Bryants Disco Ball
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Why? I think they have been fine. Stuff like that. Like, I never get the determination some people have to make it seem like they have no opinion about someone or something. I just don't have any sort of strong feeling one or another about them as owners. I think they have done a solid job, culminating in a long-awaited championship. But I also think the next owner who comes in and has a $200 million payroll also has a chance to do a solid job. Like, when the Tribune Company owned the Cubs, that was a strong "these guys totally suck as owners" feeling.
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What? You are babbling. It's paying off for the Ricketts, they are making money hand over fist. They won one world series. They've barely crossed over the .500 level as an ownership group. I've constantly read on here that this is the best time ever to be a Cubs fan. Who all got to see them win a World Series just a few years ago. They remain, according to many on here, one of the best teams in baseball coming off a 95-win season. Using their all-time record is clearly distorting things, and you know it.
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What a weird thing to say. Why? I think they have been fine. Yet, if a new owner came in tomorrow, I also wouldn't be losing sleep, either.
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you're just going to ignore the point where they spent half a decade not spending at all and keep congratulating them for spending once. There is no point to this. You are a lickspittle. I have no feeling towards the Ricketts as owners one way or another. But you are ignoring that the franchise and everything about it was crap, from the management to the facilities to the minor leagues, when they took over. I was all for a complete rebuild with the promise that it would pay off. It paid off. It still is paying off.
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We are fans of one of the highest payroll teams in the Major Leagues. yeah, that was the back end promise after years of tanking. How do you not get that? So.........they are fulfilling the promise? Are there reports that we won't be one of the highest payroll teams in the foreseeable future?
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you sound like a boot licking buffoon We are fans of one of the highest payroll teams in the Major Leagues. You sound like every other rich, white guy who demands more.
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All the owners are rich. But those rich owners spend $100 million less than our rich owner. I'm sure those fans will cry us a river. Who cares? I'm not telling you to care. I'm just saying you all sound like complete, spoiled brats.
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For the record, I want Bryce Harper, too. But let's just be grateful we all decided to be Cubs fans, because I imagine to small and mid market fans, we sound like some real spoiled bitches. Those owners aren't poor either. All the owners are rich. But those rich owners spend $100 million less than our rich owner. I'm sure those fans will cry us a river.
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Most of us are! For the record, I want Bryce Harper, too. But let's just be grateful we all decided to be Cubs fans, because I imagine to small and mid market fans, we sound like some real spoiled bitches.
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Damn. I'm starting to think some of you are privileged, white, baseball fans.
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I've always wondered how much a guy like Bryce Harper brings to a team in terms of additional revenue and how they go about trying to factor that in.
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jesus christ it would be great if "sports reporting" was more about the reporting and less about being used to propagate leverage for the stupid front offices. Yeah, they don't even get the favor paid back by getting to break the news when a signing does happen, because that goes to one of two national guys instead.
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Please, please, please, NSBB Gods, please make them stop posting tweets from Charles the Cat.
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This doesn't make baseball sense, but Zobrist is the one guy I want to stay with the Cubs until he retires. That hit was just too important and iconic for me.
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If the content is just made up, which it is, then it's not really content.
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Officially a joke account Yeah, I continue to be surprised at how much run this cat is getting on here.
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Charles is our version of that one Brewers guy who eventually got kicked off their board. It's sort of sad.
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And Cole! I like Cole and think he'll be solid but spending $20 million with this supposed tight budget doesn't seem like a great use of resources. And Kintzler. Cole and Kintzler are moves they made late enough in the game that if there were budget concerns they should have already been well aware of them. That's $25million, plus add in the 3-4 that Schwarber's going to get, and you've nearly paid for Bryce. If they don't even try to make a run at Harper, it's because they chose Schwarber, Hamels, and Kintzler over Harper and whatever pitching Schwarber would net in trade. We don't know exactly what Schwarber's value is but that seems foolish to me But only for one year. Meaning, they aren't paying those guys $25 million per during each of the 12 years of Harper's contract. It's giving out $400 million compared to $25 million in total dollars. I'd rather they do the $400 million in this case, of course.
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Jose Martinez is the most uncomfortable looking first baseman I've ever seen. Oh he’s horsefeathering awful there and should be a DH somewhere. Goldschmidt definitely gives them a defensive bump at 1B but the defensive gain on him over Martinez might be negated by moving Carpenter to 3B over Gyorko/FA though. The offensive upgrade on Goldschmidt vs Martinez could be relatively nominal, was my main point. Of course, this forces one to suddenly believe Nightengale knows what he's talking about, which doesn't seem to be the consensus.
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Replace La Stella with this guy, please! My thoughts exactly. Crazy they just let him go because they didn’t want to pay him ~$4 million. They could’ve gotten a lottery ticket or two at least from someone. Like at least get some teams Mekkes, Maples, etc types. Question, because I know I am missing something. If no team claimed him on waivers, that means nobody wanted to pay him $4 million and thus wouldn't also have given up lottery tickets, right? Or am I reading this wrong?
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In this scenario, I'd rather sign Bryce Harper for the same type of deal and team him with KB for three years and get the single draft pick for Bryant if he leaves. Heck, worst case, team them together for two seasons and trade KB for a lesser prospect package than you'd get now, but still a solid one.
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Based on trading Bryant though. I can see the “trade your elite third baseman for prospects and eat it to” logic, but I don’t like the idea of trading Bryant after what was by far his worst season, and I don’t like Machado over Bryant going forward. Bryant at less money, shorter term > Machado + prospects. Also, the Cubs aren’t trading Bryant, so nothing to see here. His angle is actually paying Machado at 26 v Bryant similar or more money at 29, without ruling out doing both, and not trading Bryant I'm reading it the way Bull did. That he's saying you sign Machado, who is younger and his deal will end sooner than what will be a 29 year old Bryant when the time comes, and Machado would then come with some of the "best prospects in baseball," meaning through trading KB. No?
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Don't be willfully obtuse, it's a really bad look. BDB/PWC's doom bonering game has been highly underrated here since like 2015...maybe because it's always masked/softened with something like "but I don't know as much as you guys so I hope you're right" or "don't get me wrong, i really want < good thing> to happen, but" You don't even watch baseball anymore until the playoffs because you're too cool, so I don't give a horsefeathers what you think.
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So it was the old, player wasn’t listed as untouchable so they must be making him available click bait article. Not exactly. There were "sources" that the Cubs had expressed a willingness to trade Bryant, *then* when asked about it, Epstein gave the generic "nobody is untouchable" quote. How serious is that willingness? Nobody really knows either way. Yup. You can decide if you want to trust Buster's sources or not, and the headline for sure is a way to get people to read (the horror), but not sure there is any incorrect news here.
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Theo/Jed says something or indicates something we like = 100 percent telling the truth. ' Theo/Jed says something or indicates something we don't like = Not true. Just playing around. Going to sign Bryce soon.