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  1. Sammy Sofa
    That's basically what I'm saying. The Cubs, IMO, are going to have to look at Bryant in 2 years as if he were a "regular" FA coming from another team; they're going to have to get in line with everyone else.
  2. Sammy Sofa
    What makes you think that? It's still early to give up on extending Bryant. I don't believe they can get enough back to make it worth trading him. Then again, I haven't any idea what the return on Bryant would be but I'd guess he's not a guy that nets 3 really good players. I'm not opposed to them extending Bryant; I'm just curious as to why you're so sure the Cubs and Bryant/Boras are in a position where them not extended him seems "pretty unlikely." Between how vocally they weren't happy about the Cubs keeping him in the minors, how lame the Cubs have been about spending money, and the rumored discontent by the Bryants over how the Cubs handled Russell, and that Rizzo is almost certainly gone after 2 years would have me thinking that the Cubs are going to have to work really hard to re-sign him. I'm looking at it like they'll be competing just like any other team to sign him as a FA.
  3. Sammy Sofa
    I'm not saying they should push him out. I think they would get pennies on the dollar.
  4. Sammy Sofa
    I still wish "raisin brain" had taken off as an insult. I'm weirdly (lamely) proud to have been part of this 1-2-3-4-5 series of spectacular body blows: http://www.northsidebaseball.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=1004&p=153045#p153103 Also: http://www.northsidebaseball.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=1004&start=125#p154178
  5. Sammy Sofa
    STL is winning anyway
  6. Sammy Sofa
    I no like-a de-juice.
  7. Sammy Sofa
    The only way it makes sense if they already discussed an extension with Bryant and they are really far apart. That seems pretty unlikely now[...] What makes you think that?
  8. Sammy Sofa
    Schwarber has been King Baseball Gonna Baseball for multiple seasons now despite multiple cases of "figuring it out," so I dunno why the idea of, "I'll believe he's finally figured it out for real THIS time when it actually happens," is so bonkers. The dude's track record of being super inconsistent is a lot longer than his last 198 PA. Odds are he ends up being the 2-3 fWAR guy SOMEHOW yet again, which is fine. If he's actually clicked, hey, even better, obviously. But it ain't dunking time yet.
  9. Sammy Sofa
    Even though he's still alive, Jim Hendry is looking down on all of this and laughing.
  10. Sammy Sofa
    perhaps more importantly, his K rate dropped from 28.3%, to 21.8% in the 2nd half; to me that signals development for comparison, his 2017 strong 2nd half was coupled with 191 K pace, and a 169 K pace for his 2018 1st half so he never before really coupled good contact ability with slugging/production Hey, it would be cool if it finally worked out. Each time he's done something we all thought he'd finally figured out....and then he didn't.
  11. Sammy Sofa
    I refuse to accept that much heavy blinking between him and Bryant on the same team.
  12. Sammy Sofa
    I'd prefer it never be even remotely close to requiring the Braves to walk it off. Plus a primo home run trot in the middle of a drubbing would burn his ass so, so much more.
  13. Sammy Sofa
    So having two of them would be a good thing?
  14. Sammy Sofa
    He's so smart he made his binders out of iPads.
  15. Sammy Sofa
    COUNTERPOINT: ARRIETA COUNTERCOUNTERPOINT: EVERYTHING ELSE. And besides, Jake or the "next Cole" are the guys an org like this is supposed to have the pieces/smarts to go and get AND they flex and land the big monsters like Cole.
  16. Sammy Sofa
    It was because of his bizarre all cheese/no fiber diet.
  17. Sammy Sofa
    Well the numbers have gotten better each year so if that trend continues it won't really matter. He basically ends up being the same dude value-wise unless he gets the inexplicably 2018 defensive bounce from Fangraphs again. I'm not saying he's terrible, but we've done this dance three seasons in a row now, and he probably just is what is he is at this point. He's a useful player for the Cubs, but I seriously doubt there are any teams looking at him as someone they'd want to give up a serious return to acquire. Very streaky 2-3 WAR players whose defensive value wildly fluctuates at best aren't exactly a hot commodity.
  18. Sammy Sofa
    Who did he turn down besides the Reds? Zero chance a Name Manager takes a big pay cut. That would make it that much easier for him to get bounced again, and there's no way he's settling for that.
  19. Sammy Sofa
    Being resoundingly mediocre or ass for half of the season and then pretty good or even awesome the other half is basically the patented Kyle Schwarber Specialty at this point. 2017: .178 .300 .394 .694 .253 .335 .559 .894 2018: .249 .375 .498 .873 .221 .323 .417 .740 Which order will he do it in THIS time?
  20. Sammy Sofa
    You know this inevitably going to loop back to the "trade nobody" dumbassery as before.
  21. Sammy Sofa
    No one outside of Baez and Bryant is going to bring anyone back that is all that great. Disagree on Contreras, even with his flaws as a catcher he's still an obviously valuable commodity. Schwarber is just a mutant who basically requires 463 different moving parts and the right seasons of the moon to align to be awesome sometimes.
  22. Sammy Sofa
    Cole is going to be Beast Mode wherever he goes, and whatever "next Cole" that Cubs try to pull out of their ass will have their shoulder explode into a Bloomin' Onion mid-game. YOU KNOW THAT'S HOW THIS WILL GO.
  23. Sammy Sofa
    There's no reason that drill sergeant jackoff wannabe would come cheap. Cubs fans should riot if they stupidly shell out for a pricey manager for ANY horsefeathering reason. He should be automatically disqualified for that alone.
  24. Sammy Sofa
    I feel like most of the people who pick Schwarber WANT him to be the one most likely traded, when really he has very little value on his own to bring back anyone that great,
  25. Sammy Sofa
    https://deadspin.com/mlbs-empty-seats-arent-the-problem-theyre-part-of-the-1838701704
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