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  1. Stratos
    I refuse to watch these games out of respect for myself.
  2. Stratos
    I guess it's kinda nice to know that without Tucker. Seiya, or PCA hitting we're still about a .500 team. That might not change any time soon though. I think we probably need 2 of the 3 to hit to have a deep playoff run. Unless Moises et al can step up at DH. Our depth would be solid if Castro was hitting.
  3. Stratos
    This team needs the real Tucker and Suzuki to show up in the playoffs, plus Boyd. I don't really care if the team limps a bit the rest of the way, they pretty much have 1st WC seed in the bag. Not really concerned about Shota but those other 3 aren't trending well. I'm also a little concerned that PCA will let the emotions get the best of him and will try to do too much once it's playoff time, especially on throws and baserunning.
  4. Stratos
    If they wanted to be sure to not have Suzuki get thrown out that's a really bad send. However, I wonder what the estimated success rate is on a send like that? It's very likely not over 50%. But I suppose it's possible for it to be higher than Turner or Swanson getting him in if he stays at 3rd? Not the shortest throw from the cutoff but it's not like a SS can't throw to a base from their position, so still a bad send IMO. If the throw came from the OF on the fly you could argue for the send.
  5. Stratos
    Soroka threw nine 4-seamers today: Let's hope if he's needed to start he could average around 93 mph, which would be around his season norm.
  6. Stratos
    I'll give them 1 hangover game. Was neat to see a complete game, didn't think those things happened anymore.
  7. Stratos
    Maybe he's missing some spots and leaving more pitches in more hittable locations?
  8. Stratos
    Well there's no powerhouse team really, so we have as good a chance as anyone to win the WS, besides the 4 teams that skip the 1st round that is.
  9. Stratos
    Are the Cubs running Boyd into the ground? If he can't get Pirate hitters out then that's an issue. 6.64 ERA over the last month. No idea why they're having him throw 80+ pitches this start when he clearly doesn't have it and might be hitting a wall.
  10. Stratos
    Credit the pitching in the 2nd half for keeping this team afloat and kept them in games with the slumping offense.
  11. Stratos
    Analytics back this up.
  12. Stratos
    In this data-driven age it's probably more true now than in decades past. If you mostly just follow the data then most would behave pretty similarly. No manager is perfect.. I think he's a good, competent manager and a smart dude. I think he probably rides his good players a bit too hard at times, whether hitters or pitchers, but that line is a matter of debate. Would be nice to see more urgency and passion from him at times. Also lacks deep postseason managerial experience, which probably isn't his fault. Can't really complain about much else. Worth being one of the higher paid managers, but probably was overpaid and given more credit for what was happening in Milwaukee under his run than he deserved.
  13. Stratos
    Every team always plays fri-sat-sun for the big weekend crowds. So Mon and Thurs are the travel days, and teams typically get a 3- game series in during the week Mon-Tues-Wed or Tues-Wed-Thurs.
  14. Stratos
    Well he got 16m prorated. I think it's 6m he gets for less than 2 months of the season, which isn't cheap. And they were burned by Kimbrel with the mid- season add after the guy essentially sitting for months. Would be nice if this ownership would fork.out the cash though. Worth a shot but I assume Cubs got outbid
  15. Stratos
    I think you've made clear who the nut is.
  16. Stratos
    Lol unbelievable. Stop assuming my intentions. I'll ask whatever questions I want. If you don't agree with my opinions then be an adult and explain why you disagree instead of calling someone a troll.
  17. Stratos
    Jed made a comment to media after the trade about trying to get those guys extended and implying it was the fault of the guys who got traded and that they didn't act like they wanted to stay during negotiations. If I remember right, Rizz took exception and was basically like "i don't know why he would say that" so there was a bit of hurt feelings it seemed. I think all those guys probably were intent on testing free agency., unless they got an offer they couldn't refuse I guess The lack of counter-offering per Jed seems to point to that. https://www.cbssports.com/mlb/news/cubs-jed-hoyer-implies-kris-bryant-anthony-rizzo-javier-baez-are-to-blame-for-extension-talks-falling-apart/ https://www.thescore.com/mlb/news/2190419
  18. Stratos
    I don't often go on twitter/bluesky these days, but i logged in and the first tweet below was by far the best angle I could find. We'll call it the Zapruder film lol. I don't see anyone's hands when they first touch ball in that video so whatevs. The reply from "Rugga" in the 2nd tweet below she says to the dad "that was in my hands", but she could be lying. Even if she did have hands on it first she should have given it to the kid anyways.
  19. Stratos
    I don't believe that's quite accurate. I've only seen the video of the most popular front angle, but it seems it landed in her row near her feet on the ground, between her and the guy standing besides her. She and the guy beside her reached down, the dad also came over and reached over the seats and picked it up. We can't see the hands or the ball (from that front angle) but she was probably upset because it was near her feet so she thought it was "hers". I'll give him the benefit of the doubt since he seemed like a cool guy and was willing to let her have it because he didn't want any drama. I have a similar story. When I was small, around 5 years old, I was standing on the side of the street with my family watching the local Santa Claus Parade. People on the floats were throwing candy into the crowd. A full-size Oh Henry bar landed literally right at my feet. I reached down to get it and some teenager snatched it before I grabbed it. I was disappointed and that's a bit low to take from a little kid, but I guess it was fair game. My mom or I didn't yell at him lol. Much different though than an adult snatching a ball in front of another adult, which is 100% fair game.
  20. Stratos
    Excuse me?
  21. Stratos
    Horton was throwing between 84-94 pitches in his starts throughout July. They dialed that back in Aug and limited him to around 75 pitches until tonight, where he threw 87, which is the most pitches since July 9. Completely shutting a guy down in the middle of the season and then ramping him back up later probably isn't the wisest tactic to save a healthy pitcher's arm, better to keep him throwing but limit his workload if they want to reduce the mileage. Probably what they did in Aug, and they may be letting him throw more pitches now in prep for the playoffs. Who knows if it's been enough of a breather but it still makes me nervous. I wouldn't have left him out there for 90+ pitches earlier in the year.
  22. Stratos
    The problem i have with the whole Phillies Karen fan controversy is the footage doesn't show what actually happened with the ball. If the dad picked up the ball clean and legit then yes she's crazy. But what if he took it out of her hand or something? Like why was she so upset? Sore loser or did he do something low?
  23. Stratos
    Since Horton is throwing strikes, inducing contact, and avoiding strikeouts wouldn't that make him the exact opposite of Kerry? I get the comparison as a power pitcher with similar repertoire though.
  24. Stratos
    On the positive, A.I. can never replace Craig Counsell if he's already a robot.
  25. Stratos
    Been catching the highlights and box scores the last several games. You deserve a medal.
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