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  1. squally1313
    Following on gamecast but I don't care if that 2-0 pitch to Saladino was literally walked from the mound and set on a freaking tee, that's inexcusable not to take another pitch there.
  2. squally1313
    No you guys, ignore the last 6 of Shield's starts. He's the worst pitcher in baseball, which makes us the worst offense in baseball. Trade them all, build around Chapman, he's shown a lot of growth or some horsefeathers so he'll be a good leader.
  3. squally1313
    Given my expectations for Heyward's offensive output are basically rock bottom, there is basically nothing that can happen in the next two months that would change my opinion before Game 1 that we're going to dong all over everyone's faces. Because we're going to.
  4. squally1313
    Wait....NOW he's a scumbag? THIS changed your opinion?
  5. squally1313
    Yeah that was not the "first" impression people were hoping for. Reaction seems to be pretty negative across all the Cubs beat followers.
  6. squally1313
    no growing up in poverty doesn't excuse physical abuse and intimidation via gunshots i dont think it does, but I worry more about how he has progressed from it then the fact he did it. That's a weird way to look at the timing of all of this. It didn't happen like, weeks after getting to America. He's been here since 2010 and it happened 9 months ago.
  7. squally1313
    The problem is he's not apologizing at all for his actions, but for his lack of better judgement (and for that, and that alone, is he truly sorry) I realize that I've brought this upon myself, but the separation you're making between his 'judgment' and his 'actions' is perplexing. They're inextricable. But I'll leave it with again reiterating that any apology is not going to come across as 100% sincere, one because it probably isn't, and two because even if it was it can't be in this medium. No statement, statement, statement with different words, it's going to be criticized as insincere no matter what. Given that curve, it avoided some of the worst problems that come with these apologies, so it's pretty good for what it is. Chapman was and remains not a good person, and people remain justified in not liking his acquisition. This may be a totally unfair thought process, but when I see judgment vs action, I see the equivalent of someone apologizing for getting too drunk before driving home and not apologizing for running someone over. It just reads like he's apologizing for getting angry vs what he actually did. That may just be me though.
  8. squally1313
    FWIW [tweet] [/tweet]
  9. squally1313
    I get it, but people are saying he beats women (plural) and should be in prison and basically not given a second chance. I don't agree with that. Are any of you employers? Would you not hire someone who has served their sentence? Well the prison thing is a whole different discussion. Him accepting the 30 suspension without much argument seems pretty telling, but I haven't done a deep dive of the evidence. Yeah, you're right...you can't blackball everyone who's committed a crime. But I generally prefer likable people to play for the teams I like. I hated this dude when Rizzo went after him a couple years ago, and that was nothing compared to (at best) going into garage and firing his gun into the wall multiple times during an argument with his girlfriend. Sure, serve your sentence, and come back if someone wants to hire you. I'd just (strongly) prefer it wasn't here.
  10. squally1313
    I'd be very shocked if they only ever use in him the 9th inning/save situations. Especially in the playoffs I said this earlier but I think Chapman should be the defacto closer but used situationally in high leverage situations against LHB as needed. In those situations Rondon switches to closer. This isn't just because I'm against the trade, but is this strategy something that's way easier to pull off in theory vs reality? Obviously you want Chapman pitching the most important at bat of every game, but those moments sometimes tend to develop pretty quickly. Maddon is the best in the game and I'm happy it's him trying to figure out the best way to use him, but you can't just have him throwing on the side for the last 4 innings of every close game.
  11. squally1313
    Stop. Just seriously, think about what you're doing right now. Is that where you want to end up on this? Edit: Didn't want to quote his post, but hopefully it's clear who I'm responding to.
  12. squally1313
    Very true, but large gif Either that, or I'm just not always wrong, which seems to be the popular opinion here. I'm probably doing this wrong, but based on this link I'm not sure you said what you thought you said. http://www.northsidebaseball.com/archive/search.php?keywords=chapman&terms=all&author=cubbie+swagger&sc=1&sf=all&sr=posts&sk=t&sd=d&st=0&ch=300&t=0&submit=Search Edit: Alright the most damning post looks like it was actually a quote from Sofa, but the maybe one post you could point to came in September before two rounds of playoff series in which Chapman would have made absolutely zero difference one way or another.
  13. squally1313
    I hope the World Series clinching game is such a full on dong assault that David Ross pitches the last inning so I don't have to see Chapman's stupid d-bag face be the one everyone converges on.
  14. squally1313
    Jesus Christ.
  15. squally1313
    Would making one trade that included Archer and Colome count as one move? i guess it comes down to that either A.) wasn't an option or B.) the front office determined those two werent worth the asking price. im ok with either Yeah, at the end of the day, Theo is incredibly good at his job, and that's basically the trump card in any argument on this. But I think everyone here realizes the answer to Tim's original question is that it doesn't move the needle much at all, nor would any realistic trade, for this year's World Series. And assuming this trade doesn't come with an extension, there's no way it makes us better from 2017 on, so it just strikes me as contradictory to Theo's stated goal of 'making the playoffs as many times as possible'. Obviously he thought the slight uptick this year was worth any potential sacrifice down the road. We'll see how it goes. And, as others have said, this is before all the personal horsefeathers.
