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Two-out RBI make baby Jesus smile.
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Beckdawg will be along shortly to let you know about Baez' defense.[emoji14]
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A couple of things, Baez has always been a slow starter. He did it every year in the minor. Also, he was 0 for 5. OK. He is still hitting .273. When he gets zoned in, thats when he will start walking. He will never be a huge walk guy. His hard contact though can counter act that some because he should have a higher BABIP than an average player. He also profiles to a 30 homerun plus guy that can swipe 20 plus bags and excellent D. Also, he is a great base runner. Baez brings a ton to the table. Soler only brings a bat and he hasn't been killing it at this point. I think the Cubs value Baez much more than Soler. They like versatile players and Soler D has not been the near the expectations they had for it. He takes some horrendous routes.
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He does have some moments where he channels his inner Canseco.
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I think Rizzo seeing the ball better and is out of his funk now
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What are odds Cubs don't see Simon in the next Reds series
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I wanted to see Russell and Baez play middle infield today....you act like I wanted to play Maddon out there. Lighten up, ace.
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He has always been a streaky hitter. He has gotten better on not going into long funks. Also, his walk rate makes him a tough out at all times.
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Poor guy.
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Looks like Simon's taking one for the team. Might see a position player on the mound before this one's over.
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Lighten up? I even put an emoticon at the end of my post so you would know it wasn't a big thing.
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Turned on the Cubs game an hour late. Only missed 8 runs
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Exactly, there's a reason that winning 90 games is a good year and 100 games is a great year.
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Arrieta and Hammel need to have an Abe Lincoln lookalike contest.
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And he exits the 3rd with 70 pitches and 8 runs.... Don't think the Cubs liked being on the other side of a trouncing yesterday. :nope:
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Just saw that LaStella has 3 ABs already and the Reds are just getting their 7th batter to the plate
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How awesome is it that you can rest 2 starters, one being a hot leadoff hitter and you still come out and score 8 runs through 3 innings
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Absolutely. The Cubs have so much flexibility, and Joe is a genius at taking advantage of it, imo. Now a couple guys will get 2 days to rest up for Mil and Atl. All while it looks like we're gonna take 3 of 4 from Cincy.