Geographyhater8888
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Those are just bodies. We need people who can limit runs, not just provide depth.
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Would Freddy Peralta apply here? I’m mixed on him but he’d still be our best starting pitcher and isn’t in the same stratosphere as Skubal.
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Someone with a similar profile to kittleredge is one arm I’d add.
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I’m not at all mad. Far from it. The bar is raised and my focus is on improving areas of need. They humiliated the Padres, took 2/3 versus a Milwaukee team on 1 day of rest with their top 3 pitchers lined up versus the cubs who played 4 games in 3 days with the Iowa Cubs bullpen. They also swept the Mets. I’m very happy. I want to keep being happy.
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What context do I need to add by stating that they’ve been red hot in-spite of mediocre pitching stats (and bad pitching)? I can phrase it in a nicer way if you want. Imagine if this team didn’t have an entire 5 man rotation full of guys on the IL, they could really use some arms at the deadline to not waste their talent. Better?
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Imagine if we had an ace pitcher and shutdown Bullpen arm to complement this elite core of position players. There’s a lot of potential here. How’s that?
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So you agree with me but don’t like my tone. Okay. I was complimentary of the bats and gloves. It’s impressive to win at an 83% clip with mediocre traditional stats like a team 4.2 ERA through 12 games. Thats another way you can spin it.
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You agree with me. Do I have to wait until their next 8-6 loss before stating the obvious? I wouldn’t have posted that if I wasn’t impressed by the potential of this group of position players. It’s uncommon to win 83% of your games with a pitching staff that allows over 4 runs/game and there’s not many positive reinforcements to look forward to.
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With a - .8 war. Against teams that don’t hit for a lot of power which makes their 5.52 FIP awful. And the bolded part is my point. Swanson eventually will cool off from hitting like Yankees hall of famers from the 20’s and 30’s, PCA likely cools off from his own historic June and the pitching staff will remain at the mercy of gold glove defenders. It doesn’t matter Theres only so much the defense can do on balls in play behind a staff allowing 1.5 homers/game with a 99 park factor entering Tuesday. They need arms. Being without Brown and Horton sucks. Both have very solid but not necessarily elite excepted ERA/FIP numbers but their ability to induce ground balls and limit home runs makes them look like cy young candidates.
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Even while winning 11/13 the pitching staff is still allowing a 4.3 run/game average. I just hate seeing this core go to waste thanks to a shortage of quality arms. They’d theoretically have 5 more wins with even a dead average, 81 win pitching staff by war.
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How many teams have scored 20+ runs with multiple hitters not recording a hit like Nico Bregman?
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Bring in Webb to preserve the lead. I want it to be an even 20 margin of victory.
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Time for Pete to snap out of his slump. He’s 0 for his last 2.
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Swanson is ridiculous right now. WTF.
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Any Mo updates?
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Dansby is Dansby. He packs like 90% of his hits into 30 games during these hot streaks.
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They’re 8 arms away from being as mediocre as they were on opening day.
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People would’ve called you nuts back in early April if you predicted he’d have a 373 OBP through 86 games. I don’t think he’ll sustain his 9.6 war pace but even finishing with a 130 wRC+ would put him over 8 war. It’s reminiscent of Caleb cutting his sack% by 250%. Let’s hope his completion percentage is next.
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PCA has a 5.1 war, Cubs pitching is at 2.3.
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He’s up there with 2006 Glendan Rush for worst individual season from a cubs pitcher off the top of my head.
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The balls are carrying like crazy. How windy is it?
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Is that his first 3 RBI hit as a Cub?
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They need someone at least on Peraltas level in my opinion. But we’ve seen how effective Brown and Horton have been behind the Cubs defense by simply limiting home runs and hard contact. They don’t need a perennial Cy young award finalist to limit runs at a high level, just an all star.
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And both Brown and Horton were very good, but their xFIP/ERAs were over a run or so higher than their actual numbers. This staff doesn’t need a Skubal, just anyone who can induce soft contact and minimize home runs. People would appreciate the streaky bats if they noticed how much they contribute to run prevention. The team ERA is .04 runs higher than Pittsburghs with a 7.5 gap in war. Impressive horsefeathers. So is allowing the most home runs with a 99 park factor.
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I think his ejection last week was worth at least 1 war by inspiring everyone to beat Milwaukee.
