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crunch 21 minutes 22 seconds ago (view)

no days off til may 9th.  moves may happen if the pen gets too worked tomorrow.

Cubster 35 minutes 37 seconds ago (view)

On top of all that…Wicks scratched for Sunday due to “forearm soreness.” Bullpen day again starting with Mervis or Wisdom (or Wesn).

crunch 3 hours 1 minute ago (view)

"Morel told reporters after the game that he felt alright, just a little banged up — specifically noting his right hip and both elbows. He did say that he was optimistic about his ability to play on Sunday, though manager Craig Counsell may have other plans."

crunch 4 hours 14 minutes ago (view)

rsox putting pablo reyes up to pitch...an infielder...cranking 70+mph stuff.

...and of course he gets out of it with no runs scored...that kind of day for the cubs.

crunch 4 hours 22 minutes ago (view)

...and wisdom replaces mervis on the mound to try to get the last out.

busch is at 3rd, but i wouldn't read too much into that.

wisdom's thrown a couple in the 80s (one of them 88mph), but both missed the strike zone badly.

crunch 4 hours 28 minutes ago (view)

matt mervis is no david ross on the mound.

cubs run differential getting destroyed.

crunch 4 hours 32 minutes ago (view)

matt mervis pitching...wisdom replaces morel at 3rd.

he's featuring some high-50s thunder on the fastball.

through 15 pitches, he's straight up throwing BP...all mid-high 50s lobs.  no way he's going to jose canseco himself out of a job.

on pitch 21 he railed a 75mph fastball missing high on a 0-1 count.  ha.

crunch 4 hours 42 minutes ago (view)

he's hugging canario in the dugout cuz morel will shrivel up and die if he doesn't hug at least a dozen people a day.

crunch 4 hours 43 minutes ago (view)

and morel is injured...nice.

morel trying to play LF from 3rd...runs into canario while leaping and comes down ribs/arm-first.

hopefully he sticks around to finish this terrible game, or at least is going to avoid the IL.

TarzanJoeWallis 4 hours 51 minutes ago (view)

Amen to that last point!

crunch 5 hours 14 minutes ago (view)

jeez...

0.2ip 3h 1bb 1k, 2 HBP, 1 WP...5 r/er

crunch 5 hours 21 minutes ago (view)

uhh...8m manager...do 8m worth of managing.

crunch 5 hours 30 minutes ago (view)

umm counsell...think little might not have it today...you know...maybe...

crunch 7 hours 5 minutes ago (view)

it's a "for cash considerations" trade.

cooper is a 1st/DH only type, but that's practically a freebie for BOS.  i was expecting some AAA fodder gamble on the same level rather than cash.  he showed up decent in spring + his limited time with the cubs.

given BOS's extreme need for a 1st, this is a steal for them.

Cubster 6 hours 37 minutes ago (view)

Red Sox get G Cooper, I doubt if the Cubs get anything in terms of personnel.

videographer 8 hours 26 minutes ago (view)

An excellent Earl Weaver chain smoking reference.  

Dolorous Jon Lester 11 hours 8 minutes ago (view)

I think it’s a bit of a chicken or egg scenario. Did they make these trades because they saw what was coming and weren’t impressed and knew to keep up with the demand for constant winning thru had to acquire impact players? Or did those additions cause a failure of resource allocation elsewhere.

In addition, the whole they traded to acquire a star, that’s precisely what organizations should do if they feel they’re a piece away. Keep developing talent, but sometimes you need to supplement that talent. It’s what the best run organizations do. Atlanta does it. Houston in their prime run did it. Nationals during their prime run did it. Of course dodgers did it. Boston and Philadelphia too. Hell, the Cubs did it when they won. There’s no team that has had sustained success that has solely relied on their own internal development. It just doesn’t happen. I wouldn’t fault St Louis for that. What I suspect happened is in that 2020 season, in an effort to save money, they cut budget from developing and scouting. Or maybe the wrong guys got poached by other orgs. Regardless, blaming the acquisition of two of the best players of their generation for peanuts, seems off base to me.

I do agree that we’ve more or less come to the same conclusion, but our paths to that conclusion contain almost no crossover. I think we can also agree that seeing the cardinals struggle brings a warmth to our hearts.

CubbyBlue 13 hours 42 minutes ago (view)

(LAUGH EMOJI)

Arizona Phil 22 hours 55 minutes ago (view)

azbobbop: Yes. 

Mike Wellman 23 hours 7 minutes ago (view)

I’ve got Tim’s The Last Out too, along with some other prints of his work.