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  1. Rcal10
    TBH, I just don’t care too much about what the play by play are droning on and on about. I watch the game and tune them out, mostly. But I agree that it is strictly for the gambling crowd to try to get them interested.
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    This is something I just don’t understand. How do so many viewers watch baseball? I have seem others post about the win probability on the screen and I don’t get it. Who cares? I watched the entire game and hardly even noticed it. Small print at the top of the tv. Barely a notice unless I wanted to talk about how it changed based on an out of a hit. But I probably went innings without even noticing it. IMO it is there is you want to see it and discuss it. But if not just watch the game. Certainly not something to get all worked up about.
  3. Rcal10
    First person I thought of was Brown. I think it has to be him.
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    And, as was pointed out the team was not average offensively. They were third in the NL in runs. In what world is 3rd of 15 teams average?
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    Agreed. But I cut Busch some slack because each time he repeated a level it was coming off a promotion the previous year, during the year. So he didn’t play 2 full years at a level. Plus, even if Busch was ready last year who was he replacing? I do believe he will hit just fine this year and be in the consideration for ROY.
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    Agreed. I am not worried about him based on that Cardinals start.
  7. Rcal10
    Actually the question was if Morel couldn’t handle 3rd would the Cubs consider moving Happ to 3rd and Morel to left. And would that help the ins because of Happ’s “supposed” noodle arm. That is far from an “all hell breaks lose” scenerio. And the answer still is there is no way Happ plays 3rd with Morel moving to left.
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    Happ isn’t going to play 3rd. He is the left fielder. I don’t understand why his arm strength is coming into the discussion. If he is in the 53 percentile isn’t that basically an average arm? If the worst thing he does is league average why are we looking to change his position.
  9. Rcal10
    And Happ is more like a 3-4 WAR. I can see if he had a 2.0 WAR last year. But he didn’t. It was a solid 3. He isn’t that power hitter some thought he would be. But he is a high OBP guy with enough pop in the bat. He also made himself into a solid left fielder.
  10. Rcal10
    And yet, Happ seems to be a guy a lot of fans want to replace. His WAR his last 2 years was a total of 7.4. Average of 3.7. That is a star.
  11. Rcal10
    Not if Busch is playing well. Sure, Bellinger would play the corner if Busch handled first and PCA forced his was to center.
  12. Rcal10
    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.
  13. Rcal10
    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.
  14. Rcal10
    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.
  15. Rcal10
    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)
  19. Rcal10
    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.
  20. Rcal10
    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.
  21. Rcal10
    Thank you. That kid can’t catch a break.
  22. Rcal10
    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?
  23. Rcal10
    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.
  24. Rcal10
    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.
  25. Rcal10
    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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