The Bryce is Right, Bitch

[champaignchris]

Bryce got booed by the home fans on Opening Day after striking out. Lol.

 

Of course he got booed. Philly fans are the worst...

 

 

Counterparts gif. Strong.

[Old Style]

Well the silver lining to not signing Harper is that he's really stumbled out of the gate in Philly. I mean a 1.284 OPS is bad, right?

[Bryants Disco Ball]

Well the silver lining to not signing Harper is that he's really stumbled out of the gate in Philly. I mean a 1.284 OPS is bad, right?

 

If you're Dan Vogelbach it is.

[squally1313]

Well the silver lining to not signing Harper is that he's really stumbled out of the gate in Philly. I mean a 1.284 OPS is bad, right?

 

If you're Jon Lester it is.

 

Fixed

[CaliforniaRaisin]

horsefeathers the Ricketts

 

[Burtonbell]

horsefeathers the Ricketts

 

 

Seeing this thread bumped, knowing what it was going to be about, and still reading it is the very definition of being a Cubs fan now. God it sucks ass.

[Tryptamine]

horsefeathers the Ricketts

 

 

Seeing this thread bumped, knowing what it was going to be about, and still reading it is the very definition of being a Cubs fan now. God it sucks ass.

 

Has an owner ever gone from beloved to absolutely loathed as fast as the Ricketts have managed to? It's amazing how fast this franchise has gone from in the tank to amazing to back in the tank.

[SouthSideRyan]

I don't know was he really beloved?

[jersey cubs fan]

I don't know was he really beloved?

[ConstableRabbit]

Wait, people saw that Bryce signed for 13/$330 and were upset the Cubs didn’t do that?

[Transmogrified Tiger]

Wait, people saw that Bryce signed for 13/$330 and were upset the Cubs didn’t do that?

 

Even setting aside those who don’t think the Cubs should remotely care about payroll, yes they absolutely should have done that.

[ConstableRabbit]

Wait, people saw that Bryce signed for 13/$330 and were upset the Cubs didn’t do that?

 

Even setting aside those who don’t think the Cubs should remotely care about payroll, yes they absolutely should have done that.

Reasonable people can disagree! I guess we can reevaluate whether it was worth it in 2031.

[JudasIscariotTheBird]

Wait, people saw that Bryce signed for 13/$330 and were upset the Cubs didn’t do that?

 

Even setting aside those who don’t think the Cubs should remotely care about payroll, yes they absolutely should have done that.

Reasonable people can disagree! I guess we can reevaluate whether it was worth it in 2031.

Every dollar in Bryce's account is a dollar not in PTR's account. No need to wait for 2031.

[KingCubsFan]

Wait, people saw that Bryce signed for 13/$330 and were upset the Cubs didn’t do that?

 

Even setting aside those who don’t think the Cubs should remotely care about payroll, yes they absolutely should have done that.

 

I wanted Harper as much as anybody, but looking back now, it's hard to feel that bad about missing out on an outfielder whose peak appears to be 4.5 WAR and required a 13 year contract.

[Sammy Sofa]

That would have been fun money.

 

Instead we're going to see a fraction of it spent on no-name bums.

 

Never side with management.

[squally1313]

Wait, people saw that Bryce signed for 13/$330 and were upset the Cubs didn’t do that?

 

Even setting aside those who don’t think the Cubs should remotely care about payroll, yes they absolutely should have done that.

Reasonable people can disagree! I guess we can reevaluate whether it was worth it in 2031.

How is your life as a cubs fan better without bryce on the team

[imb]

yeah i mean if you say well the cubs passed on harper because they thought acuna was a better investment, sure. but they passed on harper and their big signings since then are descalso and austin romine and it looks like it will be multiple offseasons before we are FA players again. so i'd prefer the universe where we signed harper.

[SouthSideRyan]

If we signed Harper we’d be forced to sell off our good players for A ball prospects

[ConstableRabbit]

 

Even setting aside those who don’t think the Cubs should remotely care about payroll, yes they absolutely should have done that.

Reasonable people can disagree! I guess we can reevaluate whether it was worth it in 2031.

How is your life as a cubs fan better without bryce on the team

I love Bryce Harper. I don’t think I’ll say the same when he’s 34, coming off of a 2.5 war season with like 4/$100m+ left. He’s only fun because he’s good.

 

I’d love for payroll to be $1b annually, too, but in a world where that won’t happen, I’d prefer to not have my team be hamstrung by this kind of deal.

 

Signed,

NSBB’s top advocate for signing Heyward and Pujols

[Sammy Sofa]

They're hamstrung by any deal.