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  1. Shaw just walked it off with his second homer of the game.
  2. Scare me as well. TBH, I would gladly take 2 of 3. Seems these games always mean more to the Sox than others during the season. And no matter the records, they always play the Cubs tough. On top of that, Fridaynlooks like a wind blowing out day, so no telling how it ends up. Last I looked winds were 15-20mph, out.
  3. His second time up he hit a rocket to the second baseman that handcuffed him. Was over 100mph. If he keeps hitting the ball hard I expect him to be back by the end of May. Hope so, anyway.
  4. My guess is Busch won’t start either and Kelly will be the DH. Turner at 1st.
  5. I agree with your basic point. But we are actually more than 25% done with the regular season.
  6. You said they would bring Shaw back at that time. I thought you meant if Shaw plays well the next week, he could come up and Moses go down. So are you saying when they send Moises down they also release someone (Lopez) so that along with activating Happ they would then bring back Shaw? To me Ballasteros going down and Shaw coming up are two entirely different transactions. Moises goes down when Happ is ready. Shaw comes up if/when he is ready. Lopez cut.
  7. Rose may have been a scumbag, but there are plenty of those in the HOF. If we are putting guys in based on what they did as a ballplayer, without cheating the game by taking enhancement drugs, he belongs I. The ball.
  8. Wouldn’t they just activate Happ when they send Moises down?
  9. If “move down in role” is code for released, I agree.
  10. He is right. Ball is dead when it hits the batter.
  11. 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.
  12. 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.
  13. 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.
  14. 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.
  15. 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.
  16. 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.
  17. 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.
  18. 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.
  19. 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.
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