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[Guest]

John Manuel has said Cubs have three 80 powers in the minors

 

Soler or Vogelbach? I don't really agree with either, but I guess if you're talking best case outcomes, maybe.

[imb]

John Manuel has said Cubs have three 80 powers in the minors

 

Soler or Vogelbach? I don't really agree with either, but I guess if you're talking best case outcomes, maybe.

 

Barney, but he meant 0.80

[Clem Fandango]

John Manuel has said Cubs have three 80 powers in the minors

 

Soler or Vogelbach? I don't really agree with either, but I guess if you're talking best case outcomes, maybe.

 

Barney, but he meant 0.80

 

That's a little too generous

[Clem Fandango]

John Lackey looks like he's doing a really bad Deniro impersonation

 

http://i.imgur.com/5QkWEa7.jpg

[imb]

dese shoes? dese shoes?

[sneakypower]

John Manuel has said Cubs have three 80 powers in the minors

 

Soler or Vogelbach? I don't really agree with either, but I guess if you're talking best case outcomes, maybe.

Soler, but Vogelbach was talked about as a possible 70

[Guest]

Thought this was relevant to some recent discussion in this thread:

 

http://www.cbssports.com/mlb/writer/jon-heyman/24472155/legend-of-kris-bryant-grows-one-nl-executive-sees-50-homer-power

 

"He's a monster with ridiculous power," one AL scout said.

 

"All-Star third baseman ... soon," one NL executive said.

 

"Huge power, Good athlete," another NL executive said.

 

"Fifty homer power," yet another NL executive (like the others not with the Cubs) said.

[Guest]

http://deadspin.com/belligerent-red-sox-prospect-arrested-while-looking-to-1544062842

[d_money]

Thought this was relevant to some recent discussion in this thread:

 

http://www.cbssports.com/mlb/writer/jon-heyman/24472155/legend-of-kris-bryant-grows-one-nl-executive-sees-50-homer-power

 

"He's a monster with ridiculous power," one AL scout said.

 

"All-Star third baseman ... soon," one NL executive said.

 

"Huge power, Good athlete," another NL executive said.

 

"Fifty homer power," yet another NL executive (like the others not with the Cubs) said.

Lotta good vibes from that article

[Clem Fandango]

http://deadspin.com/belligerent-red-sox-prospect-arrested-while-looking-to-1544062842

 

No word on whether Denney tried to high-five the cops after explaining himself, but we have to assume that he at least went for a fist bump.

 

I lol'd

[imb]

He's from Oklahoma, nice

[Clem Fandango]

http://i.imgur.com/qSDAqt4.jpg

[SABR Gamer]

Can you show the comments?

[Clem Fandango]

I didn't screencap it

[Clem Fandango]

http://espn.go.com/mlb/story/_/id/10607642/matt-garza-milwaukee-brewers-extra-motivated-beat-chicago-cubs

 

"I wish them the best," he said. "But I like where I'm at, and I'm going to try to kick their teeth in every time I get a chance."

[TruffleShuffle]

http://deadspin.com/belligerent-red-sox-prospect-arrested-while-looking-to-1544062842

 

No word on whether Denney tried to high-five the cops after explaining himself, but we have to assume that he at least went for a fist bump.

 

I lol'd

 

apparently his $875k bonus has somehow turned into $3m a year.

[Clem Fandango]

fat Nick Johnson is still in baseball...I'll be damned

 

I like how this is the first post in this thread

[TruffleShuffle]

i'm amazed that i saw jason giambi's name in a spring training box score.

[TruffleShuffle]

BP premium subscribers can get 20% off their mlb.tv subscription: http://www.baseballprospectus.com/article.php?articleid=23043

 

knocks $26 off the price.

[Tangled Up in Plaid]

Ooooh, [expletive] yeah.

[Andy]

BP premium subscribers can get 20% off their mlb.tv subscription: http://www.baseballprospectus.com/article.php?articleid=23043

 

knocks $26 off the price.

On that same wavelength, EI now comes with MLB.TV. I just found this out yesterday. So if anyone's interested.

[jersey cubs fan]

http://deadspin.com/italian-baseball-teams-major-league-parody-gets-real-r-1546288842

 

Oh Italy. I would say, "don't never change" but I know you won't anyway.

[Guest]

http://deadspin.com/italian-baseball-teams-major-league-parody-gets-real-r-1546288842

 

Oh Italy. I would say, "don't never change" but I know you won't anyway.

 

nooooooooooooooooo

[Post Count Padder]

http://deadspin.com/italian-baseball-teams-major-league-parody-gets-real-r-1546288842

 

Oh Italy. I would say, "don't never change" but I know you won't anyway.

I was hoping until the last second that's not what it was.

 

#-o

[KingCubsFan]

So it only took Sandberg a few weeks to drive out Jimmy Rollins. He'll always be one of my favorite players, but I'm really glad we stayed away from him as manager.