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« Reply #1695 on: May 31, 2021, 09:58:53 pm »
Question:  re: WAR.  Is Rizzo's WAR impacted by Bryant or by Ortega.  Bryant is replacing his position, but the real guy replacing the player is Ortega.

WAR is calculated against a replacement level player which is the equivalent of a AAAA player.

Robb

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« Reply #1696 on: May 31, 2021, 10:09:55 pm »
Well, Iassogna was having a good day behind the plate, but he blew it with a bad strike 3 call on Wisdom, who is having the game of his life...
That was a bad call, but the only I remember.  I thought he called one of the best games behind the plate I've seen. If all umps called em like that there would be no call for robo umps.

CurtOne

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« Reply #1697 on: May 31, 2021, 10:27:39 pm »
I’d struggle to name a better Cubs pen...
  I was going to suggest Sutter and 5 other guys, but...

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« Reply #1698 on: May 31, 2021, 10:42:21 pm »
The bullpen has been amazing. What happen when Rowan Wick returns?

A trade.  I think that they will trade a couple of relievers if there is a demand for them near the trade deadline.  I also wouldn't be surprised if they traded Kimbrel and moved Tepera or even Nance into the closer role

Reb

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« Reply #1699 on: May 31, 2021, 11:26:15 pm »
Seems like Cubs aren’t talking about a Wick return much lately.

Would be nice to see some news soon and maybe that will happen and he’ll start a rehab at Iowa tomorrow.

But, there was some optimism in mid-March about a stepped-up throwing program for Wick—-and then nothing.

Wick went down in mid-September and 8 1/2 months later, zilch since mid-March as to any news.

Seems overly optimistic to infer he’ll be such a factor that Cubs will be trading away good relievers because Wick is around.

In any case, bullpen has been great but the worst time to judge what’s coming in a baseball season is when any given segment of a club is going fantastic or horrific. Things can change awfully fast.

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« Reply #1700 on: May 31, 2021, 11:43:11 pm »
He's listed in one place as coming off the IL on June 3.  Another place says he may go on rehab on that date, but they have pushed the date back so often...

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« Reply #1701 on: June 01, 2021, 03:30:18 am »
He's listed in one place as coming off the IL on June 3.  Another place says he may go on rehab on that date, but they have pushed the date back so often...

Wick is eligible to come off IL early June because he went on IL on April 1 and a few weeks later was placed on the 60-day.

That means nothing other than he’s eligible.

If anybody has a reputable source, with a link, about what’s going on with Wick lately (not mid-March), it would be helpful.

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« Reply #1702 on: June 01, 2021, 08:46:06 am »
Wick is eligible to come off IL early June because he went on IL on April 1 and a few weeks later was placed on the 60-day.

That means nothing other than he’s eligible.

If anybody has a reputable source, with a link, about what’s going on with Wick lately (not mid-March), it would be helpful.
Gosh, I thought that's what I said.   ???

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« Reply #1703 on: June 01, 2021, 09:31:18 am »
Cubs have released Shelby Miller.

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« Reply #1704 on: June 01, 2021, 10:19:50 am »
For those who watched, how did stewart look? 

Reb

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« Reply #1705 on: June 01, 2021, 02:34:34 pm »
Gosh, I thought that's what I said.   ???

Actually, the more interesting part of what you said is that somebody said Wick “may go on rehab” on June 3...but might get pushed back.

What’s the source of may go on rehab on June 3? Absent the source, hard to know what to make of it.

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« Reply #1706 on: June 01, 2021, 03:24:00 pm »
Oh, okay, Wick is on my CBS fantasy league team, so I get regular updates.  I'm simply relaying what those updates report.  Do I trust them?  CBS has been crappy this year being right.  I expect June 3 will soon become June 30.

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« Reply #1707 on: June 01, 2021, 03:29:07 pm »

davep

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« Reply #1708 on: June 01, 2021, 04:43:06 pm »
I don't think they will trade from the bull pen because Wick comes back.  I think they will trade from the bullpen because they should be able to get some pretty good prospects without pulling the trigger on giving up on the season.

At least that is what I hope they do.  As you say, hot groups, especially bullpens, can turn around in a hurry.  In a season where the prevailing opinion is that the Cubs are not a top tier club, trade them while they are hot.

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« Reply #1709 on: June 01, 2021, 07:27:06 pm »
Hendricks after 2 -  14 pitches, 1 ball.  Goose eggs all over.