Tim

Faint hope, which is a significant increase from past years.

he only pitched once on the road trip and the odds of the cubs needing him for the next 3 days (and having his replacement blow it on the first day he can't pitch) are very slim You're not wrong, but if he's gonna be unavailable when we need him, I don't want him pitching when we don't... these are things that don't make sense. He also has to pitch every once in a while to stay sharp.

Jeimer, otoh, may need more seasoning.

Oh, great. They're turning our pitching development into a clone of the Twins. blech

Thanks, weis! All thoughts are with Raisin and his wife. Can't wait to hear whether it's a boy or a girl and that everyone's okay! Baby and mom are doing well. It's a boy. My wife is happy he got here before Mother's Day, so she can "celebrate." Thanks! Congratulations!

I do love Willson

Butler is looking pretty good.

Butler is looking pretty good

Don't you dare write anything about Cease.

Not at all. I believe hahn would do it. I don't believe Reinsdorf would approve it in a million years.

Yeah, I'd say that the best way to handle things is somewhere between those extremes.

No. We should NOT be bad for that long. But, you overestimate our talent level, even in those areas. This team still needs a LOT of help. You think they're not tanking this year, how many wins do you see? depends on how our QB plays and who it is. [highlight=yellow]as I've said before, teams like Denver[/highlight] and Minnesota, teams without holes on defense, and teams like Houston, with monsters everywhere on defense, [highlight=yellow]still miss the playoffs or get destroyed once they get there[/highlight]. they have put meticulous planning into their supporting players, and Houston and Minnesota actually gave up a ton for lackluster quarterbacks in a panic. They thought that their time had come, and that they just needed satisfactory QBs in order to waltz into the playoffs and blow teams away with their supporting cast. the best team planning, the most meticulous attention to detail when constructing a roster, falls apart if you don't have a QB to lead them. And the Packers have been successful with little more than Aaron Rodgers and a couple players here and there. your holes aren't as gaping if you have the important position covered. Didn't Denver make two super bowls in a row and win one of them when they had the crippled, crumbling zombie version of Peyton Manning as QB? Isn't Drew Brees one of the all-time passers (going by stats, at least) and hasn't done squat in recent years? This isn't as black and white as you like to portray.

Mitchell is someone I was really hopeful about after the draft, but his results to date have been pretty miserable.

That reads like he thinks Chicago is on ET.

Contreras

I don't know...Addy's got a lot of mouths to feed already.

I feel this is the pernicious influence of soccer hooligans attempting to ruin other sports.

It would be nice if Williams Perez looked like another viable backup option at Iowa. It would be even nicer if De La Cruz had a break out start.

Monty's gotta quit walking guys if he wants to join the rotation.

Nice. It might just take a start or two, before he's on the national radar, if he continues where he left off in EXST. He wasn't really that sharp.

Zagunis homered again today. Happ is 0-5 with no strikeouts and a walk.

Jay cost us a run. Free Almora

And that's with something like a .220 babip

Rodney had a hell of a run for SD last year.