Spring Training Thread

[imb]

are any of our players in the "best shape of their lives"

[Guest]

are any of our players in the "best shape of their lives"

 

Castro is...unless he stopped working out a couple months ago and was in better shape then.

[Tangled Up in Plaid]

are any of our players in the "best shape of their lives"

 

Whoever really sucked last year, so definitely Castro and Barney.

[Guest]

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[Tangled Up in Plaid]

Is that last guy Darwin Barney's full-Asian brother?

[imb]

god damn fuji, who taught you how to bend a bill

[MSG T]

@BleacherNation:Gird your loins. MT @BerniePleskoff #Cubs Hoyer said Baez hit mammoth homers today.

 

Of course he did.

[Hairyducked Idiot]

@BleacherNation:Gird your loins. MT @BerniePleskoff #Cubs Hoyer said Baez hit mammoth homers today.

 

Of course he did.

 

A month of thinnish-air baseball and pitchers trying to warm up for the season by grooving fastballs? I'm setting the over-under on Cactus League Javybombs at 15

[Tangled Up in Plaid]

@BleacherNation:Gird your loins. MT @BerniePleskoff #Cubs Hoyer said Baez hit mammoth homers today.

 

Of course he did.

 

A month of thinnish-air baseball and pitchers trying to warm up for the season by grooving fastballs? I'm setting the over-under on Cactus League Javybombs at 15

 

Over.

[The-Kris-Bryant]

I'll go with 3.

[Guest]

Carrie Muskat ‏@CarrieMuskat 3m

#Cubs Castro says Renteria told him to "be me and don't try to do something I can't do. He said to be myself and play hard every day"

 

 

Hopefully, while going back to being him, a little bit of the patience thing was ingrained in him to the point that he walks a little more and maybe unlocks a little more of his power potential.

 

That said, I'd be happy just getting the old Starlin back.

[Guest]

http://www.bleachernation.com/2014/02/19/starlin-castro-is-in-great-shape-did-some-hitting-is-ready-to-go-and-all-that-good-stuff/

 

In these Tweets: every feel good spring training fluff cliche ever. And I believe them all!

[A New Era]

http://www.bleachernation.com/2014/02/19/starlin-castro-is-in-great-shape-did-some-hitting-is-ready-to-go-and-all-that-good-stuff/

 

In these Tweets: every feel good spring training fluff cliche ever. And I believe them all!

 

So do I! Yay Cubs!

[pitchcs]

#63 Brian Schlitter looks like one big dude.

[ctcf]

Starlin is now more machine than man

[Guest]

Starlin is now more machine than man

For some reason, this post made me think that it isn't too late for me. I need to become fabulously wealthy, replace all my limbs with bionic ones and give the finger to the commissioner as my lawyer points out there is no rule against prostheses capable of hitting a baseball 700 feet.

[Guest]

I tried searching Getty images to see if they had any Cubs pictures yet, and I came across something sort of weird. Bunch of pictures of Rick Renteria cleaning out his locker in SD in November and saying goodbye to some people, including AJ Hinch.

 

http://www.gettyimages.com/Search/Search.aspx?contractUrl=2&language=en-US&family=editorial&p=chicago+cubs&assetType=image&ep=2

[Irrelevant Dude]

I tried searching Getty images to see if they had any Cubs pictures yet, and I came across something sort of weird. Bunch of pictures of Rick Renteria cleaning out his locker in SD in November and saying goodbye to some people, including AJ Hinch.

 

http://www.gettyimages.com/Search/Search.aspx?contractUrl=2&language=en-US&family=editorial&p=chicago+cubs&assetType=image&ep=2

I wonder what song they were dancing to.

[UMFan83]

 

Cubs new weight room. Hanging up banners from the 1800's is sure to be inspiring.

 

I do like the photo of Wrigley Field there as motivation to the prospects and the sign that says "When It Happens"

[jersey cubs fan]

Soler tried to attack Buell Mueller with a bat but the new hitting coach caught him across the chin with a left.

 

[jersey cubs fan]

 

Khaki khaki everywhere. Khaki khaki I don't care.

[Guest]

Looks like today might be Olt fluff day.

 

MESA, Ariz. -- For Cubs third-base prospect Mike Olt, his first few swings on Wednesday were perfect.

 

Olt had struggled with vision problems, and finally got to face a pitcher instead of a coach throwing batting practice or a machine spewing balls.

 

"For my first at-bats in a long time, it's the best I've ever felt in Spring Training," said Olt, who faced right-hander Neil Ramirez. "I'm not even counting last year, but the year before that. I saw the ball really well."

 

Acquired from the Rangers in the Matt Garza deal, Olt batted .213 at Triple-A Round Rock last season, but the Cubs feel they've corrected his vision issues. He's now taking allergy medication, which has helped clear things up for him.

 

Wednesday was his first test against a pitcher.

 

"I got in the box and I wasn't sure if I was going to swing or not, but I got in there and felt comfortable and saw the ball really well, took a couple swings and I feel like I'm ahead of schedule," he said.

 

http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20140220&content_id=68009624&notebook_id=68009632&vkey=notebook_chc&c_id=chc

[Guest]

Full Squad Workout Pics

 

http://boysofspring.com/full-squad-workouts/

 

 

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Kalish

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Olt

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The Oh-so-dreamy Kris Bryant

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Shark

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Javy and Jorge

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Not sure who this guy is

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Almora

 

[Andy]

Kris Bryant looks a little like Theo in that photo

[Tangled Up in Plaid]

Bryant and Almora make Rizzo look like Fernando from Chuck.