General Cubs Chit-Chat

[Hairyducked Idiot]

I wonder if the players budget was already set before the Cubs picked up Hamels option? Or was Theo and Jed under the idea it was going to be more, than the Ricketts came in late and drew a hard line on salary. The tone of the off season sure did seem to change quite a bit from how it started to where it ended.

 

I think it’s okay to let occam’s razor guide us to “they made a dumb move” and not come up with a complicated timeline that somehow absolves them.

[Sammy Sofa]

I wonder if the players budget was already set before the Cubs picked up Hamels option? Or was Theo and Jed under the idea it was going to be more, than the Ricketts came in late and drew a hard line on salary. The tone of the off season sure did seem to change quite a bit from how it started to where it ended.

 

I think it’s okay to let occam’s razor guide us to “they made a dumb move” and not come up with a complicated timeline that somehow absolves them.

 

I think it was both they damn well knew what the money situation was going to be, and that generally they kinda suck at pitchers and panicked.

[JudasIscariotTheBird]

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Lol. Contreras definitely has a type that he follows on twitter.

[SouthSideRyan]

There is no money there next year either!! They were stuck with 1 year contract for pitching because people are getting raises next year

[JennieGarthAlgar]

Yep. Can't wait to see how much they pay the next manager. Maybe they will get Ryno to do it for free

[squally1313]

There is no money there next year either!! They were stuck with 1 year contract for pitching because the Ricketts are getting raises next year

 

Fixed that for you

[imb]

There is no money there next year either!! They were stuck with 1 year contract for pitching because people are getting raises next year

 

opens the door for jaxon's return

[Brian]

[Clem Fandango]

 

 

*Thats to Greenberg, btw

[Sammy Sofa]

That guy probably trains the best butlers.

[Brian]

Financials on the buyback of the last 5% from the Tribune came out today.

 

The Chicago Cubs paid Tribune Media $107.5 million for the broadcast company’s remaining 5 percent ownership stake in the team, a deal that values the club at $2.15 billion.

 

At the Rickett's purchase price (845 million for 95%) 5% was worth 44.5 million. (unless I screwed up the math which is very possible and I already did on my first try)

[SouthSideRyan]

I saw your original math Brian and will judge you forever for it

[squally1313]

But those Marlins people said they lost money, so

[Cubswin11]

We’re probably still way behind a lot of teams on this stuff. But good to see we’re finally doing things like this.

 

 

[Bertz]

We’re probably still way behind a lot of teams on this stuff. But good to see we’re finally doing things like this.

 

 

 

I would guess not actually. I think the Dodgers and Astros (and maybe Yankees?) are WAY ahead of the curve on this sort of stuff, and then we're probably in that second tier of smart teams. I mean in the article they mention that they've already got like 3-4 years of Kinatrax data, whereas Rapsodo and Edgertronic have only really blown up league wide over the last 18-24 months.

[Cubswin11]

We’re probably still way behind a lot of teams on this stuff. But good to see we’re finally doing things like this.

 

 

 

I would guess not actually. I think the Dodgers and Astros (and maybe Yankees?) are WAY ahead of the curve on this sort of stuff, and then we're probably in that second tier of smart teams. I mean in the article they mention that they've already got like 3-4 years of Kinatrax data, whereas Rapsodo and Edgertronic have only really blown up league wide over the last 18-24 months.

The Astros are ahead of everybody in this stuff and they just outright cheat, but I think we’re decently behind a lot more teams than you think (I’d add the Rays and Brewers amongst others to the above mentioned). At least in terms of having guys who truly know how to use this stuff and interpret/implement it to our benefit it.

[Brian]

I like these.

 

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[Regular Show]

I like these.

 

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Very cool. I like it.

[imb]

the arrows should all be pointing down

[Brian]

because their ERAs are going down

[jersey cubs fan]

I like these.

 

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seniors ride to lester and hamels for free

darvish line down for repairs

quintana line will get you annoyingly close to your destination, but not actually at your destination

[Tim]

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quintana line will get you annoyingly close to your destination, but not actually at your destination

Sounds like some flights I've been on.

[Bull]

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quintana line will get you annoyingly close to your destination, but not actually at your destination

Sounds like some flights I've been on.

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Because the plane crashed, or because you flew into Sanford instead of Orlando Int’l. Because I’ve done that and it was annoying. Especially since my rental car was paid for and waiting for me at Orlando Int’l.

[Tim]

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quintana line will get you annoyingly close to your destination, but not actually at your destination

Sounds like some flights I've been on.

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Because the plane crashed, or because you flew into Sanford instead of Orlando Int’l. Because I’ve done that and it was annoying. Especially since my rental car was paid for and waiting for me at Orlando Int’l.

Yes.

[David]

apologies if this has already been posted... i hadn't noticed it since the cubs first put it up