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  1. Outshined_One
    I find it hilarious that Michael Reinsdorf came across like Billy returning was an ironclad done deal, and Billy coaching the team was non-negotiable for anyone interviewing for the front office. Whoopsie!
  2. Outshined_One
    Do Hartshorn next!
  3. Outshined_One
    I've seen some national chatter about the Bears possibly taking a WR in the 1st because they traded DJ Moore. I agree it doesn't make sense given their needs and current roster, but if a WR they have graded in the top 10 picks falls into their laps, weirder things have happened.
  4. Outshined_One
    I recall Jackson Holliday and Adley Rutschman being consensus #1 overall picks along the same lines as Roch, but I could be mistaken. No shade to Roch, though, because the guy is a beast.
  5. Outshined_One
    This is pretty much where I'm at with the rotation. Assad and Rea are unlikely to give you top tier performances every time out, but they're better than anything you'd pick up off the scrap heap and they are the best options you'll find in the system at the moment. I'd rather not see them finish the season in the rotation, but having Rea pick up a few starts while Boyd rehabs and having Assad go until Steele (or Wiggins) is ready should be good enough for this team to tread water for the next month or two.
  6. Outshined_One
    It's simple to contextualize. He's our future HOF RF. No biggy.
  7. Outshined_One
    Hartshorn is doing what I thought Ryan Harvey would do after the Cubs drafted him.
  8. Outshined_One
    I'll put it this way, you'd be swapping one hard throwing guy with a checkered injury history for another.
  9. Outshined_One
    Hey, they have like 30 second round picks in the next few years. That's 30 lottery tickets, they can't possibly lose!
  10. Outshined_One
    Take the politics chatter to Social. I don't care how you feel about Shaw, but most of us are horsefeathers sick and tired of it coming up in this forum. Consider this a formal warning, because the next person to bring it up in here isn't going to be seen again for awhile.
  11. Outshined_One
    I like this whole "our good hitters annihilating the baseball" thing.
  12. Outshined_One
    I get that it's one game and MB apparently faced little league pitching, but that has to be Mathis' best outing since the Cubs drafted him. Keep it up.
  13. Outshined_One
    In a vacuum, I'd agree that Alcantara deserves a full season look in the OF. However, the current construction of the major league team doesn't really give him a place to play. The OF currently is on lockdown between Happ/PCA/Seiya, the Cubs already have a promising rookie bat getting full time reps at DH in Ballesteros, and Shaw is firmly in the Ben Zobrist supersub role. It's not like Alcantara has any experience at 1B, so he'd basically be relegated to the 5th OF role, which means occasional starts and pinch hitting. I get that technology has improved and the Trajekt machine can be used to give Alcantara reps, but, to me, that's like saying a rehearsal is just as good as a live performance. At least in AAA, Alcantara is facing live pitching, with many of those pitchers having ML experience. I'd rather he have that than 5-6 plate appearances a week against live pitching in the majors. As I like to say, Baseball Is Weird and Injuries Happen. Let him (hopefully) dominate AAA, and either some opportunity will come up due to injury in the next month or two, or he'll be exceedingly valuable come the deadline.
  14. Outshined_One
    I feel like the start of the season is off for me because they started so damn early this year. Usually opening day is around my wife's bday in April, roughly around the NCAA men's basketball championship game and Wrestlemania (I know, I know), so my headspace for baseball isn't quite there yet.
  15. Outshined_One
    That'll do, pig. That'll do.
  16. Outshined_One
    Expect a delayed start with storms in the area until around 8 PM.
  17. Outshined_One
    Kinda surprised no one claimed him. He's got the profile and stuff to be a quality RP, and a team with a crap bullpen could do worse.
  18. Outshined_One
    Folks need to pump the brakes on Rojas. There's a lot of reason for optimism, but Jason's writeup makes it clear there's a reasonable chance he doesn't end up at SS due to average to decent defensive skills and that Rojas' bat has a ways to go. There are valid reasons why some people do not consider him a Top 100 prospect, since his current best trait is "young for his level" instead of "hits the absolute piss out of the ball" or "current Gold Glove caliber defense". Granted, the advantage of the Cubs' situation with Rojas is they can wait and see what happens with him, even if he won't be MLB-ready until 2028/2029.
  19. Outshined_One
    "No acute injury event." In other words, who the hell knows.
  20. Outshined_One
    AHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!! *HAPPY DANCE!!!!!*
  21. Outshined_One
    Welp, back to prospecturbation. *sees Ethan Conrad is out at least a month due to a nebulous back problem* DAMNIT.
  22. Outshined_One
    Just put in my notice with my bosses, so, uh, yeah, go Cubs!
  23. Outshined_One
    I'll go ahead and say it. Jed deserves a ton of credit for this offseason. He solidified the offensive core of this team for the rest of the decade, addressed the team's weaknesses in the rotation, retooled the bullpen, and dulled the edges of next offseason's roster cliff. It's an A+ offseason. Now extend Nico!
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  25. Outshined_One
    Speaking of which, anyone still have my prom photo laying around? I lost my FB password.
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