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Why not Cuas?
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The injuries to the rotation not only hurt the rotation, they hurt the pen. My guess is with Taillon and Steele in the rotation Assad gets those 5th and 6th innings in games, not Cuas or Almonte.
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Doesn’t have to be Shaw. If Counsel feels the same about Mastro as you do they can send him down when Wisdom is activated.
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How many guys have thrown over 100 pitches this year? Just because Cuas didn’t get the job done doesn’t mean Counsel didn’t make the right decision by pulling Wicks. Easy to complain about the decision after it doesn’t work.
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Also at 100 pitches his second time out. Right call to take him out. Bad results followed.
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But to me, that is not on Jed. That is on ownership and their line they won’t cross. So far he looks like he made the right moves. Makes sense not to have signed another bat if Morel can’t play 3rd. And while Chapman would have been nice, I think that payroll line comes into play. I see JD Davis is playing 3rd for the A’s. Maybe he would have been worth a small salary to play 3rd here. But hard to really argue with Madrigal’s defense. So not sure that was a mistake either.
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I hope not. That means someone is out for a bit. Cooper is the only one who can opt out if sent down. I think I would send Wisdom down or see about trading him for someone not on the 40 man roster. Low level guy.
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At whose expense? Cooper or Mastrobouni? I like Cooper for tough lefties. Hate to see him go.
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But even if he is still not doing great after that game, doesn’t mean he is cooked. I just looked over his career and basically in every season he has a down turn at some point. Can last an entire month. I think it was 18’ or 19’ where at the end of April his era was over 5. But then the next month he was barely under 2. He is just a guy who need everything going right to be successful. And one one thing is off a little he struggles. Fortunately he does figure it out and mostly give decent starts. He isn’t what he was. But he can be a useful #4 starter. He will struggle with top end line ups. Especially if he isn’t getting the edges. But I don’t see him as cooked. As 17 seconds pointed out, we have this discussion every year. And that’s because every year he goes into a funk. This year it is at the start of the season. I think he will figure it out and be fine.
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Perfect example of a picture being with a thousand words. I completely agree.
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Not cooked. I think so many people have such short memories about Hendricks and overreact often when he has a few bad starts. Even when Hendricks was good he went through seasons where he was bad in 3-5 starts in a row and then starting pitching well again. You can look back at most years, maybe except 16’ and see the pattern. He pitches with such a small line between effective and hittable that when he is off even a little he gets hit. But fortunately more often than not during his career he has been in the right side of that line. Add that to the fact he faced 2 of the best line ups in baseball, had awful defense behind him early yesterday and also had an umpire that did not call the low strikes (and he missed several where the ball was fully in the box-for both teams) and you get the start you got from Hendricks so far. Hendricks needs the strike at the knees. Once that wasn’t being called he has to come up a bit and that causes problems. And then the 3rd time through, Dodgers did hit him hard. But, again, that was the Dodgers. I am not worried yet. He is not ever going to be a solid #2, like he was in his prime. But he should be a fine #4 starter.
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Great win.
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Fair. But elite offenses don’t have trouble with many #4 starters. And that’s what he is. And not getting low strikes is never going to be good for him.
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Exactly. And with Hendricks even when he was really good, he has a run of 2-4 bad starts in a row.
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It’s the Dodgers.. And the umpire is not giving the low strike. Hendricks absolutely needs that part of the plate. And you need some good plays to hold down the dodgers. I don’t think he did as bad as the final numbers showed. He has very shotty defense easily and threw way too many pitches to get out of the first, that should have been much easier.
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It would shock me if Hendricks ended up in the pen except for an extreme emergency situation. And in fairness to Hendricks he should have been through 4 with no runs allowed and probably 60 to 65 pitches. His defense didn’t help him. He got into trouble the 3rd time around. And, this is the dodgers.
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Busch didn’t miss it.
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Minor League Discussion & Box, 4-4-24
Rcal10 replied to CaliforniaRaisin's topic in Cubs Minor League Talk
They gave up Ferris for Busch. I think Hertz was traded for Candelario, but I am not sure. And while I don’t mind the trade and actually like it more than not, let’s not anoint Busch as prime Carpenter just yet. Aa I said, I am fine with the deal, but I do understand those who might have been high on Ferris. -
I think that was more about giving Canario a few starts in center. Let him play there a little. If/when PCA comes up I suspect he will play 99% of the time in center.
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Minor League Discussion & Box, 4-4-24
Rcal10 replied to CaliforniaRaisin's topic in Cubs Minor League Talk
It is also likely a few won’t reach their full potential. -
I was thinking the same thing. Maybe not yet. And maybe Almonte straightens out, But they will move around the last few spots in the pen at some point during the year. So glad to maybe have Edwards back.
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Thanks for the effort. Nicely done😀 Have to admit, I wouldn’t mind if he turned into someone like Dunning or Bassitt. Guess we can hope there is at least something to the art of pitching out of jams….. But, bottom line is even at a low 4 era he is valuable as a low cost starting pitcher.
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Its actually not way more innings than I thought. I was not making an arfuement for Assad. I was asking an honest question about when we can start to expect the results we are seeing are real. Thank you for answering that. Actually I would have guessed around that amount of innings. I also agree with you that even if he did eventually level into his xFIP he would still be a useful BOR starter. And if he outperforms even by 5-10% he is even a decent #4.
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I have to tell you biittner, I was around in those days and so not recall the Cardenal story. I also never thought Bonham was so liked my management and disliked by the team. Guess you were way more locked in to the team politics then I was back when w me were both early teenagers.
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Honestly, I don’t know. I agree he can’t live on the edge like he has so far. But then again, his era with 83.8 LOB% is 2.82, as you pointed out. If it did drop to 74.8%, like Hendricks, would his era be closer to 3.50? Still better than the xFIP number. And, I am not arguing Assad, per se. I am asking a question as to when does his actual results dictate what a pitcher is, instead of his expected results. Hendricks is a perfect example. He has generally gotten better results than what he is expected Baseball is so into dissecting everything, do they break a pitchers pitch down based on bases empty, man on, man in scoring position, etc? Is it possible some guys actually focus better with men on base. Some guys have a way of bearing down and making better pitches while others falter in tough spots? Is it maybe not just luck some guys can pitch out of jams better than others? Again, if they do it a long time(Hendricks) is it really luck? Again, this is not arguing. This is an honest question about when results should be used versus expected results. And I know it is too soon for Assad.
