Cubs & baseball; Editor/writer: @AwfulAnnouncing, @TheComeback. Bears/NFL account: @DaBearNecess. Main account: @Matt2Clapp. mclapp@thecomeback.com
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Matt Clapp retweeted
Jun 14
Seiya was originally in the lineup as a DH today but has been scratched.
Per Counsell: "He feels good. We're just gonna give him another day just to be safe here... He went out and ran around, and we just opted to be conservative here."
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Matt Clapp retweeted
Jun 14
Bichette is putting up a .236/.281/.361 (.285 wOBA, 81 wRC ) line good for only 0.5 fWAR, -0.5 bWAR so far. He is due for $42m in each of 2027 and 28 and has a player option after 2027 as well (could hit FA at age 29). Unless he has a monster second half this feels unlikely
Jun 14
Teams expect Bo Bichette to opt out of the remaining 2 years left on his contract with the Mets, per @BNightengale
Bichette is set to be owed $84 million over the next 2 years.
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Jun 14
Adding on here; Jefferson Rojas has had a bit of an under-the-radar big season, and he's especially taken off since May 14.
On the left, you see his numbers compared to all other qualified 21-and-under hitters in Double-A. And then a look at his numbers since May 14.
Jun 14
4 Cubs hitting prospects with absolutely bonkers seasons so far.
Jefferson Rojas
Owen Ayers
Josiah Hartshorn
Pedro Ramirez
Who has had the best year? Who has been the most surprising?
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Jun 14
Pete Crow-Armstrong leads MLB position players in bWAR at 3.9 and leads NL position players in fWAR at 3.4.
(Shohei Ohtani leads in *total* WAR)
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Jun 12
Kyle Tucker, like Alex Bregman, has had those splits in consecutive years.
Tucker at home in 2025: .236/.353/.395, 113 wRC
Tucker on road in 2025: .292/.399/.524, 156 wRC
Tucker at home in 2026: .184/.290/.289, 69 wRC
Tucker on road in 2026: .283/.369/.465, 132 wRC
Jun 12
Pretty sure Kyle Tucker was pretty bad at Wrigley too.
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Matt Clapp retweeted
People like a narrative, but here are Alex Bregman's hits last year. He would have lost ZERO home runs to the pull side playing at Wrigley. And he would have gained 6 home runs to the pull side (not even including outs).
Wrigley is fine for Bregman. Bregman has just sucked.
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Jun 12
"He is a perfect fit for Fenway Park."
Alex Bregman last season...
Road: .296/.371/.504, 143 wRC
Home: .246/.347/.414, 106 wRC
Alex Bregman this season:
Road: .293/.360/.398 (117 wRC )
Wrigley: .200/.298/.293 (72 wRC )
The why was foreseeable. He gets into his power by pulling the ball in the air, and those confines are unfriendly.
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Matt Clapp retweeted
Jun 10
Over the last month, Cubs hitters have made 66 outs on pitches in the heart of the zone while ahead in the count.
Roughly 3 outs per game on opportunity pitches.
See for yourself—here’s video of every one.
(Heart = pitch fully inside the strike zone, per Statcast/Savant)
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Matt Clapp retweeted
Jun 9
Cubs rank first in baseball in xBUTT over the last 30 days
Jun 9
Baseball Savant has a huge new stat today and I cannot wait for you all to see it.
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Matt Clapp retweeted
Jun 8
Kevin Alcantara's primary role is late-inning base running. He's made multiple poor decisions on the bases. Inexcusable decisions. I bet that doesn't sit well with the coaching staff, and I wonder if that means another player will take that role. It just can't happen.
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Jun 8
That game was the offense summarized for the last month (so was yesterday aside from Pete).
Just brutal at-bats there in the 10th inning.
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Jun 6
NL fWAR leaderboard. And today might as well be worth a full 1 WAR in reality.
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Jun 6
Pete was a classic "trust the process" case for several weeks.
The under-the-hood trends were basically the same without the results. The results were inevitable if he kept that process up.
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Jun 5
That's absolutely how it should be, but I think there's more context to that approach.
You probably shouldn't be too aggressive for major *rentals* when you're not trending toward a realistic top-2 seed.
But good players under team control into 2027 should still be in play.
Jun 5
Important distinction: Some teams, like the Cubs, aren't going to mortgage the future in a major way if their just vying for a playoff spot. Using Skubal as an example: 2/3
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Jun 5
If the Cubs are in decent playoff odds% shape come the deadline, it makes sense to target an SP under team control for 2027 , and make smaller rental adds.
Like, the Kittredge/Rogers type of stuff (or maybe a cheap bat or a mediocre rotation filler, etc etc).
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Jun 5
But it's way too early to really have a plan there yet, beyond the fact that they should have their eyes open for any cost-controlled pitching talent regardless.
They need to win games and see where things are at in several weeks.
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Jun 5
There's nothing you can do aside from making it clear you can't see the ball, and it was pretty clear right away that he could not.
Sometimes the elements make it helpless. The only time where it's just bad is when you see a guy lose one in the sun while not wearing sunglasses.
.@mullyhaugh discuss Pete Crow-Armstrong losing a flyball in the lights that ended up going for an inside-the-park homer for the Athletics and ponder if there's anything at all players can do to help avoid that in the future.
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