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Which brings us full circle back to “too bad PCA is sucking right now”.This would have been his spot. Or maybe Peralta, if he is healthy and can play the outfield. He would make se se instead of Canario. At least if it was him Canario would be playing everyday in the minors. Look, I know what you are saying is right. I just wish they had a better option.
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Then maybe instead of Canario they should bring Mervis up. Tauchman can start and Mervis can be on the bench. When a lefty starts both Wisdom and Cooper can start. Wisdom can play left. I would just like an option for a lefty bat in the bench. Does it really matter if the last guy is Mervis or Canario?
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I get it. But I would still rather see Canario and let Tauchman be the lefty bat off the bench. They have none when he plays. Too bad PCA has sucked. This would have been a perfect time for him instead of Canario.
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Works for me. Wesneski’s reward for pitching 4 innings is being sent down. Even if he never does leave Chicago and gets called up again for Saturday he still loses a few days of major league pay, right?
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I hope this means Canario gets most starts in the outfield with Tauchman mainly on the bench as a left handed pinch hitter. DH is either Cooper, Wisdom or Morel(when Madrigal plays 3rd). Give Canario at least a week of starts and see what he can do.
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Actually waiting until Saturday to activate Taillon might be a good move. As you said he can be the 27th man that day. Might save Wesneski if they do that. Maybe Brewer goes back down instead of Wesneski or Brown, on Sunday..
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I believe before the game starts the home team makes the decision on if they play or not. Once the game starts it is up to the umpires and mlb. Maybe Rogers knows the Cubs don’t plan on getting this one in.
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Miami is in Atlanta on Monday. If they play a double header, which they will if they don’t play today, it will be either Friday or a day night DH on Saturday.
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Don’t they play a night game? Isn’t that when weather will be bad?
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Honestly, that is what I would like to see. Hate to send Hayden back after how good he was. But he is down for 4 days now. I doubt they send Brewer back ahead of him. At least Brewer is an available arm. And hate to see Brown go down. Hendricks injured would be the move I would like best. But not sure that happens.
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Who do the Cubs send down to activate Taillon? Wesneski? He is not available for several days, so do they send him down? If not him, who?
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He was throwing a lot more strikes, as you pointed out. At one point I looked up at the scoreboard and they had him with 25 strikes to 5 balls. That was through 2 innings. He did well yesterday. Kind of a quick hook, but with Wesneski ready and rested and a bunch of right handed bats coming up, I understand the move. Maybe, has Nico taken the sure out at 1st on the grounder the last batter Wicks faced, instead of rushing and making an error, Wicks could have finished the 5th. But it all worked out fine.
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It is actually kind of amazing the Cubs are 11-7 with a rough early schedule when you consider they have several injuries to the pitching staff, starting pitchers not averaging 5 innings a start a very shaky bullpen, most of the offense slumping, and fielding poorly. On top of that they now are without Suzuki for a month, at least. All of the above and they are in a 99 win pace!
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Astros are going to wake up soon. Hopefully in May.
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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.
