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  1. Irrelevant Dude
    I'm curious whether the Nationals will tear up Dave Martinez' contract and give him a new deal, or are the Nats gonna Nat and continue to pay him less than $1M the year after going to the World Series.
  2. Irrelevant Dude
    It is fun watching Scherzer. He is having the time of his life out there.
  3. Irrelevant Dude
    Me too. Even though he only played with the Cubs for a few years, he was one of my favorite players as a kid. I thought, as most did, that he was toast earlier this season. I'm really glad the Nationals stuck with him and turned things around. It also provides a future counter-argument to the "fire the manager to give the team a spark" school of thought.
  4. Irrelevant Dude
    Rendon's at bat in the 10th was so great. The guy just doesn't chase and punishes mistakes. There aren't many hitters like him, and certainly none on the Cubs.
  5. Irrelevant Dude
    Fangraphs has him worth over $26 million this year. Honestly, the main outlier for him has been the dongs. The concerning part is that that issue first showed up in 2017, and isn't considered that this league-wide power surge didn't happen until last season? This where I get so damn confused. I watched Q all season, and never ever would I have thought, 'Yeah, this guy was worth a one-year, $26 million dollar deal this year.' I don't see how that is possible. I would double check my algorithm on that one.
  6. Irrelevant Dude
    There isn't another pitcher out there for $10.5 million that can give innings and actually has some upside?
  7. Irrelevant Dude
    Quintana shouldn't be on this team next year, but he will be, because letting him walk makes the trade look even worse.
  8. Irrelevant Dude
    I agree with this. Maddon has some fault, but this mess isn't his doing. Anything less than Theo taking primary responsibility will be unacceptable. The only thing I want to hear him address in his end of season press conference is the mistakes he has made and what he plans to do to fix them. Maddon is almost certainly gone, but it is largely due to the mistakes that have been made above him. That partially includes ownership, but mostly lies square on the shoulders of Theo. I don't want to hear him place blame on anyone else. The players have proven they are who they are, and it is Theo who bought into them being better than that. I hope Tom Ricketts is furious, and he has every right to be. But does he really care, or is he counting his money and waiting for the new network to launch (which will very likely not even be carried by some of the major content distributors, Dish Network for example)?
  9. Irrelevant Dude
    By "worthy replacement", do you mean current pop music hits blaring over the loudspeakers? Organ music is almost non-existent now at Wrigley anyway, which is unfortunate.
  10. Irrelevant Dude
    It's almost like run differential is a nearly meaningless stat.
  11. Irrelevant Dude
    So you're telling me there's a chance!
  12. Irrelevant Dude
    He needs to stop doing that long stride lunge to first base. It makes me cringe every time, especially with his knee problems. Although maybe it will be another team's concern the next time he takes the field.
  13. Irrelevant Dude
    I still haven't seen a tag. What did they see?
  14. Irrelevant Dude
    Dammit, I thought that might fall.
  15. Irrelevant Dude
    horsefeathers.
  16. Irrelevant Dude
    Brewers lose.
  17. Irrelevant Dude
    Nice, Chatwood.
  18. Irrelevant Dude
    As I was saying...
  19. Irrelevant Dude
    Schwarber HR here might be the only chance.
  20. Irrelevant Dude
    Ryan has been good, but it sucks that Cubs relievers have to constantly nibble off the edges of the strike zone. Time and again, we see opposing batters foul off pitches until they either walk or the pitcher makes a mistake.
  21. Irrelevant Dude
    To be fair, it is only the 7th inning and other guys have been used a lot.
  22. Irrelevant Dude
    Every inning is a struggle.
  23. Irrelevant Dude
    Was the first strike against Kemp on a swing? It didn't look like it to me, but that ball was way up.
  24. Irrelevant Dude
    Nice job Vic!
  25. Irrelevant Dude
    Get that guy another cortisone shot.
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