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		<title>The Two Albert Almoras</title>
		<link>http://wrigleyville.locals.baseballprospectus.com/2018/03/05/the-two-albert-almoras/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 05 Mar 2018 12:00:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Darius Austin]]></dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Albert Almora Jr.]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s no secret that Joe Maddon likes to rotate his players. Outside of Anthony Rizzo and Kris Bryant, no Cubs player reached two-thirds of the team&#8217;s games at one position, with only Jason Heyward (right field) and Kyle Schwarber (left) even topping 100. That philosophy extends to Maddon&#8217;s usage of his bench, from which many [&#8230;]]]></description>
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		<title>Rise of the Role Players</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 20 Sep 2017 11:00:24 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Heading into the All-Star break, the Cubs were two games under .500 and 5.5 games behind first place. How did the defending World Series champions end up in such a place? It wasn’t the two big boppers—Kris Bryant and Anthony Rizzo had .928 and .894 OPS marks, respectively. Rather, it was a combination of inconsistent [&#8230;]]]></description>
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		<title>Spoiler Alert: The Cubs&#8217; Bench Options in 2016 Are Good</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Feb 2016 11:59:38 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Something that is so often overlooked when determining how solid a club is going into a new season is the strength of its bench. Though a bench may not be filled with the star-studded names you see on the backs of shirseys (or even, you know, jerseys) in the stands, the players it houses sometimes end up being the &#8220;dark [&#8230;]]]></description>
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		<title>Russell Rests as Cubs Consider Arms Race</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Oct 2015 01:45:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Rian Watt]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[It wasn&#8217;t quite on the order of the sword of Damocles&#8212;the Cubs are too happy right now to feel anything approaching anxiety&#8212;but it was certainly an open question heading into the workout day on Thursday: What was Addison Russell&#8217;s status? The last anyone had heard of his health was on Tuesday night, manager Joe Maddon was [&#8230;]]]></description>
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		<title>Getting Deep, Going Deeper</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 25 Sep 2015 12:00:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Zack Moser]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;m a historian by trade—or, more correctly, by bachelor&#8217;s degree. Before I started writing for BP Wrigleyville, I was much more likely to pump out 3,000 footnoted words on Andre Dawson and collusion than an accessible analysis of Addison Russell&#8217;s changed approach at the plate. Given that background, I have a natural tendency to revisit things [&#8230;]]]></description>
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