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Posted on 3/8/15 at 2:54 pm to
Posted by WestCoastAg
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Posted on 3/8/15 at 2:54 pm to
If he can keep his OBP around 315, I think last year he was 320, I'll be ok with him. We are just waiting for corey to come up but even then, there is a decent corey ends up at third
Posted by tduecen
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Posted on 3/8/15 at 2:58 pm to
Puig has just been a different player in the second half the last few seasons, hitting for little power, which would worry me down the stretch and playoffs.
Rollins last year was worth 3.9 WAR but the previous 3 season he was worth 1.6 which doesn't seem like a drastic difference but it could be.
Posted by WestCoastAg
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Posted on 3/8/15 at 3:07 pm to
Puig actually got pretty hot in September in 2013. I don't know about jimmy. All of his projections seem to think he'll have a similar season across the board but that he'll take a decent dip in OBP. I'm just hoping he can get around 315. Dodgers definitely have questions, every team in baseball does, but I just don't think they are as big as everyone else because I am pretty confident in all of the other aspects of this team. This is our best team under the new ownership IMO and our new front office did a great job this offseason making us a more complete team
Posted by tduecen
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Posted on 3/8/15 at 3:16 pm to
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Puig actually got pretty hot in September in 2013
he hit .214/.333/.452 that month? Now August he hit .320/.405/.515 but the issue is that was his first year so he only played June, July, August, Sept..... so in his 4th month the number took a nose dive in 2014 March, April, May, June, and even July he looked like a top 3 player then August/September he looked like a replacement level player

Having Kershaw, Greinke, Ryu covers up a lot of flaws and if Gonzales can play like he did last year with Kendrick, Puig they will have enough offense (I root for the Dodgers because Mattingly was my favorite player growing up)
Posted by WestCoastAg
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Posted on 3/8/15 at 3:22 pm to
That is right, for whatever reason I thought august was the month he slumped and he rebounded in September

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Having Kershaw, Greinke, Ryu covers up a lot of flaws and if Gonzales can play like he did last year with Kendrick, Puig they will have enough offense
which is ultimately all I'm saying. We have questions like every team does, but im confident in a lot of places of this team. Especially our rotation. The new FO did a good job at improving our back end
This post was edited on 3/8/15 at 3:23 pm
Posted by tduecen
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Posted on 3/8/15 at 3:27 pm to
I am curious to see how BMac, Anderson, Beachy (after AS break), McGowan do this upcoming season
Posted by UsingUpAllTheLetters
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Posted on 3/8/15 at 3:27 pm to
Tigers. Gurr'nteed.
Posted by stlslick
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Posted on 3/8/15 at 3:32 pm to
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and Vegas. The Cubs have the 5th best odds to win the World Series.


Uh no, they were 25/1++ by many books. Dumb arse Cubs fans have pushed them to 10/1 on books now. Vegas never thought they could win, fools and their money did.

Posted by WestCoastAg
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Posted on 3/8/15 at 3:32 pm to
I'm just hoping we can get 80/85 innings out of anderson. He hasn't done that in 3 years, hell he hasn't gone over 50 in three years
Posted by tduecen
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Posted on 3/8/15 at 3:35 pm to
Anderson if healthy would be important down the stretch I could see him coming in as a #4 and posting a 3.25-3.75 ERA in Dodger Stadium
Posted by WestCoastAg
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Posted on 3/8/15 at 3:42 pm to
I think he's pretty much set as the #5 starter behind brandon Mccarthy
Posted by Thurber
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Posted on 3/8/15 at 3:42 pm to
Even as a Cubs fan, I can't see them in the postseason this year
Posted by tduecen
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Posted on 3/8/15 at 3:45 pm to
Is he ready to start after opening day? I thought he would take some time to be eased back into the rotation
Posted by WestCoastAg
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Posted on 3/8/15 at 3:50 pm to
Yea he's ready to go after opening day. He pitched three days ago and said he felt good. Just the way the pitching schedule is set up, hes looking to be the #5 starter
Posted by Vicks Kennel Club
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Posted on 3/8/15 at 3:52 pm to
McCarthy, Anderson, Beachy, and McGowan. I like all four arms, but they all have permanent residences on the DL. They will get 200 innings combined at most.
Posted by Vicks Kennel Club
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Posted on 3/8/15 at 3:55 pm to
The Cubs played .500 ball for the last four (I think) months of 2014. They will K a ton, but they will not be bad.

Papz, eno Sarris was saying that Myers did not respond well to instruction. It does make you wonder why the Rays would trade a guy with five years of control and not getting a Hedges or other top prospect in return.
Posted by tduecen
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Posted on 3/8/15 at 3:58 pm to
I could see more innings out of them, I think McCarthy is past most of his injury issues and could be 150 innings himself.... if the rest give 50 innings the Dodgers will be bringing up Zach lee
Posted by WestCoastAg
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Posted on 3/8/15 at 4:01 pm to
They'll do that easily. Brandon seems to be past his injury issues
Posted by Vicks Kennel Club
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Posted on 3/8/15 at 4:11 pm to
They will probably go over 200 because of McCarthy, but that is a fricking MASH unit.

I do not think Beachy pitches this year.

McCarthy has been in the Majors since 2005 and has still not accumulated 1,000 IP. However, his health does seem to be improved as he has made it 111+ IP in the last four seasons.

Brett Anderson's last three seasons: 35, 44.2, and 43.1 IP.

Since 2009, Dustin McGowan has pitched 128.2 MLB innings and 47.1 MiLB innings. He was awful in 2014 when he 82 IP.

Outside of McCarthy, I am not buying much productivity at all from the other three.
Posted by tduecen
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Posted on 3/8/15 at 4:14 pm to
McCarthy goes 180 rest of the unit goes 60?
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