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  1. tmwiese55
    My guess would be Hall would get that role tonight, coming in for 2-3 innings after May. Guy has been nails
  2. tmwiese55
    I'm generally fine with May going in this with SD being more of a RH hitting lineup. I also think they're plan is probably one time through the order with him, unless he's just cruising easily. At which point they'll still yank as soon as there is trouble. I'd guess if this was Philly/LA with all the lefties it would be Gasser
  3. tmwiese55
    My prediction when he went there is that he would not make it through the whole contract. I don't recall exactly what I looked up at the time, but no Cubs manager had made it more than 5 years since like the 70s or something similarly rare. I grant I've been generally wrong in that it has gone better than I expected, with them winning a lot and being good teams even though we've beaten them. But as you said, next year looks like a very good chance for a somewhat big dip, likely into the 80s for wins and possibly not making the playoffs in a loaded NL. If that were to happen, yea that might be it for him and I still end up correct
  4. tmwiese55
    Yea Cubs are in a tough spot next year. Both OF corners are FA. C is FA. Will need basically a whole new rotation and bullpen. Good luck. Sure, they have money but they've also rarely ever used the full potential of their spending there, so I don't see them all of a sudden doubling payroll to fix all these holes. And to the corner OFs. This is why often going for that NEEDLE MOVER!! comes back to bite you. they'd likely have both corner OF spots covered for league min by the guys traded to Hou and MIA. Not to say that either would be stars, who knows as they're young, but you'd have at least competent starters for league min for 7 years freeing up money for other stuff. And it turns out those two big needle movers that their good owner who wants to win (ours doesn't) actually didn't move the needle at all.
  5. tmwiese55
    I actually like Schwarber and Harper so that was cool. IMO, I think Phil has a better shot vs LA as well so have been going for them. But of course, who knows really .
  6. tmwiese55
    A factor was probably that he only threw like 8 pitches in the 7th. I'm sure in spite of being a mostly 1 inning guy, he's often thrown 20ish pitches, which is what getting the 8th would've been. Don't forget he get the first 2 outs in the 8th, and it was only extended due to an infield bad luck single. It was a matter of inches from being 6 up 6 down, while likely throwing so few pitches that he could've pitched today. and it would've left the bottom of the order for their next best guy. If he doesn't pitch him, and one of their bad guys blew the lead the same folks would be saying "why did you lose this game while you left your best arm sitting in the pen"
  7. tmwiese55
    I actually liked the strategy and it made a lot of sense. Have your best guy in for their top of the order. And yet it still didn't work out. 5 straight outs. then an infield hit, a barely hbp, boom HR
  8. tmwiese55
    Thanks for this heads up. Was able to get 4 in second deck down the line that I wouldn't have without seeing this thread.
  9. tmwiese55
    Yea it was pretty clear Braun held a lot of weight as the leader on the clubhouse at the end. After the initial media circus died down on and he was the 'vet leader' type guy at the end it was nothing to the players. It really had no affect and what matters was their personal interaction and relationships. And from the outside it seemed Braun did everything positive/correct in that regard with teammates and young players coming in.
  10. tmwiese55
    also, he could 'retire' but its done in a buyout type fashion where he still gets the money. Basically a mutually agreed upon way to depart. He obviously just has to show up or wait to be 'cut' and he gets it all. And obviously no way he walks from it. But they can talk and agree its best to just let him have the money but to free up the roster spot. With their relationship, maybe the buyout could negotiate to spread the money out over extra years while he serves some kind of ambassador type role. Which could help free up money right away to help win. My guess is that he'll still play next year though and hope for a rebound back to roughly his 2025 level. But if next year goes like '26, then that buyout/retire thing comes into play for the '28. Funny, about two weeks ago this idea popped in my head. Maybe an announcer called him captain or something. But I had recently looked up if he was named captain, how common that was in baseball, etc just a week or two prior to this going down
  11. tmwiese55
    Its clear the talent level is better than the last few years. The D is perfectly fine. Not the best non SEC/OSU D in the country it was before, but its perfectly solid/good. Offense is still a work in progress. And in general if they could clean up the attention to detail, organizational, discipline stuff they could be perfectly ok. Which is all we're asking this year, just don't suck. I don't think they've fumbled a kick since ND which is big progress. Gotta clean up the turnovers, penalties, bad snaps etc next. As small of a thing as it is, the QB having to worry about the snap every play starts him a half second behind where he should be and it distracts his mind from what it should actually be on. That was big progress to pull that out, beat MSU and you're at 4-1. Hopefully they don't give all that progress back by laying an egg this week. As much as I don't think Fickell is good, steps are going in the right direction like was needed this year. Generally speaking, it would be best if he could get them back to the OK/fine/good level in the next few years and then work on some kind of transition out or take some other job. Much better than a mass firing overhaul situation. My connections inside the program say its still a complete unprofessional, disorganized chaotic mess behind the scenes though.
  12. tmwiese55
    All year I've wanted cubs out of our bracket and generally thought they were the 3rd best team in the NL. I'll still hate to play them since losing would be so painful. But at this point, they're fairly clearly the worst team in the NL wildcars and their pen has showed no signs of rebounding. If you took out the rivalry and them filling the stadium stuff, there's no way we should rather face SD/Phi than them.
