Chicago Cubs fan. Contributor to @Diamond_Digest, Twitter sabermetrician, Nicky Two-Strikes enthusiast and perfecter of the Dunning-Kruger effect. (he/him)
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“I have a copy of Fyodor Dostoevsky’s Crime and Punishment signed by Pittsburgh Pirates pitcher Paul Skenes.”
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Maybe I’m alone but being there and seeing how amped that Brewers crowd was, I thought this was a cute moment. If I were making my postseason debut and got my first clean inning I’d be that goofy and excited too.
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Cubs spent three years putting together their best offense all century only for the Brewers to put together the AA Avengers and roll them for triple digit wins lol.
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“Swing and a drive!… way back!… we!… are!… on!… TOP!”
Boog has some electric home run calls.
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First org in baseball where the best pitch by Stuff+ is from the POBO.
Source: Adam Ottavino has spoken with Rockies owner Dick Monfort about the team's head of baseball operations opening.
Ottavino, a Northeastern alum who turns 40 this month, pitched in the majors as recently as April with the Yankees. He spent 2012-18 with the Rockies.
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Imagine telling someone in April that this is from the World Series with no added context.
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Before Pete Crow-Armstrong was drafted, he said his favorite player was Javier Báez, whom he modeled his game after.
Not hard to see the resemblance. 🥶🥶
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After updating for the MLB draft, the Chicago Cubs now have the third-best farm system in baseball per FanGraphs ($259M valuation).
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Jon Heyman said on @670TheScore that an Imanaga suitor was willing to double the Cubs' contractual guarantee. He chose Chicago.
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Every year the Cubs have at least one game against the Twins that makes you wonder why you spend real minutes of your life watching baseball.
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Astros when talking to their 27-year-old generational SS vs starting pitcher coming off elbow surgery who hasn’t pitched in two years.
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Today was the third time in recorded Statcast history (since 2015) that an MLB player recorded five hard-hit balls in play in the sweet-spot range.
That player: Mike Tauchman.
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Homegrown Chicago Cubs starter
5.0 IP, 4 H, 0 R/ER, 0 BB, 5 K
Homegrown Chicago Cubs reliever
1.2 IP, 0 H, 0 R/ER, 1 BB, 5 K
Homegrown Chicago Cubs hitter
Chicago Cubs
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Foolish Baseball tweeted that he likes Adbert Alzolay and his Savant searches are up 671% what an influence.
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I have not seen Cubs Twitter this collectively fired up and on edge since we went caroling to sign Carlos Correa in 2021.
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If Cijntje makes the bigs, there are going to be some SUPER fun studies about his stuff trade-off (assuming he’s worse from one side) vs having the platoon advantage. Like is it better to pitch to a LHH with worse stuff as a LHP or better stuff as a RHP? Cool stuff!
92 MPH lefty one pitch
95 MPH righty the next one
Jurrangelo Cijntje is electric ⚡️ #SpringBreakout
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Harper vs Goldschmidt in 2019:
BA - Goldy
HR - Goldy
OBP - Harper
SLG% - Harper
OPS - Harper
OPS+ - Harper
wOBA - Harper
wRC+ - Harper
wRAA - Harper
fWAR - Harper
ISO - Harper
Goldy is getting paid a higher AAV by $615,385. Guess which one is showered in overrated comments.
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“They have a terrific roster. Every night I see the fans. And they’re loud fans. Very loud. They have that bell. Their players are all very patriotic. They’re very fun. A lot of home runs. It seems like they love home runs. I’m not so sure, but it seems to be working.”
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Couldn’t sleep for two hours and woke up to Cody Bellinger three-year deal.
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Jordan Wicks is legitimately only 5-6 mph on all of his pitches away from being as good as Tarik Skubal.
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Mets
“I haven’t followed the Mets much since they traded Verlander to tell you the truth, but I hear this Grimace has been very good to them. They go crazy for Grimace. They joked with me, they said ‘Donald, he might be more popular than you.’ I’m not so sure.”
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Nobody:
Cubs fans in a save situation: nitter.app/LowkeyVex/status/11095…
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I’m glad Effross got traded to a team whose fans worship their good relievers so I still get to watch his highlights all the time.
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With PCA's defensive clinic against the Dodgers, it's easy to forget how easy he makes the hard plays look. Take this catch against Chris Taylor.
4.6 seconds to cover 82 feet at the wall. 5% catch probability. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ catch.
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Matt Duffy was a utility man on the 2021 Cubs, and I loved his thumbs up celebration for reaching base. It’s very simple, but I want it to set the tone for my profile as a good vibe.
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Cubs against 95+ mph pitches last year
.237 AVG, .346 SLG, .110 ISO, .303 wOBA
Dansby Swanson
.291 AVG, .631 SLG, .340 ISO, .418 wOBA
Ethan Sands
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Need one of those intelligence-curve memes where the first and 99th percentile say “just throw your fastball more.”
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Alex Cohen is such a good announcer. He has so much enthusiasm, delivers good insights, and has the same genuine personality he had announcing Iowa Cubs games. He’s been incredible this season.
