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  1. squally1313
    I'm going with the Marlins being an AAA team and the Cubs not being an AAA team for $500. Someone doesn't watch Jeopardy.
  2. squally1313
    FWIW, i don't remember him having a stretch of his career this good for over a month, fwiw. and there are tangible and noticeable differences in what he's doing at the plate. will be interesting to see how the league adjusts back. He put up an .899 in 06/2016 and a .846 in 07/2016, bookended by .551 and .594. That's about as hot as he's been, as I can tell, and I forgot how good he was last year...851 OPS in the second half. It's not the 'ideal' type of a high OPS, but I'll more than take it.
  3. squally1313
    jury is still out Is jury one of their young pitchers?
  4. squally1313
    In what may be the least generous offer of all time, if anyone wants free bleacher seats, send me a message.
  5. squally1313
    I feel like the last thing a tight groin would need would be Javy sitting on the bench for 3 hours and then coming to the plate and swinging as hard as he can three times in a row.
  6. squally1313
    I think/hope that the upcoming Harper/Machado free agency has been talked about for so long that Theo has a very good idea of how much it'll take to get either, their interest in going to that level, and their ability to sign one of them if they are willing to go that far (no team is signing both of them). If he's ran those numbers and decided Machado is the better target for the offseason (and that we'd have a good shot of retaining/signing him), then by all means go for it now, as I think a package led by Addy or Baez would be the best they're going to get, and one of them would have to go anyways. If not, as others have said, it doesn't move the needle enough for a rental. This is a tangent, but I'm still not sold on Baez>Russell going forward. I think there's some dissonance between Javy Baez, human highlight reel, and Javy Baez, effective baseball player, especially on the defensive side of the ball.
  7. squally1313
    Logistically it'd have to be Russell or Baez, barring injury. Unless the price somehow drops to prospects, it doesn't make much sense otherwise. Any sort of Schwarber/Happ/Almora package comes with a corresponding drop off in the outfield, and we're probably only talking about adding a win or two going from Baez/Russell to Machado by the time the trade gets done.
  8. squally1313
    I used Javy as the base model for my RTTS guy, got annoyed with the way it all worked, and then decided to just start a franchise and player lock with Javy every game for that same reason.
  9. squally1313
    Mainly due to the Seager injury, Cubs now projected to have the best record in the NL by 6 games (95 wins), only behind Houston (100), Boston (98.5), and NYY (97). Dodger's projection went down 4 wins. The AL is going to be so boring this year...4 teams with playoff odds of over 95% already. Hopefully the NL Central ends up just as boring, but the East and the West could be pretty interesting.
  10. squally1313
    ...Machado?
  11. squally1313
    Did they give up on Ian Happ, Passable Infielder?
  12. squally1313
    Happ at second, Baez at third, Schwarber/Almora/Heyward across the outfield? Assuming Bryant is still out.
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  14. squally1313
    Cubs go on the road to a surefire division winner, split the series and score 11 runs in two games in nasty weather conditions. Normal Cubs fan: Bench the shortstop, make the offense better.
  15. squally1313
    We're second in runs in the NL with the least amount of games played. How do you think this is supposed to work?
  16. squally1313
    This seems like the kind of pitcher Russell would light up. Edit: Apparently the Indians agree.
  17. squally1313
    Pretty slim apparently. I'm guessing he didn't even warm up.
  18. squally1313
    2014? Check last night's game thread
  19. squally1313
    That's two Crushed foul balls
  20. squally1313
    Take it
  21. squally1313
    Getting off topic, but in 2019 a league average Heyward in center, Harper in right, and Almora getting starts for Heyward or Schwarber every time they face a lefty sounds pretty ideal. Find a taker for the last year of Zobrist's deal (or he might retire depending on what this year's team does). Happ becomes the 'odd man out'...but seems like the ideal guy for that role with his flexibility and team control.
  22. squally1313
    I know this year has been especially bad, weather wise. But to beat a dead horse, with this cancellation, we've played 15 games in 20 days. Absolutely no need for 8 guys in the bullpen.
  23. squally1313
    I don't see any reason why he shouldn't run away with the 2B vote. Murphy isn't going to play enough to get the attention, and Baez was second to him last year without a lot of other competition that I can see. I guess if Asdrubal Cabrera and the Mets both stay hot, that would be a big enough market to challenge, but that's about it.
  24. squally1313
    They didn't horsefeathers around today Oh man, turned off the swear filter, this is going to take a while to adjust to. Worth noting that it appears to be retroactive, in case you want to go back and see what people were really trying to say.
  25. squally1313
    Hell yea. At this point, let's just have all the April Cubs games played down there. Give us an in with all the prospects growing up there, give Wrigley another month to get ready so they aren't rushing construction up until the last minute, and let the dongs commence early. If we can sell out Spring Training games in March, we can get a bunch of Cubs fans down to PR in April. (Kidding. Mostly.)
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