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It's still like 70 extremely scattered AB's. I know we're working with what we have, but I think we're still in the eye test stage vs. quoting peripherals. Although some (K-rate) will be quoted for obvious reasons.
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Enhancement ideas for NSBB
RammyFanny replied to Tim's topic in North Side Baseball Issues & Suggestions
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That exact same scenario is still there when you sign/trade for the first good pitcher with the "depth plan" though. With either plan you are going to have to tell the second pitcher you get that he will have to compete with Hammel/Hendricks. You keep saying "replace Hammel". We still have him under contract next year. I see no reason to be in a rush to replace him at this point. Let him have another great first half and trade him at the deadline next year. Yeah, I don't get it either. Hammel xFIP by month: April: 3.20 May: 3.05 June: 3.39 July: 4.55 August: 3.47 Sept/Oct: 3.90 For all the arguing about depth, this guy might be your 6th starter after you'd sign Price.
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I guess I don't get why people are arguing like it's either A) sign Price or B) fix the depth. You can still fix the depth and sign Price. Signing Price increases the depth a ton on his own, and it's not like it's some impossible task to use the absolute stockpile of trade chips we have to trade for more cheap depth. And that's not even accounting for the usual 1 year prove it deals that will be out there. Sure it would suck if a big money guy got hurt, but the upside to running out Arrieta/Price/Lester for 3 straight days is insane.
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Man, MLBN had a better view of the flip. That clip above didn't do it justice. MAJOR hangtime. Could have knocked down an airplane.
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Yeah, I don't think the comments would have been scrutinized at all if he were directly asked about free agency, but the question was essentially asking him if he was still able to be mentally prepared for the season after the rape charges (IIRC). He just manufactured the free agency thing out of nowhere from that question.
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I know this post is two months old now but come on. This isn't some great thought of genius here. Most people know you don't take any one team "against the field" in any sport. It's almost like you think you are "this great mind among the hairy dicked idiots" and throw out these little quips to somehow prove your point. Carry on, this is the first time reading this thread so sorry from bringing up old stuff. *fixed
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For the record: Jordan Zimmerman 2015: 3.68 ERA / 3.77 FIP / 3.80 xFIP / 2.9 fWAR / 7.5 K9 Kyle Hendricks 2015: 4.09 ERA / 3.46 FIP / 3.33 xFIP / 3.1 fWAR / 8.2 K9 Witt the caveat that Zimmerman has had much better seasons in the past. But he scares me a little considering the Tommy John past and the Nats rumored to not want to bet on the elbow.
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That settles it. There couldn't have been a rape if she drank a cup of coffee the next morning. /sarcasm
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Who Do You Want the Cubs to Face in the One Game-Playoff?
RammyFanny replied to Sammy Sofa's topic in Chicago Cubs Talk
Me too, which is why I'd much rather have the ability to execute them in a single blow with Arrieta. This is correct. I'm still rooting for a division tie so the Cards and Pitt have to play a tiebreaker game and use up their best pitchers (although Liriano might be as scary as Cole for us). I haven't looked at how their rotations are projected, but the Pirates/Cardinals might not have the luxury of lining up their best pitcher against us regardless if the division comes down to the final few days. -
Oakland is pretty fun. Carr, Murray and Cooper are all exciting.
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Speaking of BABIP arguments, Kris Bryant has now BABIP'd about .380 over the course of a full major league season after BABIPing .400 throughout the minors. I have no idea what he will stabilize at over the course of his career, but he is crazy.
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What? I assume the ID# was already on the hospital bag from the beginning.
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I'm not the biggest DiCaro fan but she's getting a lot of [expletive] for nothing on her Twitter feed. She's always been neutral through all of this giving her lawyer POV and (probably) wrongly trusted the accuser's lawyer (not the worst thing in the world) Has she been neutral though? Hasn't she been in favor of them cutting or trading Kane all along?(I'm asking, because she litters my timeline so much in these instances, I don't come close to reading them all) By wanting that(if I'm right on her), doesn't that basically put her on the girls side? Again, not a hockey fan and if this happened to a Cub, I'd hate it and wouldn't know where I'd stand on the player being on the team or not(at this pre trial stage). But if you want the guy off the team, pre trial and before anything is actually known, it seems to me she does have her mind made up. If my thinking is wrong here, I'm more than willing to listen and learn otherwise. Nah, don't think she's ever mentioned cutting him. They were leaning more towards wanting to suspend him for (at least) training camp since it keeps giving him a platform to proclaim his innocence to millions and essentially call her a liar whenever he gets asked a question while she has to stay nameless and quiet.
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I'm in a survivor league where we can literally pick any team over and over again ( except consecutively), and I still can't bring myself to pick another game even knowing the entire league will be taking Seattle or NE and I could win it all with an upset. Was tempted to take GB and hope for some miracle upset but I just don't think it's possible in any way.
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#wearegood is enough to love Miggy. But Martin has been really good this year. I know, but he's dropped off in the the second half and the thought of having $20 million of the payroll locked into him for multiple seasons that far into the future would scare me.
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I joked yesterday that Maddon would have the cheetah freely roaming around the pregame interview like the flamingo. I am now imagining Gordo or Sullivan casually walking in late oblivious to what was going on earlier and their reaction as a cheetah sprints to greet them as they quietly sneak in. Even if the article was in jest, that interaction with Theo just seems weird. But maybe I'm oblivious.
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I just noticed Russell Martin is going to be making an AAV of $19 million/yr for the next four seasons after this and my love for Miguel Montero just grew exponentially.
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Every picture that I've seen where Travis Wood is with an animal looks like he's plotting the best way he can discretely pull a David Cameron.
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Forgot about that forum, I remember I used to always go there. Can't remember why. I think they had great draft content if I remember right.
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Now Kane's lawyer is saying there was a mixture of DNA below the waist from people not named Kane. Fairly certain the victim's lawyer had just said that rumor wasn't true towards the end of his Q&A. Pretty sure someone asked "are you denying that there was multiple men's DNA found?" and he said they were in fact denying. I don't know what's going on. That seems fairly obvious to answer.
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15 min. CSN+ and streaming. This is gonna get interesting.
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If you're voting Arrieta, you're basically saying it's because he has 20 wins (which Greinke could still get to). Greinke has a lower WHIP (0.85 to 0.90), lower ERA (1.65 to 1.88) and higher bWAR (8.7 to 7.4). Kershaw has a higher fWAR (7.8 to 6.2, though that's before tonight), strikes out way more 11.39 K/9 to 9.17), and has a better FIP (2.09 to 2.51). Both of the other two also walk fewer guys. Yeah, it's tough to make a obvious case unless you go wins and narrative. Arrieta does have a pretty sizeable advantage in ERA+ though. But yeah, every argument for Arrieta over Greinke is an argument for Kershaw over Arrieta. Maybe try to convince people that his dominant stretch in the second half was when it matters more or something, but that's a road I usually don't go down. I guess for traditional voters, Arrieta might be able to edge Kershaw in IP and CG as well, but they are really close and there won't be any significant advantage there.
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The Quotable Joe Maddon (pure goodness thread)
RammyFanny replied to RynoRules's topic in Chicago Cubs Talk
Before we got him I used to think long and hard about how many wins a manager is worth and then I just said [expletive] it, it's like 5 million to get the guy considered the best of the best. For that cheap, just get him and don't worry about trying to quantify anything and feel content knowing you've got the best in the business and the other teams can worry about trying to put a number value on it.