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the cubs have 6 singles through 5 games. SIX! obviously singles is not an indicator of goodness or anything, but that is wild.

I have the solution: the Cubs need a new hitting coach. Maybe Rudy Jamarillo can come out of retirement?

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Sammy Sofa

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the cubs have 6 singles through 5 games. SIX! obviously singles is not an indicator of goodness or anything, but that is wild.

 

It's kind of awesomely insane and terrifying they managed to squeak out a crazy comedback WS win despite this only slightly changing pack of miscreants.

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Sofa is annoying in his anti-Cubs shtick, but then I see garbage like this and I'm right there with him

 

"educational process" GTFOHWTBS. just get the horsefeathering vaccine!

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Bertz

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on appearances alone i would probably give Matt Duffy the highest odds to be on the 'educational process' list

 

We know for sure Sogard is one. His wife threw a fit on Instagram about it.

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Backtobanks

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Hoyer needs to trade Kimbrel for a solid return before that happens.

 

I'm sure teams will be lined up to give a "solid return" for a 33 year old reliever who hasn't pitched well since 2018 and is earning $16 million.

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Hoyer needs to trade Kimbrel for a solid return before that happens.

 

I'm sure teams will be lined up to give a "solid return" for a 33 year old reliever who hasn't pitched well since 2018 and is earning $16 million.

Do you know how baseball works?

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Hoyer needs to trade Kimbrel for a solid return before that happens.

 

I'm sure teams will be lined up to give a "solid return" for a 33 year old reliever who hasn't pitched well since 2018 and is earning $16 million.

Do you know how baseball works?

 

Yeah, I don't see his contact as being untradable or anything of the sort. 33 is still relatively young in the grand scheme of things, and we can eat money if we need to.

 

We are also talking about one of the legendary closers in baseball even with his struggles on our team. If he is looking like he has regained his past dominance, teams will be lining up out the door asking for him.

 

Granted, these trades are harder than they used to be because he actually has to be pitching well. He can't just luck into a good ERA and get that level of interest. The underlying metrics have to match up, his velocity needs to be appropriate, etc... But yeah, if he's pitching well he's extremely tradable.

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Hoyer needs to trade Kimbrel for a solid return before that happens.

 

I'm sure teams will be lined up to give a "solid return" for a 33 year old reliever who hasn't pitched well since 2018 and is earning $16 million.

Do you know how baseball works?

Did Ernie Banks ever make 16 MM in one year??

Backtobanks Knoxville Smokies

Backtobanks

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I'm sure teams will be lined up to give a "solid return" for a 33 year old reliever who hasn't pitched well since 2018 and is earning $16 million.

Do you know how baseball works?

 

Yeah, I don't see his contact as being untradable or anything of the sort. 33 is still relatively young in the grand scheme of things, and we can eat money if we need to.

 

We are also talking about one of the legendary closers in baseball even with his struggles on our team. If he is looking like he has regained his past dominance, teams will be lining up out the door asking for him.

 

Granted, these trades are harder than they used to be because he actually has to be pitching well. He can't just luck into a good ERA and get that level of interest. The underlying metrics have to match up, his velocity needs to be appropriate, etc... But yeah, if he's pitching well he's extremely tradable.

 

I never said he wouldn't be tradeable, but that certainly not the same as receiving a "solid return" for him.

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Do you know how baseball works?

 

Yeah, I don't see his contact as being untradable or anything of the sort. 33 is still relatively young in the grand scheme of things, and we can eat money if we need to.

 

We are also talking about one of the legendary closers in baseball even with his struggles on our team. If he is looking like he has regained his past dominance, teams will be lining up out the door asking for him.

 

Granted, these trades are harder than they used to be because he actually has to be pitching well. He can't just luck into a good ERA and get that level of interest. The underlying metrics have to match up, his velocity needs to be appropriate, etc... But yeah, if he's pitching well he's extremely tradable.

 

I never said he wouldn't be tradeable, but that certainly not the same as receiving a "solid return" for him.

 

Being extremely tradeable pretty much implies the likelihood of a strong return. It's two ways of saying the same thing. It implies the existence of demand.

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I'm sure teams will be lined up to give a "solid return" for a 33 year old reliever who hasn't pitched well since 2018 and is earning $16 million.

Do you know how baseball works?

Did Ernie Banks ever make 16 MM in one year??

 

To answer your question, Banks made a total of $680,000 total over his whole career.

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CyHawk_Cub

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Do you know how baseball works?

 

Yeah, I don't see his contact as being untradable or anything of the sort. 33 is still relatively young in the grand scheme of things, and we can eat money if we need to.

 

We are also talking about one of the legendary closers in baseball even with his struggles on our team. If he is looking like he has regained his past dominance, teams will be lining up out the door asking for him.

 

Granted, these trades are harder than they used to be because he actually has to be pitching well. He can't just luck into a good ERA and get that level of interest. The underlying metrics have to match up, his velocity needs to be appropriate, etc... But yeah, if he's pitching well he's extremely tradable.

 

I never said he wouldn't be tradeable, but that certainly not the same as receiving a "solid return" for him.

A currently dominating high leverage reliever is going to net a "solid return" or dare I say, an overpay.

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