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MLB all-underrated team:
C: Roberto Perez - CLE
1B: Matt Olson - OAK
2B: Max Muncy - LAD
SS: Andrelton Simmons - LAA
3B: Yoan Moncada - CWS
LF: J.D. Davis - NYM
CF: Bryce Harper - PHI
RF: Jorge Soler - KC
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Cubs prospects on Baseball America’s new top 100
OF Brennen Davis - #16
SS Cristian Hernandez - #81
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Chicago White Sox
Javier Baez’s stats on the Mets
.284/.342/.559 (.901 OPS)
144 wRC+ (.381 wOBA)
30.4 HR/FB%, 33.3 FB%, 18.8 LD%, .275 ISO
3.6 BB%, 29.7 K%
1.1 fWAR, 5.7 fWAR/150 (games)
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“When Acuña got hurt I said ‘this is bad. Very bad.’ A lot of people told me, they said ‘they have Forrest Wall,’ but I told them ‘you can’t replace Acuña.’ I love a lot of their guys. Good friends of mine. But even they told me, they said ‘Donald, we’re concerned.’”
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Bring home the OG demon.
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Luis Robert has the same amount of 115+ mph balls as
2019 Bryce Harper (399 BBE)
2019 Mike Trout (349 BBE)
2019 Christian Yelich (371 BBE)
2019 Ronald Acuña Jr. (439 BBE)
in 53 BBE.
BBE = batted balls
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Just casually a center fielder who might be the best defender at his position with the ability to run around all four bases in 14 seconds and hit 440 foot home runs. No big deal.
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Jorge López gets DFA’d by the Mets, works his way up to become the Cubs’ closer, and strikes out the tying run Vladimir Guerrero Jr. on three pitches (three whiffs) to secure his first Cubs save.
Absolute. Fucking. Stud. I’d do anything for the Cubs to keep him.
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Imagine being MLB Nerds’ parents and waking up at 2:30 AM and hearing your son say “imma f*ck you up” to the internet.
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Brewers fans, remember you have the MVP, reliever of the year, best bullpen in baseball, an elite hitting staff, best record in the NL, great farm, and took LA to 7 games while missing Jimmy Nelson. Your team is by no means peaking, or as much as I hate to say it, finished.
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In honor of Andrelton Simmons’ retirement, I wanted to bring back one of my favorite graphs: qualified DRS leaders at shortstop in 2017.
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20: P. Crow-Armstrong (L)
22: C. Horton
28: M. Shaw
40: O. Caissie (L)
47: J. Rojas
91: K. Alcantara
93: M. Ballesteros (L)
🚨UPDATED TOP 100🚨
Now, with the season underway, our May update takes into account new reporting and strong performances already this spring ⬇️
baseballamerica.com/rankings…
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Miguel Amaya if he were the Brewers nine hole hitter vs the Cubs.
This Day In Sports Clips
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Matt Mervis was recalled from the Iowa Cubs to make his major-league debut today.
Let's look at his AAA data this year (which includes Statcast) to get acquainted with the #Cubs' new 1B. 🧵
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Say it with me baseball fans, Clayton Kershaw’s legacy isn’t choking. It’s being one of the greatest pitchers to ever pick up a baseball and he is arguably the greatest LHP ever.
He is also the best pitcher of our generation.
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I ranked each team's combined run differential for their minor-league affiliates (A, A+, AA, AAA).
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Roki Sasaki’s fastball generating less whiffs per swing than Antonio Senzatela’s is automatic stat of the month.
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An opposing dugout when they see Strop warming in a hold situation nitter.app/playoff_cam/status/115…
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I can’t believe this is the first I’m seeing of Hoerner having SIX POINT ZERO WAR on BR.
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Cubs have played in the two most electric baseball games of the season over the course of a few days.
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Ryan
Ben Brown debuted a new cutter!
90 mph with five inches of horizontal break is a filthy pitch.
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P. Crow-Armstrong (L) - 20
M. Shaw - 21
C. Horton - 27
O. Caissie (L) - 65
M. Busch (L) - 71
K. Alcantara - 80
M. Ballesteros (L) - 84
J. Triantos - 91
J. Wicks (L) - 94
It's 101 day at @baseballpro Our list of the top 101 prospects is live right now.
baseballprospectus.com/prosp…
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This Cade Horton video from the Cubs’ production team gives me the chills every time I watch it.
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Do teams prepare for injuries to
Jonathan Holder
Dillon Maples
Justin Steele
Ryan Tepera
Rowan Wick
Trevor Williams
PJ Higgins
José Lobaton
Austin Romine
Anthony Rizzo
Patrick Wisdom
David Bote
Nico Hoerner
Matt Duffy
and Kris Bryant
Asking for a friend. And God’s forgiveness.
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If you don’t think humanity is going insane you have to look at people arguing who won the Mike Brosseau-Evan Reifert trade.
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The Cubs drafted Oklahoma RHP Cade Horton with the 7th overall selection in the 2022 MLB Draft.
I wanted to share some of my quick thoughts on him before I dive into him deeper. 🧵
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This may not seem worth celebrating because AL Central, but this symbolizes four years of work and four different White Sox teams. It’s a grueling ride. But for those of you who, like me, remember where you were when Chris Sale got traded, it’s a marker of special things to come.
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The @baseballpro staff released their top prospects list today.
I charted the number of ranked prospects by team in descending order.
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