Garza to miss Sun 5/22 start at Boston

[jersey cubs fan]

Shut him down and save him for next year, this one is over.

 

How crazy is it that I don't think it's quite over yet. Get healthy, get lucky, get hot, and we could still squeak out this awful division.

 

There's 71% of the season remaining, so of course it's possible if they get lucky and hot. But their crappy division leader still has the 3rd best winning percentage among the leaders. They already have 4 teams to jump and are on pace for a 90 loss season. The Cubs need to win at a 90 win pace the rest of the way just to get to 85 wins. STL has to play to 1 game under .500 the rest of the way to get 85. It's a huge uphill battle and they already went into the season needing nearly everything to go right to contend.

[Backtobanks]

Shut him down and save him for next year, this one is over.

 

How crazy is it that I don't think it's quite over yet. Get healthy, get lucky, get hot, and we could still squeak out this awful division.

 

There's 71% of the season remaining, so of course it's possible if they get lucky and hot. But their crappy division leader still has the 3rd best winning percentage among the leaders. They already have 4 teams to jump and are on pace for a 90 loss season. The Cubs need to win at a 90 win pace the rest of the way just to get to 85 wins. STL has to play to 1 game under .500 the rest of the way to get 85. It's a huge uphill battle and they already went into the season needing nearly everything to go right to contend.

 

Somebody has to pitch (and play) for the rest of the season. It could get real ugly if the Cubs sell Ramirez, Dempster, and Pena at the deadline.

[Sammy Sofa]

Dempster's going to have to be really good the rest of the way to get teams to bite with that player's option looming.

[Elwood]

From an ESPN fantasy baseball update:

The MRI on Garza's elbow revealed no ligament or ulnar nerve damage, nor any other structural problems, the Chicago Sun-Times reports. "We're just happy that it's a bruise," Garza said.

[Little Slide Rooter]

Shut him down and save him for next year, this one is over.

 

How crazy is it that I don't think it's quite over yet. Get healthy, get lucky, get hot, and we could still squeak out this awful division.

 

There's 71% of the season remaining, so of course it's possible if they get lucky and hot. But their crappy division leader still has the 3rd best winning percentage among the leaders. They already have 4 teams to jump and are on pace for a 90 loss season. The Cubs need to win at a 90 win pace the rest of the way just to get to 85 wins. STL has to play to 1 game under .500 the rest of the way to get 85. It's a huge uphill battle and they already went into the season needing nearly everything to go right to contend.

 

Somebody has to pitch (and play) for the rest of the season. It could get real ugly if the Cubs sell Ramirez, Dempster, and Pena at the deadline.

At that point, it doesn't matter anymore and were playing for draft picks.

[Sammy Sofa]

The baseball draft doesn't work that way 99% of the time.

[Little Slide Rooter]

Still, if we were to move Aramis, Pena, and Fukudome wed have a decent shot at a top 3 pick.

[Guest]

In what is shaping up to be a subpar draft.

[imb]

we should trade for the no. 1 pick

[jersey cubs fan]

we should trade for the no. 1 pick

 

 

I'd rather stockpile a whole bunch of 2-4 rounders then trade up to the top in a later year.

[imb]

Should be easy to do with all our expiring contracts

[jersey cubs fan]

sign and trade

[imb]

this gm stuff is easy