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4/1 Cubs (Hendricks) vs Pirates (Kuhl) 1:20 Marquee
CubinNY replied to Andy's topic in Fred Hornkohl Game Thread Forum
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4/1 Cubs (Hendricks) vs Pirates (Kuhl) 1:20 Marquee
CubinNY replied to Andy's topic in Fred Hornkohl Game Thread Forum
I'm excited. What a special day for baseball fans. I feel like Charlie Brown lining up to kick the football. -
We use to do this at the start of the season. The Cubs have the best starting rotation in baseball in ERA and runs scored The bullpen has the most blown saves in the NL Joc is traded at the deadline Bryant isn't The Cubs finish below.500
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He's 31 now, no? He's closer to 32 than 31 now, and he's under contract for this year. So if you're talking about an extension that is tacked on to his current deal, there's zero precedent going beyond 3 years. If you're talking about ripping up this year, there's 2 examples of 1B signing through age 35 in the last 15 years at his age or older, and they were in the literal sense shorter deals. I guess I'm assuming that the hang-up is about dollars and not years. 4 years at $80M seems reasonable to me, maybe make the last year a club option/buyout thing.
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Rizzo turns 32 in August. ESPN's Free Agent tracker goes back to 2006, and I don't see a single 1B 32 or older getting a 4+ year deal. Pujols was 31 when he signed his huge deal, and Carlos Santana and Jose Abreu got 3 years at age 32, that's the entirety of 31+ year olds getting 3+ years at the position. He's 31 now, no?
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Almost 35 year old Carlos Santana just signed a 2 year, 17m deal after throwing up a .699 OPS last year and garbage defense since forever. Probably conflating posters around here, but all the people who wanted Nico to slug .300 every day because our pitching staff was built around ground balls has no problem dumping Rizz to pay a revolving door of fringe DH types to Roger Dorn ground balls and picks at first for the next few years. I don't think people are thinking. Rizzo is an elite defender and top 5 offensive player at his position. There is nothing to suggest he's going to fall off a cliff and he's not asking for a 10 year/$240M contract. And he's a main draw at Wrigley. People come to watch him play. This should be a no brainer for the Cubs, but the Ricketts are assholes, so here we are.
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I feel bad for Rizzo. It's hard to put a value on how many kids/parents he draws for the Cubs that a Mark Canha type will never draw. I know my son's eyes lighted up when he saw Rizzo for the first time at Wrigley. it's not all about production.
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This Cubs reliever roster looks like it has the potential for Ross to leave in starters too long. He doesn't need another reason to do that. Also, the Cubs are going to go long stretches where they are not scoring runs.
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Agreed, and here's the quote from Ross: This is about Sogard, not Bote. It’s about a lifetime backup catcher giving a veteran some more service time.
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You don't think they're eyeing that extra year by keeping him down til May?Sure, a lot of momentum working against having the best team available coming out of spring training in a year where they really need to get off to a good start.
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He makes the team, Nico gets sent down. This has to be a Ross decision.
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The White Sox Thread: 2022 Will Be the Last Call for TLR (P. 11)
CubinNY replied to Banedon's topic in General Baseball Talk
Looks like Eloy is going to be out for awhile. -
I know it’s spring training, but I must say the Cubs have looked very good so far.
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and he hits a batter after 8 straight strikes.
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Maples looks nasty good.
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darrin jackson? he seems pretty universally liked in town but i obviously haven't spent much time listening to white sox broadcasts. i'm sure he's better than dopey ass coomer. anyway, in that regard, if len could deal with brenly, he can probably deal with this. Good point. Jackson said that he thought pitchers really weren't throwing that fast. He seemed to indicate the new “technology” of radar guns aren’t accurate.
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Wholly horsefeathers you should hear this troglodyte with Len on the radio. He must be pulling his hair out.
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Bryant is a seriously underrated defensive player.
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No, I had no idea who it was. I like Pat on the radio (a lot), he sounds different to me. BTW, Len is different on the radio than he is on TV to me as well.
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Kimbrel looks like dreck.
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It's Pat Hughes? Yikes. He sounds different on TV.
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I'm having bad allergies so my hearing is worse than it normally is.
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I wish I was joking. It's not Boog. Is it Boog?
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i can't tell if you're joking or not since you live in alabama lol I wish I was joking. It's not Boog.
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Who is this boring ass dude doing pbp on Marquee?