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I'm going to the first game in Milwaukee next Friday night. I expect there to be 80% + Cubs fans i've been kicking around the idea of going to one of those games. still not sure if i will or not.
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the obnoxious cubs crowd on the road thing this year is gonna be beyond anything we've ever seen lol
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I don't really think it's going to be a platoon, per se, the way things have been playing themselves out in spring. Going in, I thought Jay would primarily play vs. righties and Albert vs. lefties (at least, to start), but I'm thinking Albert is going to be more or less the starter, while Jay will play against the tougher righty matchups. That's just my read on it now. So maybe 100-120 starts is a possibility? If he starts anywhere near 120 games I'd be thrilled, that would mean he's playing really well. As far as Jersey Cub Fan mentioning his injury history, I know he's had a few dings and small set backs throughout his career but would he be classified as injury prone? Not sure I'd go that far, he's just a kid and heals quickly. I think that totally depends on health and, as you mentioned, how he handles it in terms of production. I think that's what his role will be going in, but if he plays his way out of it, Jay could end up starting more.
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I don't really think it's going to be a platoon, per se, the way things have been playing themselves out in spring. Going in, I thought Jay would primarily play vs. righties and Albert vs. lefties (at least, to start), but I'm thinking Albert is going to be more or less the starter, while Jay will play against the tougher righty matchups. That's just my read on it now.
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manny machado is worth a horsefeathers ton of money and is going to be like 26 or something when he hits FA. i doubt whatever he gets will constitute an overpay. it will be a lot of horsefeathering money though.
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Nah, he's the Zobrist replacement when he leaves in 2 years and Javy fails to be a viable everyday player because he can't hit RHP. zobrist is actually here 3 more years, tho i guess that's sorta like 2.5
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i would be ecstatic to see that happen but there's basically no reason to believe that do i think he can? sure, he's insanely gifted. do i expect it? far from it. i'd say it's something like 80ish% he more or less is what he is...great defensive player who will be reasonably productive if his matchups are chosen carefully and will hit you a few bombs. and that's a great success story compared to what he could've ended up being as of 2 years ago.
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http://chicago.suntimes.com/sports/give-cubs-your-tired-huddled-masses-theyll-give-them-to-boz/amp/
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happ is going to be our .850 OPS 2B when zobrist washes up you fools
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Lawrence Holmes on the Score was on yesterday with some Pittsburgh sports station to help them preview the Cubs. Obviously, he was saying good things about the Cubs because, well, the Cubs are really good. The Pittsburgh guys took offense to this and said the Cubs bought a title.
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Who was compared to Braun? Someone said it about Almora pre-draft. I think it was by a scout who hopefully doesn't work for the Cubs. oh my god lmao
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STEPHEN BRUNO SIGHTING
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so schwarber just did the dong thing again
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how truly bad would pitching have to be to grade out as replacement level with this defense
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oh and then we have another guy who can't even make the roster who is 22 and slugging .812 himself
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willson bomb
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"Time makes fools of us all" - The Kyle Schwarber Thread
David replied to Sammy Sofa's topic in Chicago Cubs Talk
i don't really know the origin of the barstool vitriol, so forgive me they seem like a bunch of super douchey frat bros - which is what i figured was the reason - but if they're terrible people on top of it, then my bad. i just heard it was a good interview on the radio. i've seen pft commenter stuff posted a lot so i figured it was fair game. also, our (actual lovable) players seem to love them, so i hope it's nothing too awful. -
I have no idea, probably not, but the question was how he could be your favorite prospect when Wood existed and the answer was he was a prospect for 2 years before Wood was a Cubs prospect. I distinctly remember being psyched about him. And back then I know I only heard of one or two prospects in any year. I also remember seeing him in those throwback unis against the White Sox in one of the first interleague games. fair enough...i was just thinking that when he said that he was thinking of orie when he was a rookie in ST, not before that.
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i don't know about those, but there was famously a trade pretty much set to happen that didn't involve wood in 1998 with the marlins. then the mets topped our offer. the story was that piazza's agent told him he was going to the cubs right before he got into the shower, and when he got out, he was headed to NY. i feel like that would've been a much better use of garland/noel/cline or whatever trade chips we were using. http://articles.chicagotribune.com/1998-05-23/sports/9805230081_1_piazza-marlins-geoff-goetz
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i don't know about those, but there was famously a trade pretty much set to happen that didn't involve wood in 1998 with the marlins. then the mets topped our offer. the story was that piazza's agent told him he was going to the cubs right before he got into the shower, and when he got out, he was headed to NY. i feel like that would've been a much better use of garland/noel/cline or whatever trade chips we were using.
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that wasn't actually his rookie year tho. he had an ok year in 1997. and how was that your first favorite prospect? did you have no idea kerry wood existed? Orie was drafted two years before Wood. To the extent there was talk of prospects back then, he was being hyped before Wood was even in the organization. but was orie ever really nationally highly regarded or was he just a good cubs "prospect?" my recollection is the latter, but i didn't even start following the big league team til 1995.
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that wasn't actually his rookie year tho. he had an ok year in 1997. and how was that your first favorite prospect? did you have no idea kerry wood existed? Huh. For some reason I was thinking he pre-dated Wood by a couple of years. You said '98, but I was thinking this all happened in 96. Fog of decades and all. My introduction to Wood was buying one of those pre-season MLB preview maganizes and they had a top-100 prospects list. The two Cubs were Wood at No. 4 and Pat Cline at 80-something. I started making sure to check both their stat lines when the Tribune would print the minor league team stats in the agate on Sundays. i have a similar story, except mine was one of those cubs quarterly magazines at a game in like 1996 and it was the cubs top 10 prospect list. kieschnick was #1, but i was most excited about wood's scouting report. pat cline and robin jennings were two other names i remember on there too. maybe courtney duncan as well.
