9/28 - Cubs down 1-0 to Phils in 3rd

[UMFan83]

Obligatory game thread

[bukie]

Christopher Morel continues to be fun to watch.

[UMFan83]

Brewers are winning 2-1 late in their game as well. Phillies fans have to be getting a bit nervous at this point.

[mias_tisg]

Love to help the Cardinals win the NL Central and the Brewers make the playoffs. And pick 12th in the draft when they were 2nd like 3 months ago.

[UMFan83]

Love to help the Cardinals win the NL Central and the Brewers make the playoffs. And pick 12th in the draft when they were 2nd like 3 months ago.

 

It is what it is. Yes they are hurting their draft position for very little short-term gain but man Chicago sports is in dire straights so its nice to get a little endorphin boost every once in awhile.

[UMFan83]

Brewers are winning 2-1 late in their game as well. Phillies fans have to be getting a bit nervous at this point.

 

I just read that all of the Brewers remaining games are at home and all of the Phillies remaining games are on the road. They just lost 2 straight with their best pitchers on the mound who will only be able to go 1 more time this year. They're cooked

[mias_tisg]

Love to help the Cardinals win the NL Central and the Brewers make the playoffs. And pick 12th in the draft when they were 2nd like 3 months ago.

 

It is what it is. Yes they are hurting their draft position for very little short-term gain but man Chicago sports is in dire straights so its nice to get a little endorphin boost every once in awhile.

Chicago sports is in dire straights because all their teams refuse to tank or refuse to be good, like the Cubs are doing now

[17 Seconds]

i'll take the wins and roster development over moving up a few spots in a baseball draft. the wins are coming because the cubs actually have a lot of pieces in place. this is good. it will encourage them to be more aggressive in free agency.

[UMFan83]

Love to help the Cardinals win the NL Central and the Brewers make the playoffs. And pick 12th in the draft when they were 2nd like 3 months ago.

 

It is what it is. Yes they are hurting their draft position for very little short-term gain but man Chicago sports is in dire straights so its nice to get a little endorphin boost every once in awhile.

Chicago sports is in dire straights because all their teams refuse to tank or refuse to be good, like the Cubs are doing now

 

But me taking pleasure in wins doesn't affect that at all. I am not going to be miserable just to be miserable because my favorite team is winning too much.

 

And to be honest while I understand the value and importance of a high MLB draft pick, I'm impulsive and impatient so its hard for me to be upset about not getting a player that won't be a factor for potentially several years. If this was the NFL and a stud QB was there at the number 1 pick and the Bears could clinch it with a loss, I'm happily rooting for a loss and crying if they win. I just don't feel the same way about tanking in baseball. I agree that its beneficial but it doesn't bother me too much if they accidently win too much.

[bukie]

It amuses me that the Cubs' record was 15 games worse than the White Sox 9 days ago, and now they're just 7 games worse.

[Transmogrified Tiger]

i'll take the wins and roster development over moving up a few spots in a baseball draft. the wins are coming because the cubs actually have a lot of pieces in place. this is good. it will encourage them to be more aggressive in free agency.

 

It's so funny that every 2 weeks we have the same conversation with people pretending that a game with Wesneski(and Alzolay, and Hughes, and Rodriguez) pitching well with Morel hitting a home run is catastrophic because they'll have marginally worse odds at getting a good player in the least predictable draft(that's now lotteried!).

[PackLandVA]

Thank you for the obligatory game threads as the season winds down.

[UMFan83]

Thank you for the obligatory game threads as the season winds down.

 

I do it to honor Fred

[CubinNY]

i'll take the wins and roster development over moving up a few spots in a baseball draft. the wins are coming because the cubs actually have a lot of pieces in place. this is good. it will encourage them to be more aggressive in free agency.

 

It's so funny that every 2 weeks we have the same conversation with people pretending that a game with Wesneski(and Alzolay, and Hughes, and Rodriguez) pitching well with Morel hitting a home run is catastrophic because they'll have marginally worse odds at getting a good player in the least predictable draft(that's now lotteried!).

Agreed. There is always a shiny new toy in the draft, no matter where one is drafting.

[Derwood]

And a long history of busts in the top ten picks.

[We Got The Whole 9]

Those Dodgers grab a better prospect than we draft just about every year at the end of round 1.