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  1. Rob
    Honestly, given the amount of work you put into this every year, I'm okay with you cheating a bit since it was an honest mistake.
  2. Rob
    His 10/5 rights could be relevant around the deadline. If we are adding (and we ought to be), we will probably need to cut salary somewhere. With Hendricks looking awful so far, he'd be a prime candidate to get moved away. Trade A brings in a couple relievers that take us over the luxury tax threshold. Trade B has us sending Hendricks to a team willing to eat his salary, alongside a couple solid prospects enticing them to do so. But it brings us back under the luxury tax threshold. Or in a bigger deal, he could just be included in the main deal to offset salaries. Hendricks may well get DFA'd immediately on getting to his new team. But he's looking like a guy who could be on the move.
  3. Rob
    I don't envy you the effort it's going to take to get this board to abandon megathreads.
  4. Rob
    For the record, I enjoy the articles. And I have no strong opinions about their location.
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    rawdog's random reappearances are what make him so beloved. If it was a daily thing, he'd be an annoyance.
  7. Rob
    Damn. Yup. Drop: DH - Mike Trout ($50) Add: DH - Ryan Mountcastle ($50)
  8. Rob
    Baseball has always been the place where facial hair trends are often at odds with real life. If mustaches go out of style, you'll probably see more ballplayers with mustaches. Just sayin'.
  9. Rob
    Doubt we get much there. But a few bucks doesn't hurt.
  10. Rob
    It's possible that the swear filter is fucked up.
  11. Rob
    If it helps you sleep at night, Trevor Bauer is almost guaranteed to be paying most of those trolls to post on his behalf.
  12. Rob
    Yeah, I'm not convinced spending on a bullpen is usually a great idea. Like, sure. If we're one piece away from being the top contender -- go out and get your Aroldis Chapman. But I can't think of many times in my life where the bullpen has been the only glaring weakness of the team. Given the volatility with relievers, you're generally going to get more bang for your buck using the money to upgrade elsewhere.
  13. Rob
    The 27th man doesn't count for that purpose. However, I wonder if optioning him on the 17th is relevant. We're still within the 15 days from that one.
  14. Rob
    I'm curious how the rule is written. Do we need two IL stints to bring back two players within that 10 day window? Or does a single IL stint make both eligible if it's within the same transaction? Edit: The Rule "Upon being optioned to the Minor Leagues, a position player must remain there for a minimum of 10 days before he is eligible to be recalled to the Major League roster. For pitchers and two-way players, the minimum is 15 days. If a player is serving as the 27th man for a doubleheader or replacing a player who has been placed on the injured list, there is no minimum number of days for which the optioned player must remain in the Minors." So it looks like it has to be an actual 1-1 replacement. Also, the 10 day window I referred to was just position players. It's 15 for pitchers and two way players. But since Little was the 27th man in the doubleheader, it doesn't apply to him.
  15. Rob
    Honestly, it just seems too aggressive to be a punishment. I don't see the NFL shaking things up that much the week of the draft. If a draft punishment is the plan, I'd guess it's a 2025 pick.
  16. Rob
    At first, I thought this post was saying that 45 year old Koyie Hill was playing for the 2024 White Sox, after about a decade of retirement. And my first thought was "yeah, I guess that makes sense." Yikes.
  17. Rob
    I wouldn't be surprised if Hendricks hit the IL with a phantom injury.
  18. Rob
    Like yeah, I'm not going to look at this team and claim it's perfect and there are no weaknesses. Jed clearly needs to try to make some moves once players start becoming available. But nobody's available now, and the Cubs are overall looking way better than expected. It feels like it takes real effort to be negative at this point in the season.
  19. Rob
    We're roughly 10% of the way done with the season and on pace for 100 wins despite this being one of the tougher months for our schedule.
  20. Rob
    Fangraphs has a fun little thing on the team pages when you check the schedule. They keep track of who was favored to win or not. You can check it out here. So far, the Cubs have won 100% of the games we were favored to win. Of course, we've only been favored to win in 5 of 16 games so far. The ones we have been favored to win fall in one or both of two categories (1) Imanaga starts or (2) games against the Rockies. Edit: Forgot to mention the reason I brought this up. They've got us with a 43% chance to take this one off the D'backs.
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    I was worried about him since the season ended, and even I would agree that it's too early to worry.
  22. Rob
    It's not relevant. There's some language about the players needing to debut with the same team. Since Busch debuted with the Dodgers, he isn't eligible.
  23. Rob
    Welcome to the top of the mountain. If you squint, you can see Derwood down near the bottom somewhere.
  24. Rob
    ELO is pretty reactive to early-season swings. Taking a series off the Dodgers is a big deal. Dropping one to the Padres would probably drop us pretty much back where we were.
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