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All of this is true. It's also true that Bryant has reached that level in every season in which he was "fully" healthy and also was on pace to go well past 6 WAR last year before the injury. It's possible that the injury will limit the finish on his swing going forward and that his results dip as a result. But I'll take bets on the gap between his 2018 and 2019 more than offsetting the dip in Javy's, assuming KB and Javy each play in 145+ games. Any of you doom bonering people want to wager?
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Alex Lange needs to spend some time at Driveline. In fact, the Cubs should just buy those guys out and use it as pitching instructs. -
Yeah, but I was right about that and the Bears running game, too. I don't defend these mountains lightly!
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I agree that it isn't a certainty. But he's right that it *would* make a huge difference.
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Now you're making beeping sounds as you back up from your point. no, you're right, the entire time i meant that kris bryant MIGHT make up for javy's regression if he reverts back to an 8 win player, because that's obviously what i meant by "healthy" Then just say that hopefully he's healthy enough to cover Javy's regression. Don't say that hopefully a healthy Kris Bryant can make up for the regression. See how much more clear that is?
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Really - going to go with pitcher health here? There's a heck of a lot more natural variance in performance there. He's also at a different spot on his aging curve (which is different for pitchers, anyway). If Bryant isn't putting up at least 5+ WAR, he's not fully healthy. "Kinda healthy" Kris Bryant isn't "Healthy" Kris Bryant. If your point is that he may not be fully healthy, say that instead.
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Nope, that's not what they're saying. healthy can mean "as healthy as he's gonna get" and not necessarily the same guy he was before the injury. Now you're making beeping sounds as you back up from your point.
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rest didn't help all that much last year i'm far from some doom boner alarmist, but there is a non-zero chance that he is permanently broken or at least that the ceiling on his production dropped significantly. and i feel like calling it non-zero might be underselling it. You're specifically saying a "healthy" Kris Bryant "hopefully" makes up the gap. Which is ridiculous.
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I think people are expressing doubts about his health more than questioning how productive he can be when healthy. Nope, that's not what they're saying.
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Oh, btw, baller is healthy Kris Bryant hitting in Cincinnati.
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Also - do not in any way try to paint me as being against signing Harper. God knows I've been on the Harper bandwagon as much as anyone here.
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What cracks me up is you guys saying that *hopefully* his being healthy can make up for a 2 WAR regression from Javy.
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Going from the 2 WAR version of Bryant to the 8 WAR version of Bryant would do a lot more than cover for regression from Baez. aiming a little high are we? He was at 7.9 WAR in 2016. He was well on his way to that again last year before getting hurt. Even if he only goes from 2.3 -> 6.5 (below his average when healthy), he'll still easily more than make up for regression from Javy.
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Did we not know weeks ago a Harper signing was financially impossible? Harper or no Harper a healthy Kris Bryany makes all the difference in the world. I also believe the Cubs will get quite a bit more from one of or both of Darvish and Chatwood in '19 than '18. a healthy kris bryant just hopefully makes up for the likely regression from the superstar version of javy baez we unexpectedly got in 2018. Going from the 2 WAR version of Bryant to the 8 WAR version of Bryant would do a lot more than cover for regression from Baez.
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I'm still dreaming of a lineup of: 2B Zobrist RF Harper 3B Bryant 1B Rizzo C Contreras (assuming he hits again) LF Schwarber SS Baez CF Heyward Good lord - what a wrecking machine. C'mon Theo, just steal the damn checkbook and ask for forgiveness after the world series.
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Payroll saved is only important if you use it to improve the team.
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Some details I didn't remember off the top of my head: The player of most significance coming in that I believe I missed hit .194/.338/.325 last year. I also missed Kemp leaving, who hit (an unsustainable) .290/.338/.481
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Let's see: Out: Wood Machado Puig Grandal Madsen In: Pollock Kelly I'm gonna have to disagree with you there, sparky.
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Would have rather had Hagerty.
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Was Cubbie Swagger (or whatever his name was) before your time? Yes, most of the random posters you guys bring up are before my time here lol. Ah One of the many mountains he chose to die upon was that different types of alcohol made you different types of drunk.
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Was Cubbie Swagger (or whatever his name was) before your time?
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See, I'd say that the most likely way to reach the majors is for injuries to the starters. But I'm drinking gin tonight, so maybe that makes me a different kind of drunk. :wink:
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Probably not at Andruw's level, but Mets fans would cite Mo Vaughn.
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Not an excuse to put a person through concentrated doses probably/possibly unnecessarily, particularly given the large sums of money involved on both sides that allow for more holistic or possibly/probably modern alternatives. If you can both afford to avoid it plus still haven't eliminated all alternatives, then the easy call is to avoid. These are last resort kind of procedures You did read the article, right?
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There are forms of radiation that are continually passing through the entire earth. Obviously, too much radiation = bad. But it takes a lot of radiation to reach those levels. Here's a quick article from Harvard Medical School: https://www.health.harvard.edu/staying-healthy/should-i-worry-about-x-rays Take that 25 CT recommendation with this understanding - that's chest CT's. A CT on the elbow won't have nearly the exposure that a chest CT would. While you shouldn't prescribe monthly CT's on every pitcher's elbow, having one whenever they are hurt enough to go onto the DL is a pretty reasonable compromise.
