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  1. UMFan83
    http://s2.quickmeme.com/img/ac/ac1b2e05b9b1d1c122aac3f986d3ad83c3cdc43443b8dcb884967bbd5f177d34.jpg I am full of useless mildly interesting information.
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    Second half starts tonight are we playing out the string or ready to make a run? Cubs haven't played in Baltimore in 14 years, by far the longest gap between appearances at another team's home park. Len Kasper has been calling virtually all Cubs games since 2005 and has never in his life been to Camden. Overall the Cubs have played the Orioles the last of any current major league team, playing just the 1 time at Camden in 2003, then series at Wrigley in 2008 and I think 2013. So not many interleague matchups would be considered novel these days, but I guess the Cubs playing games at Camden Yards is as close as it gets.
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    Super weird I don't remember the details of a trade from nine years ago. This trade was a board highlight. A poster said that he called the Tribune Company switchboard and the secretary said a trade was imminent. We all laughed and the poster relied not to poke fun because he had cancer. Everyone was still reeling in shock when the trade got announced. No word if the original poster was the purple Fanta shirt guy. switchboard caller, Fanta shirt guy, wetbutt23: who is the all time best Chicago baseball trade leaker of all time?
  4. UMFan83
    Maybe I'm just missing some obvious examples, but I cannot think of too many trades that the Cubs have made that I regret that we made. Like even the Harden deal, he gave us like 25 quality starts and could only go like 4 innings in the playoffs before falling off the rails and if you look at WAR the A's completely fleeced us, but I don't regret it at all considering where Donaldson was in his development at the time and how much we needed a pitcher of Harden's quality on the team (and he was under control for another season). I do regret the Garza trade. I loved Archer at the time and we weren't really in the position to be adding pieces for prospects to an aging team that was losing talent and had a weak farm system.
  5. UMFan83
    wow i thought they retired bob howry's number. only because the poop emoji wasn't invented yet
  6. UMFan83
    Did you know the Cubs once just gave away Josh Hamilton to the Reds for cash?
  7. UMFan83
    it's funny I feel the same way considering we gave up what ended up being a future perennial mvp candidate for harden More importantly Matt Murton and a poster's son
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    If any team could make it work, it'd probably be Oakland with their penchant for guys who don't necessarily have super high ceilings, although I agree it would probably require either Almora or Happ. I could see him loving Zagunis Happ, Zagunis, Candelario and Clifton? I'm horrible at these things so feel free to mock me.
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    [tweet] [/tweet] Quintana hinders this season how? Man he is a stupid fuk.. i wont even click the article to find out. Wait my mind is literally blown. We trade 4 players who are playing in High-A ball or lower for a top 10 pitcher in baseball and his complaint is that we focused too much on the future? Like, I can't even begin to unwrap that logic. I get that there are sports writers out there that live and die on hot takes crafted to get a reaction out of fans, but this doesn't even make any sense. It would be like saying "My friend repeatedly cheated on his girlfriend, why is he so obsessed with commitment and being faithful?" Is there a caretaker or something looking after him?
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    Everyone knows theres about an 85% chance Quintana allows a run in the first inning of his first start and there will be 4 variations of "I guess he's officially a cub" jokes made in the game thread right?
  11. UMFan83
    Tough break everyone, 4-5 years from now the Cubs are screwed. Plus if you think Theo is going to give up on player development and not exhaust every resource not tied to the major league club to rebuild the farm you are a moron
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    Yep someone said they heard Quintana to the Cubs for 4 prospects last night on White Sox Reddit
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    The Red Sox offer was better. moncada is at worst on PT with Jimenez but a majority still have Moncada slightly higher plus he's much closer to the majors so less risk. Kopech is a higher regarded prospect than Cease and while they might have similar injury concerns Kopech is closer to majors. The other 2 guys the Cubs gave the Red Sox seem like fillers to me
  14. UMFan83
    Lots and lots of wrong things here. Did you do that on purpose? What exactly is wrong with this opinion? Lots and lots
  15. UMFan83
    Where's the other 24m? Hopefully the Cubs have the payroll flexibility to add $20+ mil by then. They own most of the rooftops and will be operating the hotel and all the other new revenue streams.
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    Goodbye buddy http://mlb.mlb.com/images/3/7/8/189187378/071016_jimenez_med_z2mq4eqp.gif
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    Glad I can get both my mom and Ken Rosenthal's takes on the trade in one place.
  18. UMFan83
    This is where I'm at too. Since 2013, Quintana has the 7th highest WAR amongst starting pitchers.
  19. UMFan83
    The White Sox now have 9 prospects in the top 68, and 2 of the top 5, while the Cubs join the Royals as the only 2 teams without a top 100 guy.
  20. UMFan83
    And we're back. I'm guessing the Cubs agreed to let the Sox do the media rounds first because I haven't heard anyone from the Cubs comment yet. Apparently Jed will be on the score at 2
  21. UMFan83
    Looks like Tim secretly cut back on server costs for the 2nd half anticipating a Cubs continued swoon
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    There are only so many seasons with Rizzo and Bryant both healthy and producing at a high level, plus guys like Russell, Contreras, Baez, etc. on cheap deals, I would not be okay with shying away from a significant addition just because the first half was a little disappointing. They still have 62% odds of winning the division. Also it's 3.5 years of control for Quintana, he makes future offseasons much easier to manage. FA's and teams would have a lot of leverage if the Cubs needed to add 2-3 SP in one offseason, now it's potentially only 1 if they like Montgomery(or Butler). I am talking myself into the logic behind the trade as it sinks in. I guess it was just the initial shock of seeing Eloy and Cease both go but it makes sense. I just don't want to get into the position where we have to spend money in FA to improve our team because there is nothing left in the farm. But this seems like a reasonable long term type of move.
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    hate to break it to you but the Dodgers have actually hit lefties significantly better than righties this year .819 OPS against lefties, .776 OPS against righties
  24. UMFan83
    So Arrieta and Lackey make about $31m this year and will be off the books. Quintana will make ~10m a year each of the next 3 years. Obviously we'd still need to fill a rotation spot but thats $21m in surplus funds for.....Harper?
  25. UMFan83
    Lester Quintana Hendricks Arrieta Lackey/Anderson Not bad. Arrieta is probably on par with Lackey last season, Quintana is on par with Arrieta last season. Now we just need Hendricks and Lester to do reasonable impressions of their 2016 selves and we're golden.
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