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  1. UMFan83
    2015: 40% (30th) 2016: 50% (19th) 2017: 48% (28th) 2018: 38% (30th) I feel like a moron asking this but..how do we get better at this?
  2. UMFan83
    If we were just average at getting runners home from 3rd with less than 2 outs instead of dead last for like the 3rd consecutive year we’d be unstoppable
  3. UMFan83
    I’d say maybe Gray is a bad matchup for us if we didn’t touch him up for 7 runs last week
  4. UMFan83
    Grounder grounder grounder popup grounder
  5. UMFan83
    I see our old friend Jorge is actually off to a decent start: .304/.434/.456/.890 line and is playing every day. 0.8 WAR in April
  6. UMFan83
    I just realized the Cubs just went an entire turn of the rotation without giving up an earned run. How rare is that? Edit: 33 2/3 consecutive innings overall
  7. UMFan83
    Will be interesting to see if he can adjust quickly and not go into an extended funk. I want April Javy to be at least mostly legit so badly
  8. UMFan83
    For some reason I expected Javy to beat that out
  9. UMFan83
    In what world has Lester been bad? Sure you can argue that his peripherals are worse than his 2.89 ERA but what did you guys expect from Lester this season?
  10. UMFan83
    Move him all the way down to AAA, IMO Finally time to install Schwarber as the full time 1B
  11. UMFan83
    Geez. I don’t take joy in other teams injuries but...this is certainly a good thing for the Cubs
  12. UMFan83
    You are surprised a matchup of two 2017 playoff teams is on national tv? I mean ESPN definitely has it's favorites... Yankees/Red Sox/Cubs/Cardinals/Astros/Dodgers get significant airtime over the rest of the league. Other than opening day where multiple games are aired, teams like Colorado/Arizona/Milwaukee/Toronto/Minnesota, who have been pretty good in recent years are rarely featured. Just an observation. You realize ESPN has baseball on like 3 nights a week right? There is probably some added prominence to playing on Sunday Night Baseball, but the weekday games definitely get a wider variety of teams.
  13. UMFan83
    I don't think the Hawks are in a position to do anything but BPA. Is it true that the Hawks will actually have some cap space to work this offseason?
  14. UMFan83
    Molina and Posey have overlapped enough to definitely be in the same generation. I have no idea how anyone could say Molina is better. Duh obviously because of all the things he does that are un-quantifiable even in this generation where almost everything is quantifiable.
  15. UMFan83
    Go all the way back to 2009 which would give them literally the entire time the Cubs sucked between the playoff appearances as well as the last 3+ seasons. The Cubs have gone 45-35 against the Brewers at Wrigley. The Brewers have won the season series at Wrigley 3 times (2017, 2013, 2012), they split once (2010) and the Cubs have won in 6 times. Edit: I see others are furiously doing the math too...but mine goes back to 2009!
  16. UMFan83
    It's obvious that Sterns made the Brewers get swept so that the Cubs would be in 1st at the trade deadline which will trick Theo into not making any deadline moves. That Sterns is operating at a much higher level than Theo.
  17. UMFan83
    Interesting how the schedules have played out so far. The Cardinals, Brewers and Pirates have combined to go 29-5 against teams under .500 and 19-31 against teams over .500. For comparison's sake, the Cubs are 2-3 against teams under .500 and 13-7 against teams over
  18. UMFan83
    For the most part I prefer ignoring the Brewers and their fans antics but this is pure insanity. First for your point above but second because his whole diss is based off being "pretty sure" the Brewers will win in his lifetime. You have to have absolutely nothing to grasp onto if that is the best bragging rights you can make.
  19. UMFan83
    I’m stunned the first batter of the game walked on 4 pitches
  20. UMFan83
    I know it’s still early and records are still not necessarily reflective of actual quality of the team but.. Today will be the 20th consecutive game against a team currently over .500. Assuming Colorado and St Louis stay that way, the next 6 games after today are also over teams above .500. The Cubs record in the first 19? 12-7
  21. UMFan83
    Next years #2 obviously has less value than a 2 pick next year. A number 4 this year is tough to give up but the Bears dont even have a 3rd rounder this year so instead of a 1,2 and 4, they have a 1,2 and 2. I don’t know I’m not an expert in these things but it doesn’t seem terrible to me Your first sentence doesn’t make any sense and the Bears have two 4th round picks this year so after trading one we still have the other. What do you mean? You disagree that a 2nd round pick next year is less valuable right now than a 2nd round pick this year?
  22. UMFan83
    Eh not too bad a #2 and a #4 for a #2 Pace is a horsefeathering ametuer Next years #2 obviously has less value than a 2 pick next year. A number 4 this year is tough to give up but the Bears dont even have a 3rd rounder this year so instead of a 1,2 and 4, they have a 1,2 and 2. I don’t know I’m not an expert in these things but it doesn’t seem terrible to me
  23. UMFan83
    next year's 2nd and a 4th this year Eh not too bad
  24. UMFan83
    Yes, I'm a huge advocate on spending top half of draft picks on the o line regularly. So basically the anti-Jerry Angelo strategy?
  25. UMFan83
    I never thought I could love an athlete as much as I love Javy. I didn’t care if he was always going to remain that good but flawed player, I still would have loved cheering for him, but if he has really kicked it up a notch the love is on a whole other level.
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