Matt Spiegel
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And it's cost them opportunities to win baseball games.
And I look at the text line right now, 574 on the text line.
I think the Cubs wanted to keep Assad stretched out, whereas Ray had been a swingman in the past.
That's absolutely correct.
Yeah.
8-1-5, though.
Does Javier Assad have a case of being higher on the depth chart than Ben Brown?
No, because Ben Brown is a relief pitcher.
Javier Assad is a starter.
That's the whole point.
They wanted him as insurance for their starting rotation.
Allegedly.
Like the strikeouts.
So that's improvement.
I'm going to be honest, what's compelling about that to me is what will this lineup look like with Seiya Suzuki and Ian Happ, who's apparently going to be ready to go for the weekend, both back in it, and how will that change where Nico Horner and the like, going really in the heart of the order, who's batting where?
I'm not.
Get that man healthy.
I'm excited to see O'Neal Cruz in center field.
I like Tom Fullery.
Yeah.