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Nice hustle Chunky Monkey. Horrible swing, but nice hustle.
 

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Somebody buy Willson a new Try Not to Suck shirt.
 

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PickSix said:
Somebody buy Willson a new Try Not to Suck shirt.
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I'd rather that he ride the bench and Epstein found a defensive catcher. Willson has brought little to the plate and to the field for quite some time. He can't hit anymore, can't frame pitches and can't call a good game.
 
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TL1961 said:
I love his arm. But anyone who thinks he has an 8.8 WAR defensively knows nothing about framing, so I suggest whoever publishes that website knows zip about framing and its effect on the game.

Our pitching has dropped off dramatically with Contreras taking over full time.
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Though pitch framing a defensive skill, not sure if the stat guys can accurately use it when determining defensive stats..

I will always question how one can determine if a catcher is actually trying to frame a pitch or not...
Just because they get a strike called on a close pitch dont always mean they framed it, plus a good frame don't always get called a strike...



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TL1961 said:
I love his arm. But anyone who thinks he has an 8.8 WAR defensively knows nothing about framing, so I suggest whoever publishes that website knows zip about framing and its effect on the game.
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https://www.fangraphs.com/blogs/pitch-framing-data-is-going-insane/

Fair to say they know more than the both of us. Also fair to say that pitch framing is not taken into effect in their catcher defensive scores. Even if it were, Contreras would still be one of the better catchers due to his well-rounded skillset.

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Our pitching has dropped off dramatically with Contreras taking over full time.
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Correlation does not equal causation.
 
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bamainatlanta said:
I'd rather that he ride the bench and Epstein found a defensive catcher. Willson has brought little to the plate and to the field for quite some time. He can't hit anymore, can't frame pitches and can't call a good game.
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I get the offensive struggle, but without looking im sure there aren't many catchers ahead of him offensively..

Puzzled on how you can say he not a good defensive catcher..
He gets pitchers out of alot of innings/jams with his arm..

Cant call a good game ???????
Not sure how you determine that



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Im sorry, i know most you all love Schwarber as i do..

But i wont be overly disappointed if they trade him


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Wow...
Could they really go 5 straight games of scoring just 1 run via a solo shot?

Very lucky to have won 2 of them

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chibears55 said:
I get the offensive struggle, but without looking im sure there aren't many catchers ahead of him offensively..

Puzzled on how you can say he not a good defensive catcher..
He gets pitchers out of alot of innings/jams with his arm..

Cant call a good game ???????
Not sure how you determine that



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Perfect time for him to prove me wrong
 
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Cubs lead could drop to 2 for Division
3 for WC spot after tonight...



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Ha! They did it again! It's genuinely amusing at this point.
 
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Maybe Murphy can hit 2 solo shots tomorrow...

How pathetic...

Finally getting some good pitching and now they cant hit...

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As the lore of the Chicago Cubs continues....just when you think that they couldn't possibly pull off any more ridiculous stunts in the game of baseball.

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Is Murph gonna be able to play tomorrow? We need something to happen with this horrid ass offense. My god.
 
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