Clem Fandango

I'm a little surprised Upton got the fewest votes

Translation: Eat a dick, Tunney

I never saw those. I logged off and never looked back the moment I realized ERA+ was the dominant pitching metric and that they actively derided anything more advanced. He told you to use SIERRA instead of FIP, too!

Now make him the final participant in the derby, Tulo

That would be really awesome, and if a deal could be done without Soler I'd be all for it.

A good #2-3 starter with a few years of team control remaining. Maybe a guy like Eovaldi. Might sound like overvaluing the prospects, but I don't think I'd give up that much for Eovaldi specifically. I agree with the good 2-3 starter assessment, though.

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I think they could keep Rizzo, Bryant, and Schwarber (because he can't be traded yet). I don't think the Cubs would trade Castro (or that the Marlins would want his contract). So, that leaves Baez, Alcantara, Russell, Soler, Almora, McKinney as the top hitters the Cubs would trade. If I'm the Cubs, I'd like to keep Soler because of the long-term committment he's signed too. Plus, I think getting Stanton and trading an IF (or 2) would potentially leave Bryant at 3B, and I'd like to keep Soler's corner OF bat. I think one of Baez/Russell definitely would have to be dealt (I'm guessing Baez for the power to potentially replace Stanton's). One of McKinney/Almora would probably go. Probably a Pierce Johnson over Edwards because of injury history and potential. I'd hate to throw Alcantara on top of this, but he could be of some interest to the Marlins due to his versatility to play all 3 positions up the middle, where they aren't great (though Ozuna has been pretty solid in CF). Then maybe add another low level project pitcher, like Blackburn? Is Baez, Almora, Johnson, Alcantara, Blackburn too much for Stanton and a pitcher? I've been a broken record about a Russell, Almora, Soler package for Stanton. I think Miami would demand one of Baez/Russell for obvious reasons and Soler specifically because of my own suspicions that they would like a RF'er who projects to adequately replace Stanton who also happens to be Cuban which would allow them to market him to their Cuban fan base. If I'm not mistaken, the Marlins have half heartedly been in on a lot of the big Cuban FA's but gotten nowhere because they get outbid, but I'm sure they'd love to have one of these guys in the fold for marketing purposes alone. I think Russell, Almora, Soler can get it done, and there's probably not another team in baseball that would want to match that offer or could without crippling their farm system or creating a hole at the MLB level. Conceivably you deal Russell because you already got Baez, Almora because you got Alcantara, and Soler because you're getting Stanton. Maybe add one of Johnson or Edwards if they need it. I forget who (maybe TT?), but they suggested throwing in more guys to expand the deal to include Andrew Heaney, which I'm not opposed to either (but don't know if the Marlins would go that far). Also, it goes without saying that any deal for Stanton must come with a pre-negotiated contract extension in place, ala the Johan Santana deal. Either way the beauty is if they trade for Stanton they'll be amazing, and if they don't they'll still be amazing.

Oh yeah, whoops. I got caught up in my own craziness I didn't piece that one together. One of Baez or Russell has to go for Stanton.

This is just total conjecture on my part, but not only do I agree that it seems like he's catching more often, but I'm thinking maybe the inclusion of Russell combined with the fact that Schwarber is getting decent reviews behind the plate has them rethinking their original idea. Before Russell, you could make the argument there would be space for Schwarber in the OF. With Russell in the fold, he's blocked if he's not playing catcher. To be honest, I'm not concerned with his catching ability if we have a lineup that includes him, Baez, Bryant, and Rizzo. Lord help whoever faces the Cubs if they acquire Stanton and keep Schwarber at catcher. C Schwarber 1B Rizzo 2B Castro SS Russell 3B Baez LF Bryant CF Alcantara RF Stanton Everyone in that lineup has the power to go deep 20 times a year. Alcantara might be the only guy you wouldn't bet on hitting 20 in that lineup. But back to Schwarber. Would it really be that bad if we had a Mike Piazza style catcher on the team?

And also mitigating the benefit of trading for Stanton. Cards, headlined by Taveras. I hope they do offer that, it will give the Cubs the incentive to one up them

Chapman strikes out the side. Not hard to do when two of the batters are Lake and Olt.

junior laKe at the plate

Great barehander by Valbuena

[expletive] you umps

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Oh no Brandon Phillips is hurt http://i.imgur.com/y61Za.gif

Giordano's. I've never had Lou's but my cousin, who's lived in or near Chicago for a few years, swears by it. Anything but Giordano's. It's far and away the worst. 1) Giordano's is good 2) Lou Malnati's is good 3) Gino's is good 4) It's pizza, it's always good. Don't over think it

Dallas Beeler more like Dallas get him the [expletive] out of there

[expletive] you, Billy Hamilton. Get your teeth fixed

It's not really a "ter" sound, probably more of a light "tuh" with the accent on the CON. Instead of al contra it's more like al CON tura click the youtube link in my old post 10-4

So is it technically pronounced Al-con-ter-uh, where the "ter" is short sounding?

Then so will we, damnit. http://i.imgur.com/kyBRZI4.gif

http://espn.go.com/video/clip?id=11191885 Billy Beane talks about the trade with Jim Bowden. Jim Bowden looks and sounds like he should be the nerd on a 90's ABC family sitcom

It's gonna happen. I'm gonna will it to happen. http://i.imgur.com/VOtxRfq.png