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  1. Outshined_One
    Man, this Cash guy must be a clubhouse cancer if he keeps getting traded.
  2. Outshined_One
    I liked Rosario as a lottery ticket type prospect, but he's years away from the majors and has major flameout potential. It sucks, but this is what we expected Jed to do to improve the team in the offseason, and it's a good move.
  3. Outshined_One
    Credit to Caleb for overcoming the OL dumbfuckery and getting them in position to win, but still, ugh.
  4. Outshined_One
    Welp.
  5. Outshined_One
    ...huh.
  6. Outshined_One
    *heavy sigh*
  7. Outshined_One
    This article contains a pretty good rundown of alternatives to Xitter and the positives/negatives of each. To me, Bluesky feels like the early-ish days of Twitter. It's a perfectly cromulent social media platform (for better and worse), but there is unfortunate potential for it to drop off a cliff in a hurry.
  8. Outshined_One
    The Cubs have had an odd recent history of developing SPs who have middling profiles while coming up through the farm, and then seeing them break through those perceived ceilings. Assad and Steele are both recent examples, but you can also point to guys like Alec Mills, Kyle Hendricks, and even Jake Arrieta among that group. It's not a constant stream of guys, but it's enough to make you think that it will happen again. It's why Birdsell is intriguing to me. He's not exactly a stuff monster, but he offers a really different look from other pitchers and there's enough there to make you think he could develop enough of an arsenal to handle lefties regularly and go deep into games. He should get a look next season once the usual injury attrition starts to hit the rotation, and I'm curious to see how he adjusts once the book gets out on him. To be clear, I'm not expecting an ace out of him, but it would be nice to find a mid-rotation anchor for the next few years.
  9. Outshined_One
    It's not a dealbreaker, but it tends to be symptomatic of other issues. With the media, Trestman was a complete weirdo, Fox was aloof and uninterested, and Nagy tried his damndest to be the smartest person in the room despite all evidence to the contrary. Even Lovie was defensive and a bit aloof. That all bore out in their handling of the teams. Granted, I'd gladly take a successful and effective head coach who was a drooling idiot in front of a microphone, but that appears to be a rarity in professional sports.
  10. Outshined_One
    My takeaway from the article is we're pretty much Roki Sasaki or bust when it comes to a high level acquisition in the FA market, considering he'll come with a nominal cost.
  11. Outshined_One
    I'm kinda hoping this turns into a Julius Caesar-style mutiny this week. The team could dump Eberflus' body in Lake Michigan, let Tyson Bagent be the head coach, and no one would say anything, ala Ken McElroy
  12. Outshined_One
    We're of one mind on this.
  13. Outshined_One
    It speaks volumes that Eberflus and Poles talk extensively about accountability, but when it comes to Waldron getting canned, it involves leaks from anonymous sources instead of a press conference.
  14. Outshined_One
    Stop talking about complimentary football. Your offense sucks. Say it.
  15. Outshined_One
    Listening to the presser, Eberflus comes across like a coward and a dunce. His vague discussions of processes and decisions is maddening. Just make the announcement that Waldron has been launched and take questions already.
  16. Outshined_One
    Not too far off from my own list, but their placement of Ballesteros is definitely an eyebrow raiser. I mean, I get it if you think he can be a passable catcher in the majors next season, but it sounds like he's got a ways to go on that front.
  17. Outshined_One
    If memory serves, the Yankees made a few moves for international signing bonus money in anticipation of Sasaki being posted.
  18. Outshined_One
    Even with a better coaching staff, I think this still would have been a loss. Granted, the loss wouldn't have been nearly as embarrassing, but it still would have sucked.
  19. Outshined_One
    Bernstein & Holmes hasn't been a thing since Laurence took over for Danny Parkins. Where did that clip come from?
  20. Outshined_One
    Even if that's the case, it's a bad look when the QB is scrambling and might need all hands on deck to block.
  21. Outshined_One
    I found out a few weeks ago that Fall Out Boy did an updated cover. It featured such gems like this: horsefeathers I'm old.
  22. Outshined_One
    This reads like a scouting report for 90% of the Big Ten QBs who've come out over the last 20 years.
  23. Outshined_One
    When was the last time this team had a HC who wasn't a complete dope in front of the media? Nagy in his early days? John Fox when he gave a crap? Lovie?
  24. Outshined_One
    Gray would probably be an 8-12 range type of guy in an average farm system, so I don't think he's getting knocked with his placement at 16. It's just that the Cubs have a lot of quality depth in their system and there are better pitching prospects ahead of him.
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