Random Cubs Musings

[Sammy Sofa]

so i named my wifi network in my new apartment SOLER IS A BEAST

 

lame? probably.

 

http://1.images.comedycentral.com/images/shows/kroll_show/video/_season_3/krollshow_308_manchine.jpg?width=640&height=360&crop=true

[ctcf]

so i named my wifi network in my new apartment SOLER IS A BEAST

 

lame? probably.

 

YOU CAN DO BETTER

[Hairyducked Idiot]

so i named my wifi network in my new apartment SOLER IS A BEAST

 

lame? probably.

 

It loses something in the translation from binary.

[Tangled Up in Plaid]

so i named my wifi network in my new apartment SOLER IS A BEAST

 

lame? probably.

 

It loses something in the translation from binary.

http://i.imgur.com/UN9kK2g.gif

[ctcf]

hahahahaha

[wvcbxl]

so i named my wifi network in my new apartment SOLER IS A BEAST

 

lame? probably.

 

YOU CAN DO BETTER

 

Try "FBI surveillance van"

[biittner77]

so i named my wifi network in my new apartment SOLER IS A BEAST

 

lame? probably.

 

YOU CAN DO BETTER

 

Try "FBI surveillance van"

 

A coffee shop in town uses that.

[Banedon]

http://i.imgur.com/hUwVi2a.jpg

[ctcf]

Sahadev Sharma @sahadevsharma

Some cool things are happening at BP & I'm excited to take lead w/ one of our new endeavors. I'll be lead writer for a Cubs-centric BP site!

 

Sweet!

[Guest]

Fangraphs' Dan Farnsworth uses the back-to-back HR to spend 10 minutes each on the swings of Soler, Baez, and Bryant: http://www.fangraphs.com/blogs/swing-analysis-of-the-cubs-three-consecuive-homers/

[ctcf]

All these "OH MAN WHAT ARE THE CUBS GONNA DO ABOUT BRINGING BRYANT UP NOW!?" articles are already exhausting.

[NonProfitCow]

I do not like this one that you guys call "Kris Bryant."

[ctcf]

Everything about this is just so perfectly stupid I love it: https://twitter.com/HPJoker/status/576872435145785344

[Brian]

Bryce Harper @Bharper3407 · 2h 2 hours ago

If @KrisBryant_23 doesn't make the big league team out of camp, then that's a joke! I see you doin your thing brotha! #VegasMade #TheTruth

[UMFan83]

Bryce Harper @Bharper3407 · 2h 2 hours ago

If @KrisBryant_23 doesn't make the big league team out of camp, then that's a joke! I see you doin your thing brotha! #VegasMade #TheTruth

 

Seriously Boras?

[Clem Fandango]

I do not like this one that you guys call "Kris Bryant."

 

I can't wait for rival fans to hate him with every fiber of their being. This should be his walkup music:

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ik4trQ8UttE

[Tracer Bullet]

What does Bryce know about being good at baseball

[treebird]

Bryce Harper @Bharper3407 · 2h 2 hours ago

If @KrisBryant_23 doesn't make the big league team out of camp, then that's a joke! I see you doin your thing brotha! #VegasMade #TheTruth

 

really, really enjoyed glancing at the stuff at the end there and thinking i saw a hashtag about vegas brothels.

[SABR Gamer]

so i named my wifi network in my new apartment SOLER IS A BEAST

 

lame? probably.

 

YOU CAN DO BETTER

 

Try "FBI surveillance van"

 

Were any of you at the SABR Analytics Conference? Because I've never seen anyone use this before, and then today during the conference that exact name showed up on my wifi list lol.

[ctcf]

I wonder what is too early to draft Kris Bryant in fantasy drafts this year.

[UMFan83]

Saw this on reddit...Spoilers for 2003 NLCS G6

 

 

http://i.imgur.com/y0Uu0lo.jpg

 

[Vinestal]

Jake Arrieta @JArrieta34

Someone needs to get the professor verified @kylehendricks28

 

I'm pleased that they are calling Hendricks "the professor"

[RynoRules]

http://memedad.com/meme/520862

[sneakypower]

I wonder what is too early to draft Kris Bryant in fantasy drafts this year.

his ADP is 148th, but his ZiPS isn't really much different than Donaldson (ADP: 21), so it really boils down to how much you want to ensure getting him

 

Bryant vs. Donaldson

82/26/91/ 7/.265 (147 G)

91/29/96/10/.256 (132 G)

[SABR Gamer]

I wonder what is too early to draft Kris Bryant in fantasy drafts this year.

his ADP is 148th, but his ZiPS isn't really much different than Donaldson (ADP: 21), so it really boils down to how much you want to ensure getting him

 

Bryant vs. Donaldson

82/26/91/ 7/.265 (147 G)

91/29/96/10/.256 (132 G)

 

Sneaky, I seem to remember you not being as high on Bryant as others in the past, for K reasons (goes along with your general view on strikeouts, see: sneaky talking about Javier Baez). Have you changed your mind on him at all, and do you still think Soler will be the better of the two?

 

ETA: I agree with you on K's btw, wasn't saying I thought they don't matter, but I think there's a point when production is so good that the K's can be overcome, like what Bryant has done since becoming a pro.