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  1. champaignchris
    PTR is grinning from ear to ear while thinking of Schwindel, Madrigal, Hoerner, Wisdom, and Ortega in the daily lineup and Alzolay, Mills, Steele/Thompson in the rotation with a bullpen that has Wick, Heuer, Rodriguez, Morgan, and Maples all at or near the league minimum in salary. Do you really think the Cubs are going to have a payroll under $100 Million next year?
  2. champaignchris
    That ended up being a great game. That’ll be a real good QB match up when Tulane plays Ole Miss in 2 weeks.
  3. champaignchris
    4 innings pitched last night and 9 more tonight by guys who will actually be on the team next year. No runs allowed. So, that’s nice, even if it is the awful Twins.
  4. champaignchris
    …by a guy who had a +5 ERA entering the game.
  5. champaignchris
    It would probably work out best for both the Cubs and Heyward for him to be outright released. Heyward would then get more control over wherever he goes. The Cubs would have to eat his contract, but to get rid of him via trade they were going to have to eat a huge chunk of it anyway and by releasing him, they won't have to give away any of the assets they just worked so hard to acquire.
  6. champaignchris
    And still not sure why Hoyer decided to go bargain basement with both Jake and Trevor Williams instead of spending basically the same amount of money to get one of Taijuan Walker, Desciafani, or one of the other relatively cheap but legitimate starting pitching options on the market last off season.
  7. champaignchris
    huh - that's three out and only two in. I wonder what additional move will be made. Wondering the same thing. Keegan Thompson or Corey Abbott up to take Jake's spot in the rotation? Not that they really need to bring a sixth starter up. My vote would be for one of Leeper, Hermosillo or Rivas.
  8. champaignchris
    Grossman was the one who got Brett Favre comparisons when he came into the league. Injuries completely stunted his progress. I don’t know if he ever would have been a great or even good QB, but he played only 8 games in his first three seasons in Chicago. Was the starter on a Super Bowl team his fourth year, when he started all 16 games. Then only played 12 games in his last two years in Chicago. Not all of those missed games were due to injuries. Dick Jauron inexplicably refused to play him for most the season his rookie year. And then some of the missed time in 07 and 08 could have been benchings. I don’t remember.
  9. champaignchris
    I keep waiting for whatever is happening with Wisdom to stop happening, but maybe he’s actually an MLB hitter? He certainly looks the part. Can he be a reliable .775 OPS hitter and not so detrimental in the field that he could actually be a piece of a decent team?
  10. champaignchris
    I’ve been watching some Pacers games ever since Darren Collison signed with them a few years ago. That’s a fun team. When they can actually get three or four of their starters on the floor at the same time.
  11. champaignchris
    Would not surprise me. From the outside looking in, something has just seemed “off” about this team since at least the end of the 2018 season. Hard to put a finger on it, but I would not be surprised if some unhappy “behind the scenes” stories start coming out now that most of the principals are no longer in the locker room.
  12. champaignchris
    The Cardinals don't really have an option to sell off. Of their 5 pending free agents, 3 - Molina, Wainwright and Carpenter - have their 5 and 10, Martinez just had thumb surgery and is likely out for the year, and Miller isn't likely to net anything worth doing. So they might as well grab another starter and see if they can hang around a mediocre Brewers team.
  13. champaignchris
    I almost have to start rooting for the Giants to win that division simply because an all-or-nothing Dodgers/Padres wild card game will be absolutely IN-SANE!
  14. champaignchris
    I knew the Cubs would get less for Tepera than they did for Chafin, but a guy barely scraping the top 30 of a bad farm system still seems pretty light.
  15. champaignchris
    I’m ready to see if Wisdom can handle some left field. At least until Rizzo is traded.
  16. champaignchris
    Earlier in the year he came out of the pen and more recently he’s been a starter. He’s always performed better as a starter than out of the pen through his entire career. Could it simply be that he’s more comfortable as a starter? Whether it be routine, how he warms up, how he prepares for the batters he’ll face, whatever, there could be all sorts of reasons why he’s a better pitcher as a starter.
  17. champaignchris
    3 errors in the inning. What is this? Little League?
  18. champaignchris
    Playoff odds per BR: Braves 25.7%%, Cubs 4.5% Playoff odds per FG: Braves 9.0%, Cubs 3.9%
  19. champaignchris
    Mike Schmidt led the Majors in Ks in 74, 75, and 76 and had fWARs of 9.4, 7.9, and 8.3.
  20. champaignchris
    I was going to try and find it but I'm just going to go with Aaron Judge's 2017 - lead the league with 208 Ks and had a 8.3 fwar. That’s crazy. Thanks Reggie Jackson had a 8.9 fWAR with 142 Ks in 1969. Babe Ruth led the League in Ks 5 times, in four of those - 23, 24, 27 and 28 - he topped 10 fWAR. In 1923, he led the League with 93 Ks and had 15.0 fWAR. ETA - after double checking, both Jackson in 69 and Ruth in 23 led the Majors in Ks, not just the League.
  21. champaignchris
    Woof!
  22. champaignchris
    May as well go all out and break some records! 16 in a row - 2 at the end of 2006 and 14 in a row to start 2007 - is the record. Those 14 to start 1997 are the record in a single season. If they can’t pull this one out, it’ll be the longest streak since 12 in a row in 2012.
  23. champaignchris
    Should Mills stay in the rotation? He’s been far better as a starter than reliever both this year and in his career. I’ve got more confidence in him starting than any of Arrieta, Williams or Stewart.
  24. champaignchris
    Kyle’s dominant game 1 start against the Nats in the 2017 NLDS.
  25. champaignchris
    I’ll admit that there was a time where I saw Bauer as an endearingly quirky baseball nerd and enjoyed his long-distance bro-mance with Yu. Maybe the aliens can bring that Bauer back and take this defective one back to the home planet for servicing.
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