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Warren Carter Fanclub
It is the job of the starting pitcher to keep your team in the game. Jameson Taillon did not even remotely do anything like that.
He is giving up HR's at a record pace.
I thought the same as the previous posters: There is NOTHING to convince me that Taillon should start before Assad. I guess the size of your contract determines who should be in the rotation.
 
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Second place is 1st loser
Illiniaaron said:
I give the Cubs credit for how they kept at it today after being down 7-1. Since they had the 7-22 stretch to fall to 34-34, they have gone 25-12, which is a really nice bounce back. Swanson has had a great July, good for him. Ramirez has really looked good.
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I felt bad for Taillon after the game. Counsell was unusually harsh about his future in the rotation and Taillon's comments after the game were hard to hear. He threw himself right under the bus. Feel for him. Great guy, cancer survivor, does a ton of community work and by all accounts a great teammate. Unfortunately, his outings haven't been remotely close to acceptable.
 
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EyeoftheIllini
It was Taillon’s first coming back from IL, so I’ll cut him a little slack. That said if he’s in rotation after trade deadline, something is wrong.
 
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Illiniaaron
Second place is 1st loser said:
I felt bad for Taillon after the game. Counsell was unusually harsh about his future in the rotation and Taillon's comments after the game were hard to hear. He threw himself right under the bus. Feel for him. Great guy, cancer survivor, does a ton of community work and by all accounts a great teammate. Unfortunately, his outings haven't been remotely close to acceptable.
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Unless things change, he’s probably a guy you can’t have on the playoff roster.
 
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Warren Carter Fanclub
EyeoftheIllini said:
It was Taillon’s first coming back from IL, so I’ll cut him a little slack. That said if he’s in rotation after trade deadline, something is wrong.
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It was his second start. His first was last Monday. 4 innings. 4 earned. 2 HR's.
He has given up 25 HR's in 76 innings. 1 HR every 3 innings.
Nice guy but, my God.
I sense a phantom IL trip in his future.
 
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DeonThomas
Yeah, we gotta get two guys this week who can start and win some Aug-Sept games. One of those two needs to be a guy who can become at least our #2 or #3 starter in the playoffs. 1. Boyd 2. Imanaga 3. New guy 4. Cabrera 5. Assad/Brown (Then hoping we can have Steele out of the bullpen late Sept and into October. Peterson and Rae are two wild cards we cannot count on to start games).
 
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Illiniaaron
DeonThomas said:
Yeah, we gotta get two guys this week who can start and win some Aug-Sept games. One of those two needs to be a guy who can become at least our #2 or #3 starter in the playoffs. 1. Boyd 2. Imanaga 3. New guy 4. Cabrera 5. Assad/Brown (Then hoping we can have Steele out of the bullpen late Sept and into October. Peterson and Rae are two wild cards we cannot count on to start games).
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Is Brown even gonna pitch again this season?
 
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Illiniaaron
Warren Carter Fanclub said:
It was his second start. His first was last Monday. 4 innings. 4 earned. 2 HR's.
He has given up 25 HR's in 76 innings. 1 HR every 3 innings.
Nice guy but, my God.
I sense a phantom IL trip in his future.
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Saw a graphic after the game that he is giving up 2.96 homers per nine innings, next closest guy is 2.34.
 
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