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Re: Today's Game 2019
By: ben Date: February 25, 2019, 11:27 am
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Mekkes may be one of those big, tall unicorn guys who employs
his height, wingspan, odd delivery and drive off the mound to
make a 90mph FB play like 98 (e.g. Chris Young of Padres a few
years ago).
Some guys just consistently outperform their measurables for a
while though, eventually, MLB hitters tend to catch up.
Mekkes may never gain enough command to really succeed at the
MLB level, but he is VERY interesting, at least partly because
his minor league results have been so consistently eye-popping.
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Re: Today's Game 2019
By: craig Date: February 25, 2019, 12:25 pm
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Yeah, I'm really optimistic that he'll end up becoming an
effective guy. Between Mekkes, Alzolay, maybe Lange, maybe even
one of the big arm wildmen like Norwood or Maples, I'm
optimistic that they can get some effective free service from
some farm guys.
As with all things Cubs bullpen, control seems to be a problem
for Mekkes, and command even less likely. His control isn't AS
bad as Maples or Norwood, though. So we'll see how consistent
he can get.
I also kind of like to see unusual guys succeed, with his size
and delivery/deception. Also like to see Midwest guys succeed
for the Cubs. He's from a small town outside of Grand Rapids
where I went to college. (Urban growth might have now encircled
Jenison by now, beats me.)
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Re: Today's Game 2019
By: craig Date: February 25, 2019, 12:39 pm
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If I like unusual human-interest success-stories, Allen Webster
would be one (**IF** he was able to have the "success"
requisite!). He had a 24K/3BB ratio in Cubs minors last year.
He was a top-100 prospect 3 straight winters in BA, years ago.
Would be fun to have him bounce back and succeed.
I assume it's trickier/harder for that to work out than with
options guys like Mekkes and Alzolay. Even **IF** Webster was
to impress at Iowa, without options you can't yo-yo. Alzolay
you could bring up for a couple of weeks, like what you see, but
then send him back down once an injured guy is back.
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Re: Today's Game 2019
By: Bennett Date: February 25, 2019, 1:02 pm
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The Cubs have split squad games today. The Padres are at Sloan
Park and the other group is at LA.
The game with the Dodgers is available on MLB.tv
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Re: Today's Game 2019
By: Bennett Date: February 26, 2019, 1:07 pm
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I wonder if this style of providing the lineup will replace the
“scoreboard” method that was used last year.
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Re: Today's Game 2019
By: guest61 Date: February 26, 2019, 2:19 pm
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Darvish throws 19 pitches, 10 strikes, in the first inning. Two
quick outs and then 2 walks before a deep fly to center by
Souza. Hit 94-95-96 on radar gun. #Cubs
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Re: Today's Game 2019
By: craig Date: February 26, 2019, 4:10 pm
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Darvish walks two more in the second and gets pulled with one
out. So walked four of the last six batters, 4 of the 8 he
faced. Cubs down 5-4 in the mid-innings.
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Re: Today's Game 2019
By: CUBluejays Date: February 26, 2019, 4:17 pm
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He said he had trouble locating his off speed pitches, but his
arm feels good and the velocity was excellent. I'll take that
for a first outing in almost a year.
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Re: Today's Game 2019
By: wmljohn Date: February 26, 2019, 6:26 pm
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LOL. Apparently when asked why the interpreter is gone he said
it was costing the club too much money. Darvish got jokes.
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Re: Today's Game 2019
By: Ron Date: February 27, 2019, 1:57 am
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Sharma is a no-bullshit guy, so his reading on Darvish is
meaningful, seems to me.
Sahadev Sharma
@sahadevsharma
Darvish done with one out in the 2nd. Walked 4, but allowed no
hits. No strikeouts. He was sitting 94-95 with his fastball,
touched 96. Seemed to use quite a bit of his arsenal. He wasn't
disastrously wild, but clearly wasn't as sharp as he'd like.
That's what the spring is for.
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