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Counsel simply cannot keep running him out there to close games. Use Lopez or Miller at this point. Keep Hodges as he is and gain experience for next season.
I didn’t watch today. I caught the highlights in the postgame and read the recap, but apparently there was quite the oddity today. The Cubs hit 4 homers, had 2 double, and the first single was by Suzuki in extras. That hasn’t happened for the Cubs since 1958.
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Then he struck out the next 3!
Yep. 10 back and if we have any closer, we’d be right there.
Do you want to try and shop him in the offseason? He has a NTC, but someone would want him. He's become quite productive, and the defense is good.
Cincy should be willing to trade a lot for him the way he hits at the Great American Ballpark.
Happ and Suzuki both have rather team-friendly contracts through 2026. I don't know what the organization is going to do, but Canario (if healthy) and Caissie are both going to be ready to be regular Major Leaguers next season, and assuming Bellinger and Tauchman are back next year (along with PCA, of course), there just simply isn't enough room for all of them....
I go back and forth over Bellinger. I think he winds up testing the market again. Ballplayers are cocky for a reason, and despite all the injuries I think he's going to bet on himself again. Suzuki mostly takes ABs at DH if he isn't traded.
I know that these big $ contracts are more about ego than anything else, but I can't imagine a guy having an ok season and showing himself to be injury prone walking away from a contract that guarantees him >$50M over the next two seasons to test the waters.
The Cubs actually have a rather similar issue in the infield. Hoerner's OPS is abysmal, and Parades hasn't hit worth a sh*t despite being handed regular playing time, and isn't exactly Brooks Robinson at 3B. Dansby has been a mess at times, too, but his defense and contract will keep him in the lineup for years. What happens when Shaw and Triantos are too good for AAA?
What’s weird about this is Shaw is playing a lot of SS. It is conceivable that they move Busch off of first if they sign a masher like Alonso, there is flexibility at 2B and 3B. Both Hoerner and Paredes would be easy to move in the offseason.
1-4. 3Ks and a 400 foot homer in a ball a foot out of the strike zone.
With Javy coming back I started to think of some of the other guys who were jettisoned 3 years ago, and I thought of Kris Bryant. I defended him here and elsewhere over charges he hit meaningless homers, and didn't apply himself fully. Well, I don't know anymore. It appears he's shut himself down for 2024 from some of the reporting I've seen. Injuries are a thing, but he's 32 and hasn't played a full season in 3 years. He's hit 17 homers in 160 total games since being signed by the Rockies, and seems quite content out of the spotlight.
He was on a HOF trajectory, and it just seems like a waste of talent.
He was on a HOF trajectory, and it just seems like a waste of talent.
Al Yellon is saying that he is hearing Owen Cassie is likely to get called up in September. Wicks will most likely be the pitcher added, but if the team is out of contention the organization wants Cassie to get a taste of the majors.
No, but it sure makes David Ross to look not-so bad.
Man, at the time that looked like a good signing, now not so much. His vested contract was the determining factor so it makes sense for his release.
