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  1. Rcal10
    Kind of a lay up prediction. If he decides to go to free agency anything they offered would be considered a half-effort. And most likely he goes to free agency. I think no matter what team he was traded to he would go to free agency.
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    Didn’t bother to even look up Murakami. To me that was the least of the problems with the idea. And, hopefully the Cubs won’t be looking for a 3rd baseman next year, anyway. I think moving Hoerner to 3rd, Happ to 2nd, Suzuki to left and Kelly becoming the permanent DH was a far worse idea than that.
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    Actually considering no infielder is a good option, maybe Alcantara or Franklin makes sense in the event of an injury. I mean if it was Alcantara they may even be able to get him in a few games. Maybe a lefty starts and Alcantara gets in a game for PCA. Maybe he gets in another one to replace Happ and give him a day off. I think if he did come up they might play him a few times during his stay. Which might not be a bad thing.
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    Welcome, but no. Not a good idea. I mean maybe next year discussing a 3rd baseman(hopefully they won’t have to.) But “no” to everything else.
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    I didn’t realize how bad Murray has been. But I wasn’t suggesting bringing him up for Workman, I was suggesting him in the event Brujan was hurt. I am fine just going with Berti at 3rd. But if Brujan got hurt again last night and they need to bring someone up I don’t want them to disrupt any of the actual higher rated prospects, so in lieu of one of them, I thought Murray. Of Brujan is ok, just keep it rolling and go Berti most days. But if he is hurt, who do they bring up?
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    How about BJ Murray? He is playing 3rd in AA. Won’t disrupt Shaw working at Iowa and gives the Cubs a guy they can play there a bit. He isn’t a high ranked prospect but maybe he does for the Cubs what Morel did when he wasn’t a high ranked prospect and was brought straight from AA, but can also field at 3rd. It isn’t like he has to do much to replace Workman. Plus, Brujan might be hurt again.
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    I think his numbers look bad because when he was hitting the ball well he was getting very unlucky. So his numbers were bad already, and then he started to slump. So now they look even worse. I think at seasons end you will see a guy around .240-.250 with 20-25 homers. Basically a guy a bit over leave average offensively. He will be fine.
  8. Rcal10
    Finish up April going 4-3 the last 7 games of the month. 18-13 would be an awesome record for who they faced. I know May starts with a Skenes game and then Brewers, Giants and Mets, but it then gets easier. And I am not so sure the Brewers and the Giants are that good. Get through April and start distancing themselves from the division and maybe put themselves in a spot to be a top 2 team in the playoffs.
  9. Rcal10
    Wish I had this much optimism. I am actually hoping for a split.
  10. Rcal10
    He has been good. And maybe he isn’t sent down. Maybe Thielbar is dealing with something and the Cubs want to sit hin down for a week or two. 🤷 we just don’t know.
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    And they have Brasier coming back. I don’t think the pen is as bad as many think it is. I like Keller, Hodge, Pressly and Merryweather. I am encouraged by what I have seen from Palencia and even Roberts. If Brasier comes back and performs like last year that is several good pen arms. Jury out on Thielbar. But they do need at least one lefty.
  13. Rcal10
    Not really. The error he got was stupid. He made a perfect one hop throw to the plate that Kelly couldn’t catch. Because it deflected away from Kelly the batter took an extra base. So they had to give Happ an error. He made a very nice throw, however.
  14. Rcal10
    Odd time to criticize Wicks. I mean the first run in the 10th shouldn’t have even happened. They should have won 2-1.
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    First name that came to me was Schiraldi.
  16. Rcal10
    Which is why I am pushing back on chibears assessment that Brown is going to be a late innings pen guy. I believe he is a starting pitcher, and can be a good one.
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    I think that is correct.
  18. Rcal10
    Good question.
  19. Rcal10
    Last 2 years the cubs have been on the wrong side of almost every tie breaker for the WC. I don’t expect them to be fighting for the WC this year, but if they are it is nice to have the tie breaker on the Dbacks. (I expect them to win the division with 93+ wins, but good to have an edge if it does matter.)
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    I know you don’t mean now. But I still think the plan is him as a starter. As you said, he keeps velocity thru 100 pitches, so that is a plus. Sure, a third pitch would be great. He has some time to learn one, even if used sparingly. And besides that, Steele has been a pretty successful starter on only 2 pitches. And he doesn’t e en throw high 90’s. His control has to be better whether he starts or is a late inning guy.
  21. Rcal10
    100 pitches for a guy they are trying to be careful with. Of course he was removed.
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    I don’t agree with this. At least not until the Cubs give him a lot more opportunities to start. He is much more valuable as a #2 or #3 starter than a late inning guy. He may very well end up a late inning guy, but I don’t think that is the future the Cubs have mapped out for him.
  23. Rcal10
    I think we are going to see Wicks try to improve on his appearance yesterday. They will need multiple innings from someone.
  24. Rcal10
    But we lost Hope and Ferris……
  25. Rcal10
    I know a lot of negative comments were made about the pen, and rightfully so. But I am going to try focusing on the positive that came from pitching yesterday. First, Rea looked very good. And there is some data to suggest he may have changed up some and because of that, there is some hope this could be real. Next, Keller looked good again and was throwing hard. Maybe he enters the circle of trust🤷. Merryweather looked good again. And most of all, Pressly is seemingly rounding into shape. He has had a few solid innings in a row. And, on top of that, I still like Hodge. If Workman fields a ball he should have had he gets out of the inning allowing a homer to Suarez. He should be fine. As for Wicks and Roberts, both most likely will be back in AAA when Miller and Brasier return. I still like Wicks, but IMO he is a staring pitcher.
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