  16. squally1313
    This is an incredibly weird post. well he's an incredibly weird person Since Tim isn't going to give us the downvote feature everyone wants, I think in the offseason we should have a contest for worst post of the year/all-time.
  17. squally1313
    This is an incredibly weird post.
  18. squally1313
    Yep. Assuming the trade happens, the baseball side of me really wants the extension, and the rest of me really doesn't. Not exactly an ideal situation.
  19. squally1313
    Yeah, that list loses a bit of credibility when you realize that the pitcher we're acquiring supposedly isn't as good as Sam Dyson and his 6.75 K/9 this year. Not to mention 36 year old Brad Ziegler who was just acquired for 2 low level minor leaguers no one has ever heard of before. Do you pick apart WAR and UZR this way? These types of stats are obviously not perfect. That doesn't mean they aren't generally good at what they're intended to do. Yeah, and I agree it shows his value, but it also shows the relatively small difference between a good reliever (ie Mike Montgomery), and an elite reliever. Edit: The number 1 Cubs reliever on that list is Travis Wood, so sorry, but I think I'll look at other metrics going forward.
  20. squally1313
    I totally understand that Chapman is really good at what he does. But I don't think I'd call 25 innings of work 'elite play'. http://www.fangraphs.com/leaders.aspx?pos=all&stats=pit&lg=all&qual=30&type=3&season=2016&month=0&season1=2016&ind=0&team=0&rost=0&age=0&filter=&players=0 Yeah, that list loses a bit of credibility when you realize that the pitcher we're acquiring supposedly isn't as good as Sam Dyson and his 6.75 K/9 this year. Not to mention 36 year old Brad Ziegler who was just acquired for 2 low level minor leaguers no one has ever heard of before.
  21. squally1313
    I said if he became that, it'd be worthy of a parade. Meaning I think it's very unlikely he becomes that. also being a barely above average regular for 2 seasons isn't that valuable. these WAR type valuations aren't perfect. it's not htat hard to come by that type of player for a franchise who can develop (and spend) the way we can. elite play takes massive precedence. I totally understand that Chapman is really good at what he does. But I don't think I'd call 25 innings of work 'elite play'.
  22. squally1313
    But don't just look at the Mets series. Look at the Cardinals series...would Chapman have done anything to make us better in that one? The odds of this coming to down to us needing Chapman to give us something that Montgomery wouldn't have are so slim that this makes no sense without an extension. I basically just steal most of my arguments from Duke these days, but his response to Cameron's Schwarber/Miller article still holds true: "We really don't upgrade our playoff chances by adding Miller. What's it go up from 98.0% to 98.2%? So now we are looking at adding him for maybe, just maybe, the chance of having him pitch in what maybe, just maybe, a close game in what maybe, just maybe, a tight series. And maybe, just maybe, he doesn't give up a run in that game that Mike Montgomery or whoever else ultimately does give up a run. Or, you know, Andrew Miller might suck in the playoffs. Or get hurt before them or whatever. Adding a guy doesn't guarantee anything. We are just hoping he comes up big in a spot or two, where any of our other options might fail. Or it could go like last year, where we beat the dog piss out of our first opponent and then get pummeled by our second opponent."
  23. squally1313
    Mckinney doesn't turn 22 for another month and has shown success (last year) at AA. Warren is 35 major league innings removed from a 2 WAR season with 2 more years of team control. It's not Jimenez, but it's nothing considering 48 hours ago most people didn't want to trade Torres for Chapman straight up. If McKinney turned out to be Matt Murton, it'd be worthy of a parade. Warren has been a disaster. Recency matters a lot. Well Matt Murton gave us 5.2 WAR in his (roughly) two seasons of at bats here at the league minimum, so if Mckinney got anywhere close to that, it's probably not a good idea to trade him for about 30 innings of relief pitching.
  24. squally1313
    I would hope that Joe is smart enough to not just use him as a 9th inning guy. If Bryce Harper is up with 2 on in the 7th inning trailing by a run in a playoff game, I don't want Travis Wood or Montgomery pitching to him there. I want the guy that has a career .397 OPS against vs. lefties to be pitching there. Use Chapman as the closer a majority of the time, but if you have to use him earlier, Rondon steps in to close. What do you think the odds are of that exact situation happening?
  25. squally1313
    Unfortunately, I feel like that's what was being said for the 2nd (and 3rd) piece. And they're Warren and McKinney...so pretty much true? Mckinney doesn't turn 22 for another month and has shown success (last year) at AA. Warren is 35 major league innings removed from a 2 WAR season with 2 more years of team control. It's not Jimenez, but it's nothing considering 48 hours ago most people didn't want to trade Torres for Chapman straight up.
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