All the warning signs are there for Quintana, too. *Still under 30 *Career 3.51 FIP *Had a worse-than-normal first half but had by far the best K/BB ratio of his career in the second half. I wouldn't be surprised if he's pitching in some independent league by August.
It would be difficult to come up with a better parody of a Brewers' fan grasping at straws. "Next year...well...they'll still have all the players that are better than our players, but they'll lose Justin Wilson. And 2020 is when we'll really have them right where we want them, as (though they might have Bryce Harper) they only have two years to replace both Justin Grimm AND Brian Duensing!" I'm having a lot of fun imaging his maniacal laugh at the end.
If they go with an 8 man bullpen, Grimm will probably compete for the last spot. Morrow Cishek Edwards Strop Montgomery Wilson Duensing Then Grimm, Maples, or maybe one of the guys they claimed puts it together.
Because the Cubs have too many outfielders with last names that start with H, but not enough relievers like that. The H's aren't so much an issue for next season, but by '19 it will be getting kind of ridiculous.
If we do end up with all 3 of Chatwood, Cobb, and Morrow, with innings concerns for all 3, I wonder if Theo & The Gang are just really confident in their ability to keep pitchers healthy or if they're planning something unorthodox.
A ton of things had to happen to get to this point no reason to hate Heyward, plus we won a World Series. The Marlins might not have even been sold if Fernandez just decided to go home instead of jettying himself. I just want to add Stanton's dongs to our lineup, leave me alone about it, ok?
We'll probably never know now, but I never saw Harper going to the Yankees unless they were the only ones offering him a monster contract. His personality just doesn't to mesh well with their lame crew cut/clean shaven bs.