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  1. Sammy Sofa
    Just win, you turkeys.
  2. Sammy Sofa
    I'm not going using it to justify his continued catching...but he's also great at keeping runners from advancing, particularly when Lester is pitching. While you may want more from the catcher position than that, he's so good at it that it's a factor that shouldn't be ignored. Well, yeah; that's basically the only thing he's good at as a catcher. But, big picture, I'm not worried about the Cubs working around the needs of Old Man Lester; dude's likely gonna be nigh useless sooner rather than later.
  3. Sammy Sofa
    If Contreras finishes with a career year like he's on pace to, and then in the offseason you go sign the catcher that was like, one of two or three people to be move valuable than him (and is four years older), and tell Contreras, undisputed starter at catcher for the last 3 years, to go join the revolving cast of outfielders, it's pretty close to kicking him out. Why wouldn't he be a regular starter in the OF? No platoon player he. He'd get more playing time, and arguably end up being even more valuable...this doesn't seem like it would be a very hard sell.
  4. Sammy Sofa
    Like, Willson is awesome, almost totally due to his bat at this point, and playing another position gets his bat into the lineup more. I don't get throwing his WAR out there like it justifies how much he horsefeathering sucks at catching. Yes, it IS awesome that his bat can overcome that, and it would be even more awesome if he was even more valuable; I'm pretty sure a .302 .405 .579 would still be valuable from an OFer, too. And then the added bonus of not having a terrible defensive catcher on a team run by people who inexplicably built a starting rotation and a bullpen that desperately needs someone who can frame and block worth a damn.
  5. Sammy Sofa
    "Kicking out" makes moving him to another position sound a tad dramatic.
  6. Sammy Sofa
    I mean, yeah, I get it; the Cubs are trying not to spend, but at some point they're to have to. That OF is too much of a wasteland.
  7. Sammy Sofa
    Yes, because catcher is a far more important position defensively, and because I think Willson in a corner OF spot is essentially an automatic upgrade over either the hapless bums currently taking up space. And I don't agree that finding a serviceable defensive-first catcher is some kind of dire financial burden the Cubs couldn't handle. Yeah, the 'pay more money' was referring to Grandal, which I covered above. I think it's a little naive to just assume 'replace Almora with Grandal' is some definitely viable option. Which leaves you with 'serviceable defensive-first catchers', which goes back to original point of 'like who?' Yes, catcher is more important defensively, but Contreras is much better offensively than the average catcher, which still matters. And he'd be better offensively than the average OF, too, and he'd do much less damage out there than behind the plate. IMO, the guy is a massive liability defensively, but it's at a position where he's arguably dragging down the pitching, which already needs to walk a pretty fine line.
  8. Sammy Sofa
    Yes, because catcher is a far more important position defensively, and because I think Willson in a corner OF spot is essentially an automatic upgrade over either the hapless bums currently taking up space. And I don't agree that finding a serviceable defensive-first catcher is some kind of dire financial burden the Cubs couldn't handle.
  9. Sammy Sofa
    MY IDEA IS BETTER BECAUSE IT KEEPS WILLSON CONTRERAS AND SPARES HIM FROM COMING DOWN WITH CATCHERITIS.
  10. Sammy Sofa
    Man, I don't want to trade him, dammit. But if I WAS an insane baseball president, I would definitely look to move catching prospects who can hit but aren't actually any better than serviceable at best at catching to literally any other position ASAP. Between how it seems to shorten careers, has them playing fewer games each season than the average healthy starting player, and how the margin of good to suck seems like a gigantic cliff that favors the latter, I'd make catching the dumping ground for guys who can't hit. Get those swaggy bats somewhere more valuable. Also: convert more starting pitching prospects to relievers sooner rather than later. GIVE ME A BASEBALL TEAM.
  11. Sammy Sofa
    Catcher seems like the position where you can get away with having all glove/no hit guys like you used to be able to in the MI. I dunno; it's just frustrating watching him be so bad behind the plate while being so baller at the plate. And then that terrible, terrible Cubs OF seems so open and needs so much improvement...
  12. Sammy Sofa
    he has a top-30 fWAR in MLB Right, and that would be even sexier without his god awful catching dragging him down.
  13. Sammy Sofa
    He’d be terrible in the OF Well, right now he's terrible behind the plate, and that's much more critical defensively than, say, LF.
  14. Sammy Sofa
    Someone talk me off the ledge of wanting the Cubs to get him into the OF instead of C by next season.
  15. Sammy Sofa
    The cool thing about Dietrich is that he's a double threat: the Cubs' FO whiffed both in terms of yet another Marlin kicking ass in the NL Central, AND they decided to sign Descalso instead of him.
  16. Sammy Sofa
    Well, we ARE talking about old men with questionable brains...
  17. Sammy Sofa
    I think it's literally impossible to better explain what everyone besides Backtobanks is talking about here. Holy hell.
  18. Sammy Sofa
    And it leads to nonsense like this: [tweet] [/tweet]
  19. Sammy Sofa
    Dude, again, my dad is talking about how he thinks it's better to make a contact out as opposed to striking out, regardless of whether there's someone on base or not. He's not pining for them to get a hit when he says, "just make some contact," because, duh, we're all doing that; it's this weird thing he does when a player has 2 strikes and is swinging at everything, and he's just assuming the guy is going to make an out because they're just flailing/guessing or taking defensive swings, so in his head he thinks it's somehow always less bad if they hit into an out as opposed to striking out. Nobody is doing the goofy horsefeathers you're tossing out there trying to justify being on board with some spicy old man takes.
  20. Sammy Sofa
    Making contact has the possibility of something happening (more good than bad) while striking out offers nothing. What about dropped third strikes? check and mate. BRB; just figured out Backtobanks is my dad.
  21. Sammy Sofa
    Granted, he's just a relatively small part of the problem, but seeing him get bounced would bring me such glee. Maybe it will negate the doom in your soul when you get to watch Russell starting at second when Javy gets healthy. Awww.
  22. Sammy Sofa
    Yes, because this horsefeathers roster is somehow Maddon’s fault. Granted, he's just a relatively small part of the problem, but seeing him get bounced would bring me such glee.
  23. Sammy Sofa
    On the upside, the chances of Joe actually getting fired have been rising slightly.
  24. Sammy Sofa
    Boy, Lester remembered how old he was FAST. These last 3 game logs are a damn nightmare.
  25. Sammy Sofa
    You mentioned popping out or a weak ground ball, but making contact also could be a sacrifice fly, a fielder's choice, or an error all of which are preferable to striking out. Let's not forget that with some crazy winds, a pop out could drop in for a hit. or it could be a double play which is twice as bad as striking out...or a triple play which is 3 times as bad! just guessing here but i'm pretty sure mojo knew all of those things were also possible when he made his point Right. One would have thought he might have caught this in my post: I figured that made it clear I was saying my dad is ridiculously rooting for them to "just make contact" AKA a contact out is better than a strikeout regardless of whether there's anyone on base or not.
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