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Re: Today’s Game 2023
By: guest405 Date: March 4, 2023, 5:47 pm
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Cubs game today lasted 2:14.
I cant imagine anybody complaining about that.
I watched last nights game and didnt notice anything but
positives.
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Re: Today’s Game 2023
By: Ron Date: March 4, 2023, 8:32 pm
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Someone asked about why Brandon Hughes had not yet had an
appearance this spring. This article discusses the Cubs'
approach for Hughes and Keegan Thompson this spring.
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Re: Today’s Game 2023
By: Tuffy Date: March 5, 2023, 12:41 am
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[quote author=DUSTY link=topic=616.msg468685#msg468685
date=1677973657]
Cubs game today lasted 2:14.
I cant imagine anybody complaining about that.
I watched last nights game and didnt notice anything but
positives.
[/quote]
The improvements we're getting from speeding up the time between
pitches are so great that it's only further evidence that we
don't need the zombie runner anymore (not that we ever did).
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Re: Today’s Game 2023
By: craig Date: March 5, 2023, 1:28 am
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Cubs with another shutout win, 2-0. Correa's 9th-inning stuff
looked, excellent, but his fastball was way off. His
change/breaker was actually more strikes-oriented.
Leeper pitched the 8th, gave up a hit and some contact, and got
behind in several counts. Didn't look as fast or electric as
Correa, although his fastball seemed to have good carry. Seemed
his misses were by an inch or two, not by a foot or three. Had
a little pitch that sunk just a little, threw a couple that
looked pretty good and I thought could be called strikes, but
were called balls. Looked like it could be a useful pitch,
though.
Sutcliffe made some reference to Cody Heuer, I wasn't entirely
clear but it was coaches watching film, in which context he
alluded to Codi Heuer throwing 96 with great command. I'm kinda
assuming he was referring to 2023, and that Heuer is doing some
mound work and side-sessions, and is looking sharp?
Would be fun if he comes back strong and effective.
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Re: Today’s Game 2023
By: Reb Date: March 5, 2023, 2:32 am
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[quote author=Tuffy link=topic=616.msg468696#msg468696
date=1677998500]
The improvements we're getting from speeding up the time between
pitches are so great that it's only further evidence that we
don't need the zombie runner anymore (not that we ever did).
[/quote]
Again, the inherited runner is not primarily about time of game
but about taxing bullpens with many innings of extra inning
play, using up all or the bulk of a club’s bullpen. It is
undeniable that it is achieving the desired result.
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Re: Today’s Game 2023
By: craig Date: March 6, 2023, 10:46 am
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Watched Jensen's inning from yesterday. Wasn't watching the gun
carefully, but had at least a couple of 98's and 97. Do the
metrics like his fastball? It was fast, but seemed kinda
hittable just from amateur one-inning TV view. There's been
lots of talk about how he's been constantly changing and
shortening his delivery; I don't know what that necessarily
means, because there are a lot of pre-throw aspects involved,
too. So maybe the actual firing part is shortened but the load
isn't? But it looked like overall he's got a super long, slow
delivery. Huge leg-kick and weight-back delivery, after first
batter singled he stole 2nd easily, all Jensen not the catcher's
fault at all. Looked like a pretty out-of-balance delivery,
maybe overthrowing or whatever? Jensen walked three guys, and
walked in the tie-breaking run. Some of the balls were close,
but a lot of them weren't close. Bounced one pitch well in
front of the plate.
It was one inning, and I'm sure he's nervous in his second
outing after doing poorly in his first. Hopefully he'll settle
in and by April-May-June he'll be locked in and good. But for
yesterday, his was the wildest and most out-of-control-looking
inning I've watched this spring. Some guys have inconsistent
command of breaking pitches, but can still kinda get their
fastball over. Jensen didn't have that, for that inning his
fastball seemed kinda random.
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Re: Today’s Game 2023
By: Reb Date: March 6, 2023, 12:35 pm
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Meghan Montemurro
@M_Montemurro
Scheduled to pitch today for Cubs at Mariners: Wesneski,
Borucki, Boxberger, Brown, Duffey and Wick.
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Re: Today’s Game 2023
By: Deeg Date: March 6, 2023, 8:15 pm
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Two observations from the highlights…. Brown is nasty. His
command and third pitch(es) may hold him back, but his stuff
overall really pops.
Also, Alcantara is pretty fast.
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Re: Today’s Game 2023
By: Playtwo Date: March 7, 2023, 2:20 pm
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Looks like Sampson is a big Wesneski fan.
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Re: Today’s Game 2023
By: craig Date: March 7, 2023, 3:04 pm
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[quote author=Deeg link=topic=616.msg468807#msg468807
date=1678155333]
Two observations from the highlights…. Brown is nasty. His
command and third pitch(es) may hold him back, but his stuff
overall really pops.
...[/quote]
He has such a nice, comfortable-looking delivery. Seems
well-balanced and like it shouldn't be super high-maintenance.
But yeah, the question of command will dictate. *IF* he has
good command, he can be really good, his stuff is good enough.
Not sure his stuff is extraordinary enough to get by without the
command, though? Locating 95-96 is nice when it's placed well,
but in a world where every RHP throws 95, I'm not sure that sets
him apart.
Will be interesting to see how well he can locate his fastball;
and how much he'll trust it within the strike zone. I'm
thinking that he'll do really well when he gets two strikes on
people. His curve and his high riding fastball can get him a
lot of K's. But getting to K-counts requires getting a couple
of strikes first. Can he locate and trust his fastball enough
to throw it in the zone?
Fun prospect to watch, that's for sure.
I feel like "command ... may hold him back, but his stuff
overall really pops" might be true for a lot of guys in our
system. It's fun. Hopefully he pitch lab can get some
strike-throwing going.
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