Bote McBoteface

Ian Happ will end up as our best tanking-era draft pick, huh?

Did Happ get HBP or what?

“horsefeathers Tucker, Tucker sucks” -George Carlin

Pay the other pitchers to throw our guys meatballs, that way they look like they’re as good as we thought they’d be.

“Pfft...minor leagues. Yeah, riiii.....holy horsefeathers!!!”

Sooo Bryant is unavailable for an at bat, and Ross hates Almora. I had no idea we had that guy on the roster.

I voted universal DH and 3 batter minimum. Love both, don’t care for any of the others. I’m pretty firm on the DH, thats gotta stay. I’d like to see the 3 batter minimum play out over a full 162 game season before we make a final decision on it.

Lmao how does he hit that out?

In all my life i never thought we’d build a team good enough to go 27-5.4

We never have a bullpen and it makes me sad.

I havent heard anything official, but educated guess no earlier than about 70 minutes, probably no more than about 90.

Woot

I never heard, is the trade deadline 8/31?

I’ve never been so excited for something that I disagree with so much. Go Cubs!

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I mean jeez, even Pujols only had one rookie season.

We could see the first pitcher to have TJS and still make his next scheduled start if this whole season is canned

I’d take the over if it was set at 92.

Its so tempting to go the the Nats/Astros game tomorrow night and troll the cheaters

Came here to say “I wonder if this was part of the league’s punishment?” And “kind of unfair to take it out on the pitchers” But i see that youve got that covered already. Thats why I love this forum.

If you arent gonna trade him, which i hope and think we arent, sign Schwarber long term right now while we can still cite his defensive liability.

My goodness this is a freaking frustrating conversation. No kidding that was the design. The topic of conversation was about an extension for Rizzo, and ways to get one that doesn't leave you shelling out big for an old done dude. My opinion is the easiest way to extend him "cheaply" is by throwing a little extra money his way now. Show him some love for more than living up to his contract and providing you a ton of profit. And then maybe he'd sign something feasible. If you make him play out this deal then he's got more incentive to try and get the best deal he can get next time around. If you don't want to keep him at all, fine, let him walk. Personally, I'd trade him. I’m firmly on the “trade Rizzo” bandwagon, both because i think its best for us long-term and I think its what this FO will eventually decide on. But I get laughed out of every place I bring it up at. His contract makes him ultra-valuable, and with two years of control left, this is where his value will most likely peak. First base is the easiest position to fill, and we have in house options available in Schwarber, Bryant, Contreras, and Vic....not that I’m endorsing moving any of those players to 1st base, just that doing so is a legitimate option. In a hypothetical world where we trade Rizzo for a SP to slot in between Yu and Kyle, move Schwarber to 1st and sign Castellanos using Rizzo’s money, I think we’re much better off than if we had kept Rizzo. Thats assuming you think Schwarber can move to 1st and be at least average defensively. Maybe you don’t think that, thats OK, theres still like 50 different options. At the very least, thats what I’d do if this was MLB The Show. The only thing I havent figured out is who is likely to interested in Rizzo, and what SP we could realistically get in a trade for him.

Yeah...Ive got 8 years or so of mid-high stakes poker experience and that right there is the most obvious tell that Ive ever seen.

Nah Ill just watch him dong off of Miller in game 7 and i’ll be cool with him again.

I really liked the idea of plucking espada from the Astros. Not a big fan of hiring a manager with no experience in an official coaching role. He’ll probably be fine, assuming we decide to provide him with a functioning bullpen and he utilizes it well. But damn, i could be wrong but I feel like we went with the feel-good choice over the smart choice.