Rcal10
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Mine is showing rain until 6🤷
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This is a fair statement and I agree with it. Let’s hope they do. I am just not optimistic they will.
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I think the best chance is the rain ends earlier. Closer to 4:30. Then they will come back. But what also sucks is thrnCubs then have to use the pen for 5 innings. Not a great way to head west.
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You say pessimistic and I say realistic. I don’t see them waiting 3 1/2 hours. If chibear is right and weather does clear at 4:30, sure that would work. But to just think they can play baseball afte 3 hours of rain in the outfield isn’t being realistic. Again, I hope chibear is right.
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How many games do you remember there being a 3 1/2 hr delay? I don’t remember any.
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If the losing team doesn’t bat 5 times nothing counts.
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I hope that’s the only thing that sucks about this delay. But you are right, no way Imanaga comes back. So now we need the pen to go 5 innings. Which hurts them starting the road trip. And that is best case scenario.
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What are you seeing that I am not? I hope you are right.
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You are way more optimistic than I am on this. I see a report the rain will be here until 6. Add 30-40 minutes to get the field ready and we are talking 6:30 to resume. They are not waiting 3 1/2 hours in a rain delay. Cubs will get screwed on this one. But that is what will happen.
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Not supposed to let up until 6. They aren’t finishing this one. None of this will count horsefeathers!!!!!!!
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Cubs need to go out quickly in this half so we can get the a dodgers 5th inning and make this official. Counsel might even bring Madrigal in for defense in the 5th.
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I don’t think that’s true.
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Looks like it might be a tough one to get in based on weather.
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I think it would be him before Little. Hell, they might release Almonte before sending Little down. But to me, most likely when Taillon and Steele come back it will be Cuas and Brown sent down.
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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.
