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  1. BigbadB
    i remember mike freeman now solely because i remember going who the hell is mike freeman for like 12 games last year well clearly he's on steroids so color me intrigued for his 2018 campaign If there was ever a ballplayer who SHOULD pop/inject/snort some PED's, it's Mike Freeman.
  2. BigbadB
    Looking forward to see who all of the other #4's Darvish will be facing all year. LOL. I’d venture to guess it doesn’t work that way over the course of a year. Every pitcher probably faces around the same amount of other teams 1, 2, 3, 4, 5+ starters given off days, injuries, rotation shuffled around, etc. Just because Lester is our “#1” starter doesn’t meant he’s going to face more #1s or staff aces than anyone else in the rotation throughout the year. He’ll face just as many back of rotation guys as he will Scherzer’s, Kershaws, C-Marts, Syndergaards, etc. Well of course it doesn't work out that way. But it's still fun to think about Darvish matching up against all of the other team's #4's all season long.
  3. BigbadB
    [attachment=0]293F4512-E53C-49AA-8AA3-EE10515962DF.jpeg[/attachment] This makes me think of Franks and Beans from Something About Mary.
  4. BigbadB
    Looking forward to see who all of the other #4's Darvish will be facing all year. LOL.
  5. BigbadB
    So... Best case scenario is he goes 1-for the rest of spring. Worst case scenario is he blows his knee out. Because of this post, I now know that Mike Freeman used up his rookie status in 2017, thus cannot win ROY this year. Freeman played for 3 different teams last year, with his work with the Cubs far better than his work with the Padres and Mariners. His stats are trending in the right direction! His major league pitching stats are much better than his hitting stats, but that's not saying much. All in all, I now have a visual of opposing teams lobbing up underhand pitches to Freeman in hopes that the Cubs keep Freeman over Russell and Baez based on Spring Training stats. I used to be able to easily find the link to minor league stats on baseball.reference, but I guess they like playing hide and seek.
  6. BigbadB
    Miss the Olympics? Here's your recap!
  7. BigbadB
    Priceless!
  8. BigbadB
    I would think Landry would have a good case if he filed a grievance against the Dolphins, which would then make him a free agent once again. However, he might also be licking his lips at the though of making $16m next year.
  9. BigbadB
    Yep. I could go for that.
  10. BigbadB
    Jerrell Freeman has been let go. That was probably the easiest one to predict after Glennon.
  11. BigbadB
    I guess the shift of Myers to 1b wasn't because he couldn't play outfield anymore. He's only logged 50 games in the outfield in the last 3 years, and 40 of those were in 2015.
  12. BigbadB
    Lester needs to give it up. If Bryce is signing for such a small portion of what he could get anywhere else, he must also take one for the team.
  13. BigbadB
    Definitely feels like a statement to remove doubt that the Cubs were afraid of Arrieta's health. The Cubs offered up extensions and Jake rejected them, with the intent of looking for his big payday. I'm sure the Cubs hope he gets it, but there have not been any leaks on the Cubs showing any interest in signing Jake. If the Cubs had a big offer out to him, you know Boras would be using that offer to up the bidding from anyone else looking for pitching help. Arrieta's market has been quiet to the point of obscene.
  14. BigbadB
    Imagining a trade deadline one half a season before a lot of top tier players become free agents could create some good deals while teams try to free up salary/contract guarantees before the free agent window opens. I'd rather wait and see if there are some needs/deals at the deadline rather than use up what remains of their budget under the cap.
  15. BigbadB
    Might they also land a high quality arm with the compensation pick for Arrieta?
  16. BigbadB
    Yay! Let's hope he gets all 150m because it will mean he earned all of the incentives!
  17. BigbadB
    Pretty sure Yu wouldn't want a no trade clause in his contract if he signs with Milwaukee. More like a you must trade me clause.
  18. BigbadB
    I'll take "Who is Ervin Santana" for $500, Alex.
  19. BigbadB
    I have it from a completely unreliable source that Yu Darvish is a member of this site and reads it daily. He hasn't signed yet because he finds this thread funny, and he never wants the funny to end.
  20. BigbadB
    It's a 10 game suspension. We need to move on from Freeman. I'm not so sure he would even beat out Kwiatkoski after such a long layoff.
  21. BigbadB
    i see a lot of cuts from that group.
  22. BigbadB
    Me and you and a boy named Yu!
  23. BigbadB
    I can think of one. Dexter. Guess I shouldn't have said none.
  24. BigbadB
    The real fascination at this point is that some team 3 months into the free agency process is all of a sudden going to wake up from a deep slumber and go all in on Darvish. With the early signees out of the way, he's been ripe for the taking for 2 solid months now and nothings happened. And if the Darvish signing is holding up many of the other offerings, this is just plain weird. I remember a handful of free agent signings during spring training in the past, but none seemed all that significant, like a major piece to a roster.
  25. BigbadB
    Now that you mention it, I believe they were caught passing each other in separate airports once.
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