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Dave23

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Re: Cubs in ‘23
« Reply #1665 on: February 01, 2023, 05:12:16 pm »
Yes…Estrada…
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Re: Cubs in ‘23
« Reply #1666 on: February 02, 2023, 12:30:46 am »
I thought this was a very good interview with Jed Hoyer, including self-reflection about what he learned from the years after the 2016 season.
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-show-a-ny-post-baseball-podcast-with-joel/id1623601003

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Re: Cubs in ‘23
« Reply #1667 on: February 02, 2023, 01:05:52 am »
I thought this was a very good interview with Jed Hoyer, including self-reflection about what he learned from the years after the 2016 season.
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-show-a-ny-post-baseball-podcast-with-joel/id1623601003

I was kind of puzzled by Hoyer’s comments that maybe Cubs should have been more active right after 2016 season.

Cubs made the major trade for Quintana in July 2017. The mistake wasn’t inaction but rather failing to scout Quintana more accurately as Quintana got off to a disappointing start in 2017 with Sox——and Cubs evidently thought that was an anomaly. It wasn’t.

Seems like with 20-20 hindsight, that’s pretty clear.

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Re: Cubs in ‘23
« Reply #1668 on: February 02, 2023, 07:53:55 am »
Baseball season's getting awful close.

We still need a closer.

It may be that some players will feel the clock ticking, too?  Fulmer or Chafin and Moore, maybe the longer it goes, the more they want to know where they're going, and are willing to compromise on what they've been demanding but nobody in the league has been offering? 

(Or, as Jeff has mentioned, maybe Chafin has got an informal determination already, and is just waiting for camp to open and for Ethan Roberts to be placed on the 60-day IR.).


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Re: Cubs in ‘23
« Reply #1669 on: February 02, 2023, 11:49:10 am »
Chafin seemed to want to be a Cub.

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Re: Cubs in ‘23
« Reply #1670 on: February 02, 2023, 01:37:36 pm »
Mark Leiter, Jr. is back with the Cubs on a minor league deal.
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Re: Cubs in ‘23
« Reply #1671 on: February 02, 2023, 02:45:40 pm »
Cubs are going to have an interesting time deciding who to keep on the MLB pitching staff out of spring training.  With the exception of a clear cut closer, it looks like a rather crowed field.  Guys with options left, such as Wesneski, who would have probably been a lock at this point in prior years, will probably be starting the year in Iowa.

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Re: Cubs in ‘23
« Reply #1672 on: February 03, 2023, 02:29:24 pm »
https://www.mlb.com/news/cubs-react-to-new-shift-rules?partnerId=zh-20230203-820465-mlb-1-A&qid=1026&utm_id=zh-20230203-820465-mlb-1-A&bt_ee=bjtloNEvmYLteLScjHeJ14I44IlHSeHXIL2lwug3dibkgGIPYYQ8ENgLz9k09Gxg&bt_ts=1675431241608

"MLB.com analyst Mike Petriello has examined how the shift could help and hurt some batters .-- Mike sent over some numbers on how the shift rules could impact the Cubs.
-His calculations gave Happ an extra seven hits from the left side. Last year,
-Bellinger gains four hits, while
-Hosmer gains three hits."

Shift talk much-ado-about-not-very-much?  If Petriello's calculations are accurate, 3-7 extra singles for lefties, that's a pretty modest impact.  Using 500AB as a round number, adding 3-4 singles is adding 6-8 points to batting average and OBP.  Not sure a 6-point jump in OBP really changes the game much.   


*IF* a guy like Happ adds 7 extra singles, 7 singles could bump his average/OBP by 14 points, bump his slugging by 14 points, and bump his OPS by 28 points.  So 28 OPS points would help.  At .781OPS last year and .798 career, add an extra 28 points bumps him over .800.  So that might be kinda fun. 


Not to pick on poor Hosmer, but he is quoted with "There's no worse feeling than hitting the ball hard up the middle and seeing the shortstop standing right there."  Um, Eric, the shift rule won't change THAT scenario at all!

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Re: Cubs in ‘23
« Reply #1673 on: February 03, 2023, 02:47:29 pm »
Not to pick on poor Hosmer, but he is quoted with "There's no worse feeling than hitting the ball hard up the middle and seeing the shortstop standing right there."  Um, Eric, the shift rule won't change THAT scenario at all!
That would require Hosmer to actually hit the ball hard on a consistent basis.


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Re: Cubs in ‘23
« Reply #1675 on: February 04, 2023, 11:53:24 am »
But Dusty's a racist dumbass.

Please line up and apologize one by one.

Ill accept it humbly.
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Re: Cubs in ‘23
« Reply #1676 on: February 04, 2023, 12:43:14 pm »
I don't think you're a racist.
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Re: Cubs in ‘23
« Reply #1677 on: February 06, 2023, 03:32:30 pm »

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Re: Cubs in ‘23
« Reply #1678 on: February 06, 2023, 04:27:02 pm »
I believe that 60-day IL becomes available on 2/15 when pitchers and catchers report.

As there is typically a lag of several days from reports that Player X “to sign with” a club and the later “official” club-announced signing, we’re getting close to a date when another FA might reportedly come to an agreement with Cubs without Cubs having to DFA a current 40-man player. So, that’s a good thing.
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Re: Cubs in ‘23
« Reply #1679 on: February 07, 2023, 10:48:37 am »
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Northwestern will host Iowa at Wrigley Field in Chicago on Nov. 4, the school announced.


Game 7 of the World Series would be on November 4 this year, so I guess the Cubs are assuming they won't be hosting a game on that day (or even earlier in the week--I'm assuming it takes at least a few days to set up a football field at Wrigley).
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