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Any word on Ben Brown? Is he at least trying to develop a changeup?
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Kelly doesn’t press nearly as much with RISP, CC is probably going back to what worked, albeit that’s when Kelly was mashing 2 months ago.
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It is. With a 3.3 ERA going into yesterday’s game you’d think 2-3 runs in 6 innings would be a reasonable expectation with this offense. He allowed 11 runs in his last 22 innings as well. Hopefully Boyd can keep them in the game today.
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I’ve been assured there’s nothing to see here and my eyes are deceiving me with that second ranked NL wRC+ vs left handed pitchers. Don’t know if I can find a stat that separates from starters from relievers though. If true, no reason they won’t get to Fried.
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No Busch today? Cubs are second in the national league in wRC+ vs left handed pitchers so there should be no problem scoring at least a few runs off of Fried today to make up for last nights shut out Go Mathew Boyd.
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Get ready to hear about that wRC+ Vs left handed pitchers that was inflated by an insane April. We need that reassurance that our eyes are deceiving us.
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Last night was the fake team. The fake team has scored 12 runs in the last 60 innings vs left handed starting pitchers. The real team will show up vs Max Fried this afternoon and Carson Kelly will club 3 homers in as many at bats. They’ll put that 153 wRC+ in April vs lefties handed handed pitchers to good use this afternoon.
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I don’t expect things to be any different tomorrow either unless Boyd completely blanks them.
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Probably the most predictably garbage performance I’ve seen all year. This game was lost on paper. Checked all the boxes.
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It’s a shame they couldn’t put that 151 wRC+ vs left handed pitchers in April to good use vs Rodon, which is just as relevant now as it was 3 months ago.
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I have no faith in the cubs winning this game.
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So much for that randomness factor so far.
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Suzuki and 2 strike sliders, what a combo.
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Cubs have to be due to beat a left handed starter and take a 3 game set from a playoff caliber team are they not? If the twins scrub right handers held the Cubs to 3 runs you’d think the randomness element would be on our side. I’m giving this optimism thing a shot.
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I hope Busch is in the lineup at least
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I could be wrong here but didn’t ownership veto Jed from going after Bregman because of deferrals? That $40 million better be in a piggy bank for a Tucker extension if ownership slashed payroll to make extending him more palatable to Tom. Now McGuire will be DFA’d when Amaya comes back next Thursday who’s our second best bench bat ATM.
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I came here to bash Happ too. That’ll be the theme of tomorrow’s game thread.
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Wrong tab?
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1 percentile in exit velo?
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I agree with everyone. Keep Shaw in the lineup, at least until Jed trade ls for an above replacement level bat as an upgrade who’ll help you win in 2025.
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Does the Cubs getting blanked by pitchers they usually demolish in the first 2 games of this series mean they’ll tee off on Rodon and Fried in New York due to the randomness element of baseball? I’m giving this optimism thing a try.
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What’s Patrick Wisdoms Vietnamese league average currently?
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Boyd was Jed hitting the money ball jackpot, that’s very true and I hope his arm holds up as the season progresses. Rae is a beneficiary of an elite defense and the wrigley field park factor early on but that’s true for the entire rotation. I wouldn’t even say he’s been good exactly he just has a center fielder who turns double in the gap into routine fly outs and Nico making acrobatic plays at second base. By design. Jed has been vocal about assembling a roster built on over performance from vets, Kelly and Boyd are great examples of this. The big question is whether it’s due to financial restraints or his true approach to building a roster which works once every…. 20 years??? Less? More? The 05 Sox are the only example that comes to mind.
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The half measures they took in the offseason gambling on Shaw and assembling the weakest bench the cubs have ever had certainly complicated things. That’s what happens when you slash $40 million off the books and don’t invest it back into the team. i can forgive the need for a starter because you can’t really predict the injuries would be this bad. Although assembling a rotation full of middle of the rotation arms on a playoff caliber staff is questionable.
