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  1. Rcal10
    If “move down in role” is code for released, I agree.
  2. Rcal10
    Wait, are you saying this is actually good?
  3. Rcal10
    Let’s not get carried away😅
  4. Rcal10
    Maybe the Marlins pen is as bad as the Cubs.
  5. Rcal10
    Justin horsefeathers Turner!!!! Hell yeah!
  6. Rcal10
    He is right. Ball is dead when it hits the batter.
  7. Rcal10
    Brown threw over 100 pitches last start. And they were hitting him. I think it was fine that he pulled him. Problem is Merryweather sucks.
  8. Rcal10
    I didn’t like Merryweather to start the season with the team. Then he fooled me for a bit by doing well. Now he is exactly what I thought he was. Time to move away from him. He sucks.
  9. Rcal10
    I don’t care where Dansby hits. I am just glad he is hitting so the dumb comments about him being another Heyward signing could stop for a bit. His war is about what you would expect after 40+!games and he is trending to a 4+ war yet again. So maybe people will be quiet for a while.
  10. Rcal10
    It is possible, but I think it isn’t very likely. I don’t see the Cubs moving Busch to 3rd. He has done so well at 1st. And who know if Ballestaros could even be ok at 1st.
  11. Rcal10
    The problem is Turner looked awful last year in May as well. And he turned it around to have a solid season. He is also always hit late in his career.’so not that easy to just cut ties, IMO. On top of that he has been a great influence on PCA and other guys on the team. It will be hard for him to turn it around here with such limited AB. So I get that. I just don’t think it is as cut and dry that he sucks and will never hit this year. If they do decide that, I am fine wjth a dfa, I am just not sure they should decide that this soon.
  12. Rcal10
    If the Cubs do extend Tucker I can see either Seiya or Happ traded for a prospect. Being up Ballesteros to DH and either Happ or Seiya plays left. If they extend Tucker it give them more leeway in trading outfield prospects. Maybe they can get a good starting pitcher at the deadline if Alcantara and Cassie are both in the table.
  13. Rcal10
    It’s baseball. Baseball is a stupid game. Even bad teams get hot for a week or two. Cardinals might not be a bad team, but they are not good either. They will cool off. They also have beaten bad teams in 6 of those 9 games. Still have to give them credit for that. Going 6-0 against bad teams when you are only an average team deserves some credit. But as all of us have seen throughout the years, teams go on streaks. They are in one. Nothing more to it. The schedule gets harder for them now. I expect the Cubs to be up by 4 games on them by the time we see them.
  14. Rcal10
    Hopefully, zero. 🤷
  15. Rcal10
    I don’t think letting a Rea go to 100-105 pitches last night was a dangerous decision for his future health. Cubs have an off day this week so Rea will get 5 days off before his next start. In that one maybe Counsell limits him to 90 pitches or so. I think that had 2 guys got on jn that inning he would have pulled Rea. The DP allowed him to face one more batter. A guy hitting .170. I understand the reasoning for taking him out before that homer. But I think it is one of many decisions a manager makes that when it doesn’t work out well someone will surely mention how the manager made a mistake. Had he gotten then.170 hitter out no one would have said a word. And had Palencia came in and gave up the homer fans would have been critical if Counsell for bringing him in instead of just letting Rea finish the inning.
  16. Rcal10
    That isn’t happening. Not enough AB for him once Happ comes back. Maybe Long would be a guy to bring up if the Cubs dfa Turner. But I think that won’t happen this soon.
  17. Rcal10
    WOW. I imagine he plays everyday until Happ gets back.
  18. Rcal10
    I don’t see PCA putting those numbers up year after year. I would even say I don’t think he will ever have a year like Gomez had that year. I think a good offensive year for him would be more like .260/.310/.480. Still very good. 25-30 homers and 50 SB. Which, with his defense would make him an amazing ballplayer. I am just not convinced he will hit to that high an average or for that much slug for an entire season.
  19. Rcal10
    I know. But the pen is not good right now. And he used Brown for over 100 the last time he went out, so it isn’t like he won’t let someone go over 100 pitches. Has he gotten that guy out no one would have said a word. Or has Palencia came in and gave up the homer people would have been critical that he took Rea out. It is easy to criticize a decision when something goes wrong.
  20. Rcal10
    They will. They had a win tonight against a good team, but their schedule is brutal for about a month.
  21. Rcal10
    With the Cubs pen scuffling I don’t blame Counsell trying to get the 7th out of Rea. Just because it didn’t work out great doesn’t mean he made a bad decision. Had he came in with Palencia and he gave up 2 runs others would be complaining that he shouldn’t have taken Rea out with only 85 pitches thrown.
  22. Rcal10
    That escalated quickly.
  23. Rcal10
    If he is cheap I guess so. But I would like to see them aim higher than him.
  24. Rcal10
    ERA is not really the best, or at least the only, way to measure a pen. And you did not count the Nationals and the Rockies in the upcoming games. Their pens suck too. Really in the next 21 games the only one better than the Cubs, is the Reds. Sox might not be worse, but it is a real stretch to call them better. And the Rockies and Nationals are worse.
  25. Rcal10
    Is the Sox bullpen better than the Cubs? I honestly don’t know that. Sox seem to lose a lot of late games.
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