning counts, but I just keep waiting for the bubble to burst. I hope this continues to be a pleasant surprise and they can keep this up.
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Exactly - people - and I gotta say I was at times one - were saying how much better Smith was than Shaw and another example of the FO mis-evaluating talent and keeping the wrong player out of two guys who were at the time playing the same position. We just typically don't have the patience to let things play out but I think they will both end up being pretty good MLB players.
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It's a legit question Wilson. I think you have seen his agent try to get out in front if it is emphasizing the pinkie injury but at this point I think most perceive the issues to be beyond that now and mostly mental. I think Nico played through a more physically limiting injury last year and while his production did suffer a bit it was not near to this extent in length or severity. Unless he breaks out of this somehow and finishes strong, I can't see him getting near what he would have two months ago, but I could still see someone like the Dodgers paying him very well on the hopes this is a blip.
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Brasier had a really rough stretch after a really, really good stretch when he came back from the injury. But he did o.k. last outing, hoping he can stabilize, we need him to.
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I agree I don't think they are. But organizationally they seem to have a knack for getting the most out of what they have. Like Sharma was saying the other day, if the Cubs had picked up Vaughn and Collins off the scrap heap our fans would have been screaming about dumpster diving.
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He's another one of those Brewers who has been producing well above what was expected of him and part of why they have been so hot for so long. He has been very mediocre in the majors prior to his stint with Milwaukee this year.
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Is there an area on this site for political discourse that those who want to have at this can got to and have at this? All due respect, and I may be in the minority here and I may get blasted for this - so be it - but I come here for baseball discussion and to get away from that toxic and hateful discourse that things like this always turn into.
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He is in the process of silencing the "we traded the wrong prospect" rage from a couple of months ago. Cams numbers have been regressing for a bit while Matt's are continuing to climb.
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Noted, did not feel as though he was doing that well, but glad to see he's starting to tick up.
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Happ 2nd again, interesting.
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I've been worried about innings for Horton all year, but he's already exceeded what I expected and seemingly got better the more he pitched.....so what do I know.
