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  1. Stratos
    It was so hot outside today. The air was thicker than Mike Tauchman's neck.
  2. Stratos
    Some people like to complain and point blame and call someone trash if they have a bad stretch.
  3. Stratos
    If it's the ball it's probably a manufacturing issue because I can't see them actively wanting to suppress hitting even more after all the rule changes they've made or tested in MiLB to increase offense.
  4. Stratos
    Well we don't really know how he'd do at 2B or SS either, we've only seen him there a little bit. He might be a MI, or a DH. On a team like the Cubs that desperately needed surplus it wouldn't have made sense to trade him other than acquiring a young 3B that can actually play some D. If Morel was hitting better this year I don't think we'd be complaining much.
  5. Stratos
    Yeah but Heywards glove didn't regress. Oh wait...
  6. Stratos
    Hoyer fired 2016 fav David Ross to hire a rival manager. He also traded away Rizzo, Bryant, and Baez and said bye to Contreras. Morel has major issues but I don't think they kept him because they're scared to trade him.
  7. Stratos
    Oh he's not a good hitter and doesn't walk and this will probably never change, but he still needs PAs IMO
  8. Stratos
    Maybe this adds a glimmer of hope. They really need at least 2 of Morel, Happ, and Swanson to get going. Morel has a .208 BABIP. Last year and the year before it was both over .300. He's been extremely unlucky. They need more production in the 2nd half of the order. What I realized the other day is that this team's offense is driven by walks. They can get guys on base ok, but they just can't drive them in. You can't walk your way to runs without hits/slug. Cubs are 5th in MLB in walks, 26th in AVG, 24th in SLG, 21st in ISO. Tauchman walks alot , Busch walks, Happ walks, Morel walking a lot more. Tauchman hasn't walked or hit over the past month (6.3 BB%), that could be a fluke, or pitchers challenging him more. They should try Canario in the lineup over PCA or even Tauchman. He might struggle with K% and AVG but can mash at least. I'd send PCA down, he needs to get AB's every day if he's going to ever hit in the MLB.
  9. Stratos
    Team not good.
  10. Stratos
    They showed a stat on TV today: Cubs hitting ..212 with RISP, dead last in NL. Maybe they can try writing the lineup in reverse except keeping the catchers at #9. Just do something.
  11. Stratos
    I blame Jed Hoyer and Yan Gomes.
  12. Stratos
    Probably best.
  13. Stratos
    I'm interested in why hitting is down league-wide. Also why the Cubs bats all suddenly suck so bad in the same year.
  14. Stratos
    That was Counsell conceding that Wisdom, PCA, and Gomes aren't good enough to hit this guy or likely even put the ball in play off him. It worked out luckily but that's pretty embarrassing.
  15. Stratos
    There's always the option to put Wicks back in the rotation and try Brown in the closer role when he gets healthy again.
  16. Stratos
    I've been watching the condensed games at this point.
  17. Stratos
    I don't think you judge Hoyer or any GM based on the results, you judge them based on all the decisions they made at the time. That's what they have control of, not the results. Hindsight is 20/20. We knew the pen wasn't much improved going into 2024 and a key injury or 2 away from being bad, we knew Busch was a solid gamble. Nobody knew guys like Happ, Morel, and Swanson were going to hit like crap or the team was going to be this bad with RISP, or Hendricks was going to put up a 9.07 ERA. Nobody thought Amaya/Gomes were going to be this terrible. We knew Imanaga seemed like a solid value buy but nobody knew how good he would be and i'm sure Hoyer didn't think he'd put up a 1.96 ERA. Everyone thought Counsell was a very good manager and a good signing. I do blame Hoyer for the crappy pen and some crappy signings last year that are eating some salary, but much of the other stuff like the underperforming offense just bad luck.
  18. Stratos
    Yeah. His arm is below average in mph and the pop-time is terrible. Framing is below average, blocking is above average. He can't hit this year and can't run. I'm not sure if he has any tools that would rate as above average.
  19. Stratos
    The team's current DH is Tauchman, and should probably be Suzuki. DH is the position we need the least. We have Bellinger as a 1b backup. 3b would probably be a hard position to trade for based on who is available, which doesn't seem like much. But if they want a Jay they should target Bichette. They can have Morel lol.
  20. Stratos
    Busch has the same WAR as Vladdy Jr this season. Both are tied for 4th in WAR among 1B. If they want a position upgrade at the deadline they'd be better to target 3B (Cubs are 29th in 3B WAR at -0.3 WAR), or possibly catcher (also 29th) if they want to go that way. Morel could then DH, or possibly head to Iowa to keep working on fielding if he's still not hitting. Cubs have done well this year at DH (7th in MLB). I'm sure they'll be looking for pen help again.
  21. Stratos
    He's been worth about 3.5 WAR if he gets 700 PA's. We'd have him for a year and a half and he's not going to extend. He already makes 20m a year. How much in prospects is a 3-3.5 WAR player worth for a year and a half? Probably not as much as the Jays will want. Trading prospects in the right deal is fine.
  22. Stratos
    Agree that he's going to come overpriced for what he is. It would take significant prospects to nab him for just a year and a half, just doesn't seem worth it. And if he doesn't extend with the Jays he's not going to extend with us.
  23. Stratos
    Cubs have given up the most runs in the central division. They are 21st in MLB in runs against. 14th in runs scored. Their hitting is better than their pitching/defense somehow. Mainly the pen and defense bringing them down, the SP ERA is 10th best in MLB and pen is 24th. 27th in defense according to Fangraphs.
  24. Stratos
    Every game is the Cubs not hitting any SP and then deciding to rally in the 8th or 9th inning.
  25. Stratos
    Interesting that the only one team not in 1st place right now is over .500, the Braves. Wildcard could be interesting. Only 4 teams in NL over .500 so far this season.
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