Jump to content
North Side Baseball

squally1313

Old-Timey Member
 View Profile  See their activity

  • Posts

    10,564

  • Joined

  • Last visited

  • Days Won

    24

 Content Type 

Profiles

Joomla Posts 1

Chicago Cubs Videos

Chicago Cubs Free Agent & Trade Rumors, Notes, & Tidbits

2026 Chicago Cubs Top Prospects Ranking

News

2023 Chicago Cubs Draft Picks

Guides & Resources

2024 Chicago Cubs Draft Picks

The Chicago Cubs Players Project

2025 Chicago Cubs Draft Pick Tracker

2026 Chicago Cubs Draft Pick Tracker

Blogs

Events

Forums

Store

Gallery

Everything posted by squally1313

  1. squally1313
    With Woodruff, Burnes, Peralta, Hader, Williams, they're going to win a lot of low scoring, close games. Just a matter of if that kind of elite pitching will hold up over a full season after last year.
  2. squally1313
    Yeah I mean the big thing was we haven't been able to develop pitching. Alzolay and Keegan Thompson already look like they belong. Maples, Steele and Nance have been solid parts of the pen this year. And guys like Abbott and Marquez are on the cusp of making an impact. It took awhile but we're starting to see it happen. Unfortunately the two or three that turn into impact arms can probably decide which of KB, Javy, or Rizzos locker they want next year.
  3. squally1313
    Yep. Oh no, Bob Brenly, 9 year MLB player, 4 year MLB manager, and like 20 year broadcaster who, as an example, signed a 4 year deal with the Cubs for $3.5m in 2008, might get fired at age 67? Whatever will he do, besides stiff caddies at his country club and yell at waitresses for taking too long to get his bottle of wine.
  4. squally1313
    Well, at least Cubs payroll is more efficient this year. So there. Paying someone $8m a year to produce 0.3 fWAR is unfortunately not even more efficient than paying Yu $18m to produce 1.9 fWAR. But Tom's bank account is more efficient I guess.
  5. squally1313
    This team is approaching ‘Fun’
  6. squally1313
    This team is probably good enough (and the rest of the division not great enough) to play meaningful baseball the rest of the year, while still bad enough to feel like we're almost overachieving somehow. Quite the needle to thread.
  7. squally1313
    Right, and double digits under .500 in the next 6 weeks very likely includes a KB injury or serious slump, which changes the outlook on what you get for a short term rental anyways (vs the comp pick).
  8. squally1313
    Can we never be on SNB again? That was awful.
  9. squally1313
    Jeff Fassero plus any catcher over 30 beats anything else Assume you meant Jamie Moyer?
  10. squally1313
    This is just an incredibly unpleasant experience all around right now.
  11. squally1313
    Or Bryant or Jake. Or Ross' thought process.
  12. squally1313
    Heading into the bottom of the 10th you need 2 innings of work, I can accept that the benefit of having a lesser pitcher face the bottom third of the lineup is greater than the odds that the offense puts up more than a singular run in the top of the 11th. Love being unable to bring in our closer in a bases loaded, 1 out situation because he might possibly have to pitch another inning while the other team throws out Clase and Karinchak after they both pitched yesterday.
  13. squally1313
    Could/should Javy have dropped that?
  14. squally1313
    Hoping the plan was to hope he struck himself out, and if not hope Keegan's aforementioned complete inability to miss bats led to a double play.
  15. squally1313
    Not scoring a run in these two innings with these control issues and a free runner on second is certainly special.
  16. squally1313
    That's our DH striking out on 3 garbage bunt attempts, having never had a successful bunt attempt in his life, while Ross just refuses to take off the bunt sign. What are we even doing here.
  17. squally1313
    You know you put together a good lineup when you have to pinch hit for your 5 hitter.
  18. squally1313
    Can we get a Clase just once, ever? You'd have to go back to what...Marmol? to find anything close.
  19. squally1313
    Picking a random list of top free agents, you get the following: Kawhi (player option with LAC, he's not coming) John Collins (seems redundant with Vuc) Mike Conley (will be 34 on opening night next year) Oladipo (redundant with Zach) Jarrett Allen (center, could obviously help, restricted FA) DeRozan (redundant with Zach) CP3 (not giving up $45m option) Lowry (mid 30s) Lonzo (has said he wants to play in Chicago) So basically not sure how we could do much better than Ball this year anyways, and probably won't take up all your cap space. Get rid of everyone listed above besides Theis and hope everyone takes a step forward.
  20. squally1313
    Are we still supposed to start these in the third inning? Oh well. The Cubs take advantage of the DH today by using Ildemargo Vargas, who, yes, historically he hasn't been very good at all, but this year he's been...hm, turns it out he's been even worse. We switch out one broken down infielder who should supposedly be in the prime of his career (KB) for another (Baez). Matt Duffy ascends all the way to the leadoff spot, where it should be theoretically impossible for him to hit into any double plays given the bottom 3 of the line up. Whoever the eff this dude is pitching for the Indians has pitched 9 innings and given up 4 dongs. Last time he pitched professionally in 2019, he was putting up a 5.11 ERA in AA while going 2-13. At this point, I don't have to tell you what this all means.
  21. squally1313
    I mean, I definitely didn't enjoy the Curt Schilling Whines on National TV era.
  22. squally1313
    Pete Rose was obviously older, but his last 6 years (ages 39-45) were 894 games of 1.2 fWAR.
  23. squally1313
    To put on my 'actual baseball analysis' hat for a minute, KBs injury history, which is lengthy in number but not necessarily in longevity, will inevitably be baked into whatever market value he ends up hitting. In a PTR budget world, isn't he the kind of player we should be banking on anyways? When he's 100% healthy, he rakes. So make a bet on putting together a few healthy seasons and you've got yourself an undervalued player.
  24. squally1313
    Counterpoint: Every dollar Kris Bryant takes as a member of the Chicago Cubs is a dollar out of Tom Rickett's pocket, and while I agree that it is a very stupid system and yes, his 2026 production will probably not match the amount he is getting paid that year, he deserves that money way more than pretty much anyone else in the world. it's not a very compelling counterpoint, given there's a very limited number of dollars PTR lets Jed take out of his pocket Honestly, I don’t care. If the choice is a broken down KB or 4 2025 versions of matt Duffy/Eric sogard/etc, give me KB. If his contract is somehow the difference of anything, we’re fucked anyways. Ricketts have ruined most of this team, if they can have to write a check to a ‘bad contract’ while I can get flashbacks to The Good Times, seems like a win win.
  25. squally1313
    Counterpoint: Every dollar Kris Bryant takes as a member of the Chicago Cubs is a dollar out of Tom Rickett's pocket, and while I agree that it is a very stupid system and yes, his 2026 production will probably not match the amount he is getting paid that year, he deserves that money way more than pretty much anyone else in the world.
×
×
  • Create New...