Aaron_Kennelly

[tweet]https://twitter.com/GrimmReaper_52/status/968984194171920385[/tweet] To be fair to Grimm...this IS Spring training. I prefer HRs allowed to walks at this point, no matter last year's HR/9 rate. Very true. He's not wrong. But I'm not sure the best thing for a guy fighting for a roster spot is to give up bombs, like he did non-stop last year.

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Yeah, that's the case. I was wrong. He probably ran every count to 3-2 and got bailed out each time.

Without throwing a ball.

Same here. The first Thursday and Friday are better than anything, except the Cubs playing playoff baseball. I haven't worked those first two days in probably close to 20 years. Everyone knows that's my "religious holiday" every year. Lol. Same here. A group of friends and I get together every year on Friday for Christmas in March.

I always am. It's my favorite sports time of year. Same here. The first Thursday and Friday are better than anything, except the Cubs playing playoff baseball.

He probably just said a generic white person's name and by stroke of luck was correct. Did anyone ever make a joke about how easy it would be for Javy to get Yu's name right? If not, I'd like to do that now.

Javy just called Mike Freeman by his given name.

Has their message board turned the page to being better than us in 2019 yet?

I can’t believe you guys don’t remember Mike Freeman, even after watching him accumulate -8 WAR in 12 games last year.

Still got it. [tweet] [/tweet] [tweet] [/tweet]

Stupid Sexy Schwarber has stolen two bases.

Mike Freeman is starting off his MVP campaign on the right track.

Don't worry. They're just taking him to a farm upstate.

We’re winning 120 games this year You think Drinky Joe will hold us back that much?

Who cares? USA! USA!

How is weis going to find time to sex our way to victory in the playoffs without late-inning mound visits?

My god, there are so many games.

I need some dongs in my life.

I think it's a fine deal, too -- mainly because any deal signed this off-season is going to be team-friendly. It is what it is. And it sucks for the players. But I'm not going to harp on any team (other than the Padres) for signing anyone this off-season. It's not that much money and he's definitely worth it. But, he's just not the kind of player I want to invest in. He's always injured. He's into his 30s. The defense is already really bad and only going to get worse. Same with his base running. He just seems like a guy that could break down as he gets older. And there are a number of other flaws that turn me off, too. He hasn't made any strides with his very real swing-and-miss issues. He's not that patient. He walked quite a bit last year, but that was mainly because he was terrifying to face. He hasn't really changed his approach at all. He has to hit with prodigious power to be valuable. He certainly did that last year. But it's safe to say he isn't going to be a 50-homer guy every year. He just seems like a guy that's destined to be a drag the final couple years of that deal. He's going to turn into Matt Kemp. So, yeah, the deal is fine because of the collusion. But I'm not heartbroken that we aren't paying him that money. And I assuredly don't give a horsefeathers considering the other factors going into our decision not to go after him. It would be incredibly stupid for us to spend that money with Happ/Almora providing nearly that much value for nothing. Also... Bryce.

There's a segment of Cubs twitter that just wants to spend, spend, spend, this year and next. Partly, it's because they want to get the best players (back end of contract be damned) but I believe a part of it's a dislike for billionaire owners and specifically the Ricketts and wanting to spend their money. I get that. Spend. Spend. Spend. And the Ricketts do suck. And I want to spend all their money. But where do we draw the line? Should we have signed Eric Hosmer, too?

Let's pay $100 million for a 30-year-old outfielder that already can't play defense to try to make us a 99-win team instead of a 98-win team and in the process go over the luxury tax and have right field accounted for when Bryce Harper is about to join us next year.

Wait, what?

NSBB 2018 #NobodyIn