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We are THEM!

Much more likely they’d bring in a stud righty to face Vaughn in a key situation to neutralize him.

That is a little different attitude than Murphy is trying to sabotage their chances to win.

That was nice. I don’t think Ray is going to last long and they’ll bring in a righty who would neutralize Vaughn. We’d rather have him as an option later against the Padres bullpen.

Thought the whole point was to win the game not just play the best players?

No you won’t. I don’t always agree with what he does, but he obviously has the pulse of this team and has lead us to their best stretch in team history. If you can’t see he isn’t sabotaging the team now, winning a World Series won’t stop you later.

To me, the playoffs make it more likely to take the risk with starting both of your catchers on the small chance one would get hurt.

They started Sanchez at DH and Contreras at catcher 22 times this year (only 3 after 9/1), so I doubt they wouldn’t do it in the playoffs. I’m guessing they don’t believe Ray will be in the game long and want flexibility later.

I wonder how many games we woulda won if we actually had a good manager?

Heaven forbid we put a little trust in our brain trust that has lead us to, checks notes, the best record in baseball this year and the last three years instead conspiratorial complaints about them trying to sabotage our chances to win the World Series.

What were the speculated trade packages for Burnes vs what we got? Speculative and actual are obviously very different things and it’s possible that Skubal could exceed what Burnes got or what is being rumored if a team goes crazy as Brock mentioned.

I think that is a big reason is we’re still only 100 games into the new system. Yes there was some variation of ABS in the minors recently, but not all players were exposed so there is a learning curve. The Brewers also tried to implement a system earlier this year to tell the players when they could challenge a pitch in the at bat (making more sense analytically for the situation) and MLB said no.

Aren’t some of those obvious ones what replay assist is for? I thought the same thing.

That is exactly my point. They have had a solid O and terrible D against one of the easiest schedules… now you have possibly the toughest remaining schedule. It just feels like the Bears are setting one of their usual traps and you’re all falling for it again…

Gotta say I’m impressed. Figured as a Bears fan you woulda learned by now, but good for you… suppose it is better to be unrealistically optimistic than the opposite. What two W’s do you see on the schedule for a team that has given up the 6th most points against one of the easiest schedules so far?