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JeffH

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« Reply #60 on: March 06, 2021, 05:31:42 pm »
Take a look when you have a chance.  It was one of the first pitches he threw.  Maybe even the very first.
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« Reply #61 on: March 06, 2021, 06:50:59 pm »
It was an unusual experience listening to out of town broadcasters who actually did their homework on the opposing team's players, even the more obscure prospects.  They actually talked about Cubs guys, and commented on those that they thought looked pretty good, such as Gamez.

Spoiler alert.

The last 10 outs made by the Brewers were all strike outs.
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« Reply #62 on: March 06, 2021, 06:57:12 pm »
Cubs bout to come on MLB Network.
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« Reply #63 on: March 06, 2021, 09:17:57 pm »
Quote from: davep on March 06, 2021, 06:50:59 pm
It was an unusual experience listening to out of town broadcasters who actually did their homework on the opposing team's players, even the more obscure prospects.  They actually talked about Cubs guys, and commented on those that they thought looked pretty good, such as Gamez.

Yeah, Brian Anderson and Bill Schroeder are outstanding. Maybe the best local guys around, outside of Kuiper and Krukow in SF.
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« Reply #64 on: March 06, 2021, 09:38:27 pm »
MLB blacking out a delayed broadcast of a game is so on brand.
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« Reply #65 on: March 07, 2021, 10:18:27 am »
It’s Jake Arrieta Day for the Cubs. Penciled in to pitch behind him this afternoon: Jason Adam, Adbert Alzolay, Andrew Chafin, Manny Rodriguez, Robert Stock, Jerry Vasto, Brandon Workman. - Jordan Bastian

First appearances for Rodriguez and Stock.
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« Reply #66 on: March 07, 2021, 10:28:49 am »
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« Reply #67 on: March 07, 2021, 06:49:53 pm »
So what's the word on Jake from State Farm today?  Anecdotal reports say 88-91 on the two-seamer?
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« Reply #68 on: March 07, 2021, 07:05:12 pm »
Per Statcast, Arrieta averaged 91.9 mph with his sinker, and he had two swinging strikes (both via his slider) among the dozen swings he enticed. - Jordan Bastian
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« Reply #69 on: March 07, 2021, 07:20:38 pm »
That might be playable.
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« Reply #70 on: March 08, 2021, 10:02:27 am »
Zach Davies starting today for Cubs, with Joe Biagini, Rex Brothers, Trevor Megill and Kohl Stewart penciled in to pitch behind him against the Rangers. - Jordan Bastian
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« Reply #71 on: March 08, 2021, 10:36:24 am »
Quote from: JeffH on March 06, 2021, 02:22:51 pm
I know they're looking for some degree of certainty and trying to minimize risk, but I think I'd rather run Shelby Miller out there than Trevor Williams.

Jeff or anybody else, any info on whether Miller has any opt-out clauses from his minor-league contract?  Hendry routinely included those with former major-league pitchers, where they could opt out after 6 or 8 weeks if not in majors yet.  I assume Miller might have something like that.... or maybe not? 
-Not sure; since 2015 he's been negative-WAR every season other than a sliver in his 4-appearance 2017.  So maybe he was in zero position to leverage an opt-out clause? 
-Or perhaps he's self-confident and well appreciates how vulnerable the Cubs rotation is.  So maybe he didn't figure he needed any get-free clause, and is all about him getting right and good, and is confident that *IF* he becomes so, that opportunity will naturally follow? 

It's kind of a shame with the alternate site and no games again.  Having Miller able to sequence a half-dozen effective box-score starts with Iowa would be nice.  At least for us fans; maybe teams think they can assess success or failure just fine down there, I'm not sure.  But I'd think real games, with real adrenalin would be way nicer.  And against a real variety of hitters, rather just a small group of guys whose weaknesses a pitcher quickly comes to recognize and take advantage of. 
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« Reply #72 on: March 08, 2021, 11:05:40 am »
Quote from: craig on March 08, 2021, 10:36:24 am
Jeff or anybody else, any info on whether Miller has any opt-out clauses from his minor-league contract? 

I have not.  I think he has enough service time that he could simply elect to become a free agent if he were outrighted to the minors.
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« Reply #73 on: March 08, 2021, 11:18:34 am »
If they opt to prioritize keeping the maximum amount of pitching talent in the organization, they could set up the staff like this:

Alzolay, Adbert
Arrieta, Jake
Davies, Zach
Hendricks, Kyle
Williams, Trevor
Chafin, Andrew
Kimbrel, Craig
Maples, Dillon
Mills, Alec
Tepera, Ryan
Winkler, Dan
Workman, Brandon
Miller, Shelby
Last spot (Adam, Jason; Holder, Jonathan; Ryan, Kyle; Stewart, Kohl; Wieck, Brad)

That keeps Maples and Miller in the organization.  All of the listed candidates for the last spot have options remaining, so that could be your Iowa shuttle.

Neither Ryan nor Wieck have pitched in a game yet.  Seems like they may start off with only one lefty in the bullpen.
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« Reply #74 on: March 08, 2021, 03:02:02 pm »
Quote from: JeffH on March 08, 2021, 11:18:34 am
...Miller, Shelby
Last spot (Adam, Jason; Holder, Jonathan; Ryan, Kyle; Stewart, Kohl; Wieck, Brad)

That keeps Maples and Miller in the organization.  All of the listed candidates for the last spot have options remaining, so that could be your Iowa shuttle....

Jeff, Miller is on a minor-league contract.  So keeping him in the organization does not necessitate keeping him on the roster.  I'd kinda put him in with the other "last spot" guys. 

I don't really know his story.  First round pick, had a good rookie year with Cardinals, OK sophomore year, good junior year with Braves.  Not sure whether in the injuries he's lost a lot of stuff or velocity, or just confidence and mechanics, I don't know. 

*IF* he is fully healthy and has the same stuff capacity that he had when he was starting 30 games a year, and *if* his psyche hasn't been shattered subsequently, then I think I'd actually much prefer him to go down to South Bend.  If he's got mechanical adjustments to optimize in order to become capable, the controlled South Bend could help him lock lock in mechanically.  But then getting a handful of AAA starts to confirm that it works, and to get locked in confidence-wise, could also help him. 

Getting irregular long-man work is probably not good for mechanical lock-in.  And then getting a bad outing or two might re-fracture any confidence recovery.  The flip might also be true, of course.  Stacking success as a reliever might be great for confidence, and relievers who get outs can pretty quickly climb from 14th-man to a regular-usage guy in the pen. 
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