Cubs (Imanaga) vs Royals (Lugo): 7/27/24, 6:10pm

[Brock Beauchamp]

[jersey cubs fan]

Imagine the amazing a ball prospects they could get for Imanaga

[We Got The Whole 9]

Predicting another shutout 

[Cuzi]

2 minutes ago, TomtheBombadil said:

He *is* the kind of capital asset that other teams might want. How upset would you be if the A ballers are 50s? 

We arent the damn Pirates. I dont care if we get 50's for Imanaga if they are in A ball. Jed can horsefeathers himself if he makes trades like that after 4 years of garage baseball. I would hope Ricketts would veto the deal and promptly fire Jed right after.

Edited July 27, 2024 by Cuzi

[Dfan25]

I know Anthony Santander isn’t a good fielder but I wouldn’t hate him as a DH - RF splitting time with Suzuki . Seems like he has found himself as a hitter at age 29 .

Lots of HR , switch hits , really good numbers with RISP the last 2 years . Yes I would like Soto but that ain’t happening .

 

Also unless he goes on a tear when he comes back , Bellinger may actually stay next year .  Bellinger in CF with Santander - Suzuki as RF / DH .

 

 

 

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[Tryptamine]

Just now, Dfan25 said:

I know Anthony Santander isn’t a good fielder but I wouldn’t hate him as a DH - RF splitting time with Suzuki . Seems like he has found himself as a hitter at age 29 .

Lots of HR , switch hits , really good numbers with RISP the last 2 years . Yes I would like Soto but that ain’t happening .

 

Also unless he goes on a tear when he comes back , Bellinger may actually stay next year .  Bellinger in CF with Santander - Suzuki as RF / DH .

 

 

 

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I mean, he's a slighty worse hitting, slightly worse defensive Seiya. Either Seiya needs to be replaced in RF by a guy who can not be a total liability out there or Seiya needs to stay in RF but the DH has to be a significant enough bat to make tolerating Seiya's defense more palatable. 

[Cubs206]

Whelp Craig finished xeroxing yesterdays lineup for today. 🫠

[Geographyhater8888]

Between Happ Seiya Swanson and Bellinger you can have 13 runs above average for $94 million just this year.

for $25 million and 20 runs above average you could’ve had Marcus Simean for example. He’d give us 15 more runs than Dansby and Suzuki combined for $17 million less AAV if Jed went that route instead in 2021/22 offseason.

nice roster building Jed. Thanks tourists and college kids for packing wrigley and giving Tom no incentive to put a winning product on the field 

[Rob]

1 hour ago, Cubs206 said:

Whelp Craig finished xeroxing yesterdays lineup for today. 🫠

I'm actually a big fan of the Earl Weaver method of managing.

[gflore34]

1 hour ago, Geographyhater8888 said:

Between Happ Seiya Swanson and Bellinger you can have 13 runs above average for $94 million just this year.

for $25 million and 20 runs above average you could’ve had Marcus Simean for example. He’d give us 15 more runs than Dansby and Suzuki combined for $17 million less AAV if Jed went that route instead in 2021/22 offseason.

nice roster building Jed. Thanks tourists and college kids for packing wrigley and giving Tom no incentive to put a winning product on the field 

This may be a completely wrong take however, doesn’t a winning team potentially make more money than a losing team? 

Edited July 27, 2024 by gflore34

[jersey cubs fan]

1 minute ago, gflore34 said:

This may be a completely wrong take however, doesn’t a winning team potentially make more money than a losing team?

Theoretically it is possible but owners are primarily risk averse cowards that want guaranteed profits. Some are willing to risk a loss for greater gains. But if profits are guaranteed there is little to no incentive to take the risks. 

[JHBulls]

That’s as bad a strike call as you’ll see. 
 

And Seiya homers anyway. 

[UMFan83]

Of course they jump on Lugo for 2 runs early 

[UMFan83]

Lugo had a 3 hit CG game in his last start so maybe he’s less than sharp today. 

[Cubbies1996]

Love that our #5 hitter constantly hits balls that are right down the middle on the ground to short or third #elite 

[gflore34]

11 minutes ago, Cubbies1996 said:

Love that our #5 hitter constantly hits balls that are right down the middle on the ground to short or third #elite 

I’ve come accept the fact that Morel is not an everyday player, he’s a bench/depth player on a good team.  Unfortunately, it took a lost season to learn this.

[profisme]

PCA is fast. 

[CUBDOM4life]

Can the Cubs trade Rick Suttcliffe?

[JHBulls]

Can we have Rick Sutcliffe full time? He thinks every day is Game 7. 

[Irrelevant Dude]

Just now, JHBulls said:

Can we have Rick Sutcliffe full time? He thinks every day is Game 7. 

Did he name-drop Bill Murray yet today?

[JHBulls]

Just now, Irrelevant Dude said:

Did he name-drop Bill Murray yet today?

I have been taking a few 10 minute breaks between play.

So I would like to say, yes, yes he did. And probably multiple times. 

[gflore34]

How a change to the script with a Cubs hitter taking someone deep late in the game?

[WhyCantWeWin]

Was a bad call to pull Shota, Counsell helping the tank

[JHBulls]

So in the time it took me to heat some food up, eat and come back in front of the TV. Royals are now leading 4-3 and Cubs are bases loaded. Such a Cubs thing to have happen

Edited July 28, 2024 by JHBulls

[Tryptamine]

Good stuff Wisdom