-
Posts
11,503 -
Joined
-
Last visited
Content Type
Profiles
Chicago Cubs Videos
Chicago Cubs Trade & Free Agent Rumors
2026 Chicago Cubs Top Prospect Rankings
Chicago Cubs News, Rumors & Analysis
2023 Chicago Cubs Draft Picks & Signing Bonuses
Chicago Cubs Fan Guides & Resources
2024 Chicago Cubs Draft Picks & Signing Bonuses
The Chicago Cubs Players Project
2025 Chicago Cubs Draft Picks & Signing Bonuses
2026 Chicago Cubs Draft Picks & Signing Bonuses
Blogs
Events
Forums
Store
Gallery
Everything posted by Aaron Kennelly
-
http://i.imgur.com/Th5FtAn.gif -
Fantastic.
-
No big deal, Hector. Just strike out the side.
-
Rondon for 8th inning guy.
-
Dammit
-
Hell yes
-
Nice play.
-
What were the chances that Strop struck out Grichuk there?
-
Nice play for a DH.
-
Take that, you awful BABIP gods!
-
All three balls hits over 100 mph that inning.
-
God damn, tons of loud contact.
-
Dude is a horsefeathering replacement-level player.
-
This horsefeathers.
-
This sport is so fun when we aren't an abomination.
-
Willy!
-
Glad you could see that while watching the ball into the dirt.
-
May: 49% June: 64% July: 70% That inning: 88%
-
How the horsefeathers is that not strike 3?!
-
The main reason I see this as a good avenue is that, well, we aren't getting a good cost-controlled arm. We'd have to include MLB pieces, and Theo isn't doing that (outside of maybe Almora). We aren't backing into one of those guys, either. Either the A's get good value for Gray or they wait until the off-season and try again. They have options. Other teams will most assuredly outbid us there. Here we could have the Rangers backed into a corner, where nobody else is offering up much of anything. The market simply doesn't materialize. And they are faced with losing Darvish in the off-season or picking through our scraps. Sure, we could be blown out of the water. But this is the one place where we might not.
-
The Yankees are the team I can most easily see blowing us outta the water. Any team could blow us out of the water, sure. But you'd say the same thing about the Diamondbacks, and they just landed a guy with an OPS over 1.000. I'm not saying you're wrong. And you'd think they'd be interested and might offer up something a little nice. But, then again, the Yankees have spent some time building up their farm and heading on a new path. Maybe they remain a little stingy, knowing their recent injuries and poor play. Sure, they did buy a rental in Frazier, but only with two good, controlled pen arms attached. And I don't think they gave up too much there, either. And maybe the Rangers ask for one of their top prospects, and the Yankees won't budge and talks go nowhere. And Theo swoops in and tells them to choose whoever the hell they want and can get something done for cheaper than you'd expect. And the Yankees are left saying, "Hey, we could have beat that!" Wishful thinking, perhaps. But you never know. I'm not saying it's likely to happen or anything. But it might be a smart route to go down, since we assuredly aren't getting a stud like Gray without using one of our MLB pieces.
-
It really seems like a Theo-type shocker move, too. Just go all out on the rotation. And, with Quintana already in hand, you aren't worried as much about trading for another cost-controlled guy. Use what we have on the farm to get the best player we can. We aren't getting another good cost-controlled arm with that. So get the rental. Then use that sweet, sweet cash to fill that hole in the off-season.
-
You never know. The Dodgers are sniffing around at Gerrit Cole and Julio Teheran. Maybe they just stay out of the bidding completely, opting for a guy with control. The Astros have been linked to Sonny Gray a lot. Maybe these other top teams just head in different directions. And is a team like the Twins going to fork over much for a rental, for their .500 team? Nah. It could be that there just isn't much of a market for him. Look at what the Tigers just got for J.D. Martinez. What I'm saying is, stay in on this, Theo. Ride it out and hope you can get something done, revolving around Candelario and Zagunis or something.
-
Minor League Discussion & Boxes, 7-20-17
Aaron Kennelly replied to CaliforniaRaisin's topic in Cubs Minor League Talk
In 11 games since being moved back to South Bend, Wilson is hitting .310/.370/.595 with 3 homers and a 14.9% K% in 47 PA. That's after hitting 3 homers in 8 AZL ABs.