General Baseball Chit-Chat Thread

[Rob]

Yeah, after reading that I'm going to give my daughter the biggest hug when I get home from work tonight.

 

I ugly-cried while reading that. Not ashamed.

[soccer10k]

https://www.theplayerstribune.com/en-us/articles/rich-hill-mlb-dodgers

 

 

 

Jesus

 

Recommendation, don’t read this at work.

[jersey cubs fan]

https://www.theplayerstribune.com/en-us/articles/rich-hill-mlb-dodgers

 

 

 

Jesus

 

Recommendation, don’t read this at work.

at least stop when he starts talking about the older son coming to visit

[champaignchris]

Amazingly, Hill's career really took off after that. Whereas I, and I'm sure many others here, would have been completely destroyed.

[Derwood]

If I had said David Eckstein instead of Castro you dorks would be choking on how much you were harrumphing in agreement instead of being all, "well, yes, job security is indeed the true hallmark of a good career in this field of baseball!"

 

Fun fact:

 

Starlin Castro career fWAR: 16.9

David Eckstein career fWAR: 16.7

 

It's almost like that name wasn't chosen at random...

 

You should've shown your work

[Sammy Sofa]

[Backtobanks]

Now Jeromy Burnitz...THAT was a really, really good career.

 

 

 

Not a great career, but .253/.345/.481 slash line with a career avg of 30 HRs and 94 RBI would look good in LF right about now.

[jersey cubs fan]

Now Jeromy Burnitz...THAT was a really, really good career.

 

 

 

Not a great career, but .253/.345/.481 slash line with a career avg of 30 HRs and 94 RBI would look good in LF right about now.

you cool with that defense?

[Tim]

Now Jeromy Burnitz...THAT was a really, really good career.

 

 

 

Not a great career, but .253/.345/.481 slash line with a career avg of 30 HRs and 94 RBI would look good in LF right about now.

lol - Schwarber's projection for 2019: .241/.351/.477

 

Why do you hate on Schwarber again?

[We Got The Whole 9]

 

Wow

Someone's whole reply is, "Molina is incredible"

[Derwood]

CC Sabathia just got K #3000

 

This is as excited as I’ve been about MLB since the Cubs won the WS

 

God, you're weird

[Ding Dong Johnson]

Sub in Jesus, and I was about to make that exact post.

[champaignchris]

Verlander will probably get 3k next year.

 

Scherzer and maybe Greinke could get to 3k in 2021.

[Backtobanks]

Now Jeromy Burnitz...THAT was a really, really good career.

 

 

 

Not a great career, but .253/.345/.481 slash line with a career avg of 30 HRs and 94 RBI would look good in LF right about now.

lol - Schwarber's projection for 2019: .241/.351/.477

 

Why do you hate on Schwarber again?

 

 

There is a difference between actual production and projections. I don't hate Schwarber, I just think that the Cubs would be a better team if they had traded him a couple of years ago when his trade value was high and we probably could have received some young pitching. I admire his work ethic and his majestic HRs, but he is still a DH/platoon OF.

[Tim]

 

 

Not a great career, but .253/.345/.481 slash line with a career avg of 30 HRs and 94 RBI would look good in LF right about now.

lol - Schwarber's projection for 2019: .241/.351/.477

 

Why do you hate on Schwarber again?

 

 

There is a difference between actual production and projections. I don't hate Schwarber, I just think that the Cubs would be a better team if they had traded him a couple of years ago when his trade value was high and we probably could have received some young pitching. I admire his work ethic and his majestic HRs, but he is still a DH/platoon OF.

Fine - How about Schwarber's actual 2018 production of .238/.356/.467? Considering most of Burnitz's best seasons came during the juiced ball era, that Schwarber line from last year is more than comparable. He's also rating as an above average defender again, no matter how many times you try to claim that he's best served as a DH.

 

Oh, but I'm sorry. Go ahead and keep banging your head against this one.

