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Re: Today's Game 2018
By: craig Date: February 24, 2018, 10:50 pm
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I listened to last half. Got to here Mills, Maples, Underwood,
and De la Cruz all pitch. Mills and De la Cruz were both guys I
was really interested in entering last year; then they missed so
much that I kinda forgot about them. Glad both were healthy
enough to come out pitching.
Radio notes: Maples hit 97, good stuff, but was wild and walked
a guy.
Mills, who's obviously not a fast stuff guy and depends on
location, walked first guy on 4 pitches, missing badly on all
before settling. Last year coming in, he was a guy with a shot
to emerge as their #6 starter, and that never got close to being
true. But perhaps he'll settle in and be available for that
role, an alternative to Tsen, this year?
Underwood was 93-94, whiffed first guy on 3 pitches and finished
his 1-2-3 inning in about 6 pitches, all strikes.
De la Cruz had an easy inning, they said he was 93 and looked
really good, although after getting ahead on one guy 0-2 he
nibbled off the edge and walked im. They said he worked really,
really fast.
It would be super cool if De la Cruz stayed healthy all year,
and had a big breakout year. The Callis and BA scouting reports
suggest he projects as a fairly decent-control strike-thrower,
and has good stuff. If he stayed healthy and had a breakout
season, would be fun to have Alzolay thriving in AAA and De la
Cruz looking really good in AA during the second half.
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Re: Today's Game 2018
By: CUBluejays Date: February 24, 2018, 11:13 pm
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Thanks Craig.
I still have hope that Underwood could at least be a relief guy.
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Re: Today's Game 2018
By: davep Date: February 25, 2018, 9:23 am
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Both of those plays by Baez were plays that not in one hundred
second basemen could accomplish, except perhaps in a
one-in-a-lifetime feat. The amazing thing about Baez is that he
does it on a fairly regular basis.
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Re: Today's Game 2018
By: Jes Beard Date: February 25, 2018, 10:31 am
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[quote author=davep link=topic=505.msg337019#msg337019
date=1519572191]
Both of those plays by Baez were plays that not in one hundred
second basemen could accomplish, except perhaps in a
one-in-a-lifetime feat. The amazing thing about Baez is that he
does it on a fairly regular basis.
[/quote]
Were both of those in the same game? Giving two outs to a
pitcher in one game and preventing two baserunners is huge.
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Re: Today's Game 2018
By: JeffH Date: February 25, 2018, 10:53 am
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Same game.
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Re: Today's Game 2018
By: Jes Beard Date: February 25, 2018, 11:34 am
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[quote author=JeffH link=topic=505.msg337022#msg337022
date=1519577602]
Same game.
[/quote]
If Baez ever reaches the kind of offensive potential many hope
for him (.290/.350/.500 -- regular OPS of .850-.900), the guy
should be a HOF lock. His glove is absolutely amazing. It
would be nice to see the Cubs lock him in long-term soon.
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Re: Today's Game 2018
By: Robb Date: February 25, 2018, 2:13 pm
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Is the game on TV today. The schedule says Cub's.com but I can't
find it.
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Re: Today's Game 2018
By: davep Date: February 25, 2018, 2:17 pm
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The weight loss is really paying off for Schwarber. He already
leads the team in stolen bases.
As I just wrote that, he just stole stole third base, for his
second stolen base of the inning.
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Re: Today's Game 2018
By: Playtwo Date: February 25, 2018, 3:08 pm
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Maybe a precursor of him leading off vs. RHP?
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Re: Today's Game 2018
By: CUBluejays Date: February 25, 2018, 3:23 pm
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I thought they were just running on Posey, but he was actually
pretty good last year throwing out runners.
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