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  1. Cubswin11
    The countries inventory of hair dye could also be a euphemism for the strength of their economy
  2. Cubswin11
    I know why (because respect the game or some horsefeathers), but why doesn't some promotion department do a band/vuvuzela/trumpets/drum night for a MLB team. Especially a shitty one on weeknights in the summer?
  3. Cubswin11
    What an idiot. Not only for the general theme here but way to use Trumbo as his ideal kind of guy and not, you know, your 24 year old superstar who's going to be a free agent in 2 years. Comments like this can't help making him want to stay (I know money will be the driver, but still).
  4. Cubswin11
    I was just listening to MLB Radio and they were talking lineups..... Goldschmidt has been on the roster this whole time?!? Why is Hosmer playing over him????
  5. Cubswin11
    His call and the camera had me thinking that ball was a dong of epic proportions for a second.
  6. Cubswin11
    It seems like it happens more years than not for teams trading up to/out of picks between 1-9ish. It happened twice last year with Goff/Wentz.
  7. Cubswin11
    I think you're right, may have been Barnwell when he stayed at Grantland/moved to ESPN. I've really soured on Simmons the last 5ish years, Well done. I can't recall when I really started to sour on him. I stopped reading everything but the nfl lines stuff a long long time ago. It's weird to me when I hear people talk about liking him now. Yeah the only little bit I follow him now is his NFL lines podcast with Sal.
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    I think you're right, may have been Barnwell when he stayed at Grantland/moved to ESPN. I've really soured on Simmons the last 5ish years, the hissy fit he put on after he was fired from Grantland/they shut down (though the shut down may not have been done in the best way by ESPN) was crazy with him acting like it was some personal vendetta against him rather than the reality being ESPN had to make a business decision to shut Grantland down because it wasn't/they couldn't make money with Simmons at the helm after dumping millions of dollars into his idea. His dog horsefeathers HBO show failing miserably was definitely something I enjoyed seeing with him thinking he was the smartest guy in the world in running sports media shows/sites after leaving Grantland. With that being said I did really like a lot of the things Grantland did and they had talented people. But by all accounts Simmons was paying some ridiculous salaries and had crazy expenses and never made money and had trouble growing page views beyond niche markets. When your partner/financier is a major corporation you just can't get away with that without change at who's running that company or shutting that venture down completely.
  9. Cubswin11
    Can't. Tell. If. Joking.... If not what a petty, sore ass loser, hack Simmons is. Also the fact we can't tell if this is a joke or not should tell us a lot about Simmons personality. [tweet] [/tweet]
  10. Cubswin11
    for some perspective, rizzo was coming off 1.8 fWAR in 87 G and then about a month of whatever he did in 2013 when he got his extension a few months before his 24th bday. anderson put up 2.4 fWAR in 99g last year as a 22/23 year old. i think the downside, like you said, isn't much...the upside is that he continues to play well and maybe develop further and then they get him at a nice (maybe even great) value. Fair enough, but Rizzo showed more potential in minors to be an impact hitter. I get Anderson plays a premium position and good defense but man he could be an ugly offensive player. I just don't really see the upside in doing this. He has a pretty strong track record going back to the minors and his time in MLB last year that he's going to be a 3-4% BB and ~25% K guy in the majors that's gonna have to BABIP his way to any sort of respectable slash line.
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    The White Sox extended Tim Anderson, they bought out all his arbitration years and have 2 team options on his first 2 FA years that would keep him through 2024 and make the deal worth ~$50 million. Why? I get there isn't much downside but what's the upside? Do they think he's going to be a superstar? Why not just let it play out with arbitration? I fail to see the upside in this move, he's Baez at the plate without the power.
  12. Cubswin11
    Even got a hit off a RHP, maybe even 2! I didn't see one of them.
  13. Cubswin11
    Yeah, okay, Mike. Yadi, Adams, Peralta, Carpenter, and Gyorko would all be base running savants if they weren't such Chatty Cathy's at 1B. That's what's holding them back.
  14. Cubswin11
    That's okay, SEC Spring Games have to be soon. I'm sure his broadcasting duties will keep him away for a while.
  15. Cubswin11
    Scott Feldman was named the Reds opening day starter, so yeah take their under
  16. Cubswin11
    He protected his account? LOL
  17. Cubswin11
    What's the difference between LeMahieu and Theriot other than BABIP and some marginal power that could be park aided? And there really are people that exist that think LeMahieu is some major piece we let get away? He wouldn't even play regularly on our roster right now, he'd be the last guy on the bench in the LaStella/Szczur spot.
  18. Cubswin11
    You don't have to unless the need arises, because Szczur doesn't really belong on the 25 man. The 40 man roster isn't much of an obstacle anyway, if Szczur isn't around there's an open spot, and Andreoli's presence on the 40 man itself proves that it's not stuffed to the gills with quality that you can't easily find space for someone. I'm fairly certain Andreoli isn't on the 40 man. He is not as the poster on the last page talked about, in fact we've decided not to put him on the 40-man twice and exposed him to the Rule 5 without him being claimed.
  19. Cubswin11
    How did that happen? Hit by a pitch or diving for a ball?
  20. Cubswin11
    Yeah even though I'm not a fan of La Stella, Szczur is far more replaceable/redundant so he's likely the odd man out. Hopefully nobody claims him and we keep him but if gets DFA'd and someone claims him, oh well. La Stella could be in a similar spot next year if Happ (specifically) and Jeimer continue to improve and aren't traded, they will/could likely push La Stella off the roster as the last man on the bench/back up infielder.
  21. Cubswin11
    I agree. I think he finishes with the highest WAR for catchers this year in MLB.
  22. Cubswin11
    I was at the game in Milwaukee last year when he took a no hitter into the 6th or 7th (I think Fowler and/or Bryant were robbed of near HR's in the first inning).
  23. Cubswin11
    Bryant and Willy DONGS. Anderson is getting hit around pretty well though..... 3IP 6H 2R but does have 3Ks
  24. Cubswin11
    Country singer and Rizzo's buddy. He was at a lot of the playoff games.
  25. Cubswin11
    According to Levine on The Score this morning he made it seem like Anderson as the 5th starter is pretty much set. Assuming health obviously.
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