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Re: Cubs in '18
« Reply #3270 on: July 26, 2018, 08:36:54 pm »
I believe the buyout is included in the $14 million he is owed this year and the rumor is the Cubs are on the hook for $4 million total.
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« Reply #3271 on: July 26, 2018, 08:47:59 pm »
Unless the Cubs decide to give up on and release Duensing (or DL somebody), Rosario is going to bite the dust with the Hamels acquisition.
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« Reply #3272 on: July 26, 2018, 08:51:54 pm »
Quote from: JeffH on July 26, 2018, 08:47:59 pm
Unless the Cubs decide to give up on and release Duensing (or DL somebody), Rosario is going to bite the dust with the Hamels acquisition.

Eddie Butler? 
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« Reply #3273 on: July 26, 2018, 08:53:47 pm »
I think the default transaction would be to option the guy with options remaining and keep everybody in the organization.
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« Reply #3274 on: July 26, 2018, 09:21:37 pm »
Getting Rosario off the roster is probably a good thing. He's a time bomb.
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« Reply #3275 on: July 26, 2018, 10:08:44 pm »
Hamels 2018 stats away from home: 55.1 IP, 46 H, 22 BB, 61 SO, Opp BA .222, Opp OPS .697, 2.93 ERA, 1.229 WHIP.

I like this acquisition very much.
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« Reply #3276 on: July 26, 2018, 10:14:52 pm »
Quote from: brjones on July 26, 2018, 09:21:37 pm
Getting Rosario off the roster is probably a good thing. He's a time bomb.
First get rid of the ones who have stopped ticking and have gone off.
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« Reply #3277 on: July 26, 2018, 10:21:56 pm »
Lacy and a PTBNL.

Longenhagen tweeted Lacy’s velocity. 88-90 T 92.
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« Reply #3278 on: July 26, 2018, 10:22:16 pm »
Let's hope Hamels finds some of his old form. I'm hesitant to get on the home/road split bandwagon; that was supposed to work for Chatwood after leaving Coors as well.
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« Reply #3279 on: July 26, 2018, 10:28:00 pm »
Hamels getting rid of HR is something that could actually happen. Chatwood’s road splits were driven almost all by BABIP being really low.

Best case is he is a 3.5-4.25 ERA guy. Worst case is he is still better than Chatwood.
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« Reply #3280 on: July 26, 2018, 10:51:09 pm »
Craig and I have often pointed out that some players are given great opportunities and fail to take advantage while other players make an impact.  Chatwood is one of these, Bote the other.
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« Reply #3281 on: July 26, 2018, 11:04:47 pm »
Ah, found it...

Joe Maddon’s stages of a ball player :
baseballbytheyard.com
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« Reply #3282 on: July 26, 2018, 11:21:32 pm »
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« Reply #3283 on: July 26, 2018, 11:59:17 pm »
Hamels ERA >10 over last five starts. 

Gotta be overdue for a run of excellent ones, yes? 

Will be interesting to see what Maddon does with the staff.  All of us fans assume it will mean Chatwood goes to relief, and I assume that's true.  But, sometimes Maddon has other ideas?  May want to give Montgomery some skips, and maybe Hendricks and lester too.  So it wouldn't totally shock me to see them kind of mix-and-match for a while, and see Chatwood get some more starts. 

I'll also be curious to see how Chatwood does in relief.  He is what he is, so hard to imagine a change in role giving him any more clue where his fastball might go.  But I might rather have him trying to pick up some innings rather than Butler or Farrell. 
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« Reply #3284 on: July 27, 2018, 12:02:31 am »
At least for now assuming Chatwood goes to the pen, four of the five starting pitchers for the Cubs are LHP.
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