The 2018-2019 Cubs Offseason Rumors & Discussion Thread AKA The Rickettssss take a dump on EVERYTHING

[Brian]

I thought veteran leadership was part of the allure of picking up Hamels option

[SouthSideRyan]

Yeah apples to oranges. Give numbers from December 10 last year. What he’s saying may be true but the numbers are disingenuous.

 

My quick look-through has Mike Minor and Yusmeiro Petit last year.

[Little Slide Rooter]

For the love of GOD, can someone like Zobrist, Rizzo, or Heyward just step into the veteran leader roll so that we don’t have to give a roster spot to some variation of David Ross or Jonny Gomes? Please?

[Cubswin11]

For the love of GOD, can someone like Zobrist, Rizzo, or Heyward just step into the veteran leader roll so that we don’t have to give a roster spot to some variation of David Ross or Jonny Gomes? Please?

If it’s just a back up catcher, who cares. Vic horsefeathering sucks, it could be an upgrade.

[ConstableRabbit]

I thought veteran leadership was part of the allure of picking up Hamels option

2019 will already be Bryce's 8th season. Just sayin'.

[Butterscup]

the "veteran leadership" horsefeathers being pushed as hard as it is seems insane to me considering we have lester, hamels, zobrist, plus an entire roster of guys who won the world series together two years ago. david ross made sense at the time. a similar personality type shouldnt be needed at this point to get this team to produce at the level they should

[Brian]

there was actually a follow up quote from Hoyer, where he said "leadership" was fine with the pitchers so I guess Hamels and Lester can't be leaders for the position players. Maybe they want a player that can be a red ass and the rest of the team can hate, and Lester is only that when he's pitching.

 

This crap and the Bulls new "leadership committee" real dumb times in this city.

[Brian]

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A whole lot of nothing, Theo seems depressed... or hungover.

[Butterscup]

yeah there's nothing i love more than a shitty older player who plays 50 games a year tops yelling at stars because of how they play the game

 

edit: missed the quote re: harper in that post but whatever.

[gobigred]

So when the Dodgers sign harper they will be very left handed hitter heavy... Christ I am so tired of them. Can the Cubs get an arm that won't fall off like morrow or yu? Please

[Bertz]

Dodgers are apparently shopping Puig hard. If Bryce is not happening I want him real bad.

[Bull]

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A whole lot of nothing, Theo seems depressed... or hungover.

 

little bit of both. Yeah. Little bit of both.

[Brian]

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Here's your red ass that everybody on the team hates

[Cubswin11]

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Here's your red ass that everybody on the team hates

Bud Norris being a horsefeathers aside, all those guys stink. I’d rather just Iowa shuttle their roster spot.

[weis21]

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Here's your red ass that everybody on the team hates

Bud Norris being a horsefeathers aside, all those guys stink. I’d rather just Iowa shuttle their roster spot.

yeah. maybe those representatives actually also represent better pitchers. they didn't say they asked about any of them

[weis21]

i'm just kidding. i'm counting down the hours until brett posts an article on BN about one of them having a really strong second half in soft-hit %

[Cubswin11]

[David]

Rule V is tmrrw at noon. If it stays quiet into the evening then I’m guessing some horsefeathers goes down in that 12-5 window tmrrw afternoon

 

what is rule v

[Splendid Splinter]

People been posting this guy in the Harper thread, but he got other Cubs related info too..

 

https://mobile.twitter.com/WTraymor/status/1072951583040827392

 

https://mobile.twitter.com/WTraymor/status/1072951583040827392

 

https://mobile.twitter.com/WTraymor/status/1072928692848992259

 

https://mobile.twitter.com/WTraymor/status/1072930711794040832

 

Also said Cubs offered Chatwood to 7 teams. We'll see if it's anything remotely legit here.

[Bryants Disco Ball]

Also said Cubs offered Chatwood to 7 teams. We'll see if it's anything remotely legit here.

 

I see no reason why this stuff wouldn't be legit. This guy and Charles have been CRUSHING the meetings.

[ConstableRabbit]

Rule V is tmrrw at noon. If it stays quiet into the evening then I’m guessing some horsefeathers goes down in that 12-5 window tmrrw afternoon

 

what is rule v

The Rule 5 Draft. It's tomorrow.

[Brian]

 

thankfully not the red ass we were looking for

[David]

Rule V is tmrrw at noon. If it stays quiet into the evening then I’m guessing some horsefeathers goes down in that 12-5 window tmrrw afternoon

 

what is rule v

The Rule 5 Draft. It's tomorrow.

no i asked what rule v is

[Bryants Disco Ball]

 

what is rule v

The Rule 5 Draft. It's tomorrow.

no i asked what rule v is

 

Do you ever get exhausted?

[David]

The Rule 5 Draft. It's tomorrow.

no i asked what rule v is

 

Do you ever get exhausted?

 

of sympathizing with billionaire sports owners? nah wrong guy