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  1. Wrigley Citizens Bank Park (I live in Philly) Yankee Stadium Fenway Truist Park Rogers Centre Coors Field Old Yankee Stadium Shea Stadium The Vet I would love to see more. I do love CBP. Went to Coors last year and it lived up to expectations. Truist was a pain to get to and from staying downtown but they did a pretty great job with the ballpark and area around it.
  2. As a Cubs fan who lives in Philly and follows the Phillies a bit too, I have looked at their farm often. I like guys like William Bergolla and Gabriel Rincones a lot. Neither would be a headliner for Bellinger though. Abel's stock has slipped a bit so it makes you wonder if he's not off the table. I assume Painter and Miller and maybe Crawford are untouchable.
  3. Amaya has been disappointing and isn't Ballesteros getting mixed reviews on his receiving? I wonder if we target catching at the deadline.
  4. Fangraphs list is quite good. Been waiting awhile for it to come out. There's a few guys I'd put higher on my (Derniche, Gallardo, Drew Gray) but it's hard to argue with for the most part. Christian Hernandez really took a tumble. And they are not buying Mervis and McGeary's numbers.
  5. Hodge got the call up but the pen is taxed and injured. Wieck and Riley Martin have looked quite good. Either of them get a shot soon? or Carl's Jr?
  6. It's sad watching this. He's cooked. Let him come out one more time and get a strikeout like Kerry Wood (or more accurate to Hendricks, a weak grounder to second) and then yank him. Let him ride off into the sunset/join the pitchlab as a coordinator.
  7. Man he's had a rough start. I really want him to succeed and be a part of this core. Hopefully this gives him time to get healthy and figure things out because it's not working. His pitches just look flat.
  8. Slaughter was one of my sleepers this season and I had hoped he'd make his debut with us this year. But he's not on the 40-man and there's several 1B/3B/OF ahead of him on the depth chart. So it goes. I liked Miller during his first run in the organization and I hoped he'd get a shot elsewhere. He's looked good this year and it seems like he's the odd man out in a roster crunch vs. getting bumped for bad results. Given the instability of the pen in the early going it's not a bad pickup. We'll see if he keeps it up.
  9. Might as well start this. The Padres, who famously don't have enough infielders, just traded Dillon Head and others for Luis Arraez.
  10. Sweet! Only like a decade after I wanted him. He got rocked in his one appearance this year and hasn't been that good or fully healthy since 2019 but there are worse depth starting options.
  11. Did I miss something? They added Hodge to the 40 man in November but now he's not listed on the 40-man roster. Did he get waived at some point or is the Cubs' site wrong?
  12. Lol I picked Kohl Franklin and Reginald Preciado as my weepers this season and so far they're proving me wrong. Very early, obviously.
  13. I've seen enough. The Drew Smyly Experience is over.
  14. So Cooper still needs to be added to the roster right? Is Brennan Davis or Keegan a goner or is there a trade coming?
  15. Aren't these supposed to be BOLD predictions? lol. I'm swinging for the fences. Busch surprises and hits 30 dongs, nearly wins ROY. Morel ends up playing all over and hits 40 homers and is an All-Star. Happ sets career highs in homers, wins 3rd straight GG. Imanaga actually wins ROY. Hendricks posts a 3.25 ERA and a similar FIP, signs another team-friendly extension. Adbert saves 40, is an All-Star. Hoerner goes on a 20-game hit streak. Bellinger hits 30 homers again. Suzuki finishes top 5 in MVP voting. Cubs make playoffs, don't win it all.
  16. I just think it's cool/nice that after years of not being able to develop pitching, we have a staff with a bunch of homegrown guys. Steele as a solid top of the rotation guy. Wicks should be locked into the rotation awhile. Assad and to a less recent extent Keegan Thompson as solid long relievers. Adbert as closer. More guys on the way too. A nice change of pace, finally.
  17. He'd be able to handle 3B, 1B and maybe 2B, so that's nice. But it's been 5 years now since he was last adequate at the plate. He's cooked.
  18. Sorry, based on other threads and posts I'm obviously gonna have to change my weeper to PCA. Dude sucks.
  19. Reds are falling apart early. First Friedl and now McLain. I'd be more bummed if they were in another division. They seem like a fun team. They're probably glad they held onto India. I don't root for injuries but hoping we can take advantage early in the season.
  20. Baseball has plenty of traditions. This is expanding the game to a broader audience and fans and is a fun idea.
  21. Gonna avoid using anyone previously mentioned. Hitters: Sleeper: Chris Paciolla. He gets overlooked and something tells me he's gonna break out. Keeper: BJ Murray. I think there's a real chance he gets MLB at bats this year and barring an acquisition or a Morel defensive facelift, has a chance to take meaningful innings at 3B next season. Weeper: Reggie Preciado. No one else in that trade has shown up. It's all on Caissie now. Pitchers: Sleeper: Richard Gallardo. I've been high on this guy awhile and think he'll handle AA pretty well. Keeper: Nazier Mule. I'm so intrigued by his athleticism and everything we heard about him pre-surgery. Weeper: Kohl Franklin. The stuff is there but he's never gotten results. Coming off a FIP over 6 in AA and is Rule 5 eligible. It's a true make-or-break season and I think he's out of the organization this time next year.
  22. So there's no room for both Mastrobuoni and Madrigal and no room for both Wisdom and Cooper. I'd personally rather have Mastro and Wisdom, if Morel can play a somewhat competent 3B. But regardless a trade seems inevitable. I still keep going back to trading Mervis for an interesting reliever. Maybe expand it to include whomever gets pushed off the OD roster.
  23. The full trade is Cease for Thorpe, Iriarte, OF prospect Sam Zavala and MLB reliever Steven Wilson.
  24. Drew Thorpe (acquired from Yankees in Soto deal) and Jairo Iriarte are two of the players going to Chicago. Pretty wild. You wonder if holding onto those assets and signing Montgomery or bringing back Snell was ever in the cards. And now you have to wonder, with the Gerrit Cole news, if the Yankees buckle on one of those two.
  25. I know that one game is a drop in the bucket but that defensive play at 3rd followed by the walk off has to be good for Wisdom sticking around yeah? Especially with Morel looking.....not ready.... at 3rd. Or do we think they'll push through and try to trade Wisdom?
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