ConstableRabbit

Yu is really dealing tonight.

I totally get that you feel this way and empathize with you. At the same time it’s very much one note and ends up derailing a lot of conversations on team performance (e.g., it doesn’t suck that Cole is good this year, Schwarber has improved, the team is objectively good, etc.) that would otherwise be fun/interesting. If you and other posters are open to it maybe that type of conversation can move to the Ricketts Family thread, or dare I say, Rants? Think it’s definitely appropriate to discuss on NSB.

They kidnapped him, he played for free, played one game, then retired. In short, I'm down for giving Barry Bonds 5 PAs.

You want the Monstars if they were... not having that great of a season relative to your current team? Also the Monstars horsefeathering lost to the Toon Squad. Accumulating a team of expensive stars that don't win horsefeathers is exactly the opposite of what is good.

this is the most annoying part. even when hes healthy and throwing well, he still sucks That xFIP and K/9 would have led the Cubs last year. FIP would have been second.

A lot of people were clamoring for the Cubs to sign a guy who put up 4.16 FIP, 4.11 xFIP, 8.7 K/9, 2.9 BB/9 the year prior and who averaged ~5 2/3 IP per start. Yu is capable of better and I want to see more, but that line will play.

Where did "Darvish isn't mentally tough" even come from?

I’m pretty sure Houston was mainly a catcher though, right? Mueller was good but had that nasty knee injury.

fixed But Adam Lambert is also good at what he does. Good relative to the average joe off the street but still not that great relative to his peers is exactly how I'd describe what I want this guy to pitch like.

This is rich coming from a Kanye fan!

To add to your dislike, a gentle reminder that Russell is playing at a ~4 fWAR pace extrapolated to 500 PAs. Descalso will be lucky to get to above replacement level. How did you arrive at that? He has .6 fWAR now, you can't get to negative numbers by extrapolating a positive WAR at the moment? Descalso is at -0.5.

To add to your dislike, a gentle reminder that Russell is playing at a ~4 fWAR pace extrapolated to 500 PAs. Descalso will be lucky to get to above replacement level.

In a stunning reversal, he's going to be using Rondon's entrance music circa 2015-2016.

Poorly worded maybe but it's not that bad of a question. Who started calling him that, when he started embracing it, etc. are par for the course as far as lame non-baseball questions. I think we can give this person the benefit of the doubt and assume that they weren't interested in the etymology. I will give the benefit of the doubt that it was a kid under 12, anything else is unacceptable. But that just raises the question of parents allowing access to instagram to kids under 12. Meh, it's a pretty standard type of thing that would come up in Vineline (RIP) or an equivalent team-sponsored bio. "It's funny -- the first person to call me CarGo was my high school manager. He was a great mentor to me, blah blah blah." Definitely not the one question I'd ask the guy though.

Poorly worded maybe but it's not that bad of a question. Who started calling him that, when he started embracing it, etc. are par for the course as far as lame non-baseball questions. I think we can give this person the benefit of the doubt and assume that they weren't interested in the etymology.

He wanted Chapman/Jansen money/years and they are arguably better than him and were much younger when they signed their deals.

Update: yes;yes. :hello:

Show me on the Willie the Wildcat doll where the bad man touched you.

That graphic shows that Angel called and no one picked up tho.

I think it's just shorthand. Will Zobrist's retirement decision impact the signing? I.e., if Zobrist decides to retire.

What kind of fWAR do you think he's going to put up over the next few seasons?

To be fair, I think the "they should trade Willson Contreras" take is just one dude. And to be further fair, that's a very debatable assessment of Schwarber at this point. He's a 26 year old who put up a 115 wRC+ and 3.2 fWAR in 137 games. The start to this season hasn't been great but I'm willing to call that semi-competent.

This offense is downright bedrosian.

What is Kimbrel even looking for/expecting? He just turned 31. His last deal was 4/42 (ended up becoming 5/55 due to team option). Going into 2019, there aren't a lot of great comps for Kimbrel, with the closest guys being older and not quite as good: Miller (2/25), Ottavino (3/27), Robertson (2/23). Britton (3/39) is the same age, but not as good. Indicates that the market still values youth. Going into 2018, there were a lot of FA RP signings with a wide range of results across the contract size spectrum: Wade, Shaw, Gregerson, Neshek, Reed, Cishek come to mind. Wade's (3/52) profile is most similar to Kimbrel's from that group but not perfect -- a little younger at the time of signing, but just not as good. Going into 2017, there was of course Jansen (5/80) and Chapman (5/86), both of whom aren't great comps, either: they were better than Kimbrel and 2 years younger at the time of signing. With that, we're left with Wade's 3/52, Britton's 3/39 and the 5/80s of Jansen/Chapman. I can't imagine a 31 year old RP is going to get 4-5 years in this environment, even though Kimbrel was apparently looking for that. He's also going to sit out half the season, which isn't insignificant from his standpoint: even if he'd signed Britton's deal, he's out $6.5m. Without knowing the best deal he turned down, does 3/42 do it? Does he even get that offer from anyone at this point?

Carl is one of the bums