4/21 Cubs (Zach) v. Mets (David) at 6:40 on MSN

[champaignchris]

So the Cubs are up to 24th in live fWAR with a total of 1.3 across their entire offense.

 

Bryant has 0.9 on his own. Contreras has over half the total at 0.7. Baez & Rizzo each have 0.4. The rest of the team is at -1.1

 

They're taking the "stars & scrubs" approach a bit too far.

 

That’s what happened in 2019, too.

[Cubswin11]

So the Cubs are up to 24th in live fWAR with a total of 1.3 across their entire offense.

 

Bryant has 0.9 on his own. Contreras has over half the total at 0.7. Baez & Rizzo each have 0.4. The rest of the team is at -1.1

 

They're taking the "stars & scrubs" approach a bit too far.

You’d think at least 1-2 of Happ, Pederson and Heyward get straightened out soon enough that they become + on the WAR side and hopefully Nico brings something once he’s up (hopefully soon).

[Tim]

So the Cubs are up to 24th in live fWAR with a total of 1.3 across their entire offense.

 

Bryant has 0.9 on his own. Contreras has over half the total at 0.7. Baez & Rizzo each have 0.4. The rest of the team is at -1.1

 

They're taking the "stars & scrubs" approach a bit too far.

You’d think at least 1-2 of Happ, Pederson and Heyward get straightened out soon enough that they become + on the WAR side and hopefully Nico brings something once he’s up (hopefully soon).

Bote would also be + if he had any luck on babip

[Tim]

Position player pitching.

 

I want six more runs.

[Tim]

Rats

[d_money]

My man Bote earning that $ tonight

[UMFan83]

So they combined for 29 runs in 2 games this week and 41 runs in the other 15

[Tim]

So they combined for 29 runs in 2 games this week and 41 runs in the other 15

Also, 36 in their last four games, 34 in the first thirteen.

[Cubswin11]

So they combined for 29 runs in 2 games this week and 41 runs in the other 15

We need to just start taking out games vs the VBs when evaluating the offense

[Tim]

:flythew: :flythew:

[17 Seconds]

It still makes me laugh that theo randomly gave bote 25 mil

Bote is perfectly fine at the money he makes

 

it's a waste, we should have him for cheaper

[Cubswin11]

It still makes me laugh that theo randomly gave bote 25 mil

Bote is perfectly fine at the money he makes

 

it's a waste, we should have him for cheaper

We do have him for $10 mil cheaper than the price you quoted!

[17 Seconds]

Bote is perfectly fine at the money he makes

 

it's a waste, we should have him for cheaper

We do have him for $10 mil cheaper than the price you quoted!

 

frankly my dear, i don't really give a horsefeathers

[Cubswin11]

 

it's a waste, we should have him for cheaper

We do have him for $10 mil cheaper than the price you quoted!

 

frankly my dear, i don't really give a horsefeathers

He’s been worth ~3 WAR in ~750 career PAs. The two years he’s gotten over 200 PAs he has over 1 WAR in each year. It’s almost literally no money and he’s plenty worth the contract. By $ per WAR he could pass the value this year or next year alone (I think the contract kicked in last year, if it kicked in, in 2019 he very likely exceeds the $/WAR value this year).

 

Like I said earlier, he’s plenty worth the contract. It isn’t bad or too much. It’s just that his flaws and strengths are the flaws and strengths of most of the rest of the team so what he brings is a little redundant in terms of making a complete offense but he still brings value.

[17 Seconds]

my point is that there was no reason to think he'd get expensive, but i'm not going to argue about the nothingness that is david bote

[Cubswin11]

my point is that there was no reason to think he'd get expensive, but i'm not going to argue about the nothingness that is david bote

If he went through Arb he probably gets close to that. At most it’s like a $2-3 mil overpay over the 5 years. It’s $3 mil a year, it’s nothing and he’s fine.

[Bertz]

I'd like to see Duffy get a few starts this weekend. He's certainly not good, but is working a good AB right now. That's more than most of our guys can say against Peralta and Woodruff.