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Niwrad
Jul 1, 2008

Watching Eloy win an MVP is going to hurt

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Niwrad
Jul 1, 2008

Anyone but Javy

Niwrad
Jul 1, 2008

Quintana sucks. Any chance we see Alzolay this week with all the games?

Niwrad
Jul 1, 2008

Play Almora every day

Niwrad
Jul 1, 2008

This Garrett scrub trying to show up Javy

Niwrad
Jul 1, 2008

The Cubs have to be the worst hitting team in history when it reaches extra innings

Niwrad
Jul 1, 2008

Candelario has an .856 OPS

Niwrad
Jul 1, 2008

Cool that Justin Wilson is still on the major league roster

Niwrad
Jul 1, 2008

He sucks. They should either come up with a fake injury where he can work on poo poo or DFA him.

I don't get why this team sticks with certain lovely players that Joe will never use in the playoffs anyway.

Niwrad
Jul 1, 2008

Wait till Eloy is jacking homers and we're still hoping Quintana can get his ERA under 5.

Niwrad
Jul 1, 2008

Also very good of Maddon to micromanage guys like Duensing and Cishek forcing him to throw Wilson out there in extras

Niwrad
Jul 1, 2008

Sydin posted:

Eh, to be honest I'm not too annoyed by that. There was never going to be any room for Candy to get significant time with the Cubs given his primary and secondary positions are occupied by Bryant and Rizzo, but his bat had been MLB ready for like a year and a half before he finally got traded so I'm glad he's getting regular time and performing. It's more that at the time he was our top prospect and we probably could have gotten more for him than a catcher rental and an incredibly lovely reliever.

You could move Bryant to RF and play Candelario at 3B. He's also a much better player than Caratini.

Niwrad
Jul 1, 2008

Sydin posted:

Yeah and he doesn't catch, so comparing him to Caratini is kinda moot. You need two catchers.

e. Also you can't have Bryant play RF regularly unless you don't play Heyward's contract, and that isn't happening. Could move Heyward's contract to CF I guess but then you can't play Almora often and gently caress that.

Heyward doesn't need 500+ plate appearances. Candelario didn't need to start, just be a guy who could backup at 1B and 3B, pinch-hitting, and getting a start a couple days a week. Having good backups is better than having a lovely reliever who doesn't belong in the majors.

Niwrad
Jul 1, 2008

Popete posted:

At some point Justin "loving" Wilson was going to be used today, it's a double header. So you can't really blame Joe for waiting until extra innings.

Why not let Duensing pitch 2 innings? Or let Cishek throw the next inning? Feels like micromanaging those good relievers put the Cubs in a position where they had to throw trash out in a meaningful moment.

Niwrad
Jul 1, 2008

Beef

Niwrad
Jul 1, 2008

That's a bad loss for the Marlins

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Niwrad
Jul 1, 2008

How do the Cardinals keep getting these elite arms?

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