Rcal10
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If they win I will enjoy the game. If they lose it will not be enjoyable. But, thank you.
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Heading out there today. Sure hope I see a win. While a 4-5 west coast trip wouldn’t be awful, a 5-4 trip is just so much better. Hopefully, even if they lose we have some perspective after this one. I think everyone would have taken 10-8 after 18 games, especially if they knew Taillon wouldn’t have a start yet, Steele would be lost opening day, Merryweather would go down and Hendricks would absolutely suck. 10-8 isn’t bad. And it is looking like the central is coming back down a bit. So the Cubs are fine. But a win would be great.
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Amaya cost Cubs win in 12-11 loss to Arizona
Rcal10 replied to OSCAR ZOROASTER RICKETTS's topic in Chicago Cubs Talk
While it is silly to blame one person or one play as the reason a team lost, if I was going to blame someone I would also blame Swanson. If he catches the line drive that he should have caught they probably do not score that inning. The entire inning is different so we can’t assume 2 walks and then 2 outs happen as they did. But good chance they don’t score. In addition to that, with Nico on third and one out he has to make contact. They have to get that insurance run in. He has not been good. It was certainly a team loss, since others could have done better as well, but if I am picking one guy it is Swanson. -
No big deal. Not important. I just thought Counsell made some questionable decisions. Some worked and some didn’t.
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You do like your Seinfeld don’t you. BTW, me too!
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Well, all I can tell you is what Az announcers said. I can’t confirm if they made it up or not. If you watched every game and saw every AB or even researched it, I believe you. But that is what they said.
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I get it is a bad spot either way. But walking anyone in that line up ahead of Carroll isn’t a great idea IMO. In fact Az announcers said Cardinals changed pitchers from a lefty to a righty just the day before when Carroll came to bat because he was doing so well against a lefty. I didn’t like the move when it was made. This is not an hindsight point of view.
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I feel they won last night in spite of Counsel, not because of him. He made a lot of odd choices. Mastrobuoni pinch hitting, Neris in the 9th, taking Morel out for defense in a tie game, walking Marte to get to Carroll did not seem like a great move at the time. BTW, Carroll was hitting over .350 against left banded pitching before that AB. I had to listen to Az announcers for this one, living in Az. Anyway, they were very surprised at the move and like that Counsel made it. But they got the win, so all is good.
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I think Brown is done. 84 pitches is enough to call it a night for him, great job.
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No he is not. Because he debuted with another team he is not eligible. That is another rule. Beat me too it Rob!
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Yep, I remember him well. I remember one year he only was allowed to like h in the weekend when he got time away from the national guard. I want to say he went 9-0 that year. I was surprised he was only 78.
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We probably get Cabrera too.
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I agree he should be able to go 90 pitches. I just meant him followed by Smyly and hopefully Smyly can close it out. Smyly can go 3+ if need be. I think expecting Brown to go 7 and be at 90 pitches is very hopeful and probably not happening. I would be happy if he got through 6, tbh.
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I think if Canario is coming up because of Suzuki, the best case scenerio is Cubs cut/drop someone else like Mastro or Cooper and Suzuki missed only 3 games or so. I doubt he is the DH for at least a few days. If he is hurt. And I do think it is him.
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Yep, I am a little concerned about this as well. Biggest loss would be Suzuki.
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Maybe Smyly piggybacks Brown and they win 5-1 or something like that. Maybe we see Little or Thompson in a high leverage moment. Considering it would be them instead of Almonte and/or Neris I am not that concerned. But Lieter and Alzolay not available is a bit concerning.
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I agree. But I think his leash will be very short.
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Can’t get too excited about Teheran. Doubt he will be around long.
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He might have to. But I think you are a little early in making that decision. Steele could be fine. Taillon could be fine. Assad and/or Wicks could be very solid. Horton and/or Brown may be decent starters. There is a chance they will have a solid rotation once Taillon and Steele come back. They will need a pen arm or two, for sure.
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Except Hendricks is pitching against someone as bad as him. And then Wicks is pitching against someone worse. I think you are giving Az pitching more credit than it deserves. If they take 1 of 3 and have a 4-5 trip that isn’t awful. But I am not conceding Az wins 2 because of pitching match ups. If we are going to cap these pitchers rough match ups, then basically everyone is a tough match up. Kelly is ok. But no reason the Cubs can’t hit him. And the other 2 are bad.
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I’m guessing Tauchman still get a lot of AB even when Wisdom comes back. That is, if he keeps getting on base. Wisdom will play when a lefty pitches. Hard to argue with a .400 OBP. If/when that drops maybe then we see more Wisdom.
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👍 all good.
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Aren’t they 2-3 on the trip?
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It did seem like he could have gotten to third before the runner. Not sure why he chose to go to first instead. But he did make a good play.
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That was a very easy throw to catch. That ball should be caught 99.9 % of the time.
