It turns out the real Yu Darvish was the friends we made in this thread

[jersey cubs fan]

I love Yu.

 

 

[Ding Dong Johnson]

the funny thing about all these robot references you guys make are that i don't even get 99% of them because i practically reject sci fi as an entire genre (with the lone exception of terminator 2)

yu self-loathing son of a bitch

[Derwood]

the funny thing about all these robot references you guys make are that i don't even get 99% of them because i practically reject sci fi as an entire genre (with the lone exception of terminator 2)

 

Wut

[David]

the funny thing about all these robot references you guys make are that i don't even get 99% of them because i practically reject sci fi as an entire genre (with the lone exception of terminator 2)

 

Wut

 

go enjoy watching your nerd crap, nerdlinger. just don't try to make me do it.

[minnesotacubsfan]

Who who who TELL ME WHO ARE YU

[jersey cubs fan]

it makes sense, it's like blackface. David probably gets offended when humans try to pass themselves off as his kind

[cl smooth]

the funny thing about all these robot references you guys make are that i don't even get 99% of them because i practically reject sci fi as an entire genre (with the lone exception of terminator 2)

 

 

it checks out.

[imb]

*beep beep boop* [extremely robot voice] "in an infinite universe all things eventually happen which renders the concept of science-fiction as moot. It is just science."

[David]

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[UMFan83]

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Theo is obviously not a closer.

[Sammy Sofa]

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Theo is obviously not a closer.

 

If Yu only knew the power of the Drunk Side.

[Bobson Dugnutt]

isn't the astros rotation already pretty crowded?

[Transmogrified Tiger]

Luhnow seems to worship at the Friedman/Mozeliak altar of efficiency, so color me skeptical he's going to do what it takes to be the top bid for a 31 year old free agent SP.

[ScrubMD]

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Roger Sterling was right.

[Cubswin11]

Aren’t the Astros really cheap? Like there had to be some major arm twisting to acquire Verlander when they knew they were one of the best 2-3 teams in MLB and needed a starter?

[David]

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[Cubswin11]

Didn’t know this but Yu is the all time MLB leader in K/9

[ConstableRabbit]

Didn’t know this but Yu is the all time MLB leader in K/9

It's actually Jose Fernandez.

 

ETA: Prior and Wood are in the top 10. Obviously this is all-time as a starter.

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10:35pm: Wilson reports that Darvish and Daniels are planning to have dinner this week, but Darvish’s agents will not be in attendance and the two do not plan to discuss business. The two are simply having dinner, per Wilson, adding that Daniels has continually maintained the stance that Texas will not play at the top of the free-agent market. The dinner was actually planned for November but was pushed back to this point. Darvish himself confirmed as much by quote-tweeting Wilson and adding the comment, “Tomorrow night!”

 

Evan Grant of the Dallas Morning News reports the same sentiment, noting that Daniels and Darvish never had much of a chance to have a conversation when Darvish was traded to the Dodgers. Grant likens the meeting to an “exit interview” and emphasizes that Darvish’s lead agent, Joel Wolfe, will not be present.

 

All of that said, it’s still a bit of an eyebrow-raiser to see Daniels, whose rotation is rife with uncertainty, meet with the top free-agent pitcher on the market under the guise that no business will be discussed.

[David]

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[Bobson Dugnutt]

on the afternoon of this afternoon

[Bobson Dugnutt]

lmao

 

“we secured four of the earlier Chatwoods that were reinforced now”

[David]

i liked when they spelled lester's name like jon leicester

[UMFan83]

Until now, we have been promoting underwater negotiations with agents

 

Damn, that's some ruthless negotiating Theo. Could have at least started by having Jason Hammel come in and explain what happens when you don't cooperate with the Cubs FO.

 

The forces also prepared a familiar jersey number “11” for Darvish.

 

Yankees were the Evil Empire, now Theo and co are known as "the forces". I love it.

 

There is a high possibility of rapid development due to direct negotiations with the Army

 

Damn Theo, you are negotiating directly with the Japanese Army? You know how to get horsefeathers done.

[Bobson Dugnutt]

i think the cubs are the army