[squally1313]

lol - Schwarber's projection for 2019: .241/.351/.477

 

Why do you hate on Schwarber again?

 

 

There is a difference between actual production and projections. I don't hate Schwarber, I just think that the Cubs would be a better team if they had traded him a couple of years ago when his trade value was high and we probably could have received some young pitching. I admire his work ethic and his majestic HRs, but he is still a DH/platoon OF.

Fine - How about Schwarber's actual 2018 production of .238/.356/.467? Considering most of Burnitz's best seasons came during the juiced ball era, that Schwarber line from last year is more than comparable. He's also rating as an above average defender again, no matter how many times you try to claim that he's best served as a DH.

 

Oh, but I'm sorry. Go ahead and keep banging your head against this one.

 

Look, B2B has this figured out. Schwarber should have been traded at some undefined time for some undefined players (maybe even to two undefined teams, for two undefined players/groups of players?), and because of that obviously successful trade, the team that has won the most games in baseball since 2015 would be even better.

 

After all, based on the stories we're actually aware of, Andrew Miller was supposedly on the table for Schwarber, and we passed on Miller, which was clearly a huge mistake as he only gave up a game 7 home run to 74 year old David Ross in a game we won by 1. And then put up 2.7 total fWAR in the next two years for $18m, compared to Schwarber's 4.8 fWAR for $1.1m. And then became a free agent, whereas we have Schwarber for two more years. When you look at the facts, it's obvious.

[Derwood]

 

 

There is a difference between actual production and projections. I don't hate Schwarber, I just think that the Cubs would be a better team if they had traded him a couple of years ago when his trade value was high and we probably could have received some young pitching. I admire his work ethic and his majestic HRs, but he is still a DH/platoon OF.

Fine - How about Schwarber's actual 2018 production of .238/.356/.467? Considering most of Burnitz's best seasons came during the juiced ball era, that Schwarber line from last year is more than comparable. He's also rating as an above average defender again, no matter how many times you try to claim that he's best served as a DH.

 

Oh, but I'm sorry. Go ahead and keep banging your head against this one.

 

Look, B2B has this figured out. Schwarber should have been traded at some undefined time for some undefined players (maybe even to two undefined teams, for two undefined players/groups of players?), and because of that obviously successful trade, the team that has won the most games in baseball since 2015 would be even better.

 

After all, based on the stories we're actually aware of, Andrew Miller was supposedly on the table for Schwarber, and we passed on Miller, which was clearly a huge mistake as he only gave up a game 7 home run to 74 year old David Ross in a game we won by 1. And then put up 2.7 total fWAR in the next two years for $18m, compared to Schwarber's 4.8 fWAR for $1.1m. And then became a free agent, whereas we have Schwarber for two more years. When you look at the facts, it's obvious.

 

Well you have to consider the tried-and-true tradition of winning a World Series with a core of 23 year olds, and then immediately trading away key members of that core for lottery tickets

[CubInOK]

Am I the only Cubs fan around who wishes we still had Seal Boy? I’d rather have him over Descalso right now.

[squally1313]

Am I the only Cubs fan around who wishes we still had Seal Boy? I’d rather have him over Descalso right now.

 

The guy who has 7 home runs in 90 PAs after 10 in the previous 947? Sure? I don't think it's a hot take to say you'd rather have LaStella's April over Descalso's, but I remain pretty confident that we'll have the better player going forward.

[Andy]

Am I the only Cubs fan around who wishes we still had Seal Boy? I’d rather have him over Descalso right now.

 

The guy who has 7 home runs in 90 PAs after 10 in the previous 947? Sure? I don't think it's a hot take to say you'd rather have LaStella's April over Descalso's, but I remain pretty confident that we'll have the better player going forward.

And it's not like Descalso has been a scrub either. He's had a pretty good go of it so far.

[squally1313]

 

Some really cool clips in here.

[Backtobanks]

lol - Schwarber's projection for 2019: .241/.351/.477

 

Why do you hate on Schwarber again?

