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Week 3: Bears vs Cowboys Sunday at 3:25 on FOX
Geographyhater8888 replied to jersey cubs fan's topic in Other Sports
By the time they start clicking on offense, it still won’t equal wins without Jaylon Johnson and the other secondary injuries, and a defensive unit void of young talent thanks to awful drafting and talent evaluation from Ryan Poles. He blew up the roster, couldn’t replenish any lost talent with draft picks and they’re similar to an expansion roster, with one of the most expensive defenses because they’re forced to sign mid level starters on veteran deals because Austin Booker and Reuben Hippolite are the alternatives. It’s such a mess that’ll take years to fix and hopefully a new GM unless Ben has full roster autonomy and superior talent evaluation. -
It’d be a bad look to lose home field advantage though. With Suzuki and PCA crawling since the all star break and the Kyle Tucker question, I’m not sure how they’ll pull off a deep playoff run. The issue is the teams ceiling at the moment, It’s a tail of 2 halves with this team and the second half iteration just leaves a lot to be desired. Streakiness and getting hot comes in handy In the playoffs.
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These guys aren’t the Braves, Pirates, Angels or Rockies, they’re mediocre like the Giants and outclassing the Cubs as a result.
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I hate the horsefeathers Reds. Mets will sweep the Cubs too and destroy their playoff hopes, Good riddance.
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The rule states that in a calendar week, no more than 2 games of 5+ runs and a mandated less than 5 runs/game average. Rule has been in effect since July 28th.
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Is you wanted an elite bat with average defense you’d end up with Trea Turner for $300 million for 11 years. Swanson’s making nowhere near superstar money relative to the market. He was the fourth highest paid middle infielder from his free agent class by $250 million combined.
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After scoring 8 on Wednesday, naturally they’re shutout on Thursday and score 4 runs tonight to maintain that almost on the dot 4 runs/game average since the all star break.
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They’re number 1 in OPS+ yet not even top 5 wRC+. Fangraphs and baseball reference have conflicting data.
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From baseball reference? The Wrigley park factor is why. All cubs hitter get a big boost.
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Could the lack of lineup protection be a culprit? Tucker at 80%, PCAs power outage and Busch batting in front of him, naturally he’ll see less pitches to hit but that doesn’t explain his failure to adjust.
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I know that. The league has adjusted and he’s been unsuccessful at adapting. I’m not sure what hit ground ball rate has been since the break and how many hard hit fly balls have been pulled but I imagine they’re trending negatively.
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It’s like he’s unwilling to sit on a pitch and commit to it because he’s waiting in for sliders. Do I swing or not if it’s on the outer edge of the plate? his plate approach and aggressiveness early in counts at the start of the season lead to his power surge, he’s been pitched to differently from the naked eye and it looks like he’s guessing. He’s in some kind of a mental rut.
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I’m not disputing his great performance. The spirit of my post is Suzukis inability to hit sliders and sweepers and how pitchers are throwing them more often early in counts then ever, from the naked eye and Seiya just can’t adjust. Doesn’t matter who’s throwing them.
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Kyle Tucker at 80% is the difference between the first and second half production from the offense. it’s my fault for taking this long to be in the acceptance state that the early season Tucker magic will never return. Being better off without him, at 80% health is largely to blame for scoring at a clip of 4.05/game since the break. Either way, 3 years in and they’re without a true elite slugging run producer has been and will continue an obstacle they’ve yet to really overcome. This team has as legitimate shot as anyone with Tucker at full health, now the bar has shifted to “get hit at the right time”.
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Greene would’ve had a no hitter if he didn’t get cute throwing a splitter to Suzuki who’s incapable of squaring up a slider. Is it me or does it seem like Suzuki has been getting pounded by sliders and sweepers early in the count more than ever? Before his slump pitchers would pound him away on 2 strike counts, Am I off base? He has no answers.
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I’m worried about a playoff lineup without Tucker. Seiya better get going.
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From August 3rd-14 they had a 3-7 stretch. But otherwise they’ve been remarkable consistent team. They’ve been consistent for Counsels entire tenure in terms of avoiding long losing streaks dating back to spring of 2024, 5 games is Their longest losing streak.
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When do the Diamondbacks play?
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Was I not sarcastic enough?
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At least he’s not that Dansby Heyward guy. Don’t get me started on him and his money.
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Can’t locate his offspeed stuff.
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More good aim for Ian Happ.
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Bryant had degenerative back issues, Tucker doesn’t have anything that will affect him permanently that we know of. I wonder how much his price has dropped.
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horsefeathers.
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Any update on Tucker?
