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  1. Bull
    okay!
  2. Bull
    Yeah, those high misses with the fastball were strategic. They set up the curve.
  3. Bull
    He's just making up for JD's "us" and "we"s
  4. Bull
    Zombie Bregman will hit one out tonight.
  5. Bull
    Still well above what we expected. Just threw 96 to strike out Dansby.
  6. Bull
    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.
  7. Bull
    let's hope.
  8. Bull
    This is trying. They aren't making it easy.
  9. Bull
    Why is he starting over Comforto or Shaw.?
  10. Bull
    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.
  11. Bull
    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).
  12. Bull
    End compensation picks for small markets. Baseball parity returns!
  13. Bull
    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.
  14. Bull
    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?
  15. Bull
    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.
  16. Bull
    Have they said no fracture? Last I saw was CT scan planned.
  17. Bull
    More trying to be funny/ diffuse. I failed.
  18. Bull
    While I agree with your point, it's generally not a good idea to be condescending AND misspell you're in the same sentence.
  19. Bull
    I've never seen a pitcher thank the manager for taking him out.
  20. Bull
    Z!
  21. Bull
    Did Palencia look as good as his line?
  22. Bull
    Busch will be fine. Just needs a little rest to get his feet back under him.
  23. Bull
    Those comments were not to praise the likes of Zeferjahn, this iteration of Palencia, Thornton, or anyone else who typically goes one inning. It was more about better utilizing the guys who are being underutilized like Rea, soon Assad, and even Civale. They are being used in mop up duty or not at all. If we have one of them ready to go three, and if that means you can get better quality from Boyd and Shota going full out for 3 instead of saving their secondary pitches and energy for the third time through the order then 3 good innings of Boyd and three good innings of Rea is better than 6 bad innings from Boyd or Shota. I know that's a lot of "ifs." Thankfully, Boyd looked good. But I think having Rea ready to go 4 in Shota's next start if he gives up three gopher balls in the first is a good idea. And tell Shota that he's on a short leash, to use what he has early. Shota at 93 is a different pitcher than Shota at 91 on the four-seam. Last start, half his Four-Seamers were over 92MPH, topping out at 93.6. Just give me that half early and sit down. I know it's not that simple.
  24. Bull
    Yup, the best we can hope for is an encouragement to use his best stuff early instead of “saving it” for the third time through the order. If you give up three bombs, buddy, you ain’t getting a third time through the order. Or maybe his haircut will make a difference.
  25. Bull
    I still think we are missing the boat with Rea and Assad. I don't understand why Rea is in mop-up duty and Assad is in Iowa (I know there's still a day or two before he can come up, but somebody should have realized that and not lost him in this critical stretch) If they can piggyback Rea and Assad on Shota and Boyd, and I never have to read the name Zeferjahn again, I would be happy.
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