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Soler still gets a legacy grade from me. If he doesn't light it up the first two months, while we continue to get excellence from Edwards, I'll change my mind.

they look like they're 15, man getting old sucks

lmao I would LOVE it if they sprang No. 1 on us out of nowhere. now i hope that's it.

lets see jeez, it's not a player acquisition as already stated no type of managerial move that could be made would be "seismic" or w/e adjective was used no front office move would fit the bill that leaves two things renovations (hardly "seismic") or giant tv deal that was already talked about yesterday HMM WHERE THERES SMOKE THERE'S FIRE that's my guess, what the [expletive] else could it be.

great moments in nsbb history vol. 3

go [expletive] yourself, idiot

lmao comcast aired bear dick http://deadspin.com/comcast-sportsnet-airs-our-version-of-cubs-mascot-with-1501633812?utm_campaign=socialflow_deadspin_facebook&utm_source=deadspin_facebook&utm_medium=socialflow

Im not sure how long the shelf life of PFT commenter will be, but im sure enjoying the ride

Hey, I think maybe I'm supposed to be able to pick up some guys to fill out my roster before this offseason stuff really gets moving, but everyone is on waivers and the waiver process hasn't started. Sooooo someone let me know

Actually, like the last poll, this board software should close it at exactly 48 hours from creation. This would be 7:04 PM PST tomorrow. Unless the board's house burns down #FamilyComesFirst i was gonna say breakfast

http://i.imgur.com/M4j4iHX.jpg go rapins!

I'm pretty sure the dark skinned gentleman wearing the Soler jersey is Soler, but I could be wrong. Muskat said it's Brett Jackson hahahahahhahahaa

do injuries heal when you're in cryostasis? that would own, blow out your knee, get surgery, sit in cryo, pop out and you've missed a season or whatever, but you're the same age. would be a great market inefficiency. "Hey barry bonds, 73 home runs, nice, but our projections show offense going on a steep decline in about 10 years, how bout we pop you in cryo until those home runs are worth even more?"

lmao we'll have a top 10 at every position other than LHP, LF and C.

I dunno, Bogaerts is about as sure a thing as I can imagine. Ceiling wise Baez eclipses everyone but probably Buxton, but I think Bogaerts is a for sure star.

"They hate me," he said. "I haven't even been the mascot one day and they all already hate me." He'd grown up, like most kids in his neighborhood, with dreams of manning third base for the Cubs. The cover of the diary he kept as a nine-year-old was now almost completely worn off, and some of the pages threatened to fall out of the spiral rings. But, in this moment, he found himself turning the pages. He'd dared not open it for years, afraid of losing some of the priceless mementos of his past. In it, he found he'd charted his career path as a Cubs minor league. "'Triple A by 20,' what a joke," he said, aware that when he was 20, he had actually been a D-student with a steadily growing ponch above his belt. The Freshman 15 had gotten him at least twice, appropriate, considering he'd repeated many of the classes he'd taken those first two semesters. But the thought struck him that, at just 25, he was still tasked with going to Wrigley Field every day. Sure it wasn't on the hot corner, but he was still in the park. And yeah, the adults would hate him, throw beer on him, hell, probably piss on him. But the kids would love him. And wasn't that the point? Who dreams of being a pro athlete as a child with the goal being the adoration of adults? He'd always envisioned himself taking pictures with little kids, signing autographs, tussling their hair and calling them "champ" or "sport." Suddenly he discovered he was no longer dreading the job, he was actually looking forward to it. Running his fingers across his chinstrap beard, he looked one last time into the Tupac poster above his bed, "Hail Mary" playing on his iPod. "Now, do you want to ride or die?" he asked.

http://mlb.mlb.com/mlb/prospects/watch/y2014/#list=ss Baez ranked as 2nd best SS prospect in the minors by MLB.com (take it for what it's worth) Bogaerts, Baez, Correa, Lindor. They gave the top 3 identical hit/power grades, which seems ... off, considering Baez outhomered both of them in 2013.

you serious, clark?

Almora, Edwards and Soler are my 3, 4, 5.

they ARE inscrutable

lets get some more of your hot sports takes then

Is this actually a thing? That's pretty damn cool. probably hard to have read anything about that while pretending to be outraged about the team you haven't paid any attention to

i almost hope that's true so new era feels like an anus but i also want you to have a house, [expletive] sophies choice over here

Soooooooo nobody should talk about it unless it's just posting news updates? not at all what he said and i dont see any way you could infer that unless youre just trying to be a stupid [expletive] up like usual

yeah gray's gonna look real good in 2 years in a 9-man rotation with a 60-pitch pitch count