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Cubs trade Vogelbach/Blackburn for Mike Montgomery/Jordan Pries
David replied to davell's topic in Chicago Cubs Talk
i've had those many times. they're fine. good even (i mean, it's hard to horsefeathers up a doughnut). but come the hell on. -
Cubs trade Vogelbach/Blackburn for Mike Montgomery/Jordan Pries
David replied to davell's topic in Chicago Cubs Talk
yep. people around me go crazy for weird [expletive] pumped out by Hurts Donut (:eyeroll:). I'll take a bag of little Hostess ones or a hot Krispy Kreme with the glorious [expletive] all over it i totally get the krispy kreme thing...but hostess ones over a good specialty doughnut shop? this post sounds like GET OFF MY LAWN WITH ALL YOUR FANCY NEWFANGLED HIP DOUGHNUTS -
Nah. http://www.fangraphs.com/graphs.aspx?playerid=14221&legend=1&statArr=50&split=base&time=game&ymin=&ymax=&start=2016&end=2016&rtype=single>1=15 Not that I think there's a chance in hell he just picks up where he left off and keeps rolling.
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New Benny, and Other changes (Bulls offseason)
David replied to WrigleyField 22's topic in Other Sports
If society at large decides his name is Dwayne, I think that makes it so. Common usage -
3.71 is not nearly 4. his stuff is damn good so he doesn't necessarily need to be getting lucky. his babip is right in line with hendricks and arrieta, who we believe to be gods of weak contact. going into this season, before a single pitch was thrown, cooper and sale both said his goal was to pitch to contact more so he could last longer. chase strikeouts less. the numbers seem to reflect that and the results are still stellar. his fastball is also in line with previous seasons and his pitch mix has seemingly narrowed.
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I don't even necessarily think 'yes I would trade this player for Miller today', but I don't think any of those guys is an unreasonable ask for the Yankees to make. Asking for Schwarber is a nonserious starting point, asking for any of those other guys listed is a point from where reasonable minds can disagree. Fair enough.
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maybe i'm too biased after watching all these young players pan out, but i don't trade eloy for a reliever. nope nope nope. so we can maybe have a half a percent better chance in the playoffs or something? nope. fully expect to be ridiculed too. even if we're making the argument there were a glaring hole in the bullpen that could prove fatal in the playoffs, crapshootiness be damned, there would have to be someone available to mitigate that hole who wouldn't cost any legit future value. kind of like yesterday's trade.
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Meh I would be more interested in Soler + prospects for Gray + Reddick. and then he can make for some depth in iowa
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something about the overcast-ness of the sky and the shadows reminded me of wrigley in sept/oct and i got really excited.
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And even without getting into specifics as far as his analysis of Schwarber as a player, the whole concept of a team that basically has a playoff berth etched in stone in July trading off future value in the name of maximizing playoff performance is really really silly.
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it's weird...now that the public is generally smarter about things (at least internet baseball fans) when it comes to baseball, the smart guys keep wanting to be contrarian so now they argue in favor of some dumb ass things.
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I may not be a smart guy but I think it's horsefeathering stupid and posted it in another thread. I don't understand how "smart" baseball guys can know the playoffs are a crapshoot and still think any move that requires a long term sacrifice of wins makes sense. The improvement in the odds in the playoffs for what even Miller and Chapman would bring is so damn marginal. It's like, most of the informed baseball public knows the playoffs are basically a roll of the dice...making moves that sacrifice the long term to secure a playoff berth makes a lot of sense. Making moves that do so in an effort to improve the chances of a team already virtually assured of a playoff berth will never make any sense to me and people talk about it all the time. People who understand the playoffs are a crapshoot. Thank god Theo and Jed obviously know this (as they've publicly said it many times). [tweet] [/tweet]
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Freaking Cameron http://www.fangraphs.com/blogs/the-value-of-kyle-schwarber/ I don't understand how "smart" baseball guys can know the playoffs are a crapshoot and still think any move that requires a long term sacrifice of wins makes sense. The improvement in the odds in the playoffs for what even Miller and Chapman would bring is so damn marginal. It's like, most of the informed baseball public knows the playoffs are basically a roll of the dice...making moves that sacrifice the long term to secure a playoff berth makes a lot of sense. Making moves that do so in an effort to improve the chances of a team already virtually assured of a playoff berth will never make any sense to me and people talk about it all the time. People who understand the playoffs are a crapshoot. Thank god Theo and Jed obviously know this (as they've publicly said it many times). [tweet] [/tweet]
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Josh Reddick 2014 - 117 wRC+ 2015 - 117 wRC+ 2016 - 123 wRC+ CarGo 2014 - 83 wRC+ 2015 - 114 wRC+ 2016 - 124 wRC+ ???? both have had injury issues over the years, both are kinda iffy/not great in the outfield
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Who? Sorry for the confusion. Reddick. Reddick is a free agent after this season. Don't see how that'd be a fit at all.
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I guess I'd do that but it would bum me out to trade Soler for 3ish months of two guys who are good to very good but not great
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How about 3/5 Montero most of Arrieta's and Ross for Lester obv. Reddick has been a very good hitter the last two seasons. Could he be flipped to the Yankees for Miller and or Chapman? Who?
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I'd do that too. I'd rather it be Baez than Schwarb, if possible somehow, but I'd do it. I'd move either. Not to derail the thread, but my guess is Javy has more value than Kyle currently. Injury, plus positional issues for Kyle being the reasoning. Could just be me being a Javy mark too though. Although Law and the FG guys have sided that way too at different points this season. I'd move BOTH, plus Torres or Happ, plus Cease, if that's more than the other package I threw out. I love Sale. if that's true, http://gifsoup.com/view/939509/trading-places-o.gif SELL HIGH
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He's also a righteous dude.
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Reddick has been a really good hitter the last two years. His defense has graded out poorly in RF this year but I'm gonna hope that's an anomaly as he's been good to not too bad in the past. Would be a nice lefty bat to throw in the lineup.
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