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I agree, but his only saving grace is that he's not blocking anyone until midseason when Davis should be ready. I'm not going to concede that Hermosillo or Frazier or any of the rest of the collection of tomato cans the Cubs have assembled are even marginally better.
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I'm bracing for him to magically revert to at least something resembling STL performance levels for short stretches and be overall way better than he has been most of the time since he left. I know it's unlikely but this is STL and I never rule anything out He's going to be awful and a waste of roster space for the entire time he's on the team. He might luck into having some meaningful hits, and those events will be magnified in importance because they will be notable incidents in an otherwise terrible year. In short, he's going to suck, and on the rare occasions he doesn't people will make those incidents more important than they really are.
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I think to me one of the things that would be especially frustrating about this is that he's likely a plus CFer while no one else on the roster is even average. Based on what Jed did this winter, and even more importantly what he didn't do, the best version of this team is a fantastic defense with a solid offense. Think last year's Cardinals. Trading Hermosillo for Heyward out there would seem to undercut that pretty significantly. And it's not like there's much (any?) offensive benefit gotten in exchange. Now Heyward vs. Ortega, that's much more defensible argument even though we've heard much less about Ortega being a possibility to be cut. Jed seems to be trying to put his mark on this team. The best way to do that is to cut Heyward.
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I taught there for four miserable years and I can definitely say the entire university is corrupt to the core. Entire city. I lived there for a quick minute and my aunt worked for the state in Memphis. What a horsefeathers, corrupt place. Agreed.
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I taught there for four miserable years and I can definitely say the entire university is corrupt to the core.
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Wow That was a blast, but it wasn't a high fast ball.
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He's playing in the big league game today.
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I read a Twitter rumor that the Cubs might trade Wilson before the season if they get a good offer. Padres or Yankees likely partner.
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When you look at elite QBs they know where to place the ball to receivers who are not necessarily open. They seem to have the ability to throw the ball so that only the WR has the opportunity to catch it. Fields needs to be hyper-accurate with his throws if he's going to be an elite QB. Obviously, you need sticky-handed WR to make those catches too.
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Davis certainly looks the part of a top prospect. Yes, I'm only doing superficial analysis of how the players look.
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Wisdom looks like an early 80's pornstar with those glasses on.
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I'd like that more than what they are doing.
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I'm in love with his swing.
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The players just want their workday to be over. I think maybe the solution is just to have ties. Runner on 2nd is a mockery of the sport whose only purpose is to get a binary outcome as quickly as possible. If it's not important enough to play with the normal rules of baseball, it is not worth doing.
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Apparently, their politics is coming into play here as well, I'm not sure how much value to put in that part of the equation as money usually wins these types of contests. If they come up with the best offer/plan, they will probably be the next owners. In my opinion, that's a bad thing for society in general, but might not be a bad thing for the team they will own. Some proportion of every dollar they make goes to fund the worst people in the world of politics, at least in America.
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ZiPS says around 80: https://blogs.fangraphs.com/jonathan-villar-joins-the-cubs-as-their-newest-jack-of-all-trades/ What are they going to do in July if they are hovering around .500 and are 8 games behind the Brewers/Cards and 3 games out of the Wild Card? It's more a rhetorical question, but does anyone think they sell farm hands to maybe squeak into the Wild Card? Isn't it much more likely they sell?
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I can see this team winning ~75 games, but there is real potential for a 100 loss season. I suppose the fact that they get to play the Reds and Pirates a lot will help, but wow.
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Gigantic Willy Style - The Willson Contreras Thread
CubinNY replied to Sammy Sofa's topic in Chicago Cubs Talk
I don't understand this thinking at all unless you think Amaya is going to be ready to step in next year or the year after. MLB catching is a black hole of suck and Contreras is already here. I think it's precisely because MLB catching is a "black hole of suck" that the Cubs would adopt this approach. Look at the fWAR leaderboards for catching last year. Contreras comes in 12th, surrounded by guys who aren't particularly well-regarded. And that's because most catchers either hit well or defend well, but only a sparse handful do well at both. Contreras can hit, but he's just not much of a defender at a position with a really high bar for it. And ultimately, that's the problem. I'm sure Jed looks at the catching marketplace and realizes that paying for a defensive specialist who can put up comparable total value to Contreras is going be a heck of a lot cheaper than a flashy, offense-first guy like Contreras. That’s a lot words for being so wrong. -
Gigantic Willy Style - The Willson Contreras Thread
CubinNY replied to Sammy Sofa's topic in Chicago Cubs Talk
I mean we just signed a very high profile guy in Suzuki and by all accounts our pitch to him was great and we also got Stroman, who had plenty of suitors. I still trust they can get a guy they desire to target. But yeah, I’m kinda good with shopping/not extending Contreras unless the extension is on the teams terms. The injury risk/wear and tear with aging catchers aren’t low and Contreras hasn’t even stayed all that healthy as a younger guy. I’d love to keep him but get not extending him at this moment if it’s not on the right terms. I don't understand this thinking at all unless you think Amaya is going to be ready to step in next year or the year after. MLB catching is a black hole of suck and Contreras is already here. -
c'mon that was grandfathered in, their total spend in the 10-11 offseason was less than $28M I don't see how that matters. If it does then the argument is the Ricketts were intentionally wanting the team to lose by supplying it with a Top 5 payroll and not firing the GM who had averaged 84 wins/season prior to them(including 97 the year before they bought the team) and won 83 in their first year. It makes the definition of 'tanking' so broad as to be meaningless. I'm having difficulty giving them credit for not intentionally selling off players on a winning team they bought. But really, it's history. This isn't the same organization they bought; it's the organization they created and it's not in the same shape with the same rules as then. If winning is 2nd or 3rd on the list of importance to them, what they are doing makes perfect sense. They are charging premium prices and running out a mediocre product. It's up to the fans to support that. The Ricketts are banking on it. I think the new (old) CBA kind of threw a wrench in Theo's plans and then the Ricketts stopped spending to extend the window of contention.
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Gigantic Willy Style - The Willson Contreras Thread
CubinNY replied to Sammy Sofa's topic in Chicago Cubs Talk
The mantra use to be: every season is precious. The mantra now: every dollar is precious. -
Vizcaino Taken off the 40 man and put on the restricted list.
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I wonder how ticket sales are going? I’ve gotten 5 emails this week reminding me to purchase tickets.
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So is this the team they start the season with?
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The Cubs a shittily owned and ran baseball team. But the fact he agreed to such a contract suggests collusion. Why would Correra care which agent group gets a cut? Why would he listen to Boras and settle for something like this? If the Baltimore rumor was true, one would think he signing there.