Bull

okay!

Yeah, those high misses with the fastball were strategic. They set up the curve.

He's just making up for JD's "us" and "we"s

Zombie Bregman will hit one out tonight.

Still well above what we expected. Just threw 96 to strike out Dansby.

With Palencia showing signs of his old self (moving everyone back an inning) and Shota or Peterson instead of Thielbar, I weirdly feel good about the bullpen.

let's hope.

This is trying. They aren't making it easy.

Why is he starting over Comforto or Shaw.?

Fair enough. I agree that they aren't hoping to pull King after three, but the indication was that they want him to give his all and pull him if he gets gassed, because they believe they can trust their bullpen (must be nice). I'd agree with that assessment.

They have 6 guys totaling 10 WAR. $ of them have a high WAR than any reliever on the Cubs (except Ben Brown whose WAR was mostly as a starter).

End compensation picks for small markets. Baseball parity returns!

you said that you are talking about WAR critically. You aren’t. Critical thinking and critique requires analysis, synthesis, evaluation and sometimes creative alternative. You aren’t even demonstrating knowledge and understanding. There’s a difference between being critical and engaging critically. You could have cited some research above that suggests WAR underestimates high-leverage relief to make your point about Sutter. But you didn’t.

I’ve been searching daily for updates on Steele. Gotta admit, hollowell was not even on my radar. Any chance he is a factor in the postseason?

So when do we get to jettison Thielbar? Would love a Justin Steele appearance in this series to see what he has before the very last second.