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  1. JudasIscariotTheBird
    Maybe she just really likes that one RHCP song? [bbvideo=560,315] [/bbvideo]
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    absolutely the events are just crazy and fun enough to justify watching something I don't actually care about. the summer olympics is none of that You need more Team Handball in your life.
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    I really don't want to wind up with Cain, partly because meh, but mostly because I can't imagine we sign both Cain and Yu, and Yu is what I want more than anything...not even mentioning what signing Cain does to our chances of signing Harper.
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    Fun mispelling. Unfortunately I can't find an animated version of that time his face froze. http://cdn.barstoolsports.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/27/Coughlin.jpg
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    Man that Rizzo one cracks me up every time. Man, I'd forgotten about the Coughlin magic. Hard to choreograph that better. Ask Wesley Snipes.
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    They are actually playing the Vikes.
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    [bbvideo=560,315] [/bbvideo]
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    ...the Twins or MinnCubFan?
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    Just a FYI, that framed newspaper is still just outside of the bar in the Stanley Hotel in Estes Park. I chuckled when I saw it.
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    POTY [bbvideo=560,315] [/bbvideo]
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    If we can't see his face, he might have a broken neck. Easily lefty.
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    Out of curiosity why is Kipnis a bad pickup if its a buy low type of thing? He was bad last year but was a nearly 5 win player in both 2015 and 2016, only 30 and a relatively ok contract the next 2 seasons. I know we don't really need an OF, but he's not someone I could completely avoid acquiring in a trade. He's a 2B, not an OF. But either way, I want no part of him. He was barely replacement level last year, injury-plagued and 30. He's just not worth putting us $14 million closer to the luxury tax threshold. ...but he grew up a Cub fan!
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    looks like it
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    Heyward is not going to waive his NTC to play for a rebuilding Marlins team Ah, didn't know he had one.
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    Yeah, the package the Giants were offering was kinda weak. Could we get him with, say, Heyward, a few decent prospects, and a small mountain of cash?
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    ...did I mention he pitches in Coors? Did i mention his road peripherals? That's what this whole thing is about. The guy wrote that his road peripherals are not much better than his home ones. If you want to answer the question of if he is a FIP beater, you can't just look at his overall ERA compared to his FIP for obvious, altitude-involved reasons. (He is clearly a FIP beater)
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    I don't think it's a flaw with anything. I just think fWAR/FIP can't be blindly applied and FIP beaters do exist. Is Chatwood a FIP beater? His ERA is pretty close to his FIP and almost identical to his xFIP for his career. It looks to me like he's getting the results that he has deserved to this point. ...did I mention he pitches in Coors?
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    If you did not know what Coors was, then this is puzzling. The guy in the article says just about everything we have already said in this thread, but for unexplained reasons dislikes the deal. When you compare Chatwood's adjusted stats to the price of FA pitching, there is absolutely nothing to puzzle about, for ALL OF THE REASONS HE MENTIONED IN HIS OWN ARTICLE. If it's all Coors then why are his peripherals not better on the road? That's all the guy is saying. You can't just look at his road ERA and say this is great. He's still not getting lots of Ks on the road. He's still walking a ton on the road. He still has the same injury history. The Cubs need to add a ton of pitching, so this is fine. I prefer this to signing Cobb, so I'm ok with the risk. Let's just not act like we know that he is going to pitch well moving forward. It is true that the future is unknowable, especially pitcher health. Apart from that...
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    Because there's nothing the slightest bit puzzling about it. You can not like Chatwood, but this move replaces Lackey with a younger, cheaper pitcher who was twice as valuable as Lackey last year. I don't want to be arguing against this because I don't hate it, but a WS contender giving 3 year commitment to a guy that hasn't been very good who has had 2 tommy John surgerys can be puzzling. John Lackey being trash doesn't have anything to do with the 2018 rotation. ...but he has been pretty good.
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    The headline is a super hot take. The article is fine and reasonable. It's not hard to argue this is puzzling. I personally don't feel that way, but Chatwood has not had good results. He hasn't been healthy. He got $40 million and he'll get 25+ starts next year if healthy. You can argue that a WS contender giving $40 million over 3 years and a rotation spot to a change of scenery pitcher is puzzling. It doesn't matter. I just don't think it's a hot take. I think it's an opinion that he disagrees with. If you did not know what Coors was, then this is puzzling. The guy in the article says just about everything we have already said in this thread, but for unexplained reasons dislikes the deal. When you compare Chatwood's adjusted stats to the price of FA pitching, there is absolutely nothing to puzzle about, for ALL OF THE REASONS HE MENTIONED IN HIS OWN ARTICLE.
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    Get your hot takes HEEEREEEEE! https://sports.yahoo.com/cubs-make-puzzling-decision-spend-38-million-tyler-chatwood-193549873.html?src=rss
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    Josh Donaldson trolling the meatheads on twitter: Some of the responces are vomit inducing.
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    I think we either get Ohtani or Cobb but not both. If we do get Ohtani, I think it is with the promise we trade one of our OFs, and what else can we trade for but pitching? Aside from a Betances, it would have to be another SP.
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