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    Please throw strikes
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    Thank you ump!
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    That’s kind of an old school mindset. Most of the top teams have legit hitting catchers nowadays.
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    Steele is going Monday.
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    Wish he would’ve pitched around O’Neil on 3-0 there or at least not give him a cookie. They only have a couple guys who can beat you and he’s one.
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    Fantastic AB by Pete
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    I'm with you, there's multiple concerns with Mervis. It comes down to giving him enough ABs to where the front office can make an educated determination if he's a big league piece moving forwards or if they need to move on from him. There's a line with giving a guy too many PA's vs not enough. It's going to be different for every player and ultimately the guys making millions of dollars get to make that decision. I would rather give a guy too many PAs and have him fail than give him too few and have him flourish elsewhere, E.g. Muncy. Cost controlled pre-arb players that produce are so dang valuable to orgs.
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    I know it's human nature to be reactionary as fans, but we've got to give these guys time. It's been 7 PA this season. Being a big leaguer is extremely difficult, and for a lot, it takes 100s of PAs to settle in. Mervis may not make it as a big leaguer, but they're going to give him another extended opportunity to see if he can adjust. Players typically do better in their second MLB stint. Just to show how tough it is to be a big leaguer, look at Jackson Holiday. He's literally looked like the worst MLB player in the league over his first 36 PAs, and that's a guy who wasn't challenged at all in the minors.
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    Agreed. His defense and baserunning alone would add value. Especially to a team who has not been aggressive at all on the base paths this year.
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    Or the ump gives Wicks the strike 3 call to Diaz the pitch before. Baseball things.
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    Hey friends, what does Jaxon Wiggins time table look like this year?
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    Since 4/8, 32 PA with a 207/281/207 line. Cooper was absolutely fine in his role and had the huge game against the Rockies early on, but I find it extremely hard to believe the guy would force his way off a big league club after not landing a guaranteed big league deal this off-season. I still think the Red Sox is a likely landing spot with all their injuries.
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    Wind is absolutely a factor, but they squared him up well that inning.
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    It’s not, but I don’t believe you were on PSD where we discussed the Hosmer signing ad nauseam. Come on, Hosmer vs Belli is Apples to Oranges, and you know that. That’s just such a terrible comparison. And I agree, this argument isn’t worth relitigating. We obviously have completely different views on how/where the Cubs should spend their resources, and that’s fine.
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    They shouldn’t have wasted a dime on Hosmer. Every single person knew he was getting DFA’d once we signed him. He was trash with absolutely no upside. Mervis should’ve started with the team to be eased in instead of being called up, where there was a ton of pressure on the kid to produce right away after we had already wasted 31 games on a black hole. I will never agree to these dumpster signings over giving a guy with upside a chance. We see it over and over where a young kid struggles his first go around. Literally every single year this happens to multiple prospects. Sometimes they don’t work out, but I’m giving ABs to the prospect over someone like Hosmer 100% of the time.
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    Cubs just keep making my day. Busch in the cleanup spot, with Hoerner/Happ batting 1-2. Mervis batting 8th behind Tauch, should get some opportunities to drive him in.
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