UMFan83
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Everything posted by UMFan83
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I would prefer to add more 5 win players in their mid-20's, not trade them away but maybe that's just me.
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Blah more of the same. Just sign already lol
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Omg how did Kyle manage to do this AGAIN?
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lol I believe I proposed a NE trade a few pages ago where the Bears were giving up more and was told it was not enough. That’s way more than not enough. Based on the Jimmy Johnson calculator the difference between 1.03 and 1.09 is roughly equal to 1.20. This trade is saying that Fields is worth more than 1.20 (given that NE is also giving up a 4th and 2025 3rd and 5th for a Bears 6th). Lmao
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New pandemic coming in March
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So far we've gotten a starter with an elevated HR rate, a 1B who has never hit in the majors and a reliever with a sky high walk rate and a velo drop last year. I'd say our WS contender is just about built.
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Id be interested in knowing how many of those games were blown in late August - October specifically since it seemed like the Cubs had a pretty lock down pen for a good 3 months but were heavily relying on Fulmer, Leiter, Merryweather, Alzolay, then Fulmer went down, Alzolay went down, Leiter completely tanked and the last 3 weeks of the season we had no horsefeathers idea who was going to get the outs needed to finish off a game (other that we knew Cuas was going to pitch almost every game). Was it because of overwork? Not sure but the pen was super thin beyond those 3 guys (and Ross's reluctance to try guys like Little down the stretch). If the numbers are as I suspect (but could be wrong) this is still a problem that needs to be addressed. It's great that you can identify 3ish lockdown relievers from scraps but I imagine the lack of bullpen depth beyond those guys was a big factor in the late season slide and finishing 1 game out of a playoff spot. Would seem foolish to not make at least one decent investment in a reliever. Edit: Just did some research: 7 of the 30 blown lead losses (23.3%) came in the final 22 games of the season (13.5% of the season). This doesn't include blown leads that we still managed to win of which there were a few in that stretch as well.
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What's the most excruciatingly boring Cubs offseason?
UMFan83 replied to Stratos's topic in Chicago Cubs Talk
I must have missed the Chit-Chat thread during that time, I had no idea you went through this but just went way back in your post history to read about it. That's scary. Any issues since then after recovery? -
What's the most excruciatingly boring Cubs offseason?
UMFan83 replied to Stratos's topic in Chicago Cubs Talk
2019 - The only major league contract we signed was Descalso and we spent the entire offseason deluded into believing the Cubs were a player for Bryce Harper even though zero reports linked us to him and several local guys reported we weren’t in contact with him at all. -
Figures. Smart move for them. Bush better hit
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I cant find threads easily on this forum anymore so not bumping any Seiya threads of David Ross threads. Just putting this here for laughs
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Probably doesnt mean anything but still
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Yeah I think I get it for guys like Bellinger. Boras is basically waiting for a team to blink but if the Cubs are supposedly still 3-4 transactions away from completing their offseason I'm not sure why there's no movement on relievers or other areas of need.
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So is this like the 4th inning stretch or something?
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Will Wade could turn the program around in 2 years but DePaul has virtually zero NIL program and almost no willing donors so I don't think he'd come here. There is a report that DePaul is going to spend big on the next coach but again the same problems exist in that there is no enthusiasm for the program at all and without enthusiasm there is no NIL and with no NIL, no one is going to want to play here. In this current era its going to be tough. No NIL makes it tough to recruit and retain players. If you hire a coach that is great at developing players, most likely those players just bolt when they get interest from blue bloods.
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Tony Romo said something about Allen getting hit when he threw the pass but I didn’t really see much contact at all. Maybe affected his follow through but definitely seems like a throw he should have made. And Diggs shouldn’t have Javon Wims’d that deep pass.
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Seem to be a lot of NE fans that are interested in Fields. I don’t know if the FO is interested but if they are what do you think of a trade of Fields + 1.09 + a 4th or something for 1.03 and taking MHJ? Is that enough to get the 3rd pick. (Or too much) and is it an efficient enough use of resources?
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Same Post Pinned to the top of my feed?
UMFan83 replied to UMFan83's topic in North Side Baseball Issues & Suggestions
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Same Post Pinned to the top of my feed?
UMFan83 replied to UMFan83's topic in North Side Baseball Issues & Suggestions
Not sure if this is related but the site isn’t loading correctly since my post.
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Just wondering if this is supposed to happen or its an issue with my feed but I have had this post about Imanaga pinned to the top of my feed ever since the signing happened. Given that there are only 2 comments to the article and none in the past couple of weeks it doesn't make sense for me to see that post every single time I view my feed. Am I the only one that has this issue?
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I'm so thankful I don't have to cheer for that POS. Would have helped our pen but wanted nothing to do with that booger
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I just want to know if Caleb's teammates went to his birthday party.
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Some renderings that were apparently not supposed to be public but were found Think it’s a mistake to not have LF face the river with RF looking at the skyline but other than that not bad at all
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Thought about starting my own thread for this but this is the catch all Sox thread. WOW this would be amazing if it happened and a game changer for the White Sox imo. 10 minute walk from most of the Loop, easy to get to from office buildings downtown, not a far walk from the CTA and imagine having a backdrop of downtown Chicago. Hope this happens.
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Heck it kind of bothers me that we're making roster decisions based on Busch even though he's much farther along in his development cycle. Just feel like we should have more flexibility at 1B in case he struggles. Don't want to be stuck in another situation like last year with Hosmer/Mancini where it becomes a black hole for us. I do like Shaw but I agree we shouldn't be holding spots on the roster for him. That's what a small market club like the Royals would do.
