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  1. CubinNY
    He was known to be a prickly player. I see no reason why he wouldn't also be a prickly manager. But I think he's prickly in the players' favor, trying to take responsibility for whatever went wrong. He's good that way.
  2. CubinNY
    Why not get creative, move Nico to third, and have Morel take 2nd? To me, that's Morel's best position. The ONLY reason to do this is for defense. If they don't think Morel can handle 2nd, he's a DH. They're not going to put him in the OF. His best position may be trade chip.
  3. CubinNY
    Someone has to take responsibility for making or not making a decision and that person is the manager. I agree that Hoyer, Ross, and Ricketts are a package deal and something significantly bad would have to happen for that deal to fall apart. They appear to be on the correct path given their own goals and tactics and self-imposed limitations on what they may and may not do. Let's hope it's a path that leads to lots of post-season appearances. I don't think having Ross as manager is going to "set the Cubs back" in any meaningful way. They aren't going back to the Theo days or the Tribune ownership.
  4. CubinNY
    Agree. They either need to shorten the regular season or get rid of this format.
  5. CubinNY
    Is Freeze going to crack the nut and get a win against LSU this week?
  6. CubinNY
    I think it's quite a bit too early to write the epitaph for Young. He's on a horsefeathers team with horsefeathers players and a horsefeathers coach. They're going to have to get some talent around him and Young is going to have to get significantly better though. Drew Brees failed with his first team too.
  7. CubinNY
    Looks like no break out for Alcantara in the AFL.
  8. CubinNY
    Ross is not a terrible manager. His teams generally play smart baseball and play hard. He’s done a lot with not at a lot of talent. But he’s not demonstrated any ability to shepherd young players breaking into the league. He’s a red ass (baseball term, look it up) manager for vets. He has trouble recognizing when a SP needs to be taken out and he rides the bullpen arms that are decent into fatigue by the end of the year. Perhaps, some portion of those issues are related to personal decisions made by upper management. But on the margins where a manager’s decisions are most important, he’s not a strong decision maker. In other words, he’s more than likely not going to win as many games as he will lose. As we saw this year, those games matter. He’s a middle of the road baseball lifer who’s not a guy I want managing the Cubs when the time comes that they actually have a good team.
  9. CubinNY
    Owen had a great year but there’s a lot missing in that write up. I don’t know how he can be considered a #1 prospect when PCA graduates
  10. CubinNY
    the comments are disgusting
  11. CubinNY
    Yes, he's won the Japanese equivalent of the Cy Young two years in a row and pitched really well in the WBC. He is rather small by starting pitcher standards, but he's been incredibly consistent and is about the same age as Horton. He's going to have a lot of suiters and the bidding is going to get high with both NY teams and the other big market clubs. Hell, even the Pirates met with him.
  12. CubinNY
    A lot of us buying into Caissie as a top 5 prospect. I'm not there, but I'm also not that bright. The strikeouts worry me. I remember Tyler Colvin who I thought was a no-doubt 10-year professional with a few all-star appearances. Wiser people looked at his k rate and were down on him. Maybe it's a different era and I haven't caught up.
  13. CubinNY
    If the consensus is that Williams is a "generational" talent (sorry, Kyle), they should draft him and try to trade Fields for what they can get. Then Poles better get serious about getting protection and skill people.
  14. CubinNY
    Pete Crow-ArmstrongCade HortonJordan WicksMatt ShawAlexander CanarioKevin AlcantaraOwen CaissieMatt MervisLuke LittleMoises BallesterosJackson FerrisBen BrownDaniel PalenciaJefferson RojasLuis VazquezJames TriantosMichael AriasHaydn McGearyPorter HodgeJeremiah Estrada 1-8 is solid. 9-20 are somewhat interchangeable.
  15. CubinNY
    WTF is going on? Where has the team been the first 3.5 games?
  16. CubinNY
    That’s pass interference
  17. CubinNY
    A bad ass
  18. CubinNY
    DJ Moore is a bad ass.
  19. CubinNY
    No flags
  20. CubinNY
    Who is this guy playing QB for the Bears?
  21. CubinNY
    On fire!
  22. CubinNY
    JF baby. Got his swagger going
  23. CubinNY
    That blond is easy on the eyes.
  24. CubinNY
    I’m going to watch this game for at least a bit. I expect Fields won’t be as comfy in the pocket this game.
  25. CubinNY
    We should make a thread about it.
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