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Re: Today's Game - 2017
By: Chris27 Date: March 22, 2017, 9:41 pm
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Schwarber forgets bunting and hits one over the wall instead.
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Re: Today's Game - 2017
By: Deeg Date: March 23, 2017, 10:11 am
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Ceiling is huge there. Great bat, great baseball IQ, bulldog
mentality.
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Re: Today's Game - 2017
By: Playtwo Date: March 23, 2017, 5:37 pm
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Uehara is getting hammered. I'm starting to worry about the
bullpen.
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Re: Today's Game - 2017
By: Deeg Date: March 23, 2017, 7:18 pm
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[quote author=Playtwo link=topic=474.msg305890#msg305890
date=1490308679]
Uehara is getting hammered. I'm starting to worry about the
bullpen.
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Starting?
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Re: Today's Game - 2017
By: JeffH Date: March 23, 2017, 7:59 pm
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Uehara will be fine as the 5th or 6th RHP out there. Rondon is
the #1 worry point. Beyond him, the big concern is that there
doesn't appear to be much help at the minor league level. Maybe
Zastryzny. Peņa and Rosario seem to be worthless. That could
change during the season.
With any luck, our boy Pierce Johnson could be the salvation.
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Re: Today's Game - 2017
By: Deeg Date: March 23, 2017, 9:08 pm
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That would be well beyond simple luck.
Uehara was supposed to be the magic bullet protecting us from
the lack of lefty options in the pen - because, you know, he's
so tough on them.
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Re: Today's Game - 2017
By: brjones Date: March 23, 2017, 9:42 pm
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Uehara will most likely be fine, Spring Training stats are
meaningless. Right now, Uehara isn't even needed to face the
top lefty hitters because Montgomery is the top lefty reliever.
Rondon is a little bit of a cause for worry because he never
really came back strong from his injury last year. But every
good bullpen in MLB has a top guy or two who has some injury
concerns right now.
Fangraphs still has the Cubs bullpen projected as #4 in MLB at
5.3 WAR, and that's with Montgomery still projected for only 10
relief innings. Project him out to a normal reliever load, and
the Cubs probably jump to at least second (Yankees and Cleveland
are both at 5.4 WAR; Dodgers are first at 5.8). The bullpen is
fine.
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Re: Today's Game - 2017
By: Deeg Date: March 23, 2017, 9:53 pm
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I envy your cavalier lack of concern. I think it's the only
(barring major injury problems) potentially severe vulnerability
on an otherwise very strong team.
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Re: Today's Game - 2017
By: Ray Date: March 23, 2017, 10:16 pm
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It would be nice to have a perfect pen, but, how many pens do
you actually think are better? Not asling you to look it up and
there are a couple for sure, but unless best pen in baseball is
the goal, it seems good enough. Fangraphs says is fourth, which
to me is plenty good. I think there is always going to be
vulnerability for any bullpen and it's just something that goes
with the territory.
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Re: Today's Game - 2017
By: CUBluejays Date: March 24, 2017, 12:22 am
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Most teams would kill to have the talent and depth the Cubs have
in the pen. If Rondon sucks, then the Cubs can slot in Edwards
in the 8th. They might even if Rondon is back to his old self.
Strop is one of the better 7th inning guys. Then your looking at
some combination of Grimm/Uehara/Duensing/Smith/and they odd man
out of Rondon/Edwards/Strop for the sixth. If this is your
major worry, well that is a .001% problem.
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