Guess what a guy who used to play for the Cubs did this time...

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joe never liked being questioned on anything. they won the ws and he still couldn't admit that he bungled the bullpen at the end. i'm thankful for what he accomplished here, but his personality is so very different from what i thought it was before he came.

[champaignchris]

I think Maddon is a more strategic manager than tactical one. He thinks on a series to series basis rather than an at bat to at bat basis. He’s more interested in making sure guys get rest or at bats, stay refreshed and focused, have opportunities to succeed when first called up, and so on. “Soft people skills” as stated upthread.

 

It’s one or the reasons he’s so much better at being a regular season manager than a playoff manager when each individual at bat carries so much more meaning.

 

I think most charitably, he’s trying to remind everyone that the players are humans and not robots. You can’t just dump a bunch of data in them and expect things to work out.

 

I think least charitably, he’s that guy from Office Space trying to answer, “What exactly would you say you do do here?” “I’m a [expletive] people person!”

[Derwood]

Anyone else see Eloy’s solid season? .314/.378/.507 with a sub-20 K rate and league averageish CSW% in 251 PAs for 1.7 fWAR…Stay healthy and 2023 could be a huge year

 

“Stay healthy” ha ha ha ha ha

[Bertz]

[champaignchris]

I’m not saying the Cubs should have signed Dex to the contract he got with the Cardinals.

 

However, a major part of why the Cubs were never able to repeat is that they were never able to replace Dex in either the field or at the top of the batting order.

[Ding Dong Johnson]

2016 would have been a blast had he signed that contract with Baltimore.

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this mf really hit a leadoff home run in game 7 of the world series and then rode off into the sunset

[itisallpartoftheplan]

this mf really hit a leadoff home run in game 7 of the world series and then rode off into the sunset

 

I think he twerked on SNL then road off into the sunset

[UMFan83]

[Tryptamine]

 

A small bright spot in a channel filled with nothing but bad Dempster impersonations and Ricketts loving company men.

[NewUserName]

 

A small bright spot in a channel filled with nothing but bad Dempster impersonations and Ricketts loving company men.

 

what is going to prevent Dex from being a Ricketts loving company man?

[Bull]

 

A small bright spot in a channel filled with nothing but bad Dempster impersonations and Ricketts loving company men.

 

what is going to prevent Dex from being a Ricketts loving company man?

Plot twist: he already is. Bum-bum-bum.

[Bertz]

 

Fergie is a treasure

[UMFan83]

 

This seems fishy. I’m assuming an offer like that buys out the rest of his arb years right? He had 4 years of control after 2018 and he made $22.4m in those 4 seasons. While you can’t know for certain Willson would make $10m in 2022, you can probably project something like this coming off an All-star season. Either the cubs lowballed him to an embarrassing degree or this isn’t right (or I’m missing a detail)

[Bertz]

 

This seems fishy. I’m assuming an offer like that buys out the rest of his arb years right? He had 4 years of control after 2018 and he made $22.4m in those 4 seasons. While you can’t know for certain Willson would make $10m in 2022, you can probably project something like this coming off an All-star season. Either the cubs lowballed him to an embarrassing degree or this isn’t right (or I’m missing a detail)

 

[CyHawk_Cub]

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[CubinNY]

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It's still awful.

[PackLandVA]

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It's still awful.

 

I (unfortunately) read the article. Headline is Cubs may “regret” cutting Heyward loose based on his new swing. Then the clip of the Spring Training HR. Great analysis.

[Bull]

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It's still awful.

That timing mechanism with his hands always makes it look like he is surprised that someone is throwing a baseball toward him.

[CubinNY]

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It's still awful.

That timing mechanism with his hands always makes it look like he is surprised that someone is throwing a baseball toward him.

He cannot make the weight transfer pivot for some reason and its all upper body and top hand. He's such a great athlete that his natural strength carries him. It's almost like watching Charles Barkley hit a golf ball.

[cl smooth]

instead of a 4-3 groundout, it'll be a 6-3 groundout. progress!

[Splendid Splinter]

It's still awful.

That timing mechanism with his hands always makes it look like he is surprised that someone is throwing a baseball toward him.

He cannot make the weight transfer pivot for some reason and its all upper body and top hand. He's such a great athlete that his natural strength carries him. It's almost like watching Charles Barkley hit a golf ball.

 

At least Charles fixed his swing!!

[MWV]

It’s just as bad a swing as we all remember.

[Derwood]

It's so ugly. Off balance, rolling the front ankle, falling backwards. Ugh

[UMFan83]

 

I miss it sooooo much