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  1. BigSlick
    I don't think the Mets are really gonna factor in much in the Wild Card race really, but maybe I'll rue those words.
  2. BigSlick
    I feel a little bad for Clayton Richard, who pitched well and even with his bat provided the margin of victory, and also because Rafael Soriano still has a roster spot But whatever, no reason to care too much about the bottom of the roster
  3. BigSlick
    Personally I like the guy that has 130 points of OPS and twice as many homers, but I'm weird
  4. BigSlick
    Cowley is a troll and knows it, those other guys...I think they're just really really dumb Particularly David Haugh Re: Catcher issues, I wish they could just dispense with David Ross, who is no longer a major league baseball player, but I know they can't
  5. BigSlick
    Whatever happened to the Cubs plans to get their own tv deal and a truckload of money anyway
  6. BigSlick
    I'm not so confident that Lester, Arrieta, Hammels and Hendricks form the pitching core we can depend on for "years". Both Lester and Arrieta will be heading into their 30s, and I don't trust both of Hammels and Hendricks to continue sustained success with their stuff. And it's safe betting there'll be a catastrophic injury of *someone* during that time. You have to over prepare for pitchers exploding and there's unfortunately not much pitching talent ready to fill gaps when stuff goes wrong or we wouldn't be playing Hot Potato with Richard-Beeler-Wada this year.
  7. BigSlick
    I didn't realize there were people other than David Haugh and the whole Sun-Times sports staff that really disliked the job Theo has done. I'm incredibly pleased and the team is more competitive this year than I had any expectations for. I'm excited for the next 5 or so years of Cubs baseball including watching Kris Bryant, Jorge Soler, Addison Russell and Kyle Schwarber, who have all been bonafide major league players and have tons of room to grow. I guess I'm somewhat concerned about pitching and the lack of talent on the farm side of things but, ah well. At no point did Hendry field a team that had a shot at sustained multiple year success that could replace talent in-house, which is what Theo is on the verge of doing. I wanna be the Cardinals, basically. And the infrastructure is there for that possibility.
  8. BigSlick
    There you go, dunno why people were freaking so much
  9. BigSlick
    Just get the last out, whatever
  10. BigSlick
    God I am so tired of Ryan Braun
  11. BigSlick
    Hope Kris is ok and it's nothing serious And if he isn't I hope it's very mild and he can get a week or two to reboot his approach at the plate
  12. BigSlick
    Robot umps would be great
  13. BigSlick
    Kyle Lohse is really bad y'all
  14. BigSlick
    It's pretty amazing how Castro ruins something good he did so quickly
  15. BigSlick
    This is two really bad pitchers going at it so it'll like be 2-0 or something inexplicable because of it The thing about Clayton Richard is you look at that 2013 ERA and you're like "damn, thats bad, I wonder what his peripherals look like, maybe he just got pretty unlucky on some flyballs" and then you look at his FIP and it says to you "Nah man, he's been really bad in every way its possible to be bad" and then you look at his 2015 peripherals and you realize they're almost the same as 2013. Except with fewer strikeouts.
  16. BigSlick
    Honestly I wish Lester gave up his David Ross blankie and we could do without another extreme hole in the lineup with him
  17. BigSlick
    Will they go after another top pitcher: yes Will they be able to keep Jake long term: if they want to, yes Money is not an issue
  18. BigSlick
    Consider me in team #SatisfiedAndNotBlownAwayButMostlyHappy about this trade deadline
  19. BigSlick
    what I refuse to believe this
  20. BigSlick
    ugggggghhhhhh Well at least the Brewers have traded 2 of their best 3 hitters. I'm just satisfied the team feels committed to keeping Schwarber's bat in the lineup
  21. BigSlick

    Castro

    BigSlick replied to Tim's topic in Chicago Cubs Talk

    Actually I'm hoping that the Cubs do the smart baseball move and play him as infrequently as possible
  22. BigSlick
    I came to post exactly this Goodbye Junior Lake, you were good for a couple months, and then horribly, horribly bad. At least now people wont clamor for him in Game Threads because he's "athletic"
  23. BigSlick
    Baseball seems to lend itself to mysticism based on how random and bizarre events can be. I mean, obviously in football there's tons of luck involved (fumbles, tipped balls, missed field goals, etc.) but it has the veneer of skill having control of that stuff. You can blame the running back for fumbling, the kicker for missed extra points, etc. etc. In baseball some bum can hit a bunch of seeing eye singles and your hitters can absolutely crush balls right at fielders and it just feels much more unjust. It doesn't mean it IS more unjust, but it can feel that way. And maybe because baseball can more adequately measure "luck" and "randomness", it makes it seem all the moreso prevalent. Anyway, [expletive] the Cardinals.
  24. BigSlick
    Steve Trachsel 2007. The funny thing about that, his ERA doubled from going to the Orioles to the Cubs, but his FIP stayed almost virtually the same Oy
  25. BigSlick
    Ahh, if only we could have gotten Dan Haren of 5 years ago *looks at 2015 Dan Haren's stats, is pretty pleased* *looks at 2015 Dan Haren's FIP... is less pleased*
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