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SouthSideRyan

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  1. SouthSideRyan
    We only get 1
  2. SouthSideRyan
    JD got annoyed with Len calling him out
  3. SouthSideRyan
    Holy [expletive]. Twice.
  4. SouthSideRyan
    Lester actually looked like a professional athlete of some sorts there.
  5. SouthSideRyan
    That also was fun.
  6. SouthSideRyan
    It is fun to have a manager who puts Rizzo 2nd.
  7. SouthSideRyan
    Vogelbach would more be the tertiary piece in a trade.
  8. SouthSideRyan
    Coolest? You were one of the idiots that fell for that marketing scheme? I mean I was 9. You just called a 9 year old an idiot. I doubt that's the first time.
  9. SouthSideRyan
    Fairly certain.
  10. SouthSideRyan
    If you allow an inordinante amount of people on base to get into scoring position, it's not bad luck to have an ERA worse than your FIP
  11. SouthSideRyan
    I think the Cardinals still hung a flag or something, and MLB in its cowardice relented and called them co-champions.
  12. SouthSideRyan
    lol, how bizarre
  13. SouthSideRyan
    Rizzo wasn't super 2, it was an extra year of control as well. The deadline for Super 2 isn't known until after each season is completed, so there's no way to pinpoint it. Given the kerfuffle, I imagine Bryant will be held down longer than need be.
  14. SouthSideRyan
    I mean...I do not give a [expletive] about the 100 years crap. Before the last 5 years or so of terribleness happened, I hadn't really felt bad (or inferior) about being a Cubs fan at all. Fun place to see games (I know you will hate this), actual major market relevant franchise - any hint of success gets us tons of attention and that's fun too...could be a hell of a lot worse. And it'll be a lot better going forward. 2010-14 was a dark, dark period though. 2010-14 was about as dark as it got. But in the 20 years prior to then there were only 5 or 6 non-shitty seasons. I guess it depends on the definition of shitty, but in that 20 year span, we only had 6 seasons worse than our best season from '10-'14.
  15. SouthSideRyan
    WGN Morning News said we were something like 0-79 last year when trailing in the 9th.
  16. SouthSideRyan
    Yes. I've heard the logic that they already have their WS, so now they don't want the Cubs to get theirs.
  17. SouthSideRyan
    Beautiful
  18. SouthSideRyan
    Control is a big deal for expected stars, not for JAGs. To some degree, the longer Baez continues to swing through a lot of strikes, the less meaningful the extra year of control will be. For example, I think a reasonable projection for Baez, long-term, might be as a .755-OPS guy. A .755-OPS 2B with good defense is a useful player. But it's not like resigning a .755-OPS guy would be a budget-buster; or that losing a .755-OPS guy would be a dynasty-buster. (I get the .755 using 35HR/200K/35BB in 620PA, with otherwise normal BABIP.) Heh heh, I suppose if Baez shows up in Iowa pretty soon and explodes, and builds up hopes for being much better than .755 guy, perhaps the extra year of club control would look much more significant. If I replace 35HR/200K with 45HR/180K, the calculation jumps from .755 to .851.) As you're saying, the only way Javy earns his way back up quickly is by Bryant-ing all over AAA immediately. Otherwise he'll be close enough to an extra year of control, that I'm sure they'd hold him down. I think that's the opposite of what he's saying. He's saying if Baez explodes, then the extra year will matter, and in turn they'd want the extra year. If he just Javys along, then it wouldn't make sense to call him up until he's close to the extra year anyway
  19. SouthSideRyan
    White Sox fans are a different beast altogether. It's really pretty true about them.
  20. SouthSideRyan
    i am, but that's because i've paid enough attention to his history as an executive to see he's proven to be pretty much beyond reproach when it comes to player development That assumes Epstein is being the least bit honest with his public statements.
  21. SouthSideRyan
    Control is a big deal for expected stars, not for JAGs. To some degree, the longer Baez continues to swing through a lot of strikes, the less meaningful the extra year of control will be. For example, I think a reasonable projection for Baez, long-term, might be as a .755-OPS guy. A .755-OPS 2B with good defense is a useful player. But it's not like resigning a .755-OPS guy would be a budget-buster; or that losing a .755-OPS guy would be a dynasty-buster. (I get the .755 using 35HR/200K/35BB in 620PA, with otherwise normal BABIP.) Heh heh, I suppose if Baez shows up in Iowa pretty soon and explodes, and builds up hopes for being much better than .755 guy, perhaps the extra year of club control would look much more significant. If I replace 35HR/200K with 45HR/180K, the calculation jumps from .755 to .851.) As you're saying, the only way Javy earns his way back up quickly is by Bryant-ing all over AAA immediately. Otherwise he'll be close enough to an extra year of control, that I'm sure they'd hold him down.
  22. SouthSideRyan
    Deadline is 10 CT tonight. http://www.baseballprospectus.com/article.php?articleid=25983
  23. SouthSideRyan
    So now you want to keep him down until mid-April of next year? Avoiding Super 2 is saving a few bucks at a time when we should be wiping our asses with 100 dollar bills
  24. SouthSideRyan
    I'm pretty sure Javy won't be back up until we get an extra year of control on him, so I don't think he'd affect a Russell call up.
  25. SouthSideRyan
    I could not give a single [expletive] about super 2 cutoffs. Are you seriously buying the "full season at a level" garbage Theo is trotting out to keep the MLBPA off his back?
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