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  1. Irrelevant Dude
    I miss Tapatalk and I will die on that hill!
  2. Irrelevant Dude
    I had no idea his metrics were that low, but how much of that could be driven by his approach at the plate? His two strike approach lately has been to shorten up significantly and just dump the ball into the outfield, and it has been working. Maybe that is unsustainable, but it sure appears that he is making a concerted effort to just put the ball in play when he gets behind in the count.
  3. Irrelevant Dude
    I am really interested in the possible return for Bellinger. He is likely the best trade chip the Cubs have had since the selloff began in 2021. He is a middle of the order bat playing at near-MVP level, a plus defender, and can be a difference maker for a number of playoff-contending teams. He is the type of guy who may have netted the Cubs a Top 20 prospect in baseball in years past before teams got smarter about trading away their cost-controlled prospects for rentals. So, what can the Cubs actually get for him? Is it realistic to expect a player in the back half of the Top 100 along with another lottery ticket or two at lower levels?
  4. Irrelevant Dude
    MLB - Making their product more difficult to watch since 1939.
  5. Irrelevant Dude
    There must be a mistake in the box score. Are you telling me Gomes has TWO triples??? And here I almost placed that prop bet before the game
  6. Irrelevant Dude
    At least they are better than the Nationals' pen.
  7. Irrelevant Dude
    On one hand, his in-game contributions are probably very minimal anyway. On the other hand, who in the world wants to hear an extended, in depth interview with the hitting coach while there is a game going on?
  8. Irrelevant Dude
    Can someone explain how the whole NHL draft/contract process works? What happens when a player goes to college, or plays for another organization after being drafted? Is there a difference in signing a player to an NHL contract versus an AHL contract? In the case where a player goes to college, does the drafting team maintain that players' rights for a certain amount of time? I guess I was naive to the ways of hockey, but until recently I always thoughts guys just went from the draft to AHL to NHL.
  9. Irrelevant Dude
    Perhaps the Nationals are impressed by what they've seen out of Miles Mastrobuoni.
  10. Irrelevant Dude
    I thought that bouncer was going to be an infield single. Then I realized it was Mancini running and he was thrown out by 7 steps.
  11. Irrelevant Dude
    Only if it's two in person and two remote, and with an audio delay on the remote connections.
  12. Irrelevant Dude
    You will be assimilated. Resistance is futile.
  13. Irrelevant Dude
    But what if... hear me out on this one... they pick a random fan out of the stands to be the third man in the booth each game? Just a little something to completely throw off the rhythm of each night's broadcast.
  14. Irrelevant Dude
    Brock bought the competition?
  15. Irrelevant Dude
    This isn't happening anytime soon.
  16. Irrelevant Dude
    Pete Crow-ArmstrongCade HortonBen BrownKevin AlcantaraMatt ShawJordan WicksMiguel AmayaMatt MervisOwen CaissieMoises BallesterosJackson FerrisAlexander CanarioDaniel PalenciaLuke LittleJaxon WigginsJames TriantosBrennan DavisBrandon BirdsellCristian HernandezWill Sanders
  17. Irrelevant Dude
    Good old fashioned run differential game to pad the Pythagorean!
  18. Irrelevant Dude
    Just wait until the Cubs get to the soft part of their schedule!
  19. Irrelevant Dude
    You mean he's going to hit a double?
  20. Irrelevant Dude
    Remember when Taillon had that one magical day against the Yankees?
  21. Irrelevant Dude
    Does anyone know what the waitlist is currently at?
  22. Irrelevant Dude
    "Hamstrung" is a strong word. With the exception of Taillon, most of the other large-ish contracts the Cubs have given out are guys who are likely going to play to or exceed the value of their deals over time. So while I agree that the Cubs don't have nearly enough guaranteed production and have multiple huge holes on the roster, I don't think they have a problem with dead money.
  23. Irrelevant Dude
    In the past, I think we had a listing of all the draft picks in the first post and then that got updated with signing amounts as players signed. That was a good quick reference to keep track of who had signed, rather than trying to parse through all the individual signing posts.
  24. Irrelevant Dude
    That assumes Jed is capable of finding an alternate path to make the leap to playoff contender with the resources he currently has. I struggle with that possibility.
  25. Irrelevant Dude
    The gaping hole in that comparison is the Cubs still have nowhere near the level of Minor League talent they had in 2014-2015, and they aren't ever going to get there by picking in the middle of the first round every year. We could see the 2015/2016 team taking shape well in advance and it was clear that the team was building to something. That simply isn't the case now. The Minor League system is "ok", but lacks any real impact talent for the foreseeable future. The top prospect is PCA and he might be a nice player, but even he doesn't really move the needle. If the goal was to rebuild the farm system from terrible to slightly above average and field a Major League team that can look like a fringe contender year after year if you squint really hard, then mission accomplished.
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