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  1. Bull
    Busch will be fine. Just needs a little rest to get his feet back under him.
  2. 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.
  3. 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.
  4. 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.
  5. Bull
    To clarify, I mean for these two series against the Brewers. These should be treated like a playoff series.
  6. Bull
    It's time to shift from how many innings he *can* pitch to how many he *should* pitch. This should be treated like a playoff series. If he gives up two home runs in the first inning, you yank him. Tell him to give max effort for one time through the order. This isn't about how many innings we can get out of these guys anymore. We had Rea in a blowout last night. we have innings, we need great innings.
  7. Bull
    I don't understand why the extra spot went to BJ Murray and not Assad. I would love to have Assad available tonight if Boyd just doesn't have it.
  8. Bull
    If we are looking for a negative today, Busch needs to wake up.
  9. Bull
    The obvious answer is what I teach little league centerfielders. If it’s to your left or right, you go for the ball and trust your corner outfielder to back you up. if it’s in front of you, there is no back up. You do NOT let that ball past you by laying out. Any clips of his play on balls in the gap? any clips of him on balls like that when he was putting up 7 (DRS I assume) per month earlier in the year?
  10. Bull
    Theilbar has to be gone soon, right? When Steele comes back?
  11. Bull
    Amazing start from Gausman. Time to give Zeferjahn mop-up duty, or is Rea back to long man?
  12. Bull
    lol, sorry. Just finished a 40 page PhD paper minutes before the game started. I'm hopped up on coffee and my radar is hyper-sensitive to making sure arguments and logic are consistent. Also the illegible ESPN "yips" commercial may be causing some sort of psychosis in me.
  13. Bull
    elite defense underrated moment. PCA can attempt those catches because of Seiya's range. It doesn't show up as an out this time, but it doesn't become a double either. And next time, PCA makes the catch instead of second guessing himself and allowing it to drop in front of him.
  14. Bull
    3 runs over 5.2 innings is a 5.4 runs per 9. Well ahead of the average 4.47 runs per game. They absolutely did not suck against the starter. This is a crazy narrative for the best and most consistent offense in baseball.
  15. Bull
    69
  16. Bull
    80
  17. Bull
    They lead all of baseball (T-Atl) with games scoring 4+ runs with 79. They stand alone with games scoring 5 or more with 68 (the next closest is Atl with 44!) That's as consistent as you can get. There's really not anything more anyone should be asking of this offense than consistently putting up the type of numbers that should win you games. The Jekyll and Hyde false narrative needs to stop. This is a uniquely consistent offense.
  18. Bull
    They lead all of baseball (T-Atl) with games scoring 4+ runs with 79. They stand alone with games scoring 5 or more with 68 (the next closest is Atl with 44!) That's as consistent as you can get. There's really not anything more anyone should be asking of this offense than consistently putting up the type of numbers that should win you games.
  19. Bull
    In case you hadn't noticed, the Cubs now lead the majors in team OPS and runs per game.
  20. Bull
    Who the heck is Kay? **I know because I looked him up, but I honestly don't remember him pitching for the Cubs. I certainly don't remember it happening 13 times.
  21. Bull
    It looks like the D-Backs are walking into this series with their bullpen pretty gassed. They used 6 relievers yesterday, and GInkel and Clarke have pitched twice in the last three days. Their rotation is almost as decimated as ours was prior to the deadline, and Marte drama is still fresh. It looks like they are due to lose some steam. Therefore, I predict they sweep us.
  22. Bull
    This doesn't add up. The Cubs are 6 behind Milwaukee, 6 ahead of Arizona. If there's no way for the Cubs to catch Milwaukee, there's no way for the D-Backs to catch the Cubs. The Cubs are 2 games behind their Pythagorean expectations. The Brewers are expected to be one game better and the D-Backs are expected to be 3 games worse. The Brewers have a +161 run differential, the cubs a 115, Arizona, +9. Sooo... the Cubs *should* be 5 behind Mil and 11 ahead of Arizona. Projections suggest Milwaukee and the Cubs will finish out a little better than their current win percentage, and that Arizona will finish out around .500. You really have this backward. The one thing you have right is that the head-to-head games matter. The Cubs have 7 head-to-head matchups remaining with Milwaukee. If they could "basically take AZ out of the picture" they could just as easily reel the Brew Crew back in. What is likely is that Milwaukee and the Cubs remain on their current top 5 team in baseball trajectory and that AZ remains slightly above average and just out of the playoff picture, regardless of the outcome of this particular 3 game series.
  23. Bull
    Loading it up with righties. Happ is to be considered a lefty from here on out.
  24. Bull
    What a luxury it is to have elite defense at nearly every position.
  25. Bull
    This team has fight.
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