General Cubs Chit-Chat

[cl smooth]

Billy Williams and Ron Santo cancelled?

 

 

the santo rumors don't have any legs...

 

...to stand on.

 

[Omar]

why does the temp storage have to be so far away?

[UMFan83]

why does the temp storage have to be so far away?

 

I read that the town they're going to is where they were created. Presumably they are going to be touched up while in storage before going back to Wrigley.

[Bertz]

 

Fergie is the best

[Regular Show]

[UMFan83]

 

Holy crap I knew we hit a lot of batters last year but didn’t realize it was a historically high amount. Good news is most of them were 88 mph or less

[Banedon]

So...I guess the Ricketts' aren't poor after all?

 

[Andy]

But the losses in 2020...they were Biblical!!!

[Bertz]

[sneakypower]

i thought he was being literal at first and was actually trampled by a horse

[UMFan83]

 

Geez...tough break but the Cubs have shown the ability to cobbled together solid pens with unheralded players

[Rob]

So...I guess the Ricketts' aren't poor after all?

 

 

This is just a convenient excuse to funnel ~$3B or so to an ally of Putin.

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[OleMissCub]

[Transmogrified Tiger]

 

Suddenly way more bummed about this than I was 48 hours ago.

[Bertz]

[Bertz]

 

[Rob]

 

 

I kinda figured they'd try to limit his innings a bit this year anyways. Hopefully it's nothing structural.

[UMFan83]

So the Cubs are already down one of their projected top relievers for the season, one of their starters for an unknown period of time, and one of their best hitters (I know not saying much) for potentially the start of the season.

[Transmogrified Tiger]

 

 

I kinda figured they'd try to limit his innings a bit this year anyways. Hopefully it's nothing structural.

 

He threw 125 IP last year, there's only so much intentional limiting you can do while still trying to get him closer to a full starter's workload, since performance/pitch economy means he's not going 6-7 every outing.

[jersey cubs fan]

He's 27 years old. How long into his career are they going to take to break him into the concept of pitching a full major league season?

[Rob]

 

 

I kinda figured they'd try to limit his innings a bit this year anyways. Hopefully it's nothing structural.

 

He threw 125 IP last year, there's only so much intentional limiting you can do while still trying to get him closer to a full starter's workload, since performance/pitch economy means he's not going 6-7 every outing.

 

Yeah, I figured roughly 150-160 IP this year and moving to a full starter's workload the following year.

 

Though perhaps I need to adjust my perception of what a full starter's workload looks like under the new normal. My brain still defaults to 180-200 IP.

[Ding Dong Johnson]

Well scratch Hendricks from the rotation. No chance this dude didn't eat him.

 

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[Banedon]

 

Small sample size

[UMFan83]

FanGraphs playoff odds are out. Cubs are given a 3.4% chance of making the playoffs, which is less than half than a Reds team that has been gutted over the past few days. 5th lowest playoff odds in baseball.

 

https://www.fangraphs.com/standings/playoff-odds