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Re: Cubs in ‘23
DIR By: Reb
Date: November 14, 2022, 11:31 am
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Assuming that Hendricks appears to be healthy thru spring
training, guessing he’ll get 10-12 starts in the season to show
what he can do before any big changes to his status, with the
caveat that he’s not uncompetitive out there.
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Re: Cubs in ‘23
DIR By: CUBluejays
Date: November 14, 2022, 11:54 am
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Eno Sarris has a command+ stat, but I can't find the database
for it. Hendricks velocity dropped in 2017 and his peripherals
started to go down then. My guess is his command propably
worsened last year and that is when things really went side
wise. His margin of error is just very small. Sharma talked
about his delive being off which can affect command and
velocity.
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> The last reports I have heard were that Hendricks has not yet
begun pitching, so perhaps the work he is doing is more along
the lines of building up his core than his arm strength.
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He's not expected to start throwing until Dec.
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Re: Cubs in ‘23
DIR By: craig
Date: November 14, 2022, 12:39 pm
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--- Quote from: Reb link ---
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> Assuming that Hendricks appears to be healthy thru spring
training, guessing he’ll get 10-12 starts in the season to show
what he can do before any big changes to his status, with the
caveat that he’s not uncompetitive out there.
>
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Yes.
Hopefully this will be a dumb hypothetical, and 12 starts in
he'll be sitting at 3.2 ERA and they're winning lots of his
starts and they're up 5 games on St. Louis.
But I can also envision that he's 12 starts in with a 5.0 ERA,
with the team having lost 8 of those 12 starts. (Cubs offense
in April Wrigley doesn't usually start fast....). If you end
the season 2 games behind the Cardinals, you might wish you had
those 12 starts back. Maybe 2-4 extra wins in April and May
would have won you the division?
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Re: Cubs in ‘23
DIR By: JeffH
Date: November 14, 2022, 1:40 pm
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Re: Cubs in ‘23
DIR By: davep
Date: November 14, 2022, 3:23 pm
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If the Cubs add one new starter to the roster, either through
free agency or trade, and if they have no unforseen injuries,
they will have the following probable rotation to begin the
season;
New person (Senga? Rodon? Other?
Stroman
Steele
Wesneski
Hendricks
If Hendricks should falter, he can be replaced by any of several
already on the roster;
Alzolay
Thompson
Sampson
Assad
I don't think that Hendricks is essential to the Cubs success in
the upcoming year, although if he is really good he will help,
and if he is really bad he will hurt a little.
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Re: Cubs in ‘23
DIR By: JeffH
Date: November 14, 2022, 3:27 pm
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Expect them to add two new starters. If Hendricks is healthy,
Wesneski will be in the bullpen or at Iowa.
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Re: Cubs in ‘23
DIR By: Playtwo
Date: November 14, 2022, 4:03 pm
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Smyly?
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Re: Cubs in ‘23
DIR By: Deeg
Date: November 14, 2022, 4:29 pm
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> Smyly?
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He opted out. Could come back on some sort of 2-year deal but
you certainly can’t assume it.
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Re: Cubs in ‘23
DIR By: craig
Date: November 14, 2022, 5:02 pm
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Agree. Hoyer wants two. Smyly being the probable second guy,
but no guarantee obviously. Might even take another shot at
Miley, if Smyly chooses elsewhere.
Almost no chance that Hoyer is planning a rotation assuming BOTH
Hendricks and Wesneski in it.
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Re: Cubs in ‘23
DIR By: craig
Date: November 14, 2022, 5:55 pm
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--- Quote from: JeffH link ---
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> Expect them to add two new starters. If Hendricks is healthy,
Wesneski will be in the bullpen or at Iowa.
>
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I've mentioned this before, but I think the prospect of having a
decent rotation, while still having Keegan, Wesneski, and
Alzolay all pitching in relief, is pretty intriguing. I don't
expect any of Steele, Hendricks, Stroman, or Smily to be
deep-innings starters. But *IF* you hypothetically had three
young good-stuff guys capable of picking up multi-inning relief
tasks, I think that could be really interesting, and perhaps
have a pitching layout that I've never seen.
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