Yea I said recently in the transactions forum I'd take Peralta back, but I changed my mind.
The Cubs can trade for him for all I care at this point. He's a shell of his old self.
the 2-0 chase by turang was impactful at the time and frustrating, but it's hard to blame him much for it.
It was a good breaking ball that started in the strike zone and for a split second i'm sure looked like a juicy fastball to Turang.
Hitting MLB pitching is tough, especially a stud like Perez. I don't blame Turang for that.
Luckily didn't matter in the end!
Joe Ryan would be nice, but Skubal is the guy I want more than anyone.
He's the better pitcher, and he's left-handed, which matters if/when you play the Cubs/Dodgers in the playoffs and face Crow-Armstrong, Busch, Ohtani, Freeman, Muncy
it obviously wasn't intentional, it was an 0-2 count against a left-handed batter at that.
it's like the broadcasters were defending o'hearn being upset about it.