5/4 Reds (Cingrani) @ Cubs (Samardzija!) 12:05 pm CSN

[Fred Hornkohl]

CUBS are 0-15 (.000) when they trail at the end of the 8th inning.... 11-3 (.786) when they don't

 

 

Go CUBS !!

[Hawk4Hall]

100 losses this year?

[Fred Hornkohl]

Unless the Cubs get a big inning here, we will be 34 games into the season without an 8+ run game. A couple of 7 run outputs (both losses) is the best we've been able to muster

 

Last time the CUBS scored 8 runs in a game....... Sun 16 Sept 2012 in a 13-9 win over Pittsburgh at Wrigley.

[Little Slide Rooter]

100 losses this year?

 

Probably not. Last year, we achieved that milestone due to the fact that we spent the final month and a half or so with Travis Wood as our 1 Starter and rounded out the rotation with pretty much anyone that filled out a job application. My guess is that by that time this season, we'll have at least 2 of Shark, Jackson, Wood, and Villanueva.

[illiniguy]

100 losses this year?

 

Probably not. Last year, we achieved that milestone due to the fact that we spent the final month and a half or so with Travis Wood as our 1 Starter and rounded out the rotation with pretty much anyone that filled out a job application. My guess is that by that time this season, we'll have at least 2 of Shark, Jackson, Wood, and Villanueva.

We will be dumping guys at this deadline too. I bet we are in the ballpark.

[Guest]

100 losses this year?

 

Probably not. Last year, we achieved that milestone due to the fact that we spent the final month and a half or so with Travis Wood as our 1 Starter and rounded out the rotation with pretty much anyone that filled out a job application. My guess is that by that time this season, we'll have at least 2 of Shark, Jackson, Wood, and Villanueva.

We will be dumping guys at this deadline too. I bet we are in the ballpark.

 

He acknowledged that. What we'll be left with this year probably won't be as bad.

[Tryptamine]

I've been touting 2014 as the year we're competitive again for a well over a year and at this point it looks the Cubs are going to have to have one hell of an off season to make that accurate.

[illiniguy]

100 losses this year?

 

Probably not. Last year, we achieved that milestone due to the fact that we spent the final month and a half or so with Travis Wood as our 1 Starter and rounded out the rotation with pretty much anyone that filled out a job application. My guess is that by that time this season, we'll have at least 2 of Shark, Jackson, Wood, and Villanueva.

We will be dumping guys at this deadline too. I bet we are in the ballpark.

 

He acknowledged that. What we'll be left with this year probably won't be as bad.

Oh we aren't a slam dunk, but I could see us losing 90 easily. From there you're one injury to a key pitcher or Rizzo from threatening it.

[Hairyducked Idiot]

Depends on how hard we dump.

 

If they feel like 2014 isn't happening, or if they feel they can do another round of mid-range FA replacements, then we could really cut to the bone and trade DeJesus, Soriano, Navarro and Villanueva to go along with the expiring contracts.

 

That might get us into variance range of 100 losses. Still an uphill battle, though.

[illiniguy]

Depends on how hard we dump.

 

If they feel like 2014 isn't happening, or if they feel they can do another round of mid-range FA replacements, then we could really cut to the bone and trade DeJesus, Soriano, Navarro and Villanueva to go along with the expiring contracts.

 

That might get us into variance range of 100 losses. Still an uphill battle, though.

I have faith we can do it. This FO loves top picks. Hopefully the kids in the minors have big years.

[Little Slide Rooter]

100 losses this year?

 

Probably not. Last year, we achieved that milestone due to the fact that we spent the final month and a half or so with Travis Wood as our 1 Starter and rounded out the rotation with pretty much anyone that filled out a job application. My guess is that by that time this season, we'll have at least 2 of Shark, Jackson, Wood, and Villanueva.

We will be dumping guys at this deadline too. I bet we are in the ballpark.

 

He acknowledged that. What we'll be left with this year probably won't be as bad.

Oh we aren't a slam dunk, but I could see us losing 90 easily. From there you're one injury to a key pitcher or Rizzo from threatening it.

 

At worst, we'll have Castro, Rizzo, Barney, and Castillo in addition to a big league rotation. Probably Schierholtz. 90 Ls is very realistic, especially due to all of the times we've heroically wrestled defeat from the jaws of victory during the early goings. But yeah, any time you factor in injury, the possiblity increases.

