Rcal10
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I think he has toned down the Harry impersonation and is decent as a color guy now. But at first he did do that a bit. And it was annoying. As you said, he isn’t doing that any longer and he is now second to JD as my preferred color man.
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I think you will be very disappointed if you really feel this way. I honestly don’t know what you expect from a back up utility infielder. Maybe one will not be on the team. I doubt both will be done.
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I think Mastrobouni is at least as good as Madrigal (probably better)at the plate and can steal bases. I also think the idea of Madrigal being this star fielder is a bit overblown. He was fine. But as we know from one year to another those metrics can change easily. Add to it that Mastrobuoni hits left handed and can play SS and even the outfield, and that is why I like him a little more than Madrigal. Honestly, to me it is splitting hairs between the two of them. Bottom line is, most likely both will make the team. My guess is both Cooper and Peralta are released when all are healthy. . If only one of them made the team, to me, it would be the guy who hits from the opposite side of the plate that the 26th player hits from. So if Peralta is 26, keep Madrigal. If Cooper is 26th, keep Mastrobouni up. That is how little difference I see in them.
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I really do not view the bench as bad as I think you view it. It is guys that don’t start. So they aren’t going to be great. But I think the bench is fine. And someone will DH. So if they play 6 games and have to have a DH in each game, someone is always going to get more than 1 start a week. But I do agree we might see guys going up and down this season. But I don’t consider that a bad thing either. I think they have some depth in the minors who can step up if they want to mix the bench up a bit.
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Not a huge deal to me either way. But would rather have either Cooper or Peralta over having both Madrigal and Mastrobuoni on the roster the same time. Both of those guys gives the Cubs a little more power than carrying both Madrigal and Mastro. Won’t be upset or angry with the team choosing Mastro and Madrigal, I would just rather they only had one of them on the roster.
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I don’t really have a problem with Madrigal making the team. I just don’t really want him and Mastrobuoni on it at the same time. I think Wisdom is a lock for the team. And I would rather have either Cooper or Peralta as the last bay over either Madrigal Or Mastrobuoni. Because Peralta is a lefty and Cooper is a right handed bat, I would like to see Mastro paired with Cooper and/or Madrigal paired with Peralta.
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I don’t see the Cubs taking someone else off the 40 man to have Peralta and Cooper on the bench. Maybe if they traded either Wisdom or Madrigal for someone they didn’t have to put in the 40 man roster this would work. Otherwise, I think Wisdom has a spot. Another reason I think Wisdom has a spot is because I don’t think the Cubs would go with just Mastrobuoni as the only other guy who can play 3rd. Again, I see Wisdom as a sure thing and then either Peralta and Madrigal or Cooper and Mastrobuoni.(when all are healthy)
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The only thing Madrigal has going to him is he is probably the best fielding 3rd baseman we have. But for me, he would be sent down when Wisdom comes back. I think Mastrobuoni gives them a little more versatility.
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I hope it is Madrigal or Mastro. And more specifically Madrigal. However, if Peralta agrees to go down to Iowa, when everyone is healthy, I would like to see Wisdom have one spot on the bench and then the last 2 either be Madrigal and Peralta or Mastro and Cooper. Either scenerio gives them 2 lefties on the bench.
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Thank you. That kid can’t catch a break.
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Does anyone know anything about Davis? He did play in a game after the concussion but hasn’t been seen again. Any word on him?
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If it isn’t zero it is damn close to it. It would be cool if we want to rebuild AGAIN. Otherwise I do not care to see that. Not all of them as regulars, anyway.
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I don’t agree the Cubs staff has to be lucky to be good. I just think the Cubs have pitchers that don’t look very good using whatever metrics MLB uses when the predict results. But I do think the Cubs use their own analysis when determining what they expect from their pitchers. And generally I trust the Cubs here. Hendricks has had a career out pitching his FIP. Last year Steele Assad, & Wicks out pitched their protections. When guys do that, often people call it luck. But when they do it year after year I begin to think maybe whatever baseball is using to predict results might not be totally accurate. Maybe the Cubs know something or rate pitchers differently than MLB. And maybe they are right, not lucky. When you don’t have stuff monsters in the rotation you never get projected highly. But maybe since they are more of a pitch to contract staff, defense plays a huge part in over performance. And the Cubs have a solid defense.
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I would agree Keegan would be the first to be dropped. Maybe AGAIN, something is wrong with Davis and they put him on the 60 day IL. That would also open up a spot.
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Thanks. I like that line up. There are other options, but that is as good as any, I suppose.
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Well there you go. Guess the Cubs didn’t want to open up a 40 man spot. They also might want a little more flexibility with 2 spots in the pen as guys they can bring up and send down freely. So Little has to be one of those spots, right? I would guess Cuas is the second and Wesneski sent down.
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What is the line up Counsell seems to have settled on? I know Happ, Suzuki, Bellinger and Morel. But what does the rest look like? Is Tauchman in the line up against righties?
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So Cuas and Wesneski get sent down? Wesneski will probably be stretched out.
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I know, but I imagine there is someone they can take off the 40 man, if they wanted Edwards.
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We will see. Because they have options I wouldn’t be shocked if Edwards beats one of them out. But I have no issues if they did keep those two. That would be my choice. But sometimes options come into play when defending who makes the team.
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Not interested
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It does appear to be a tight fit for Edwards. They have Merryweather, Neris, Alzolay, Smyle, Lieter, Almonte as guys I would think make the team. Then they have Wesneski, Little, Cuasand probably Edwards for the last 2 spot. If Edwards does make it I imagine it would be because Cuas, Wesneski and Little have options left. And even if he does make the team over 2 of those guys , when Taillon comes back someone else has to be either let go or head to Iowa. So it would be let Edwards go or send Assad or the other pitcher on the OD roster with options left down. And this doesn’t even account for guys like Lovelady and Escobar.
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Good question. Anyone know? Why would anyone want Lovelady over Little? Also, according to BN Smith will opt out. I kind of wish he would have agreed to going down to Iowa and have the Cubs until 5/1 to bring him up.
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I agree with this. As I said in my post before you posted, I wish the Cubs signed him. But the fact they didn’t and they probably are not going to sign Belt either, kind of indicates they may not be totally sold on Morel at third, or they expect a young guy to come up soon”ish”. Either Shaw to play 3rd, and Morel does DH, PCA to play center and in that case Morel stays at 3rd and DH split between other outfielders and Busch, or a bat like Canario, Cassie or someone we don’t expect,performs well at Iowa and he is brought up to DH. He would have been nice and much more a sure bat, but I do understand why they didn’t do it.
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Would have liked him that price.
