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  1. Rcal10
    Has the bullpen been garbage? In this particular series they have worked 9 innings, including two with a runner starting in second. They gave up 2 earned runs(a homer against Theilbar). It is just so easy to rip the pen whenever they give up a run. I am not saying the pen is great, by any means. But it isn’t garbage. It just seems one guy messes up and gives up a run or two and the “bullpen sucks” familiar refrain starts up again.
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    That is the good that came out of the game today. He looked good again.
  3. Rcal10
    Exactly. Every loss doesn’t Have to be “the sky is falling”
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    Yep. And those who love to cut him down only focus on what he isn’t doing well. Not what he is doing well. If Happ was a kid with 2 years in the league, maybe I would be worried about his k rate now. But he isn’t. We have seen him for 7 years now. He is fine.
  5. Rcal10
    Maybe he doesn’t suck and too many people jumped to conclusions after 6 AB?🤷 Not saying he is good. But maybe he is a decent bench bat?
  6. Rcal10
    Where are the Conforto haters now?
  7. Rcal10
    Typical Happ hate. Nevermind OPS+ of 144, slugging at .550 and OPS at 839. 4 homers. Let’s just talk about him striking out.
  8. Rcal10
    They have an off day, so if they don’t skip anyone he won’t start in Chicago.
  9. Rcal10
    Cam Smith had a worse year than Shaw last year. He started well and came back to earth. And yet, here we are again discussing how good he will become after a hot start. Please stop it, until he does actually prove to be a good major league player.
  10. Rcal10
    Exactly. During the course of every baseball season even the best teams have a 4-6 stretch. It absolutely sucks to be happening now. But the sky is not falling.
  11. Rcal10
    Stay strong.
  12. Rcal10
    He took Amaya out when a righty came in. Pinch hit Conforto. Then when a lefty was on the mound with Conforto coming up he went to Carlson. Not really that hard to follow. Might not agree with it, but that is what he did. TB went to a righty once CC used Carlson. They wouldn’t have, had Conforto taken the AB.
  13. Rcal10
    If Taillon is done for the day that is a QS. Not great, but not terrible.
  14. Rcal10

    Boyd to DL

    Rcal10 replied to Neuby's topic in Chicago Cubs Talk

    First I heard of this. Thanks!
  15. Rcal10
    I think one was going to pitch the 9th. My guess is Palencia wasn’t someone Craig wanted to use. Then with Webb having solid splits against left handed batters, I am sure CC liked him more than Harvey. Which is fine. The Decision not to go with Harvey once Webb didn’t have it, is what bothers me. But maybe one of Harvey or Maton weren’t feeling well. Only reason not to bring one of them in at that point.
  16. Rcal10
    Wow. I didn’t expect Happ to play again. Give the guy a break.
  17. Rcal10
    True, but during that stretch the Cubs also played at Wrigley April 4th thru the 9th
  18. Rcal10
    While they should try a little better to play early season games in southern cities, or domes, it is still hard to eliminate games in northern cities early in the year. Cold weather is in northern cities all thru April. Teams aren’t going to start with 30 games in the road. And, besides that, in this particular case the issue is rain the next 10 days. It rains in the south too.
  19. Rcal10
    I just assumed Kingery. But I guess it could be Conforto.
  20. Rcal10
    Which only means more angst with the fan base because the Cubs aren’t hitting. This is going to be a fun year….🤮
  21. Rcal10
    Yes. 9 inning games.
  22. Rcal10
    Trust me, I am frustrated too. But I have been following the Cubs for a long time. I also know teams, all of them, go through stretches where people lose their minds because they are not playing well. I tend to always lean into career norms when I get concerned. Most times guys get back to their norm. And the Cubs norm would project to a very good offense. Would love for them to be 5-2 now. But, TBH, even if they were at some point they would struggle and unease would return. Long season, I am going to try to just enjoy it. But there will be ups and downs.
  23. Rcal10
    I believe you said this was a 75 win offense. Which if that is your POV, I have no problem with you having it. I don’t agree, but that isn’t the point of my response to papa anyway. Fine if that is really what you believe. Fine if that concerns you. The point is he seemed to suggest people responding to your comment were doing something wrong because they what you said didn’t align with their views. That is just silly. IMO, your response is a bit of a hot take. Most metrics and projections show this team to have a top 10 offense. While that can be wrong, IMO, no reason to doubt it just yet. Jays just lost 2 in a row to the WS. Should they be worried? Is their season lost. I mean a team that expects to win 90+ games shouldn’t lose a series to the WA, right? Hell, they might even be swept. It happens. This is baseball. I am sure this isn’t the first year you are following a team. But again, if you really believe the Cubs offense sucks, that is your opinion. I just don’t agree.
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    What the horsefeathers are you talking about? It is a site to discuss the team. Of course people comment on other people’s comments. It is kind of the point of the site. You do so as well. When a team plays 7 games and someone says they have a line up that is worthy of 75 wins of course others are going to comment. I assume you have watched baseball for more than just this year. Every year teams have bad stretches. Maybe they will suck. Maybe this is a bad team. Or maybe the more likely option is they just aren’t playing very well right now. I have no issue with you disagreeing with my view on the team. I do take issue with you seeming to feel like it is wrong to comment when someone doesn’t agree with someone else’s views. IMO you or anyone else who is making an opinion in the team after 7 games is doing so very prematurely. Basically a hot take in a very short sample size. Now, if you really thought going into the year that this was a 75-80 win team before the year, I would disagree with you. Going into the year I thought this was a 90 win team and I still do. It is a long season. We shall see who was right.
  25. Rcal10
    Actually Assad pitched well his 1st start. It was the second one he got pounded.
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