Tryptamine
-
Posts
15,680 -
Joined
-
Last visited
-
Days Won
23
Content Type
Profiles
Joomla Posts 1
Chicago Cubs Videos
Chicago Cubs Free Agent & Trade Rumors, Notes, & Tidbits
2026 Chicago Cubs Top Prospects Ranking
News
2023 Chicago Cubs Draft Picks
Guides & Resources
2024 Chicago Cubs Draft Picks
The Chicago Cubs Players Project
2025 Chicago Cubs Draft Pick Tracker
2026 Chicago Cubs Draft Tracker: Picks & Bonuses
Blogs
Events
Forums
Store
Gallery
Everything posted by Tryptamine
-
Reinsdorf has been bailed out by Jordan and a complete fluke 1 year hot streak by the White Sox in the playoffs. Without Jordan he's amongst the worst owners in US sports history.
-
I have turned from super skeptical when they drafted him to a Kepley fanboi in record time. There's a fair bit more pop there then I thought.
-
If Kiran Amegadjie isn't ready to see the field in 2025, I think it's time to move on. Guy is in year 3, if he's still nothing but an emergency fill in then just open up the roster spot
-
Just parroting what the 2 guys I've listened to have said, one of them on espn radio a day or two ago
-
From what was being said, there really aren't any plug and play LT that are going to be available. They're all going to be project guys who you're going to want to sit for a year.
-
So after a bunch of listening it sounds like this draft is very strong with LB, Safety, interior linemen and nose tackles. It's extremely weak in QB and lacks impact talent depth at EDGE and OT. I think there's a pretty good chance the Bears are going safety or LB at #25. Edge sounds like it's going to have to come via FA or trade.
-
And still with the 9th worst record. They waited way too long.
-
Yeah that Tyler Austin thing is working out super well. I think it's 50/50 at this point if he ever takes an AB as a Cub.
-
Average. I imagine you could go to a game sans food/drink with horsefeathers seats for like $200-300
-
Another game we can't watch eh?
-
So following a new stadium at whatever location they choose, what do we think the per person cost will be to watch a Bear game? Ticket, food, drink, travel and I think it's going to be somewhere around $700 a person.
-
I mean Alcantara basically has to make the team, who else is going to back up CF?
-
So they're completely awful now, but they waited way too long to tank. The season ends today and they'd have the 9th worst record. The best you could reasonably ask for is that they fall to 6th, but most likely end up 7 or 8. It's just constant half measures and when decisions are made, they're made years too late.
-
How in the hell do you have 19 people reach base and only score 2 runs?
-
The usual spring training caveats, but it would be nice to actually win a game.
-
How the hell are the Bulls 9/13 from 3 and losing by 4? Like how is that even possible?
-
Calling out extreme stupidity is not shaming. It is flatly inexcusable for any person to be this ignorant.
-
The same people who horsefeathers on Pritzker for reckless spending are the same people mad at him for refusing to throw nearly a billion dollars of taxpayer money at the Bears, 20ish years after they threw a bunch of money at a stadium renovation that blew up in their faces spectacularly.
-
Seiya in CF, they really don't like Taillon.
-
Darryn Peterson openly taking himself out of games at halftime to avoid injury and manage his workload is going to start a really bad trend. There's no way I'm using the 1st or 2nd overall pick on a guy like that.
-
I certainly wouldn't be supporting GB, I'll probably just fall off of following football. I just don't follow any teams outside of Illinois. In my eyes supporting the Bears in Indiana is no different than supporting the Colts.
-
Maybe it's meatbally, but they leave Illinois and I'm out. What an absolute horsefeathers stain thing to do.
-
Question of the week: grade the offseason
Tryptamine replied to Brock Beauchamp's topic in Chicago Cubs Talk
I'm going to go B+. I quite like what they did with the pen even if they didn't get a true lockdown guy. I liked the Cabrera trade and the upside it gives the rotation even if he does come with durability questions. I very much like Bregman at 3B especially because it pushes Shaw into the Zobrist role which is a big upgrade for the bench. So for the things that kept me from ranking it higher. 1) Yes getting Steele back should be a be fairly big for the rotation, but there is a good amount of uncertainty around Cabrera and the Cubs really needed a guy to slot into the top 3 of the rotation. That might be Cabrera, but who knows given his history. 2) The Cub offense is very deep now, but after losing Tucker I'm not sure they have a true elite bat. They've got a ton of guys you can pencil in for 115-130 wRC+ but no one is going to threaten that 150+ wRC+ territory. I also feel like they're bench bat short but maybe Alcantara turns the corner. 3) They rebuilt the bullpen on the cheap and honestly it looks pretty good, but man would I like one more good pen arm, it doesn't even have to be a closer, but one more pen arm in the tier of Palencia/Maton/Harvey. -
I love Shaw, the baseball player, in the Zobrist role for the Cubs. There's just a tremendous amount of value to be had there if he can be .750-.800 OPS bat who can fill in at 4 or 5 different positions. I'd honestly be OK with them extending Nico and continuing to use Shaw like that for the foreseeable future.
-
I can't believe Tauchmann had to settle for a minor league deal
