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  1. Cubswin11
    horsefeathers off Utley
  2. Cubswin11
    Really would have liked to see a PH there with the leadoff walk, even if it was Hammel or Wood if Joe didn't want to tap into the bench.
  3. Cubswin11
    Get Monty some runs, jerks
  4. Cubswin11
    Nah, tight zone and he also is missing all over the place
  5. Cubswin11
    Seager is a big dude, he was towering over Russell there when they were standing around 2B next to each other
  6. Cubswin11
    Gambling on a ~Nelson type talent - healthy with a good arm, high pedigree, some ML success and/or experience, and lots of minor league success - is how they found their current ace. I think it's a route they will have to go down, and are capable of going down eventually, to avoid consistently paying the super high prices for established guys via trade or FAs. That said, I would like them to get a more established guy on their next trade too, nothing wrong about targeting the obvious once in a while when it is out there. The offense and defense being so good will allow them to take gambles, be a little more eclectic, about SPs they target in the long run. Yes, but we got that without giving up real assets and the argument here has been needing or wanting to trade real prospect assets for such pitchers. We can trade all the Vogelbach's, Zagunis's etc. of the systems you want for those types of pitchers but not the real prospects that have real value.
  7. Cubswin11
    With no Puig do they really have any better options?
  8. Cubswin11
    There's really no reason to bring Wood back next year with Montgomery around
  9. Cubswin11
    Addy is CLUTCH
  10. Cubswin11
    It's on MLB Network if you get it
  11. Cubswin11
    Unfortunately pitchers are necessary and, whatever you want to label the arm, that trade for one is more likely to happen than not as 2018 draws closer. The farm will recover, prospects are much easier to find than actual impact ML talent. I don't disagree, obviously you need pitching and need good pitching. We wouldn't be where we are this year on offense alone, the pitching is just as important. I just think it's incredibly hard to identify and acquire the right "controlled" arm that is so often cited due to pitchers general suckage and unpredictability. Just to give an example 2-3 years ago Jimmy Nelson was a pitcher that could be defined as young and controllable with upside that at the time would've taken probably at least 1 of a Happ, Soler, Jeimer, etc. type talent for and now he's 4 ERA, replacement level, pitcher just 1-3 years later at 27. I get we are going to need pitching sooner than later, I'd rather just spend the money on them (or use a high volume of draft picks on them like recent years) than give up real assets unless they are proven guys (like Hamels last year) or if it's through a trade target a guy like Montgomery who maybe turns into something but only costs ancillary minor league pieces.
  12. Cubswin11
    A man who skimps on toilet paper is a man I cannot trust
  13. Cubswin11
    Not that they should bring it back, but a package including all those guys better bring back Stanton, Trout (obviously Eloy and others would have to go) or Fernandez if they are all going in 1 deal. Yeah, that's kind of what I was envisioning. Not Trout or Stanton because I had pitching on my mind (and I highly doubt a package like that would bring back 1 of the top 10 players in baseball), but a young TOR guy with team control would be great for the Cubs going forward. Fernandez specifically? I doubt that gets it done. It might be close. I just don't know enough to say definitively. But if I can get someone similar for a group of talented spare parts and prospects without disrupting my major league core or including Jimenez, I'd do it for the right guy. I don't know if it can be done, but I'd be on the look out for the right opportunity to pop up for sure. The idea of obtaining this young, controllable TOR arm (or even MOR arm) seems just as fictitious and unattainable as acquiring Trout or Stanton. Those guys hardly exist and when they do teams keep them or trade them for known commodities not other prospects. Also pitchers suck, never deplete the farm system for them.
  14. Cubswin11
    That's a Javy like unsustainable hot streak
  15. Cubswin11
    The last half inning in the Cardinals game was pretty hilarious. Wainwright lost his glove on a tag that should've been an out, Garcia boots a ball at SS and then a 3 run homer for the mets.
  16. Cubswin11
    This seems the very likely reason to me. His FB command early in counts failing him to set up chase pitches so batters are just pretty much auto taking his slider/cutter. Is there any way to get the data on the locations of his slider/cutter last year vs this year in terms of % it's in the zone vs not or how much it's missing the zone year vs year in terms of distance off the plate?
  17. Cubswin11
    I'm still not all that sold on Javy's bat that he should just be given a full time job and also idk if Soler (for as much as I like him) gets you that coveted "controllable" pitcher of which I don't even know who that target(s) is.
  18. Cubswin11
    I concur
  19. Cubswin11
    Not that they should bring it back, but a package including all those guys better bring back Stanton, Trout (obviously Eloy and others would have to go) or Fernandez if they are all going in 1 deal.
  20. Cubswin11
    They've already given up more runs through 125 games that they did all last year, if they weren't hitting HRs at a crazy rate they be a .500 team at best
  21. Cubswin11
    I think it's pretty clear the team doesn't really value SBs and prefers to be menaces on the bases in other, smarter, ways.
  22. Cubswin11
    Oh yeah we have that guy too
  23. Cubswin11
    Cahill warming up
  24. Cubswin11
    i'd say the lack of ability to say words is a bigger problem. Coomers biggest issue in PBP is he fails to mention important details until after a play is over. Exactly, like on that Russell play he would call it something like "Russell grounds one to short, and now Zobrist is coming home to score from second..... Long Pause.......The SS booted the ball and 2 runs score, Addy ended up at 2B."
  25. Cubswin11
    Show us your dong, Georgie
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