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  1. Stratos
    With no runners on batters are hitting .808 OPS (.275 AVG) and with men on it's .631 OPS (.210 AVG). There's about a seasons' worth of PA's in each scenario, so could still be luck, or maybe's he's just better in the stretch? He's definitely a competitor though. We'd need more data i think, like batted ball data. RISP guys hitting .156 off him. Usually pitchers get worse with men on due to infield placement changes.
  2. Stratos
    Some may have died in deep CF in Toronto too. That's a cavernous park.
  3. Stratos
    9 runs in 3 games vs the Pirates. A nifty 3.00 ERA for the Bucs this series, maybe lower if some weren't earned (don't know, didn't watch). Power outage continues. Assad has looked good though in 2 starts.
  4. Stratos
    Caissie will whiff a ton, and have HR and doubles. Swing doesn't seem as geared for HR as a Schwarber, and not nearly as pull-heavy. I love Caissie's swing beyond the whiffs, he's not a Morel or Canario falling in love with the HR and pulling off everything. I'm interested to see his defense.
  5. Stratos
    It's just the bats that are in freefall. I guess it's nice the SP have been quality because they were a 1st half weakness. The thing is Boyd/Horton aren't set up to be strong in Sept/Oct, unless the Cubs want to risk injury. We need other SP to step up and also stay healthy. As long as we hit and pitch well in Oct that's what matters most.
  6. Stratos
    Speed forcing some errors?
  7. Stratos
    Craig Counsell
  8. Stratos
    Brewers have broken their franchise record with their 14th straight win today. Let's end that record on Monday boys! #goals
  9. Stratos
    Hey the Cubs had more wins than the Brewers in 2020 the COVID year. Nobody were in the seats to see it but it probably still happened. If it didn't we have to go back to 2017 as the last time, so there is precedent. That's another way of saying that an 8 year old child has never seen the Cubs beat the Brewers any season in-person and will probably die before that changes. 🤣
  10. Stratos
    Whatever team they face have to shut down their running game, both SB and taking extra bases. Good thing for next week is Happ is epic at getting the ball in quick, definitely the best LF i've ever seen do it. We also have Boyd the pickoff master, and McGuire is very quick.
  11. Stratos
    Brewers on a 28-4 run since July 6. That's a .875 winning %. 7 out of 10 series sweeps in that time. What's the most epic run in MLB history? The Cubs have the record for best 60-game stretch, 52-8 in 1906! https://www.mlb.com/news/best-60-game-record-for-each-mlb-team
  12. Stratos
    Our hitting coaches seem pretty good helping young hitters make adjustments. Maybe they just aren't very good at helping the veterans through their slumps? Classic clip, send to Dustin Kelly lol:
  13. Stratos
    Make the ground ball sexy again. (edit: jokes)
  14. Stratos
    It's all good brother. Enjoy the game today. I won't be watching lol. I'll catch the highlights probably. I'll watch the Brewers series. Go Cubs.
  15. Stratos
    Therein lies the problem. If a player is doing something incorrectly it's ok for a coach to tell them and help them correct it. If he's throwing home when he should throw to 2b he needs to be told and have it corrected and learn from it. Fans come to watch the Cubs win, it's not just "The PCA Show" out there. Why he hasn't learned basic baseball skills after several seasons in the minors is alarming. If a player is being told and not listening then at some point you have to bench the player. They need to be held accountable. He probably thinks the rules of thumb don't apply to him because he thinks he's so amazingly talented he's going to break the rules and do things normal players can't. Sometimes that's true but many times not. He needs to learn when to tap the breaks. A gazillion All-star and HOF caliber players winning World Series trophies for decades and he thinks he's better than them? C'mon Pete. He's not a savant like Javy was, his overzealous play hurts the team. Trying to make the big play every time because you see that 5-10% chance to make it isn't a smart decision most of the time.
  16. Stratos
    Maybe he rubs them the wrong way. Maybe they're a bit salty and frustrated because their team sucks? Maybe they did it 0-2 so they could get seat with it. We dont know. Losing an AB or a game doesn't matter when your season is lost.
  17. Stratos
    What are the odds Tucker is injured? Seems likely
  18. Stratos
    They hit PCA on the spot he injured the previous inning. Is this the most incredible coincidence ever? Do we give them the benefit of the doubt?
  19. Stratos
    Unfortunately we play the Brewers for 5 games ostartingMonday. The momentum for both teams going in is about the worst we could script. I hope we step up, but things could get ugly, a ton of pressure on the Cubs and not nearly aa much on the Brewers. There's no way a month ago any of us would believe we'd be. 9 games back. What a crazy month.
  20. Stratos
    Cubs have the 2nd best SP ERA in MLB since the ASB at 3.19 ERA. Also 2.49 in August, best in baseball. Guys pitching their nuts off and the hitters flushing it down the toilet.
  21. Stratos
    If i'm PCA and Counsell i'm steamed that Sisk beaned PCA right on hip he landed on in the previous inning. I don't even care if that's not intentional, there's no way to know, they need to bean Oneil next time he's in the lineup. I also have no idea how Counsell lets PCA stay in that game when he's walking around limping and grimacing. Sure its a close game but he's clearly banged up if not injured and needs to be 100% for the Brewers series.
  22. Stratos
    I'm curious to know what Busch's #'s against LHP were in the minors. He was drafted out of college and has 1600 minor league PA's and virtually all at AA and AAA and was 26 in his 1st year as a Cub. If he sucked in the minors vs LHP he's very unlikely to change.
  23. Stratos
    PCA has 10/10 athletic talent and the baseball IQ of a box of rocks. His extreme aggression gets him into more trouble than it helps him. He's absolutely not El Mago on the bases so he needs to dial it down a notch. At what point does a coach or veteran teammate sit this kid down and show him how to play baseball instead of flying all over the field like a gazelle with rabies lit on fire? How has this not happened yet? And if it has, why hasn't he listened? How are you allowed to get past double-A when you can't do things kids in the Little League World Series should be able to do? Strap a shock collar to his neck (and Nico's) and zap him every time he swings at a pitch headed towards his face or the Cubs dugout. The walks would start to accumulate real quick.
  24. Stratos
    "We need SP at the deadline"....Soroka sucks but our SP have been god-like in Aug. "We need a 3B bat at the deadline"...Castro sucks Shaw has been god-like in Aug. The best thing about this deadline is that Hoyer didn't trade any more prospects and waste it on this sad ballsack of a team.
  25. Stratos
    Some people are undisciplined and have a poor ability to delay gratification. Their emotions rule over their rational good sense. This extends to hitters where some barely acknowledge a strikezone even exists and swing at anything they think they can reach. Nico, PCA, and Baez are examples.
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