  13. tmwiese55
    the quotes didn't come off overly whiny to me or anything, just kind of stating the reality that they have to wing the pitching. But yea he's looking to complain instead of seeing the pig pic. His team is in the playoffs, assuming the plan works that this lets them get these in and his team gets Sunday off. His team now just got a big big advantage in much more important games in the next round. Or, in the middle ground scenario that starting these games Friday but some stuff happens with delays/cancels that eventually leads to the 3rd game done Sunday instead of Monday, then it helped them out immensely. Or by having the DH Fri instead of possibly Sunday helps them too
  14. tmwiese55
    Not sure of a better spot to post it. But with how good Hall is looked and with so many rotation questions after Miz/Henderson for next year, I wouldn't mind seeing Hall given one last chance to get stretched out and start next year. I also feel more comfortable with him than Ashby in the lefty opener role this playoffs. He also did get up to 36 pitches last night, so could easily see him go 3-4 innings in a bullpen game if he's cruising
  15. tmwiese55
    Jeez, I was fairly optimistic on May when they got him but quite the dud here as he can't be trusted in the playoffs. Good stuff, get to our coaching staff and our infield D for sinker pitcher you think it would've been a good combo. I guess you still might have to use him after a lefty opener or something to try and get 2ish innings out of him. but really need a good outing from him next time out
  16. tmwiese55
    Another good May start tomorrow would be really encouraging for the 3rd starter spot. Combo him in someway with Ashby/Hall to cover 3 times through and get to the backend. Vs teams like Phi/Chi/LA the lefty opener really does make a lot of sense, as much as I hate to say it. Then May in afterwards
  17. tmwiese55
    Probably a fair thing to add is with Chourio missing a month it could/should be factored in that he's going start probably 30 or so fewer games than Happ
  18. tmwiese55
    I'd guess that one of Frelick or Mitchell is in a Durbin to Boston style trade this offseason. I think I've said year or so back to keep Mitchell for '26 and hope he can stay healthy to trade him after the season (rather than to have dumped him in the past for nothing). Though I know he's the better play for '27, I think I stick to the plan and try to cash him out before he gets hurt, since his salary will go up a lot and he's not controlled much longer. But I could see either route on which one gets moved.
  19. tmwiese55
    I've been a season ticket holder for 15ish years before last year being my first year without. Tickets in the same section and ballpark row were going for 10$ after fees on Saturday. If I kept my tickets it would average to roughly $120/ticket per game. I was fine paying extra when the team was good and even when they fell to just ok the last PC years since it helped the team. But once it got this extreme of a crap product and that you can go to every game for less than $30 then what is the point, the gap is just too wide. Even OSU last year was basically a giveaway
  20. tmwiese55
    Yea I'm confident Sproat is back next year, unless a trade for a star type comes up. Like at the deadline if he'd have been in the Skubal deal. I don't think they're gonna 'dump' him. Otherwise, with his clear arm talent and years of control. I think they give it another try and will have the whole offseason to help him (if they're allowed in the lockout). They essentially fixed Miz's control issues in one offseason. But my idiot on the internet eye test it seems his mechanics/delivery are less repeatable than Miz so it won't be as easy with him. But he only need to improve it a bit to be a contributing ML pitcher
  21. tmwiese55
    Bauers must still be nursing those injuries quite a bit to be out vs a lefty.
  22. tmwiese55
    I'd argue it helped them greatly. First, they didn't have to do the dumb WC round that they've lost in several times. Second, they got up 2-0 in the next round and ultimately won the round. Getting the 1 seed last year was the biggest thing that helped them get past some post season demons last year.
  23. tmwiese55
    Bet on MKE then. I actually do think their chances are better than what the odds will be set at, so I'd generally agree with your notion. But to the original ;point, they're a dog vs LA no matter who gets the extra game. So I don't value it a ton since no matter what I'm hoping LA gets beat before us, and if not I realize we need a lot of breaks to go our way. But yea, Freeman's power is down, Betts isn't what he was, Teoscar has been bad this year, Tucker has been bad, Ohtani is a tick below his normal hitting, etc. They aren't the unbeatable machine they could be, but come playoffs we all know they'll kick it in, and somehow Kiki will play at a HOF level for 3 weeks. But most importantly, even without Ohtani pitching their starting pitching is head and shoulders above everyone else, barring injury. One thing that could go a long way is one of the starters going down and not being able pitch playoffs.
  24. tmwiese55
    For 1 game with Miz on mound sure. I meant the whole series though. They'd still be clear dogs (assuming normal health from LAD). Maybe my word 'huge' is a bit off in baseball due to even the biggest still being like 35% to win a series. but they'd be clear dogs probably in the 57/43 range for the series For example: with the assumption we'll be 1 and them 2 right now, LA is +100 vs MKE +325 to win the NL
  25. tmwiese55
    I've been thinking the 2 is the best spot for a while. Sure you lose HF vs LAD if you play them, but you're a massive dog vs them no matter where it is. Your real hope is that someone beats LA before us anyway (them dropping to the 3 would be great) and if that happens you still have HF vs everyone else. But its not like they should tank to chase the 2. Things could still work themselves out with the Cubs dropping to 6 or maybe Phil catching ATL. Side note, is today the Cubs inevitably catch us in the standings according to real truth tellers?
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