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  1. Transmogrified Tiger
    2-0 in the world series! Personally swatting down whatever that little thing was that the Pirates had going on for a couple of years. This will be the enduring Arrieta memory for me. First playoff appearance of the Theo era, franchise on a 9 game playoff losing streak, wild card winner-take-all game on the road. He crushed their souls so badly they threw at him just to try and get him off his rhythm. Arrieta responded by stealing second base, and then finishing the last 3 innings of the complete game shutout.
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    FWIW, ZiPS has them on par or maybe even better than the Brewers, although admittedly even with my doubts, ZiPS undersells Milwaukee.
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    You're right, when I saw that in double checking I thought Davis was under 50 million. The 50 million distinction is if you're a revenue sharing recipient, so Arrieta would be comp round B regardless. Dumb question but...where does round B fall then? That's the round Bobson is quoting above. If I'm reading the current draft order right(clearly not a guarantee!) the Cubs should have back to back picks, #76 and #77. Those will come after their regularly scheduled 1st round(#24) and 2nd round(#63) picks. The later picks referenced might shift slightly depending on the remaining FA like Cobb(and maybe Lynn).
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    The amount determines the round. If it's over 50 million it's the comp round between round 1 and 2, less than that it's the comp round between rounds 2 and 3. It's the approximate difference in getting pick 33 or 73. Aren’t they receiving the 75th pick (or around that) for Davis, who signed for over $50 million? You're right, when I saw that in double checking I thought Davis was under 50 million. The 50 million distinction is if you're a revenue sharing recipient, so Arrieta would be comp round B regardless.
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    Does it matter for us? I was under the impression he just had to sign to max out our compensation. Yeah he just has to sign for the Cubs to get a pick. Doesn't matter what the amount is. The amount determines the round. If it's over 50 million it's the comp round between round 1 and 2, less than that it's the comp round between rounds 2 and 3. It's the approximate difference in getting pick 33 or 73.
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    Come on, be over 50 mil
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    Maddon has said that immigrants were 'saving' his home town and pissed off that town in the process. More recently he said 'it doesn't make any sense' to own an automatic rifle. I don't believe or expect Maddon to be a paragon of progressive politics, but the extrapolation that some folks have done to one of his comments is silly. More to the point, I think Joe Maddon is a great manager. I am also getting tired of his 'always on' method of being a great manager since the media eats this stuff up and reports it at every turn.
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    This is it, this is the year that Maddon's personality starts to wear on me.
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    That something also almost got in a fist fight with Bama's strength coach after the game. [tweet] [/tweet]
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    It's certainly not good, I gave up Facebook a few months back and even then it's way harder to get onto a TV than other options. But it's not unprecedented, and it's also only wednesday afternoon games, so I'm not exactly going to be treating as appointment TV either.
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    The Cubs probably won't be involved in more than a couple of these, though, and it's not like you have to pay for them, so I guess it's fine. fine? No, that awful. If I pay for the season I should get the season. No different than Sunday Night Baseball or certain Fox Saturday games. It's also the same frequency and volume as Sunday Night Baseball.
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    Worse bat, better defense/flexibility Also, LaStella is a borderline second division starter as a 2B.
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    On one hand, that is not a good omen for the players and actually moving towards a better system for paying talent/avoiding a labor stoppage down the line. On the other hand, Mike Moustakas is not very good(8.3 combined fWAR the last 5 years, 3 years under 1.3 fWAR) and by at least some accounts is a bit of a tool, so I'm sure not sad that he in particular got the squeeze.
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    Still working for me.
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    you serious clark
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    The anecdotes in this Steve Francis story are incredible. https://www.theplayerstribune.com/steve-francis-i-got-a-story-to-tell/ A sample:
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    ZiPS says Dallas Keuchel would make quite the 5th starter for the Cubs.
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    Tommy Pham's eventual flameout is gonna make Carlos Gomez look like Sean Casey.
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    goodness gracious Joe Corona [tweet] [/tweet]
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    MLS starts their season today. If you've wanted to follow a team more closely, now's a good time to start. MLS Live is moving to ESPN's new ESPN+ streaming platform, and until ESPN+ launches later this spring, MLS Live is free. All you need is to sign up(no subscription required) and start streaming, though local blackouts still apply: https://live.mlssoccer.com/ Once ESPN+ launches it'll only be $5/month for programming that includes MLS Live, so the streaming package is discounted(it used to be $70 for a single team subscription) on top of other programming ESPN+ might have.
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    am I crazy or didn't this happen last spring training too, it might have been Scherzer exactly but if not another good SP
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    I haven't been following along, but doesn't ST Gameday only show decisive pitches in pitch counts since there isn't reliable pitch count/location data? Either way, love to see Wilson and Edwards set down the side without walks even at the start of spring.
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    Yeah, I know this is kinda my thing, but I seriously have no memory of this person from last season. He was the guy who was only on the roster because he had played shortstop before, that also couldn't stop making errors at shortstop when we put him in. This was also around the time of peak Vaunted-Brewers-Anxiety.
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    Jim Hickey now my new favorite coach after this story throwing shade at Matt Garza. https://theathletic.com/254355/2018/02/26/why-cubs-believe-jim-hickey-is-the-right-pitching-coach-at-the-right-time/
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