2023 Game Thread

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Ottavino doing everything in his power to secure a Cubs win

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Ottavino doing everything in his power to secure a Cubs win

Showalter yanked his ass out of the game and brought Phil “Lockdown” Bickford in and he did it. Let’s go

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Marlins are a WC team starting the day on August 10th.

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Marlins win combined with Cubs, Padres, Reds and Diamondbacks all losing is a good night

I know I’m scoreboard watching 3 weeks too early but let me have fun.

[Nick]

It’s not too early for scoreboard watching. Every game is important with this many teams in the race.

[rmc523]

Marlins win combined with Cubs, Padres, Reds and Diamondbacks all losing is a good night

I know I’m scoreboard watching 3 weeks too early but let me have fun.

Like Nick says, it's not early with so many teams close to/in contention. Since we decided to fall on our faces coming out of the 2nd half, unfortunately we have to keep pace as-is.

[lou]

Marlins win combined with Cubs, Padres, Reds and Diamondbacks all losing is a good night

I know I’m scoreboard watching 3 weeks too early but let me have fun.

87 wins. I'll probably join you when they get to 77 wins. It's a bit early for me.


I think I am on Edwards watch. What in the actual fuck is going on with that?

[lou]

Who cares. He’s a mediocre pitcher. Would he have helped us? Yes. If you count on him? Good luck. I hope we face him going down the stretch

He would have been an enormous help to this team - including as an emergency pinch hitter and runner for at least August as you could absolutely throw him out there for spots

[fish16]

He would have been an enormous help to this team - including as an emergency pinch hitter and runner for at least August as you could absolutely throw him out there for spots

he has had a single at bat since 2019. He wasnt a particularly good hitter before he converted.

[lou]

he has had a single at bat since 2019. He wasnt a particularly good hitter before he converted.

We've seen some really skeptical moves, short benches, and slug runners. If you want to focus on the 3 times something like that would happen ROS versus the 50 innings he would throw, you're missing the overall point of what his contributions would be. He would have been a huge upgrade to the staff to trickle down the SP to the bullpen to be 1 time through guys.

Maybe Cueto holds up, Cabrera comes back and is solid, or Rogers comes back last 2-3 weeks, but Lorenzen is really solid. I wouldn't be so dismissive here and be hopeful the Marlins play him down the stretch. I'd love to have him right now and that's ignoring the no hitter.

[fish16]

We've seen some really skeptical moves, short benches, and slug runners. If you want to focus on the 3 times something like that would happen ROS versus the 50 innings he would throw, you're missing the overall point of what his contributions would be. He would have been a huge upgrade to the staff to trickle down the SP to the bullpen to be 1 time through guys.

Maybe Cueto holds up, Cabrera comes back and is solid, or Rogers comes back last 2-3 weeks, but Lorenzen is really solid. I wouldn't be so dismissive here and be hopeful the Marlins play him down the stretch. I'd love to have him right now and that's ignoring the no hitter.

he's got a 4.38 XFIP and a .244 BABIP. He threw a no hitter last night and his XFIP was somehow 5.85 for last nights game

[lou]

he's got a 4.38 XFIP and a .244 BABIP. He threw a no hitter last night and his XFIP was somehow 5.85 for last nights game

I think this team really needs 50 innings of a 4.38 era here on out.

That would have a lot of effects beyond just that production, including preserving the bullpen which did get over worked April - June but they seem to be slipping back into form, and maybe turning Cabrera into a 1 time through guy max effort ROS so you dont worry about the pitch count at all and let him throw bullets. Plus whether one agrees or not, Eury and - Luzardo - are going to have some innings limitations coming up as they are going to hit their upper thresholds in mid-September. And injury depth, etc.

You aren't wrong to have pointed out kicking those innings to Cueto is a bad idea, and yea so far he's done "fine" so it hasn't killed them yet. But we really have to hope that continues. Per Lorenzen, that's not a bet I would take and would have really tried to get a SP like him. He'd be really really really useful.

[fish16]

im glad we got guys with control but man candelario has come out of the gates on fire with the cubs. 16 hits and 4 walks in 9 games. 6 extra base hits.

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im glad we got guys with control but man candelario has come out of the gates on fire with the cubs. 16 hits and 4 walks in 9 games. 6 extra base hits.

Cubs lineup is so deep that Candy bats 7th

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42% to make playoffs on Fangraphs. Basically they have us as the best team that doesn’t clinch a Wild Card