JudasIscariotTheBird

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I have the sound off on the facebook/Cardinals feed because its the Cardinals feed, and because my kids are watching She-Ra, but based on the comments, I can tell that Dempster is doing his impersonation of Farrell's impersonation of Harry. ...gross.

There isn't anyone else on the roster I want to see do well more than Yu. It isn't even close.

Breaking news: The comments on facebook are ridicuous. Like, Schwarber Fan without the restraint and good judgement.

Sorry to sidetrack from the pizza wars, but I would be remiss if I didn't mention to all of my out-of-market brethren that this game is also available to view on facebook live.

Say what you will about Yu, but he seems to be slowly coming around, and he still did the coolest thing so far this season for the Cubs. My favorite part is when the "99" dot pops up right where Brinson's d1ck used to be. Too good. Let's stomp this Middle-Earth-reject bum, please. http://66.media.tumblr.com/81525227bf32b9f0da95a20175570f97/tumblr_n8k33vyCYO1r5s47zo1_250.gif

Because he's cool and has decent speed and he's cool and has a rockin' arm and he's super cool. If Schwarber can be graded as being serviceable or better out there (well, or at least used to be), I've got no doubt Willson could swing it. Slow on the draw.

He's basically a faster, more athletic Schwarber with a better arm and more experience in the OF...and Schwarber is [highlight=green]ELITE[/highlight] in LF as it is.

Well, in that scenario you don't have to sign a catcher at all. You move Conteras to the OF, spend the money on a pitcher, call up Amaya and call it a day.

...so you're saying you don't want to sign good players because they are expensive? It obviously doesn't have to be Grandal to work. Get some other 2.5 WAR catching bum on a two year contract and trade Almora for cost-controlled pitchers who don't resemble dumpsters lit on fire. Catchers who put up 2.5 WAR or more last year: Grandal, Realmuto, Alfaro, Stassi, Cervelli, Flowers, Gomes. All seven of them. Six more if you want to move down to 2 WAR. 47 outfielders over 2.5 WAR, as a comparison. I would love signing good players, regardless of the cost. We've spent the last 8 months cursing out Tom, Theo, etc for not signing good players. It's become clear to me that we might need to be a little picky on where we decide to spend big money, and kicking out our catcher on pace for 4.3 WAR making essentially the league minimum doesn't really seem realistic. One question: Do you think the Cubs get more long-term WAR on Willson's contract by keeping him at C and signing a 2 WAR OF, or playing him in the OF (with a dash of C) and signing a 2 WAR C (who admittedly would cost slightly more than the 2 WAR OF)?

are you talking about grandal? Fair...combining the two options. A (very hypothetically) defensively passable Contreras in CF and Grandal behind the plate is obviously an improvement over the current plan. But for all that to take place, the following would have to be true: 1. Grandal accepts our offer, which will be higher than the $16m someone tossed out considering he's making $18m this year and is on pace for his best offensive year (though, oddly, his defensive fWAR looks like it will decline for the fourth straight year). 2. The argument that catchers decline earlier doesn't apply to Grandal, since after this year he'll have 6 straight years of at least 115 games, and will be 31 years old. 3. The same front office who sees a pitching staff with 4 guys over 30 and zero viable backup plans, and a bullpen that is basically just a picture of a garbage fire, and also sees Dallas Keuchel and Craig Kimbrel wanting to play for contenders, and has yet to connect the very obvious dots, is cool moving their super cost controlled catcher to a brand new position to replace their cost controlled outfielder and add a $20m/year catcher in his 30s to an infield that is going to get expensive very soon. ...so you're saying you don't want to sign good players because they are expensive? It obviously doesn't have to be Grandal to work. Get some other 2.5 WAR catching bum on a two year contract and trade Almora for cost-controlled pitchers who don't resemble dumpsters lit on fire. I mentioned Grandal because his deal was normalish. Realmuto signed on a 2.7 mil one year contract (!?!?) and he's quite a bit better at this point.

Albert Almora's fWAR the past four seasons: 0.6, 1.1, 1.1, 0.6 (so far) Yasmani Grandal's fWAR the past four seasons: 5.5, 4.5, 4.9, 2.0 (so far) Yeah, Almora doesn't get as many ABs as Grandal, but normalized for playing time, its still a huge leap. I also think there is a chance that Contreras could put up HIGHER fWAR levels as an outfielder. I also don't see how that shrinks viable options. We would have what some of us hoped Schwarber could be: a guy that could catch ocne every other week as needed who rakes in the OF the rest of the time. If there is anyone I want to trade high on this upcoming offseason, its Almora.

Sign someone like Grandal for 16 mil on a short term contract and win lots of games?

he has a top-30 fWAR in MLB Sure, but how well does fWAR take into account his framing suckage? And he could possibly be cranking out a higher fWAR as an OF.

He’d be terrible in the OF Seriously though, he would be above replacement level, I'd guess:

He’d be terrible in the OF

If you ever say anything negative about Javy's personality again, I'll post a really mean gif!

The Astros get their first ever crack at our clear ace: an unhearalded nerd who tops out at 89 mph. Kyle has a 2.34 xFIP against teams facing him for the first time. Good news for us! (Don't look up that stat, I made it up. It just feels right.) And our hitters have to contend with the wholy unimpressive Wade Miley ...cute. Let's dong this goofball in his goofy, air conditioned train station of a park and evolve him into his fated future form: http://mlb.mlb.com/images/4/6/0/162579460/mileysmyly_6roxjor4.gif

Most people that wear religion on their sleeve are horsefeathers people deep down. I dont know if I believe that. I do believe that there is a sheep mentality that happens a lot. Part of that sheep mentality is that Christians often hide their real issues because life is supposed to be great. Instead of using their spirituality to help them(which usually means some sort of confession), they prop up a false front. I also believe that most Evangelical Christians follow a more Republican doctrine than that of Christ...which seems awful to a lot of none believers who are not quite so right leaning. Basically I dont think they are any worse than most people. They just arent a whole lot better off like most of them think. Myself, I think horrible people are worse than most people.

I'm here...and I'll put one up if there isn't one yet.