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Re: Today’s Game - 2026
By: craig Date: February 21, 2026, 5:13 pm
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Watched a couple of pieces of today's game. Luke Little looked
good to me. Last year I thought his velocity was down, but
seemed to be back to relaxed 95-96 again, easy groundout stuff.
Neely looked kinda really good, K'd his side, got a bunch of
swing-and-miss. But his fastball velo was only 94-95, I thought
he had more 97-98 his Leiter- trade year. Obviously one ex
game, so may settle in and be faster later. But he may need to
step that up eventually. Palencia touched 100, looked pretty
good.
Rojas and Ramirez look pretty stocky amd muscular, they don't
look too scrawny to be big-league hitters.
I saw Rojas make a bad throw to Triantos, I watched one or two
innings yesterday and he made a poor throw then, too, where Long
needed to make a good scoop. Didn't see it, but announcers
suggested he made yet another bad throw today, into the
baserunner lane resulting in Long getting injured.
Announcers seem to think Long injury will be minor.
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Re: Today’s Game - 2026
By: Dave23 Date: February 21, 2026, 6:45 pm
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I’d like to see Neely bounce back and be strong this season…
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Re: Today’s Game - 2026
By: Deeg Date: February 21, 2026, 7:07 pm
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[quote author=craig link=topic=670.msg524433#msg524433
date=1771715629]
Watched a couple of pieces of today's game. Luke Little looked
good to me. Last year I thought his velocity was down, but
seemed to be back to relaxed 95-96 again, easy groundout stuff.
Neely looked kinda really good, K'd his side, got a bunch of
swing-and-miss. But his fastball velo was only 94-95, I thought
he had more 97-98 his Leiter- trade year. Obviously one ex
game, so may settle in and be faster later. But he may need to
step that up eventually. Palencia touched 100, looked pretty
good.
Rojas and Ramirez look pretty stocky amd muscular, they don't
look too scrawny to be big-league hitters.
I saw Rojas make a bad throw to Triantos, I watched one or two
innings yesterday and he made a poor throw then, too, where Long
needed to make a good scoop. Didn't see it, but announcers
suggested he made yet another bad throw today, into the
baserunner lane resulting in Long getting injured.
Announcers seem to think Long injury will be minor.
[/quote]
Neely averaged 96.1 in his cup of coffee with the Cubs in '24
but was down around 94 at Iowa last season.
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Re: Today’s Game - 2026
By: craig Date: February 21, 2026, 7:56 pm
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[quote author=Deeg link=topic=670.msg524437#msg524437
date=1771722461]
Neely averaged 96.1 in his cup of coffee with the Cubs in '24
but was down around 94 at Iowa last season.
[/quote]
Thanks, averaging 96.1 obviously means there were some
above-average 97-98 on occasion. Would like to see him get back
up to that range (or better). Average for a RH reliever was
like 95.6 last year.
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Re: Today’s Game - 2026
By: davep Date: February 22, 2026, 8:55 am
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Suzuki had two blatantly bad plays in the past three years, but
he has been a decent fielder overall. he won't win any gold
gloves, but he isn't a liability out there.
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Re: Today’s Game - 2026
By: craig Date: February 22, 2026, 2:35 pm
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Triple play in Cubs 1st inning. Shaw walks, steals second.
Bregman walks. Seiya bloops a hit into RF, Shaw apparently
couldn't read it, so stopped at 3rd. But Bregman read it more
easily and he was running hard for 3rd, so Bregman runs two guys
in to 3B. The 2B who ran out to get the bloop hit turns around
and throws home. Seiya keeps runnings, goes to 2B, and gets
thrown out there. Meanwhile, Bregman keeps going to 3rd, so
with two runners both on 3rd, they throw it over, tag Bregman,
he's out, I guess. But Shaw doesn't know what's going, on, not
sure if he through there was time out. So after Bregman gets
tagged for out two, Shaw walks off the base so they go and tag
him for out three.
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Re: Today’s Game - 2026
By: craig Date: February 22, 2026, 3:21 pm
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Watched the biochemist's inning today. I think he got to face 3
straight lefties. Whiffed a couple of them, got a handful of
swing-and-miss. Fastball was usually 95, although there were a
couple of 94's and a 93 mixed in. Hard to tell for amateur me
watching on laptop, but fastball looked like it might have some
carry? Has a big curveball.
Looks pretty good, like he might easily be an effective
big-league lefty, *IF* his control can be adequately consistent
and situational.
Of course, might be a different story facing righty hitters.
Who knows what his attack would be against them.
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Surprisingly, he did come back for a 2nd inning. Gave up a
couple of singles and a walk. Was flashing 96 fastballs against
Rafael Devers, but Devers fouled them off, and was eventually
able to hit a grounder and score a run.
But yeah, I think the Biochemist might have a chance, if/when
opportunity knocks.
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Re: Today’s Game - 2026
By: Deeg Date: February 22, 2026, 6:10 pm
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[quote author=craig link=topic=670.msg524449#msg524449
date=1771792511]
Triple play in Cubs 1st inning. Shaw walks, steals second.
Bregman walks. Seiya bloops a hit into RF, Shaw apparently
couldn't read it, so stopped at 3rd. But Bregman read it more
easily and he was running hard for 3rd, so Bregman runs two guys
in to 3B. The 2B who ran out to get the bloop hit turns around
and throws home. Seiya keeps runnings, goes to 2B, and gets
thrown out there. Meanwhile, Bregman keeps going to 3rd, so
with two runners both on 3rd, they throw it over, tag Bregman,
he's out, I guess. But Shaw doesn't know what's going, on, not
sure if he through there was time out. So after Bregman gets
tagged for out two, Shaw walks off the base so they go and tag
him for out three.
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Two bonehead moves by Shaw on one play, impressive. Get them out
of the way in Arizona I suppose.
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Re: Today’s Game - 2026
By: CurtOne Date: February 22, 2026, 7:18 pm
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Who is our new third base coach?
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Re: Today’s Game - 2026
By: davep Date: February 22, 2026, 7:19 pm
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[quote author=Deeg link=topic=670.msg524453#msg524453
date=1771805445]
Two bonehead moves by Shaw on one play, impressive. Get them out
of the way in Arizona I suppose.
[/quote]
Not scoring on that play was NOT a bonehead play. He was
running to third with his back to the ball, and it was up to the
coach to send him or hold him. I have watched the play several
times, and there is no indication that the coach was trying to
send him.
Stepping off the base was indeed a foolish move.
By the way, can anyone else think of a play where a batter
singled into a triple play?
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