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isnt he like top 4 in defensive WAR at catcher in way fewer games than the rest of the group?

can we rename this #NotJustPitchers

ON THAT NOTE [tweet] [/tweet] woahhhhh

I already do not care at all about the HOF but man, if Yadi got in on first ballot it would be the funniest thing ever. I almost hope it happens

attach Happ to Heyward. Say if you pay for Heyward's 2019, we'll pick up literally whatever is left. Now you've got Schwarbs/Almora/Harper in the OF, throw Bryant out there in LF when there's a left on the mound you don't want schwarber to face and go Baez/Russell/Zobrist/Rizzo in the infield. Bote looks like he can pass at 3B if he has to. (Ironically, Christian Villanueva or Jeimer look really good in this scenario.)

lmfaoooooo

it's hella lame to enjoy another fanbase's suffering, especially given that we're cubs fans, but im just hella lame enough to do it

Imagine how good he would be if he had more than 20-HR power

I had to Google him because I thought Luis Castillo retired ages ago. Thanks to your post, I had to google the old Luis Castillo cause I forgot he existed! Full circle!!!

Should we be more worried about Bryant? We're quickly reaching the point where you start to wonder about a DL stint

So for some reason in my head, I've always compared Schwarber and Conforto, probably because keith law kept [expletive] on schwarber in the minors and fawning over conforto. They're a pretty good illustration why none of us know anything and nothing matters. They're both the same age (Scwharbs is a whole 4 days younger,) same position, swing from the same side etc. So Schwarber hits AA and AAA in 2015 and goes bananas, posting a WOBA of .461 and .444. Conforto reaches AA that year and posts a WOBA of .405. So I'm feeling justified, like ok, Kyle is a better pure hitter, great! Then they both get called up and play roughly the same amount of games (69 for schwarber nice) and 55 for Conforto. They post identical 1.9 WAR. Schwarber is heavily offense while Conforto is more balanced. OK well, they're equals, whatever! 2016 is a lost regular season for Schwarber, but Conforto plays 109 games and is ass — .724 OPS, negative in the field, less than 1 WAR. Schwarber comes back and crushes the postseason and I'm feeling justified again. Sure he missed the regular season but he's such a pure hitter he can dominate the best AL team even while looking like Bartolo Colon and not having swung at live pitching for 7 months! Then 2017 happens and Schwarber is lost for most of the year, hits a lot of bombs but looks lost in LF most of the year and strikes out way too much. He was better after his callup but meanwhile Conforto is on pace for a 6 WAR season before his injury. horsefeathers! I was wrong! Now we're 1/8th of the way through 2018 and Schwarbs is on pace for a 5 WAR season while Conforto is just sitting at the plate afraid to swing (something like 45 percent of his plate appearances end in a walk or a strikeout.) Anyway, I don't know horsefeathers except I love dongs, and my man Kyle is leading in that category no matter if he's fat or skinny or good or bad.

Those kind of Baez-Lindor interactions are the best

amazing

Angels owe Albert Pujols something like $27m a year through 2022 and he's so bad right now that Luis Valbuena (.651 OPS) is playing first base. edit: sidenote: Im watching angels-astros and it's infuriating how good verlander is now/again

Pssshh, imagine this entire Cubs offense playing in Coors for 81 home games. They would easily score 900+ runs every season lol. Whoever thought it was a good idea to play baseball in Denver was either really high or really dumb. Denver is an amazing city and that ballpark is beautiful so respectfully disagree.

http://www.chicagonow.com/look-back-chicago/2018/04/bankes-coffee-stores-the-starbucks-of-early-20th-century-chicago/

i know that javy is just having his hot streak at the beginning of the season and will cool off eventually and enter a brutal cold streak. But im enjoying 2016 NLCS Baez while he's here. Any growth at all and he could be a 4-win player. that's huge.

Man that really fucked Sammy up too I think

maybe we give almora a couple days off

jesus christ almora

Jim Edmonds? it always felt like edmonds did it on purpose (maybe my cubs bias showing) while that really seemed like it pushed almora to the breaking point. like nuts and bolts were flying off him like a fast and the furious car.

lol almora almost died "running" to a catch with a 79 percent catch probability

my worst horsefeathering nightmare. take my life, but leave bryant alone

What if it turns out almora is actually good

Almost, my dude.