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  1. UMFan83
    Ball security still an issue
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    Lmao Tonyan
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    Should have bet the under
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    Math is hard
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    How many years is he looking for? It’s probably more about being 36 next April and committing 3 years to him
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    Remember when a Glasgow and Hoskins led offseason seemed boring?
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    Yeah I really like Herbert but I don't think I do that.
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    Yeah by far the largest contract for a manager in baseball history and a desire to stay in the Midwest. Plus while we are all bitching about not playing with the big boys the Cubs still have a very good farm system and do spend money, just not like the other big market clubs
  10. UMFan83
    Yeah but like besides the 2 dozen names you just listed when have the Cubs ever made a splash in FA?
  11. UMFan83
    Are we being punished for some reason?
  12. UMFan83
    Guggenheim Baseball Group or whatever the horsefeathers its called purchased the Dodgers around the same time the Cubs were purchased. At the time the Dodgers were worth $800m, the Cubs $700m. Now the Dodgers are worth $4.8m and the Cubs $4.1m, so they've been able to increase the franchise value by $600m more over a similar time span. Maybe it's not fair to compare the Dodgers, who play in a larger market, have a deeper pocketed ownership group and had the benefit (or foresight) of creating a lucrative cable channel at the start of the bubble, but circa 2012 the Dodgers were just another solid team, not really a franchise that was on much stronger footing that the Cubs. Their ownerhsip group turned them into a juggernaut on and off the field.
  13. UMFan83
    Same. I’d want the Cubs to take advantage if they figured out the Brewers signs. But then again I’m a Michigan fan so I’m all about that sign stealing life now.
  14. UMFan83
    I can't tell if Verducci is saying the Cubs didnt show much interest in Ohtani or Ohtani didnt show much interest in the Cubs, or both. But like you said, it was probably always the Dodgers and Ohtani's camp probably didn't believe the Cubs would make a competitive enough offer to use in negotiations with the Dodgers.
  15. UMFan83
    I didnt even really want Glasnow but this still pisses me off
  16. UMFan83
    I don't really have much new to share just seconding how great Fred was. He was an older man with a gigantic beard that loved to meet up with fellow NSBBers. I'm sure for some it feels strange to meet strangers off the internet, especially in the period before social media when random message board people were completely anonymous as opposed to now where all of you are mostly all real fleshed-out people. But Fred was the type of guy who made you feel comfortable around him the second you met him, and if you met him once he treated you like a good friend. He would call me out of the blue at times offering me tickets to Cubs games for free. The last time I talked to him I think he was asking me about some Linkedin connection I had with someone who worked at a company his grandson or nephew or someone was trying to work for. I was with my wife at Pottery Barn and my little kids were running around and screaming in the store so the conversation was short, but I always wished I took a few extra minutes to talk to him that day. Still upsets me to know he died a few months before the World Series win. If anyone deserved to see the Cubs win the World Series it was him.
  17. UMFan83
    Cubs show interest in Japanese pitcher:
  18. UMFan83
    Maybe. I don't think he'll ever be a lead back but he is still highly effective when used properly. He's still on a rookie deal so I don't see a reason to straight up cut him when he can be an effective change of pace back and I don't know how much value he'd have in a trade. I see them keeping him but as a 3rd RB.
  19. UMFan83
    Giants win not only moves the Bears 1 game out of a playoff spot, but it moves their 1st round pick to 6th overall edit: and a titans win would move it to 5
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    The point is that with the frequency that he runs and takes hits compared to other QBs is likely to lead to more injuries. We've already seen him miss time for a variety of reasons over his career, and play at less than 100% in several other games. The fact that it was on a sack where he held the ball for too long is not really proving that his style of play won't produce injuries imo. It's a factor I believe you have to consider when evaluating his long term fit. Are you getting Fields for 17 games a year or 12 games a year? Do you have to burn cap space on a good backup QB to ensure a Fields multi-game injury doesn't tank the season?
  21. UMFan83
    The passer rating evaluation also ignores his impact (good and bad) in the running game. However when evaluating long term, the rushing impact is probably lessened because a) at some point, maybe 5 years from now or so, its going to be less of a weapon and b) his running game has led to injuries that have caused him to miss time in all 3 seasons.
  22. UMFan83
    That's what makes the upcoming decision so monumental. If you keep Fields you are settling for a lower ceiling most likely (not saying you can't win with an adequate QB but the margin for error on the rest of the roster is much lower) and you are stuck with him moving forward as I don't expect them to be picking at the top of the draft any time soon. But if you bail on Fields, you are taking a gigantic risk in an attempt to get a higher ceiling. If the QB you pick is a bust or you don't develop him properly, you've just wasted the next 3 years...best case you get a 2018 type season with Trubisky. But obviously if you hit, the entire trajectory of our pathetic franchise changes.
  23. UMFan83
    I still have scar tissue from the last time Fields started a regular season game in Cleveland
  24. UMFan83
    So you’re saying there’s a chance?
  25. UMFan83
    Disappointed to find out that due to tiebreakers and teams in the hunt playing each other, despite the Bears potentially being 1 game out of a playoff spot after tomorrow the earliest they can claim ownership of a playoff spot is after Week 17 (without ties being involved). The tiebreakers wont be our friend with the Bears already losing the tiebreakers to Tampa Bay and New Orleans, tied vs. Minnesota, trailing 0-1 to GB. We can win the tiebreaker against Atlanta, and can probably still win it with GB and Minnesota (too lazy to look that deeply into the 2nd and 3rd level tiebreakers). Basically, I think the Bears need to win out to have a shot at the playoffs. Finishing 8-9 will probably pull them even with one of the teams they lost the tiebreaker to. The biggest game will be next week at Cleveland. If they can get that they have a decent shot of getting to the GB game at 8-8 and perhaps a win and in scenario.
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