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As if we needed further proof of what a joke those awards are.
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I no longer feel OK with opening 2018 and using Edwards as closer. Theo's going to have to pull something off.
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Well we don't have anyone even close to Franklin Perez in the minors so I don't see how a trade is feasible. Someone off the MLB team would have to go to compete with that.
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With Uehara,CJ,Strop not being as dominating in the second half, I wouldn't mind bringing Verlander on to be an Andrew Miller 2 INN RP type in the playoffs. Let him throw 8-10 innings in a series.
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Minor League Discussion & Boxes, 8-15-17
Tryptamine replied to CaliforniaRaisin's topic in Cubs Minor League Talk
If you're talking about the "Bountiful Crop" article from the 14th, there really isn't much there. Here's the entirety of the Maples part. http://www.baseballamerica.com/minors/dillon-maples-typifies-cubs-pitching-development/#P8D5vuubmqvEOgdv.97 -
I swear it's either dominate or get dominated with this offense. I never would have guessed how bad it would be this year.
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Damn the Dodgers have got to be heavy heavy NL favorites now.
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Yeah, I think Oakland got robbed. Two broken prospects and a third that can't hit. Kaprelian is coming off TJS, and Fowler is coming off that horrible knee injury he had in his MLB debut game. I can't believe they weren't at least able to get Chance Adams or Estevan Florial.
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I especially enjoyed the posts that suggested that the Cubs have foregone their chance to be a dynasty to instead try and win now. That somehow in 3 years they wont be good and that this year is their last realistic chance at a World Series.
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I am not going to be thrilled either
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Legitimate chance this is Lackey's last start as a Cub?
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Looks like it's not only forum posters anymore. St.Louis is turning on Dexter; it's a shame, he deserves better. http://www.stltoday.com/sports/columns/ben-frederickson/benfred-s-so-far-cardinals-have-been-better-without-fowler/article_adb5e2c6-73d5-5db3-acd6-7d32b164bbb4.html
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Sometimes you have to gamble on getting an extra inning, this is the 5th of 20 consecutive games and the pen through 4.2 innings yesterday. Lackey wasn't exhausted and 7-8-9 were due up. He hit 3 people in one inning, I don't care how fresh he was. Clearly he was not locating anything and shouldn't have been out there.
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There was zero reason for Lackey to even be in this inning. Can't wait until I hear Joe try and justify that.
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Almora?
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Correct me if I'm wrong, but picking up Verlander would effectively mean we're out on Otani before it even happens right? Lester still has 4 years, Quintana 3, Verlander 3 and Hendricks only hitting arb 1. I guess I could see them leaving Montgomery in the bullpen, but to spend another 200M on top of Verlander/Lester. You'd have nearly 100M annually tied up in just the rotation.
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Wtf is an Adam Engel?
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How are they not killing this pitcher? He looks so hittable.
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This is just horsefeathering embarrassing. 1 out, you guys can't get one god damn out?
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Hopefully if they did trade for Darvish it would be with the intent of extending him before he hit FA.
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I'm setting KB at 12, Addy and Hendricks at 5 each. We'll see what happens, but I think I'm actually slightly UNDER selling what those 3 get. If I remember correctly, David Price holds the record for arb price at 20M and that was an arb 4 after winning CY. So something like 12M,16M,20M,24M over Bryant's arb years looks right.
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It makes this year's playoff rotation worse so I hard pass.
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Marketing ploy...They have probably the best farm in the league, if they actually were buyers they'd buy. Teams are copying the Cubs, who also were rumored to be shopping for SPs when they sucked. You should tell that to the White Sox who had top 25 prospect Ozzie Albies offered to them in part of a Quintana deal.
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If Card's talk is any indication, the Dexter Fowler hate from the St.Louis fandom is absolutely brutal. Let's hope the FO over there feels the same way. I'd love to take Dex back if St.Louis ate some money.
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When a team is actively shopping for pitchers like the Braves and then openly selling another there's not a lot of ways you can spin that in the positive for the guy getting sold.