Stratos
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Madrigal is one heck of a defensive 3B. Fast reactions, very good hands, accurate enough arm and gets rid of ball quickly.
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Nico's swing decisions are forever stupid.
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Pretty sure he lost it in the sun or wind. He usually makes those plays, and he missed it pretty bad.
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Possibly. Canario has had a lot of time in CF through his career though. But Canario also will likely be recalled before PCA and possibly play CF at times if they want to give Bellinger the odd day at DH.
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Saw that PCA started in LF a few games ago, with Canario in CF. Not a bad idea to give PCA some experience at the other 2 positions.
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More Maddon than Ross.
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The offspeed/breaking stuff away seemed like an achilles heel for Morel last year. Big pull hitter. Interested to see how he deals with that stuff this year. I suspect Canario may be similar based on the approach. Texas and Rockies don't have the best pitching so i'll reserve judgement, but he's looked great since ST. Power is obviously there. Contact % in the zone was also an issue for him last year.
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Imagine what Javy would have done if he had even average plate discipline.
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Morel threw the ball wild because of the wet grass. Yes, that's it.
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U get Baldur's Gate 3?
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He kinda reminds me of a giraffe. In a good way I guess?
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Love it. This is why he gets tons of K's in the minors, and MLB hitters won't hit it very well either.
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Not sure his minors splits but that 12-6 curve should help him with the splits.
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Completely rebuilt field should have a great drainage system.
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Interesting. Found the article. Value and revenue is right where the Red Sox are. If "operating income" is basically "profit" (revenue minus expenses) then the Cubs were tied for 2nd with the Pirates for most profitable teams last year, though many teams turned a profit of between 50-65m last year. The Mets were an insane 292m in the hole. Hero owner! https://www.forbes.com/lists/mlb-valuations/?sh=170207a4421d
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Bellinger DH'ing, Tauchman in CF tonight. Didn't think they'd do that much. Trying to keep everyone fresher I guess.
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Pitching against the Rockies should help him a lot and hopefully he does well and gets some confidence for future starts. Starting to like Assad, he gets the grounders given everything he throws moves well including a good sinker, so maybe the K #'s play up a bit.
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Watching home games vs the Rockies is very fun.
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It was nice that Assad had a longish start and that lead keeps the pen rested. Imanaga same, plus the off day Thurs, so we're in great shape for tomorrow.
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Post of the season so far
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That glass door.
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Early-season trends that may or may not end up meaningful
Stratos replied to Bertz's topic in Chicago Cubs Talk
Imanaga 00.0 GB% lol. -
I looked into Smyly's numbers a bit. His walks and HR/FB and GB% were the things he struggled with last year compared to 2022. His xwoba was actually the same both years. He had really good command in 2022. His K% actually went up in 2023. The curve was still very good per the stats, and the fastball was still bad. Not sure it's a stuff issue. I think he overachieved in 2022 and underachieved last year. Maybe he can be a 4.50 guy this year. He's looked bad though, might be a pen guy at this point. His velo goes up about 1 mph in the pen,
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I disagree with both points.
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I agree stats can hide issues in the minors. Not saying command wasn't an issue before, but I've never really seen BB/9 jump that much, almost double, simply because of going up a level, Even going from AAA to MLB it most often doesn't jump that much. The tacked baseball could be part of the issue, but that's totally different than players in AAA having better plate discipline than AA and below. Maybe his BB/9 rate won't fall back to around 3.00 consistently but it's hard to believe he'll stay up around 6. If he can manage around 4 he should be ok.
