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  1. imb
    the nsbb urge to argue with every coot who shows up talking about "whatever happened to batting average and sac bunts!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
  2. imb
    And it seems to me you lived your life Like a candle in the wind Never knowing who to cling to When the rain set in And I would've liked to known you But I was just a kid Your candle burned out long before Your legend ever did
  3. imb
    God damn right. What an offseason
  4. imb
    does that say addison russell????
  5. imb
    im a cease fan so im not gonna horsefeathers on him (and im not gonna defend jed or ricketts, but i can see the vision here), but he's thrown 900 innings in the last 5 years. Sure, you can look at that and say "wow he's durable," but in a world where no pitcher can actually be durable anymore, you can also look at that and say "wow that elbow's about to blow." You (not you, you, the royal you) really just have no idea anymore. The only certainty is that every pitcher breaks at some point. Maybe Dylan Cease has the magic mechanics, or maybe his elbow snaps like dried spaghetti in spring training. So you can spend $210 million and commit 7 years to Cease, where it is a near certaintly he breaks at least once during that contract. Or you can get a guy who is arguably just as talented, who costs you nothing more than 2 lottery tickets and a ginger 4th OF, and you only commit 3 years to him, so if he breaks, it's not nearly as catostrophic. And of course the probably most important element of the calculus here is being ignored - if the $30m they would have had to spend on Cease instead get spent on Bregman/Bichette/Tucker/Whoever, it's an enormous win, and a smart bet on upside considering all pitchers are essentially walking timebombs anyway.
  6. imb
    im not sure where this is coming from, unless you just mean that this is how you would value skubal in a trade. i dont think there's any recent blockbuster trades in the last 5-10 years where team control hasn't been the dominant factor in a trade return. if you've got some examples i'd love to see them
  7. imb
    name me the pitchers available who will not get hurt next year. Now name me the ones who wont get hurt in 27 and 28 too.
  8. imb
    That is so good. Hot damn. What if we get even 2/3rd of a year out of Steele? Or even just a decent second half? Bichette or Bregman and we’re cooking with gas
  9. imb
    guys, do not waste time arguing with the matt shaw fans, it's not worth your time. if they could read, they'd be able to tell from his fangraphs page that he sucks at baseball too.
  10. imb
    tim giving epatt his award
  11. imb
    this is Ribbie Q&A erasure
  12. imb
    if you look at pitcher war, the top 10 on fangraphs (outside of Gausman who btw i wanted us to sign or trade for like 1000 times no big deal) are all young SP on their rookie deals Im pretty sure. Skubal, Skenes, Crochet, webb, luzardo and so on. I mean damn, the only mega-deal SP in the top 30 is degrom I think. I doubt in the current environment Jed EVER pays for a top SP, I don't think it makes sense at all unless you just have unlimited money, and even the dodgers are taking a shotgun approach kinda at SP. But since the Cubs can't develop pitching for horsefeathers, our only option is to trade bats for arms. Taking a shot at a top-end pitcher and only giving up (I know we dont know the package yet so kill me if im wrong) a locked-in-the-corner OF who may not even be able to touch major league pitching seems like a worthy gamble. Even if Cabrera completely busts, if all it cost you to try was half an Ian Happ, you'll never miss him. I will delete these posts if Caissie comes up and hits though.
  13. imb
    i think sending mid-tier prospects with warts out for cost-controlled starters is actually a good use of resources if you're just completely opposed to 10+ year mega deals. The odds that Cabrera bombs or misses a year or two with elbow injuries is not exactly non-existent, so I get that it could bust like that and even that it might be likely. But it's also very likely that someone like Caissie is just a bad-fileding 1-2 war guy for the time that he's cheap, and you can get those guys for nothing.
  14. imb
    caissie headlining this trade would seem like a huge W for the cubs
  15. imb
    Guys if Fairbanks signed a 1-year deal with the marlins it’s not because the cubs passed on him it’s because the cubs and 28 other teams passed on him. Those medicals must be COOKED
  16. imb
    yeah
  17. imb
    I’m trying to get into the spirit of toyotathon
  18. imb
    listen, don't worry about this horsefeathers, just be yourself. you're new and the whole thing is kinda annoying but kinda annoying guys here are a dime a dozen. don't let the a-holes (myself included obviously) affect you, just keep doing your thing and we'll all get used to it. you're kinda weird, but i gather you know that about yourself already, and given that we're posting on a chicago cubs message board in 2025 for some reason, none of us exactly have the moral high ground here. just keep being weird, it's kinda fun to log in and see what new horsefeathers you cooked up for us today
  19. imb
    the question isn't should a player be vocal about his political beliefs, that answer is an obvious duh, yes. the question is are matt shaw's political beliefs worth holding. that answer is an obvious duh, no. end of the day, if our starting third baseman is a bigot, i'd rather know than not know.
  20. imb
    true, this is stupid uhh, well.
  21. imb
    he probably doesn't have access to the social forum and i for one vote we keep it that way
  22. imb
    this guy is the best thing to happen to these forums in YEARS
  23. imb
    have not read this yet but im very excited
  24. imb
    i cant say this for certain, but just based on his overall vibe, i dont think 1908 has *ever* come
  25. imb
    you should look up what the A in CBA stands for
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