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9/25 Pirates (Cole) @ Cubs (Lester) 1:20 ABC
BigSlick replied to David's topic in Fred Hornkohl Game Thread Forum
Bullpen Day may be our best 3rd pitcher, so I don't feel too bad about it -
I've only been to 2 games so far this year, Soler's 2 donger night earlier in the season against the Reds, and Schwarber 2 donger day against the Brewers I need to go to more games
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1.65 ERA is really impressive though kershaw is better than both of them I just checked the numbers and holy moly I had no idea Kershaw had 11+ K/9, 272 Ks, and a FIP 70 points lower than Greinke. If Jake gets the Cy Young he'd be robbing someone, but its also a silly arbitrary award that regularly goes to the best narrative and I think Jake has sealed that.
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Bryant up to 30 doubles now. Doublesmen are valuable as well
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more dongs please
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yeah I really want David Price and maybe one more starter, I'd be willing to part with some talent to get another good to great starter because hot damn the H's aren't doing it for me
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i would imagine if you're trading Schwarber/Soler in some combination you'd be aiming for pitching
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Kris Bryant, the fine young dongsman, on the road to 30
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I remember looking at Angel Pagan's numbers and they were even shockingly worse than Castro That Starlin has dragged his OPS into the .650s is a herculean effort
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*looks the lineup up and down* holy smokes, this is the best that's ever been crafted
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I think the short answer is that you want your guys to eventually be able to pitch for 7 months. So get them prepared by not stopping at 5. Shutting a guy down in August does not guarantee you anything about his health in the future. You also sold tickets to games and are obligated to try and win them. That's like rule #1 about professional sports. Ah yeah, thats a damn good point, you want a player that's stretched out enough to make a playoff run in the future. And the union unfair labor practice move is also well noted. I'm not saying teams are trying to *lose* specifically, just not risk their very best pitchers to suffer injury. Plenty of teams way out of it give starts to prospects and non-prospects just to see what they got in them, and they aren't *trying* to lose.
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Maybe I'm a crazy arch-conservative baseball mind, but if you're a team thats completely out of it, why wouldn't you shut down your young good starters? Like, if I'm the White Sox, I would have shut Chris Sale down like a month ago, because, who cares, and the dude already has mechanics that make people very nervous. Of course, I'm sure Sale and his agent would be pissed, but he's like my prize asset, so why have him out there playing for nothing other than his own stats. I'm looking forward to being thoroughly debunked by good info though.
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Seeing Soler turn back into a quality Dongsman has been really nice
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*checks Cubs score* Oh I guess I don't get to enjoy any sports today
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Jimmy Clausen is brutally bad at football
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Lol are we in for the CLAUSEN show? Tanking the 2015 season never had more appeal
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Ah. Wonderful.
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I want to hang out with Pedro Strop
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I'm not sure Mel "I gave up 50 points in consecutive weeks" Tucker has much to be happy about
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Carson Palmer has always been incredibly annoying against the Bears, even when he's on bum ass teams. Bears look like the better team so far but this is incredibly annoying
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If there was just a little more season left, I'd be more confident than anything that the Cubs could catch the Cardinals. Just so few games left.
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9/19 Cardinals (Wacha) @ Cubs (Wood) 12:05 CDT, FOX
BigSlick replied to ctcf's topic in Fred Hornkohl Game Thread Forum
DFA Rosscup please -
9/19 Cardinals (Wacha) @ Cubs (Wood) 12:05 CDT, FOX
BigSlick replied to ctcf's topic in Fred Hornkohl Game Thread Forum
You're not allowed to lose this game. Figure something out. -
9/19 Cardinals (Wacha) @ Cubs (Wood) 12:05 CDT, FOX
BigSlick replied to ctcf's topic in Fred Hornkohl Game Thread Forum
Zac Rosscup has rocketed into my top 5 most hated cubs now -
9/19 Cardinals (Wacha) @ Cubs (Wood) 12:05 CDT, FOX
BigSlick replied to ctcf's topic in Fred Hornkohl Game Thread Forum
Good Christ stop hitting people, if only because I don't want cubs being hit in retaliation