4.27 Cubs v Braves, Smoke 'em if you got 'em

[UMFan83]

It's so dead, this is yesterday's game thread because no one can be bothered to start them. It's not even May.

 

 

We may just want to go to series threads.

 

LOL I didn’t even realize that. And I managed to start the second page

[d_money]

Between Hendricks, Mills, Rizzo, Duffy and Sogard - the average pitch speed has to be the lowest in the history of the MLB.

[UMFan83]

3 shutouts in 4 games

 

Meanwhile the Braves score 23 runs in the 3 games immediately after getting 1 hit in a double header

 

This Cubs team is special

[Tryptamine]

3 shutouts in 4 games

 

Meanwhile the Braves score 23 runs in the 3 games immediately after getting 1 hit in a double header

 

This Cubs team is special

 

Shut out 5 times in 24 games, while 44 of their 99 runsscored have happened in 3 games.

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[Bertz]

so what happens after this year? I havent even seen people talk about what they realistically expect. are we doing a full rebuild, or will the ricketts actually spend some money to reboot with a different group? like, I have no idea what we are doing. a full rebuild kind of seems inevitable, since the ricketts have been eyeing that from the moment we won the world series.

 

It just really depends on what the roster looks like at the end of the year. There's A LOT of money available this winter, nearly $100M even if the plan is only to match this season's down payroll.

 

If we get good outcomes on Nico, Alzolay, Happ, etc. It seems pretty easy to throw a bunch of money at the roster and go right back to being division favorites. But if there's only a couple guys on the roster you feel good about it is probably rebuild time. Though I don't expect we'll hit near the depths of the last one.

[Sammy Sofa]

There's A LOT of money available this winter

 

[squally1313]

Yeah, a lot of money, and a lot of very important Congressional races.