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Only if you want to set the precedent of voiding any team's season who has a player test positive. They did it with two MLS teams and one NWSL team.

I haven’t watched him at all but is he worse than Soler?

It has to be a top 5 (maybe 3), 9 figure contract for a SP of all time. Finally had time to put this together. Full list of $100M+ contracts for pitchers per Cots. This isn't just free agent deals though, if that's what you meant (Verlander, for example, had two years left on his deal before his extension in 2013). So if you meant FA deals, I didn't sort for that. This is also WAR over the length of the contract, not just with the team that signed the player to the contract. It also doesn't factor in if a player opted out, like Sabathia did during his first deal. So true FA deals for guys who stuck around, Scherzer and Sabathia were definitely better. Greinke's Dodger deal would have been had he not opted out. Lee's was better because of how much value he provided in only four years. The rest either were worse or were extensions. Pitcher Years Dollars bWAR fWAR David Price 16-22 $217M 10.4 10.6 Clayton Kershaw 14-20 $217M 32.5 34.1 Max Scherzer 15-20 $210M 34.9 32.9 Zack Greinke 16-21 $207M 17.0 15.7 Justin Verlander 13-19 $180M 35.7 33.6 Felix Hernandez 13-19 $175M 16.4 15.9 Stephen Strasburg 17-23 $175M 15.2 14.0 CC Sabathia 09-15 $161M 21.3 24.5 Masahiro Tanaka 14-20 $155M 16.9 18.2 Jon Lester 15-20 $155M 13.8 17.0 Zack Greinke 13-18 $147M 29.5 23.2 Cole Hamels 13-18 $144M 26.3 20.9 Johan Santana 08-13 $138M 15.3 13.9 Johnny Cueto 16-21 $130M 8.7 6.3 Matt Cain 12-17 $128M 2.7 3.9 Barry Zito 07-13 $126M 2.4 6.5 CC Sabathia 12-16 $122M 7.0 10.0 Mike Hampton 01-08 $121M 2.9 8.8 Cliff Lee 11-15 $120M 20.2 19.7 Jordan Zimmerman 16-20 $110M 1.2 4.8 Kevin Brown 99-05 $105M 22.8 27.4 Homer Bailey 14-19 $105M 0.4 5.7 Contract not long enough: Cole (20-28), Strasburg (20-26), Sale (20-24), Corbin (19-24), deGrom (19-23), Darvish (18-23), Wheeler (20-24)

Yep. I know 6 of these are against the Pirates and Royals, but who the hell knows what's going to happen with the schedule going forward. Bank as many wins as you can while the schedule is normal.

Probably but that inning is just bad management 100% agree on that, especially since you know the velocity is already down. You can't leave him out there that long.

We’re at +13 now. The 2016 Cubs were at +14 through two games and +42 through 11 games.

Only reason I don’t think that Ross feels that way is the quick hook. If he really felt that way, he leaves him in for another batter.

Heyward!

Not to necessarily absolve Maddon from blame because 42 pitches in an inning is unnecessary for Ohtani coming off an injury, but wasn’t his velocity down in his first start also? If so, seems likely the injury was already there.

W!

Big inning please.

Looks like the Achilles. [tweet] [/tweet]

[tweet] [/tweet] Surprised they didn’t have a couple built in 3 day off periods midweek for cases like this. Would only extend the season a week. StL-Mil is easier to make up because you can just do doubleheaders. StL-Det is much harder.

Javy!

Good job, Albert.

Walk this thing off, please.

There’s no way this gets overturned.

Javy was trying to end it on one pitch.

Going to be really annoying when Chatwood pitches great for 5 starts and the season gets cancelled.

I like when the Cubs hit dongs.

Happ makes sure we don’t squander a leadoff double this time.

Kimbrel sucks. Move him to garbage time.

Kelly got suspended for 8 games which is ridiculous.

He also was gushing about how Pedro Strop is just the greatest player ever, nicest guy, best teammate, etc. I'm guessing you wouldn't have dig to deep to find him criticizing Pedro when he was a Cub I’m going to guess he made a comment about Strop’s hat not being on straight in at least 50% of Strop’s appearances against the Reds.

The Cubs are 4-1 this year. Last year they started 1-6. I don't know about you guys, but I like 4-1 better. Fun fact, starting with the 2007 season, the Cubs won the World Series every single year that they won 4 of their first 5 games. That's right, this is only the second time in the last 14 seasons the Cubs have started 4-1. The time before 2016 was 2006 and, well, let's just ignore that and have fun with arbitrary end points. So sit back and enjoy the 2020 World Series Champions*. Go CUBS!! *assuming the Marlins don't cause the whole season to be cancelled.