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What's the rush? It's not like he Trout or Harper, plus once he comes back to earth, he will go back to being the useful utility player he has been for his whole career.
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You know that person isn't Clark the Cub and isn't affiliated with the Cubs right? Yeah, people affiliated with the Cubs can't hit. :lol:
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I'll take the over.
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It's not a problem because we have a spanish speaking manager.
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I think it may come down to SD and the Cubs. However, I would not be surprised to the Sox and Twins in the running. The only thing helping them is they play each other a lot. Arizona,LA and Cincy will be better. Houston + Miami maybe I kind think they have taken a step up(baby step) but I think they both win 70. They will benefit a little from their division's teams dealing with big injuries (A's,Rangers, Braves, Mets)- Not to say they catch them, just a bit easier to get a few wins. Of course they still have to be in the discussion. One of our problems is that we play in a good division, we actually should be better than both but our record could be worse, same with the Padres. The Giants, Dodgers should be very good, Diamondbacks pretty good also, with the Rockies similar to the Brewers were they are decent, but just not up to the level of the rest of the division. One reason the teams in our division are good is because they get to play the Cubs so often.
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You have to use Veras in some role to get his trade value up before the trade deadline.
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Why bring up the advantage Cashner has pitching in San Diego and not Rizzo hitting in Wrigley? As for who "won" the deal, I think it still is yet to be determined. Many "experts" are predicting Cashner in the Cy Young race this year, while Rizzo has youth as his advantage. Will Cashner remain healthy and consistently put up high inning counts every year? Will Rizzo become the franchise player that we saw glimpses of or be a decent hitter/great fielder for the rest of his career? All this is yet TBD. Wrigley is practically neutral, isn't it? It does favor lefties (over righties) a bit, though. I don't think it's near the advantage PetCo gives pitchers. Which leads to the question - Who would have been the better player (Rizzo in Petco or Cashner in Wrigley) if the trade didn't happen?
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Why bring up the advantage Cashner has pitching in San Diego and not Rizzo hitting in Wrigley? As for who "won" the deal, I think it still is yet to be determined. Many "experts" are predicting Cashner in the Cy Young race this year, while Rizzo has youth as his advantage. Will Cashner remain healthy and consistently put up high inning counts every year? Will Rizzo become the franchise player that we saw glimpses of or be a decent hitter/great fielder for the rest of his career? All this is yet TBD.
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Maybe it's just drafting the best player(s) available at the time. If all of your best prospects are hitters (Cubs), obviously you have to go in the direction of developing hitters and sign (or trade for) pitchers. I think the theory of developing pitchers is preferable because the pitcher (with few exceptions) is the player that most affects the outcome of the game. Obviously the time is near for the Cubs to think about trading hitting for pitching because the offense potentially looks to be very good within a year or two while the pitching looks to be below average. As for the Cardinals, they look to be at the top of the NL Central for awhile because of their pitching prospects in addition the balance of youth and experience on the ML roster.
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Offseason Rumors
Backtobanks replied to Clem Fandango's topic in MLB Draft, International Signings, Amateur Baseball
Either one would look good on the Cubs. -
For the Cubs to win 89 games, the Cubs would have to get Cano and King Felix while keeping Shark and Castro. It has been about 2 1/2 years since the last one, but I guess some posters like to live in the past.
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All we need is to get a line of .314/.367/.520/.887 with a WAR of 8.4 out of our 2B.
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Offseason Rumors
Backtobanks replied to Clem Fandango's topic in MLB Draft, International Signings, Amateur Baseball
Instead of jersey numbers, we ought to put price stickers on their backs like a garage sale. -
Shoulder injuries are not to be trifled with. They need to be treated with extreme caution because it's an exceptionally fragile joint. And if there's no reason to push him right now, why take a chance? By all accounts he's always been regarded as an above average defender there and there's no reason to believe that's not the case now. If he continues to not be able to throw over to first then yeah, you have to reconsider, but the results in one game shouldn't be swaying your opinion in that direction. If Olt's problems persist, Rizzo could get a lot of exercise the second half of the season with Olt, Castro, and Baez throwing to him.
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Any talk of .500 or above in 2015 depends entirely on finding starting pitching. Putting a lineup of Castro, Rizzo, Olt, Baez, and Bryant together should produce at least a decent offense, but not enough to overcome mediocre pitching.
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Many visionaries are met with derision and laughter by the masses.
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Offseason Rumors
Backtobanks replied to Clem Fandango's topic in MLB Draft, International Signings, Amateur Baseball
You would think we could have traded Gretzky for a young, low-ml pitcher with control problems coming off TJS rather than an overage 1B who can't hit ml pitching. -
Barney to SS because the SS is hurt and people have always thought he'd be able to handle SS... That too.
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Barney to SS to increase his trade value.
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Cubs are 5th most valuable frachise. Poor Tom Ricketts! From Wall St. Cheat Sheet: 5. Chicago Cubs The longstanding sufferers from the city on a big lake that’s not the ocean, ladies and gentlemen, your Chicago Cubs. Yeah, the Cubs make bank. No, they still haven’t won since 1908. Yes, we should probably take the Goat Curse as fact at this point. No, this isn’t a misprint or a mistake — the Cubs are worth $1,320 million ($1.3 billion). Singlehandedly proving Vince Lombardi wrong, the Cubs stand firmly on the side of “winning isn’t everything,” as do their fans, bringing in $320 million worth of team revenue for the Lovable Losers. That’s a whole lot of Cubs paraphernalia. Perhaps because there’s nothing like eating (and drinking) the pain away, the Cubs rank third overall in concession sales, pulling in $30 million from all the fans who show up. And boy, do they show up. Try fourth in the league for gate receipts ($128 million), because everyone likes a train wreck. That’s probably not fair to the Cubs. Or their fans. Or their players, who are collectively being paid $107.6 million to try and end the longest-running drought in American sports. Which they won’t do. Again. At least your team is worth more than the White Sox. .
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Hopefully he hasn't lost his power along with the weight.
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Same way for Andre Dawson. Let's hope he shares more with Dawson than which way he bats, throws, and writes.
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Offseason Rumors
Backtobanks replied to Clem Fandango's topic in MLB Draft, International Signings, Amateur Baseball
Tell him to come talk to the Bears. They could use him on defence. -
I think Quinns issues would go much deeper than a fall out from putting state money into Wrigley would cause. But you're talking about putting a ton of state money into Wrigley in addition to his other issues while running against a very conservative, cut-everything Republican. I think the cut-everything Republican would be more likely to put state money into Wrigley I think it's a safe bet that neither will be putting money into Wrigley. That being said, I guess there is a slim (very slim) chance that once the election is in the rear-view mirror the governor could decide to contribute something.