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  1. To be fair Pivetta has been painting the edges really well. Not many hittable pitches.
  2. I've already literally chewed all my fingernails off
  3. Savant says he gets tons of ride on his 4-seam, and a big 12-6 hook
  4. Pete needs to spend all winter working on his swing decisions.
  5. Ben McDonald doesn't understand why runner at 3rd doesn't run on contact on grounder with no outs? Lol
  6. I wonder how much rust affects the teams that get a bye, compared to the rest they get. I assume the hitters and pitchers do sim ABs or even sim games.
  7. I believe its not known yet. Someone here speculated that game day wind conditions could be a factor and favor Shota if blowing in.
  8. There's definitely no point in carrying 13 pitchers. 12 at most i think. Assad should be off the roster and I can't see them letting Wicks pitch unless there's an injury. Kind of odd they let him throw pitches. That means his spot in the rotation is Friday basically. If there's an injury or 2 it leaves them a bit vulnerable. I would have went long with Wicks and pulled Assad after 40 pitches., essentially reverse their workload.
  9. Boyd game 1, Taillon game 3. Between Shota and Rea, I could see either getting the nod. Rea has been good lately, is much better vs RHB than LHB. Shota struggling lately but slightly better vs LHP than RHB but mostly even splits. Padres have a good mix of LHB and RHB, though their big sluggers are RHB. I imagine the Cubs will look at the individual matchup numbers too, especially vs Rea who's been around the league a while.
  10. If this were the regular season i'd imagine 2 months would be the rough timeline. They'd be cautious with him too, but they'll for sure rush him big-time for the playoffs.. Personally I can't see him back before the NLCS or WS if he comes back at all.
  11. I've never had good vibes from Oli Marmol.
  12. They might want to start most of the regulars and pull some halfway since there's a day off on Mon just to keep guys 100% sharp. Seiya and Tucker 100% will start and one of Happ/PCA (probably PCA?). Castro probably starts for Swanson, Nico to SS. Busch might sit, Shaw probably starts.
  13. Carlos Santana wants that ring. Gotta think he'll likely be in the dugout during the playoffs even if not rostered.
  14. FYI to all: The Padres game is free on MLB.TV tonight. 8:40 central start time.
  15. Taillon has been pitching really well. I can't see how it's not Horton-Boyd- Taillon unless one of them is hurt.
  16. He caught for 120 games this year, which makes it even wilder.
  17. If he and Tucker can swing well the Cubs offense can come alive again. Swap Happ for PCA in the hot department. Having Ballesteros off the bench is huge too. Hopefully Seiya stays aggressive. Could be a fun weekend vs the Cards if guys keep swinging and the intensity stays high.
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