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Until Tom and Papa Joe cut the phone cord.
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At least Brett is all sunshine a roses
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You live in a dark, dark world. The fact that this comes from CubinNY, who has been confidently predicting the Trump downfall for like, over a year now, makes it especially amazing. That has more to do with the Teflon nature of Trump than anything else. Any one of most of the things he's done would have doomed 44 other Presidents. In hell, Nixon, Buchanan, and Harding are tipping their glasses of warm diarrhea to Trump.
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You live in a dark, dark world. That's not a bold prediction. It's right on the money, unfortunately.
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My predictions are always wrong, so I'm hoping this one is too.
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The starting pitching is good at points in the season and worse than mediocre most of the season, but not terrible. The Cubs have multiple pitchers on the DL. Hendricks loses velocity and becomes incredibly hittable. Hamels performers like a number 5 starter, Lester can't pitch past the 5th inning most starts. The bullpen is great but gets worn down by August. The defense is among the best in the league, the offense in the bottom 3rd. Schwarber's batting average stays in the low 2s, but the power is up. Schwarber gets traded at the deadline to an AL team. Rizzo becomes a mediocre hitting 1st baseman. Javy's K rate balloons. Bryant maintains a high batting average, but his power is significantly down. Contreras is the lone Cub on the All-Start Team for the NL. By July there is talk that Joe has lost the team. They have a bunch of team meetings this year. They finish a dismal 4th with a losing record. NSB(B) takes out our anger on each other.
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I genuinely want this season to be an absolute disaster. Make The Cubs Bad Again™ Maybe the rest of the universe will return to normalcy, too.
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Fangraphs have them at 88 wins, two games ahead of the Cardinals for the division lead, and with only the Dodgers (93) and Nationals (91) ahead of them in the NL. The failure to do anything this offseason is less about the Cubs being bad and more about them refusing to go over the top when the opportunity is clearly there. I don't think most people think the Cubs are bad. Getting Harper won't put the Cubs "over the top", but it will put them in a better position to win. Frankly, I'm more worried about the starting pitching (not necessarily injuries either) than anything else.
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I’d guess that the players are pretty pissed about what’s happening. I wish they would also realize this is how most people are treated by their employers. A guy I know who works construction brought in over 2 million dollars throughout contracts the last two years. One of the companies they did work for was so impressed with his work they offered him a job at a much higher pay rate. He didn’t think it was right to take the job. He told his boss about the offer and asked for a modest raise. His boss told him he didn’t deserve a raise. Needless to say he took the new job.
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Harper's marginal return on wins is not worth the financial investment the Ricketts would have to lay out because, reasons. They are perfectly content with having a contending team that will fill up Wrigley Field and populate their other financial interests surrounding Wrigley. Winning is down the list of importance.
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My extremely uninformed opinion is that Bryce returns to the Nats and Machado goes to the South Side. He'll fit right in with their fan base.
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On 2.4.19 with the team they have seemingly assembled are you excited about this year?
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Isn't the definition of a mystery team, that it's a team no one knows about? Once the team is exposed, it's no longer a mystery
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I don't think they care about fans expectations for signing. I think they want to get the most money they can, so they will wait until then. Setting arbitrary deadlines is good for the owners, not the players.
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it's so irrational, but until he signs I think the Cubs have a great chance.
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I bet she’s a Mets fan. Blech! She from the Bronx.
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No, but the NFL team that drafts him will forever be mocked for taking a 5'10" QB And Kyler Murray will likely be more wealthy than if he stuck with baseball.
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This Harper nonsense is giving me Carlos Beltran flashbacks.
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Last year is just that. The rotation isn’t terrible, but it’s not great and getting older real quick.
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WTF is PTR/Theo going to do at the deadline if the Cubs are sitting in 3rd place, 1 game out of the WC and 4 out of the central and he needs a TOR starter?
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4th? They’re still the best team, the margin has been cut down but they’re still the best and if things go remotely close to plan they aren’t finishing horsefeathering third or lower. Why so serious?
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Doubtful 4th?
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“We like our team” sounds a lot like a Hendry offseason.
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The Cubs are going to finish in 3rd place, aren’t they?
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Petition to delete this thread and pretend Bryce Harper is a nasty social disease.