Sexy Dexy Talk

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So opening day lineup....

 

Fowler LF

Heyward CF

Rizzo 1B

Bryant 3B

Schwarber DH

Soler RF

Montero C

Arrieta P

Russell SS

SPORTS BONER ALERT

[Tim]

650 PA * 3 = 1950

+ 50 PA dh'ing

+ 100 ph PA during year

+ 100 catching PA

= 2200 AB / 4 players = 550 AB per guy

 

Yeah, that'll work

[weitliz]

So does this mean Schwarber catching a lot more or does it mean Soler is getting traded?

 

I'm hoping this shifts Heyward back to RF with a LF platoon of Schwarber/Soler.

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So opening day lineup....

 

Fowler LF

Heyward CF

Rizzo 1B

Bryant 3B

Schwarber DH

Soler RF

Montero C

Arrieta P

Russell SS

Zobrist at 2B???????????

[squally1313]

So opening day lineup....

 

Fowler LF

Heyward CF

Rizzo 1B

Bryant 3B

Schwarber DH

Soler RF

Montero C

Arrieta P

Russell SS

SPORTS BONER ALERT

 

Yeah, he screwed up. It's actually better.

[treebird]

i think we should probably put david next to a giant magnet for a while as punishment for being so wrong about fowler all winter

[soccer10k]

So opening day lineup....

 

Fowler LF

Heyward CF

Rizzo 1B

Bryant 3B

Schwarber DH

Soler RF

Montero C

Arrieta P

Russell SS

SPORTS BONER ALERT

 

No Arrieta because of the DH. Zobrist will be in there at 2B.

[Tim]

Javy just got sad about all that OF practice during the offseason.

[Brian]

I was worried about this season being as fun to follow day to day as last year just because of all the crazy stuff and major league debuts, but we are off to a good start

[Rob]

Looks like the $9M option for next year is a mutual option. So unless Fowler really loves being a Cub, he's likely to turn that down.

 

So in all likelihood this is a 1 year, $13M deal after you factor in the buyout -- unless of course the buyout is less than $5M if Fowler is the one to decline.

 

Pretty awesome all the same though.

[Cubswin11]

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[Ding Dong Johnson]

This is a pretty horsefeathering spectacular thing to see when coming back from lunch. I finally broke down to watch that dumb postseason highlight video, and my biggest takeaway was how much I'm going to miss seeing Starlin and Dex. I even thought how crazy it would be to leave the '15 team when '16 looks to be so much more promising.

[squally1313]

God I hope everyone else in baseball hates us soooo much this year.

[squally1313]

Looks like the $9M option for next year is a mutual option. So unless Fowler really loves being a Cub, he's likely to turn that down.

 

So in all likelihood this is a 1 year, $13M deal after you factor in the buyout -- unless of course the buyout is less than $5M if Fowler is the one to decline.

 

Pretty awesome all the same though.

 

Not that I really care, but not sure how this works. If Dexter is the one that opts out, does he still get the buy-out money?

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[Rob]

It's probably pretty pointless to try to name a player as a starter at an OF position at this point.

 

Maddon has a ton of options and will mix and match as he loves to do.

[fiver]

Love it! :flythew:

[Irrelevant Dude]

This is awesome, but Fowler should probably be firing his agent after declining the $15.8M qualifying offer.

[Ding Dong Johnson]

God I hope everyone else in baseball hates us soooo much this year.

they already do. some just don't know it yet...

[sneakypower]

FUN EXERCISE

 

try to make this lineup bad

[ctcf]

So opening day lineup....

 

Fowler LF

Heyward CF

Rizzo 1B

Bryant 3B

Schwarzer DH

Soler RF

Zobrist 2B

Montero C

Russell SS

 

Edited, forgot Zobrist in my excitement. LOL

 

That lineup is absolutely stupid.

[Liam Neeson]

[Ding Dong Johnson]

FUN EXERCISE

 

try to make this lineup bad

even with Ross and Montero in there at the same time

[Rob]

Looks like the $9M option for next year is a mutual option. So unless Fowler really loves being a Cub, he's likely to turn that down.

 

So in all likelihood this is a 1 year, $13M deal after you factor in the buyout -- unless of course the buyout is less than $5M if Fowler is the one to decline.

 

Pretty awesome all the same though.

 

Not that I really care, but not sure how this works. If Dexter is the one that opts out, does he still get the buy-out money?

 

We will have to see how the contract is structured. There have definitely been cases where players got buyouts when not exercising their portion of a mutual option. But it's usually a smaller figure.

[Brian]

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