 

 

There is a difference between actual production and projections. I don't hate Schwarber, I just think that the Cubs would be a better team if they had traded him a couple of years ago when his trade value was high and we probably could have received some young pitching. I admire his work ethic and his majestic HRs, but he is still a DH/platoon OF.

Fine - How about Schwarber's actual 2018 production of .238/.356/.467? Considering most of Burnitz's best seasons came during the juiced ball era, that Schwarber line from last year is more than comparable. He's also rating as an above average defender again, no matter how many times you try to claim that he's best served as a DH.

 

Oh, but I'm sorry. Go ahead and keep banging your head against this one.

 

 

In case you haven't noticed we're in the juiciest of the juice ball eras right now.

[Cubswin11]

 

 

There is a difference between actual production and projections. I don't hate Schwarber, I just think that the Cubs would be a better team if they had traded him a couple of years ago when his trade value was high and we probably could have received some young pitching. I admire his work ethic and his majestic HRs, but he is still a DH/platoon OF.

Fine - How about Schwarber's actual 2018 production of .238/.356/.467? Considering most of Burnitz's best seasons came during the juiced ball era, that Schwarber line from last year is more than comparable. He's also rating as an above average defender again, no matter how many times you try to claim that he's best served as a DH.

 

Oh, but I'm sorry. Go ahead and keep banging your head against this one.

 

 

In case you haven't noticed we're in the juiciest of the juice ball eras right now.

The ball wasn’t juiced last year I’m pretty sure. Burnitz played in the juiciest of juiced players era.

[Backtobanks]

 

 

There is a difference between actual production and projections. I don't hate Schwarber, I just think that the Cubs would be a better team if they had traded him a couple of years ago when his trade value was high and we probably could have received some young pitching. I admire his work ethic and his majestic HRs, but he is still a DH/platoon OF.

Fine - How about Schwarber's actual 2018 production of .238/.356/.467? Considering most of Burnitz's best seasons came during the juiced ball era, that Schwarber line from last year is more than comparable. He's also rating as an above average defender again, no matter how many times you try to claim that he's best served as a DH.

 

Oh, but I'm sorry. Go ahead and keep banging your head against this one.

 

Look, B2B has this figured out. Schwarber should have been traded at some undefined time for some undefined players (maybe even to two undefined teams, for two undefined players/groups of players?), and because of that obviously successful trade, the team that has won the most games in baseball since 2015 would be even better.

 

After all, based on the stories we're actually aware of, Andrew Miller was supposedly on the table for Schwarber, and we passed on Miller, which was clearly a huge mistake as he only gave up a game 7 home run to 74 year old David Ross in a game we won by 1. And then put up 2.7 total fWAR in the next two years for $18m, compared to Schwarber's 4.8 fWAR for $1.1m. And then became a free agent, whereas we have Schwarber for two more years. When you look at the facts, it's obvious.[/quote

 

It's hard to figure out what players we could have received for Schwarber when Theo refused to even consider trading him.

[squally1313]

 

 

There is a difference between actual production and projections. I don't hate Schwarber, I just think that the Cubs would be a better team if they had traded him a couple of years ago when his trade value was high and we probably could have received some young pitching. I admire his work ethic and his majestic HRs, but he is still a DH/platoon OF.

Fine - How about Schwarber's actual 2018 production of .238/.356/.467? Considering most of Burnitz's best seasons came during the juiced ball era, that Schwarber line from last year is more than comparable. He's also rating as an above average defender again, no matter how many times you try to claim that he's best served as a DH.

 

Oh, but I'm sorry. Go ahead and keep banging your head against this one.

 

 

In case you haven't noticed we're in the juiciest of the juice ball eras right now.

 

Current OPS league wide is .742 (245/321/421), which is 18th in the last 30 years. Jeremy Burnitz played over 100 games every year from 1997 to 2006. All 10 of those years had a higher league wide OPS than 2019. 2000 was the highest, at .782.