[Fred Hornkohl]

CUBS are on a pace to go 59-103

[illiniguy]

Scs I really don't care either, yeah it sucks watching it now, but ultimately shark, Starlin, and Anthony are the only guys here that will really matter when we are good again. I can handle one more crap year to add another top level prospect via the draft.

[Sammy Sofa]

Scs I really don't care either, yeah it sucks watching it now, but ultimately shark, Starlin, and Anthony are the only guys here that will really matter when we are good again. I can handle one more crap year to add another top level prospect via the draft.

 

Yeah, it's pretty awesome how they're totally not wasting any years with those guys at all.

[illiniguy]

Scs I really don't care either, yeah it sucks watching it now, but ultimately shark, Starlin, and Anthony are the only guys here that will really matter when we are good again. I can handle one more crap year to add another top level prospect via the draft.

 

Yeah, it's pretty awesome how they're totally not wasting any years with those guys at all.

Lol, quit telling people how to feel about seasons. Theo totally should have Jim Hendryd this team into a quick fix.

 

We've locked up Starlin, we held off on Rizzo to not burn any service time, and we will most likely be locking Shark soon.

[coldsteel]

I don't see jack indicating this team will be better than St. Louis, Cincy, Milwaukee, or Pittsburgh in 2015 or beyond

[Sammy Sofa]

Scs I really don't care either, yeah it sucks watching it now, but ultimately shark, Starlin, and Anthony are the only guys here that will really matter when we are good again. I can handle one more crap year to add another top level prospect via the draft.

 

Yeah, it's pretty awesome how they're totally not wasting any years with those guys at all.

Lol, quit telling people how to feel about seasons. Theo totally should have Jim Hendryd this team into a quick fix.

 

We've locked up Starlin, we held off on Rizzo to not burn any service time, and we will most likely be locking Shark soon.

 

Sure, the only options are the mot messes we've had this season and last or running a team like Jim Hendry. NO OTHER OPTIONS.

[illiniguy]

Scs I really don't care either, yeah it sucks watching it now, but ultimately shark, Starlin, and Anthony are the only guys here that will really matter when we are good again. I can handle one more crap year to add another top level prospect via the draft.

 

Yeah, it's pretty awesome how they're totally not wasting any years with those guys at all.

Lol, quit telling people how to feel about seasons. Theo totally should have Jim Hendryd this team into a quick fix.

 

We've locked up Starlin, we held off on Rizzo to not burn any service time, and we will most likely be locking Shark soon.

 

Sure, the only options are the mot messes we've had this season and last or running a team like Jim Hendry. NO OTHER OPTIONS.

Good lord psycho, do you always have to have everyone tell you that you're right? This was their plan. We all knew it. To cry about it now is pretty foolish.

[Sammy Sofa]

Didn't tell anyone how to feel; didn't tell anyone that I'm "right." And you call others psycho...

 

Please now start defending this like you did with Rose. That was fun.

[illiniguy]

:roll: like I said, I'm fine with another losing year if it nets us another good prospect. We aren't in the kind of market where we need to worry about losing guys because of money.

Didn't tell anyone how to feel; didn't tell anyone that I'm "right." And you call others psycho...

 

Please now start defending this like you did with Rose. That was fun.

[Sammy Sofa]

So you saying things, not that way. Me saying things, somehow that way. Gotcha.

[Sammy Sofa]

Cubs BrainTrust has the kids playing the Cub Way and fans excited about the future

 

QUIT TELLING PEOPLE TO HOW TO FEEL ABOUT THINGS.

[Hairyducked Idiot]

I don't understand how telling someone your plan in advance means that it's justified no matter what.

[illiniguy]

I don't understand how telling someone your plan in advance means that it's justified no matter what.

Oh it isn't, but if you were on board with the hire and after they said what the plan was, it's foolish to then jump off board in a year and a month after the plan starts. No?

[Hairyducked Idiot]

I don't understand how telling someone your plan in advance means that it's justified no matter what.

Oh it isn't, but if you were on board with the hire and after they said what the plan was, it's foolish to then jump off board in a year and a month after the plan starts. No?

 

I guess. But they've spoken in some many waves of doublespeak that anything they do could be found in it afterwards. It wasn't as clearcut as you are saying.