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Seeing as the season is pretty much over, and that the IGTs haven't really been popping off, I've decided to just stick to a monthly IGT for August and September to end the season. I'll update the thread every day with the pitching matchups and where to watch, but unless you guys want me to keep doing it status quo, this seems like the way to do it for now.
Sorry, Frank, I take it back!
Happy to see they plan to use Alzolay out of the pen. That's where he will succeed, I'd love to see him get some save opportunities
Agreed. They might need him in the rotation because they are so thin there, but I think his best chance to be a good mlb player is ok the pen.Quote:
Originally Posted by WhyCantWeWin
He may indeed be better in the pen, at least at this point. I think they probably want to limit his pitch count for the year too. Also lets them see more of Mills, Steele, and Thompson in the rotation for next year.Quote:
Originally Posted by WhyCantWeWin
Is that what they said theyre doing with him?Quote:
Originally Posted by WhyCantWeWin
I can see it to limit his innings the rest of way, or they can go to 6 starters the rest of way.
He looked sharp tonight
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Im bummed we wont get a chance to see Marquez pitch this season, i was looking forward to seeing him get some starts all off season
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If starters these days are only pitching 4-5 innings anyways, there's no issue with having him throwing 4-5 innings every time in relief, a de facto start but teams not able to load lefty hitters against him. Being a long reliever might be a great role for him because of that. He's not going to have any success as a starter until he figures out how to get those lefties out.Quote:
Originally Posted by chibears55
They might have him on a limited pitch count for the rest of the year though, maybe around 50. He only threw 40 tonight.
Having Alzolay pitch after Steele's starts is brilliant. Steele is a lefty so the opposing lineups will usually have more righties than if he came in after ie: Thompson and Alzolay destroys righties, gets killed vs LHH.
I can't see Steele or Thompson ever consistently doing much in the rotation. Their stuff just isn't that good. Average velocity when in the rotation, average breaking balls. Just average overall. #4 or 5 guys at best, 4.50 ERA's written all over them. Better than Trevor Williams at least.
But since we need starters badly they can compete with Mills (and possibly Alzolay) for the #4 and 5 slots next year. Would prefer Alzolay in the pen as a long man to start the year at least. I think ideal is Mills and one of Steele/Keegan in the rotation and the other in the pen.
Hopefully we acquire 2 TORPS in the offseason.
Piece of cake...Quote:
Originally Posted by Stratos
LOL. Well we do have the money and the prospects and there's lots of good starters available this winter luckily. There's 6 FA guys who would be considered a #1 or #2 by my count, plus Syndergaard and Kluber as wildcards.Quote:
Originally Posted by WOwolfOL
Just busting your balls. It's doable. The problem is there are a lot of teams with money and space now. And many of them are smack in their contention windows. We'll see.Quote:
Originally Posted by Stratos
Yeah it might be just what Stratos mentioned with them trying to limit his workload for the remainder of the season.Quote:
Originally Posted by chibears55
But im hoping Ross or someone else realized that coming out of the bullpen can play to Alzolays strengths.
I still think Adbert has a solid future in the rotation but for the reminder of the year, I am fine with him being used out of the bullpen.Quote:
Originally Posted by CP_414
Frank Schwindel is the most German-sounding name of all-time.Quote:
Originally Posted by chicagofan08
No, it’s definitely Schweinsteiger.Quote:
Originally Posted by Stratos
https://twitter.com/mlbtraderumors/s...471446541?s=19
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The romine bros better not be on the team next year
Get used to Frank Schwindel being the 1st basemen next season
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Both are vaccinated, have no symptoms, and feel fine [emoji2369]Quote:
Originally Posted by chicagofan08
Maybe they should stop testing those that are vaccinated
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That sounds like a great way to increase the COVID spread.Quote:
Originally Posted by chibears55
The odds of the Cubs spending 15 mil or whatever to bring back Rizzo over Schwindel next year is like 0.1%.Quote:
Originally Posted by chibears55
I'd like to see maybe 100 more ABs from him to see if pitchers can figure out any weaknesses of his to exploit, but all the evidence seems to suggest he's very likely the real deal. Not .345 AVG/1.000+ OPS the real deal, but clearly he can hit.
Yeah, the testing doesn't really hurt anybody. Considering a bunch of players and staff aren't vaxxed they should keep doing it. Maybe they should make the players and staff and who aren't vaxxed pay for the testing.Quote:
Originally Posted by CP_414
Come on, get that triple, Hermosillo!
I know you are kidding, but the responsibility to provide a safe workspace is on the owners. They need to pay for the testing. They can negotiate with the union to make vaccines mandatory, but based on comments from a lot of players I think the union would agree to a salary cap before they’d agree to that.Quote:
Originally Posted by Stratos
It was good to see the Cubs are mandating that all non-player employees get vaxxed by 10/4.
Great job by Wicke. Too bad he was on IL for almost all the season. But the back end of the BP wasn't the problem the first 2/3 of the season although July was "the cruelest month" for it.
Hopefully we'll start losing again when we play good teams. Looks like best case we get the 6th pick
Agree that 6th pick looks like best we can hope for. Just noticed Cubs are hottest NL Central team and tied with Dodgers for NLbest over last 10 games at 7-3. Not sure what that might mean for next year but might just give our "rookies" a sense they can compete with the NL. I kno w that I did not expect them to be playing this well. But then the recent competition hasn't been the greatest.Quote:
Originally Posted by WhyCantWeWin
Yep, Ortega is a real Cub. That's at least twice he's gotten a base hit and then gotten picked off to kill a rally.
Schwindel with a 450 ft bomb
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Schwindel man... he is on fire
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Since Aug.1st this new offense has scored 4+ runs in 17 of 31 games(including today), and their record in those games is 7-10..
The previous 31 games they scored 4+ 15 times with a record of 9-6
What does this tell you, Absolutely Nothing [emoji1787][emoji28]
I was just curious to see how productive this group was since the deadline and then decided to look and see how they did in the same amount of games before...
Pretty funny how close they are
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Lol these guys don't quit
What a 9th..lol
The best group of bench players ever assembled as starters [emoji28][emoji1787]
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Cubs Kids win again! They just can't seem to get the hang of tanking-- or maybe they just want to win too badly to tank well. No, they aren't the Dodgers, nor have they been playing the Dodgers the last two weeks. But they seem to have a fire in their bellies the older Cubs had been lacking. 2022 may be more interesting than I and some of you all had anticipated.
Were you really expecting a bunch of guys getting their first legitimate shot to play in the majors to throw it away so the organization can get a better draft spot?Quote:
Originally Posted by Stevemil505
Schwindel has definitely earned the 1B job. Rizzo demanding a huge contract was a blessing, otherwise we'd be stuck with his declining production