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Chris27

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Re: On The Farm
« Reply #45 on: August 06, 2015, 11:41:38 pm »
Almora turns the wrong way, then makes a tremendous catch:

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CUBluejays

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Re: On The Farm
« Reply #46 on: August 06, 2015, 11:45:48 pm »
It's 35% since his return and that's using PA's.

He was off for 6 weeks, his timing is going to be off.

Chris27

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Re: On The Farm
« Reply #47 on: August 07, 2015, 12:03:32 am »
I'm simply pointing it out. Don't get defensive.

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Re: On The Farm
« Reply #48 on: August 07, 2015, 12:17:07 am »
I'm not getting defensive. I would like him to K less. He's coming off an extended time off and it is a small sample size. It isn't worth getting concerned about for now. If he's still a K machine at the end of August it will be more concerning.

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Re: On The Farm
« Reply #49 on: August 07, 2015, 12:37:52 am »
Hasnt he been a "K Machine" for a few years now?

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Jes Beard

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Re: On The Farm
« Reply #51 on: August 07, 2015, 05:47:36 am »
He was off for 6 weeks, his timing is going to be off.

While that is perfectly true, aren't you one of those to urge that the Cubs should have already brought him up to the majors?
A lot of people want Castro gone or benched for Baez, myself included.

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Re: On The Farm
« Reply #52 on: August 07, 2015, 09:27:41 am »
There is nothing in the full quote that implies I want it done this very instant in the partial quote you pulled. 

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Re: On The Farm
« Reply #53 on: August 07, 2015, 07:34:10 pm »
There is nothing in the full quote that implies I want it done this very instant in the partial quote you pulled. 

Right.... nothing other that the fact that you said you, at the time of your post, wanted Castro gone.  Not "gone sometime in the future," not "to be gone," but "gone."  Using the present tense of the verb, "want," you said on the 4th that you "want Castro gone or benched for Baez."

In other words there is nothing in what you wrote that implies you want it to happen NOW... other than the fact that it is the plain meaning of the words.

Yeah, nothing other than that.

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Re: On The Farm
« Reply #54 on: August 07, 2015, 08:30:01 pm »
Sorry I forgot to add the qualifier when Baez was ready.  You could back through my posting history and see I posted the same thing about Baez and his timing issues on Aug 3, or a day before I was calling for is recall in your mind.

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Re: On The Farm
« Reply #55 on: August 07, 2015, 08:40:20 pm »
Eight hits (so far) in Almora's last three ganes in his quest to become Cubs future #9 hitter/CFer.

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Re: On The Farm
« Reply #56 on: August 07, 2015, 09:10:16 pm »
Almora's bat coming around would make things so much easier for roster construction. 

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Re: On The Farm
« Reply #57 on: August 07, 2015, 09:28:53 pm »
Almora's offensive profile right now is pretty much Starlin Castro with fewer K's. Gonna take more than a couple good games to turn that around.


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Re: On The Farm
« Reply #59 on: August 07, 2015, 09:44:06 pm »
Almora: 3-4, 2B, BB

Contreras: 3-5, 2B, K,   18-30 in August

McKinney: 2-4, 2B, 2 RBI, BB, 2 K,   GWing hit in 9th

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