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dogstoothe

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Re: Cubs in '20
« Reply #2910 on: September 07, 2020, 06:17:27 pm »
So why aren’t they batting 8th and 9th?

Dave23

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Re: Cubs in '20
« Reply #2911 on: September 07, 2020, 07:15:53 pm »
Javy went to RF his last AB...hopefully that felt good to him...
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Re: Cubs in '20
« Reply #2912 on: September 07, 2020, 09:04:30 pm »
I wonder what this does to their FA market price?

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« Reply #2913 on: September 08, 2020, 04:54:01 am »
Ian Happ currently leads the majors in OPS ahead of Trout and Tatis Jr.

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« Reply #2914 on: September 08, 2020, 05:00:29 am »
His offense is looking legit, though it must be noted that his metrics in CF are brutal.  Probably need to move him to a corner at some point.

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« Reply #2915 on: September 08, 2020, 05:30:06 am »
Javy Báez’s is hitting

I think I developed a stutter trying to pronounce this.

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« Reply #2916 on: September 08, 2020, 08:01:14 am »
Now what would be the Cubbie move?  Sign Javy and Bryant to huge contracts and trade Happ and Hendricks to replace them and extend Lester and DFA Contreras.  Yeah, that should cover it.

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« Reply #2917 on: September 08, 2020, 08:40:42 am »
Cubs Weekly Podcast had the guys behind the applied weather metrics on. It was interesting to hear the discuss how variable the wind is on Wrigley and just a few degrees difference on how the wind hits the scoreboards when the wind is blowing in can make the difference between it helping or hurting fly balls.

The also talked about humidity and how the studied a minor league team in South Carolina. The minors league teams leave the balls out and change them less frequently than major league teams and it can cause a 50 foot difference in how far the ball travels.

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« Reply #2918 on: September 08, 2020, 04:03:53 pm »
Mark Gonzales  @MDGonzales  4m
Billy Hamilton added to roster, will wear No. 6. Jose Martinez optioned to South Bend.

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Re: Cubs in '20
« Reply #2919 on: September 08, 2020, 07:59:06 pm »
Cubs grab a 2-0 lead as Bote hits a triple over Castellanos' head in right with Schwarber and Contreras on the bases.

The pitch was letter-high and it didn't look like he got great contact, but it just kept carrying.

Dihard

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« Reply #2920 on: September 08, 2020, 09:57:26 pm »
Big win tonight in a non-Darvish/Hendricks game. Buried the Reds pretty far behind us and picked up a half game on the Cards, too. How does one calculate a magic number these days?


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Bennett

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Re: Cubs in '20
« Reply #2921 on: September 09, 2020, 12:21:38 am »
In a 162 game schedule, the Cubs would be on pace for 94 wins.

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Re: Cubs in '20
« Reply #2922 on: September 09, 2020, 07:39:16 am »
Big win tonight in a non-Darvish/Hendricks game. Buried the Reds pretty far behind us and picked up a half game on the Cards, too. How does one calculate a magic number these days?


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Bennett

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Re: Cubs in '20
« Reply #2923 on: September 09, 2020, 02:51:29 pm »
Ildemaro Vargas starts at 2B for the Cubs Wednesday night.

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Vargas, 29, was originally signed by the Cardinals as a teenage IFA back in 2008. He worked his way up through their system – without much success – before being released in 2015 and playing in the independent Atlantic League. He picked up with the Diamondbacks soon after that, finally having his first touch of success in Triple-A in 2016: .354/.418/.449 (138 wRC+).

That led to his first cup of coffee with the Diamondbacks in 2017, but he didn’t stay long. Vargas bounced up and down from the Minors over the last three years, until the D-Backs DFA’d him in early August of this year. The Twins picked him up for cash considerations five days after that, but they have since DFA’d him, leading to today.

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Re: Cubs in '20
« Reply #2924 on: September 10, 2020, 01:40:21 pm »
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#Rays are getting Pedro Martinez ... the infielder, from #Cubs as 1 of the PTBNLs in the Jose Martinez trade
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