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Frazier's hitting doesn't worry me much. He will actually take pitches and work the count. His fielding does worry me. He doesn't have the range of Harrison and he is inconsistent.

I would have given Harrison a day off. His at bats have been awful and Frazier really worked a walk last night.

Good win. Good teams get sloppy wins like that. Taillon wasn't sharp but got it done. The bullpen pitched three scoreless and the pirates took advantage of miscues.

RTJR! Great to take 2 of 3 from the cubbies. I know Hurdle wanted this game but I would have allowed Vasquez to get a day of rest and let Holmes pitch. I want to keep him his innings down as much as possible.

I will reply to my own post and say I forgot about Holmes. I would expect him to start the inning.

Who pitches the 9th? Wouldn't surprise me if Hurdle has Vasquez pitch it to shut the door. You have the bottom of the order coming up.

I haven't been able to watch but have enjoyed the highlights. Polanco hits a hr to left center off a lefty, that is nice to see. Cervelli is loving Chicago. We need him to hit. Williams continues to amaze me. The pen must hold this game.

Crap, I don't have MLB network since I downgraded from Directv to Hulu. Yesterday, I was blacked out because with MLB team ticket you get blacked out for about 6 teams that are considered local to Iowa.

<t>Hearn had good numbers but I think I read that he threw 80 pitches and only 46 were strikes. That is concerning. Meadows is hitting and Luplow is not. I think Kingham will be a bullpen arm sooner rather than later. <br/> <br/> <br/> <br/> Will Keller pitch in Pittsburgh this year? Will Meadows be...

This is nice. I really had an uneasy feeling that Nova would get shelled today. I just wish that the biggest Cub fan I know was in the office today.