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4.6 fWar in 208 games so far. he's good. Congrats to Yoenis for having a good rookie season, considering most of that was earned in 2012. He's now 27, can't get on base, is really a corner OF rather than a CF and is a free agent after two more seasons. I don't care about him at all. Well, maybe a little, but not much. He's got a 1.6 WAR so far this season. The Cubs missed out on a useful player who would have only cost them money. I'm sure you are correct, but I keep seeing a WAR of 0.9 for this season. That said, his label has now dropped to that of "useful" rather than star or superstar. I'm quite confident if he was on our team, people would be calling him a huge disappointment with his .225 batting average and .293 on base. I know this because they say that about a 23-year-old Anthony Rizzo who has better numbers. Sorry, but Yoenis is just not that good. Useful? I guess. But useful doesn't make the baseball fan in me lose much sleep. 0.9 is the BR number, 1.6 is the FG number. FG also has him already worth his salary this season, but take that for what it's worth. I for one didn't think he was going to be a superstar off the bat (or was a lock to be one); most people seemed to think he'd take a bit of time to truly adjust, which was one of the main reasons the Cubs wanted him for 6 years instead of 4 (the serious potential for a big payday after 4 years being the other). The guy is never making more than $10.5 million a year, and it shouldn't be surprising if at all if he easily outperforms his contract. And it's not like it's an either/or between him and Rizzo; I'd much rather have both and the Cubs could have had both.

I figured it was Pujols with this line against the Cubs: .304 .406 .626 1.032 and 56 HR in 771 PA Though Pujols has basically been the entire NL Central's nemesis with similar numbers for each team. Hell, after checking McGwire's numbers I'd still pick Pujols. Pujols put those numbers up over 178 games against the Cubs; McGwire only played in 42 with 172 PA. Insane as McGwire's numbers were, Pujols has "felt" more like a nemesis to me because he was around for so much longer.

4.6 fWar in 208 games so far. he's good. Congrats to Yoenis for having a good rookie season, considering most of that was earned in 2012. He's now 27, can't get on base, is really a corner OF rather than a CF and is a free agent after two more seasons. I don't care about him at all. Well, maybe a little, but not much. He's got a 1.6 WAR so far this season. The Cubs missed out on a useful player who would have only cost them money.

I like how it glossed over a probable murder in his past. What, the car accident?

So when can we do our next set of changes? After the ASG? And when can we change WC picks?

[expletive] YOU, THEO.

He's just trolling N&G We're singing a bi-lingual version of "Somewhere Out There" to each other right now.

At least one of those guys better be getting [expletive] traded, davell.

Well, hey, as long you're being realistic in your expectations.

Alright, I'm back to hating the team, the FO, all of the farm system and all Cubs fans. What a remarkable game.

Do the cubs even have anyone hitting .289? Probably some prospect somewhere, so all of his runs will count for triple or something if he makes it.

Well, he is kind of an idiot, too.

I just wish the Cubs had an awesome player.

Yeah, one bad performance against arguably the best offensive team in baseball is going to make him worthless.

Gregg, you [expletive].

I honestly have no clue who Gillespie is.

What you said made no sense. Just say "sometimes they play bad defense and often have a bad bullpen."

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Yes, please.

Who, me?

This game is REALLY annoying.

Wait, what? Castro made a great throw; that was Rizzo.

Holy [expletive], they likely had him nailed.

Yeah, it's not like Derrek Lee's shot up 200+ points for his age 29 season. ONLY THE CARDINALS. I love the people that act like a team that never wins shouldn't ever bitch about the lucky breaks their rival that always wins catches because the team that never wins gets like a third of those same breaks. I hate that the Cardinals have Molina, but I don't need to wrap it around some kind of dumbass notion that he and they just lucked into some kind of freakish situation to bolster more of that "pixie dust" crap some people just eat the [expletive] up around here. As has been stated many, many times: the Cardinals have been a much better run organization. Teams like that tend to run into favorable situations more often than those that have run horribly like the Cubs because they tend to have better players, better coaches, better development systems and better front offices. It ain't [expletive] rocket science, kid.

He wasn't a terrible hitter before 28, so it's not like it came out of nowhere. He's been a good all-around player from 24 onwards. The OPS jump is pronounced starting in 2011. So what? It looks more unusual because of 2010, but other than that he was basically getting better as he got older. It's hardly unheard of. His career-high OPS shot up 100 points in 2011 after having already played six full big-league seasons. I'm thinking that's pretty unheard of. Yeah, it's not like Derrek Lee's shot up 200+ points for his age 29 season. ONLY THE CARDINALS.