Sammy Sofa
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That is interesting. I would do that. Pujols is worthless, so you’re basically paying $60M per to have Trout for the next two years and then paying $30M in 2021 for the privilege of having had Trout the two previous years. I wouldn’t give up much unless they were taking Heyward back, like just Almora or something. Value wise that might be pretty close to $/win. Also wouldn’t need to extend Trout in that scenario, just add him to the window of the next two years and reevaluate after that. But that's the point; there's essentially no way for the Cubs to make this work.
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Literally the only way I could see the Angels even considering such a trade with the Cubs is if the Cubs were willing to take the rest of Pujols' contract as well.
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MAYBE a game-worn hat. Maybe.
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I think there'd be zero chance they could net him in a trade.
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It ain't my money, so I don't give a horsefeathers if they spend a buttload on a guy as cool and hot as Harper. But there's basically zero chance he'd be anywhere remotely close to being worth the whole thing, so hopefully he magically has a couple of those super seasons again and then opts out early on.
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the cubs top 30 is a cavalcade of who cares and who the horsefeathers is that guy Hey, quit stealing David's new sig.
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I can hate no Dodger enough to not want to see WORLD SERIES CHAMPION PUIG. -
i agree, but didn't you love starlin long after those allegations? even when he sucked, i seem to remember everyone on here thinking he was fun and likable or whatever I was definitely way too willing to shrug that kind of thing off.
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I was definitely way too willing to shrug that kind of thing off. That was certainly an easier thing to do given the circumstances. The police investigated it and determined that there wasn't enough evidence to charge him with a crime, and the accuser didn't come forward in any sort of public way. Just about every other major situation in since then across MLB and other sports has involved criminal charges, public evidence (e.g., photos or videos), public statements from accusers or a combination of the three. The Starlin case was similar to Jung Ho Kang's, which I admittedly forgot about until just now. Personally, I'm not placing too much faith in the Chicago police/justice system back in 2012 to look all that hard in taking down a Cubs player who, at the time, was looked at as a big part of the future of the franchise. Even just in "normal" sexual assault cases, too often charges or prosecution aren't pursued largely because if it comes down to what the victim says happens, then that's decided it's not enough. To me, this says it all what people's priorities were regarding an athlete accused of sexual assault 6 years ago: http://www.chicagotribune.com/sports/ct-xpm-2012-04-20-chi-prosecutors-no-charges-for-starlin-castro-over-sex-assault-allegations-20120420-story.html
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I was definitely way too willing to shrug that kind of thing off.
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Given the reasons why Russell likely won't be back as a Cub, that you're suggesting they go after someone who was accused of sexual assault is beyond trash.
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Why are the Cubs obligated to positively affect his life? I'd rather they positively affect the fanbase watching them by demonstrating that domestic violence has serious consequences. They aren't obligated. But wouldn't it be great if they used the influence to at least try. Not for Addison Russell but, going forward, if an organization like the Cubs actually held him accountable and other players took notice, maybe this happens less in the future. Make him actually go to counseling. Make him do more than just give lip service to doing the right things. After he's done that, if they're not convinced he's changed for the better than publicly and loudly blast him into a billion pieces. If the Cubs released him tomorrow and someone else picks him up, he will have learned nothing and will probably do it again. Women seem to like this guy. I bolded this part of the quotes form my post above yours in response to this: Putting the onus on MLB to try and "fix" him is all wrong.
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2018 HR Derby {Discussion & Transaction Thread}
Sammy Sofa replied to Southpaw19's topic in Chicago Cubs Talk
So the answer to the Cubs' hitting coach woes is to....hire Duke? Man, I did not see that one coming. -
This is a very, very good take: https://deadspin.com/melisa-reidy-russell-overcame-baseballs-bureaucracy-and-1829529289
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Your whole deal is like a beat up issue of Maxim from a decade ago was struck by lightning and somehow gained sentience.
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It's not necessarily an issue of a coach messing with someone's mechanics. One would think it would often be a matter of coaching to try and see/take pitches differently.
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You can change it now, you drunken robo hobo.
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Motion that we stop using David threads until he puts a bit more effort into the thread titles.
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[Narrator]It didn't.[/Narrator]
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For someone with the inclination to figure it out, which of these catchers with a decent RAA are FA this year? http://www.statcorner.com/CatcherReport.php
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2015 David Ross would be an improvement. It really wouldn't. Just a different type of suck. It would be! Again, if they can swing getting an actual upgrade (not just, "this other guy is technically better in that he sucks a little less") without spending too much, great! If not, oh well; I don't think it's that critical a spot to be worrying about upgrading.
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The way too early, but I'm bored, Off-season Options Thread
Sammy Sofa replied to davell's topic in Chicago Cubs Talk
Baez had a great year, but I'm not sure he's the perfect person to make contact and hit a sacrifice fly to drive in a run. Raking a double to drive in a run is much, much better than a sac fly for a run. You see, then not only do you not make an out, but you are in position to score if one of your teammates gets a hit later in that inning. If Baez can advance to third, then HE can score on a sac fly! Half of the trick getting sac fly RBIs is getting someone on third with less than two outs in the first place. Baez was able to do things like this often enough that he drove in more runs than anyone else in the National League. Why is this even a conversation? I thought this was the board that wanted Adam Dunn to field every position on the field because he hit dongs and drew walks? We won the World Series just two years ago by crushing dongs and drawing walks (and playing defense a little bit better than Adam Dunn.) What has happened here?! [bbvideo=560,315] [/bbvideo] You're both firing ridiculous haymakers around how the Cubs do genuinely and bizarrely suck, for years now, at something as basic as getting a gun in from 3B via something like a sac fly. That's not to say it's a skill they should seek someone out for, because that's ridiculously crazy. But they are bizarrely bad at it (and were only just OK at it in 2016). -
Like, you're more often than not likely to have 2015 David Ross instead of 2016 David Ross.
