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  1. JudasIscariotTheBird
    ...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.
  9. JudasIscariotTheBird
    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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    In a vaccuum I like this.
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    Kris is so sterotypically Mormon. I love it.
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    Lol. Pedro won't shut up about Ding Dong Johnson again.
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    The Keymaster gets to head back to the dugout:
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    Leave Obama out of this man, he's retired. http://68.media.tumblr.com/4ad2be59e44233db3fdd018bb735c498/tumblr_o4n968Mzc21s2wio8o1_1280.gif
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    Is Turner too young to cry about K calls? I guess not.
  18. JudasIscariotTheBird
    It seems like Kershaw is TRYING to throw that low ball for a strike and failing. OH DAMN
  19. JudasIscariotTheBird
    It's a good thing my kid is sleeping, or she'd be hearing a lot of horsefeathers about this zone.
  20. JudasIscariotTheBird
    This Jardiance "man-on-the-street" pharma ad is the weirdest-disguised-as-normal thing I've seen in a while. Like, this rando totes has type II diabetes. Let's chat em up and show em my iPad stats.
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    Why don't you cry about it, Ginger?
  22. JudasIscariotTheBird
    Just wanted to remind everyone that this team had only 1 All-Star this year. Jason Kendall, I HATE inconsistent zones.
  23. JudasIscariotTheBird
    Keep the 24 pitch innings coming and we'll see if Tony Watson or Pedro Baez gets that zone in the 6th. Yeah, I'm down with that, but not sure that the bottom of the order will oblige. ...wait, no JHey. Maybe.
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    Seriously. It's like 1/3rd of a second tops.
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    This zone is Neifi.
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