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Probably nothing else major, but a waiver deadline deal or two wouldn't surprise me. A depth outfielder and a third catcher seems to have been the Theo/Hoyer pattern for waiver deadline deals.
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They did add Mike Moustakas. Ah yes. I forgot about that one.
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Are the Brewers going to do anything at all? I mean, I guess they added Soria to an already good bullpen. But that team could use a couple more bats and a starting pitcher.
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Less weird than Archer to San Diego, which was the hot rumor about 24 hours ago.
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Cubs Acquire Brandon Kintzler for Minor Leaguer Jhon Romero
champaignchris replied to UMFan83's topic in Chicago Cubs Talk
So he’ll back next year, right? There’s pretty much no way Kintzler turns down the $5M player option, right? Don’t know if that makes the trade better or worse. -
Cubs Acquire Brandon Kintzler for Minor Leaguer Jhon Romero
champaignchris replied to UMFan83's topic in Chicago Cubs Talk
Obviously, we have to see what’s going back. But in the words of C. Montgomery Burns, “I know what I hate, and I don’t hate this.” -
I’m breathlessly awaiting Tommy Pham verbally unloading on the Cardinals organization the minute he reports with the Rays. We all know it’s going to happen. Does that make me a bad person?
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The main thing that bothered me about that whole ARod rant is that it made it sound like the Cubs passed on trying to resign Arrieta in favor of Darvish, when multiple sources - including Arrieta himself - have said that the Cubs offered Arrieta significantly more in guaranteed money than he ended up signing for before the Cubs signed Darvish. The only reason Arrieta isn’t a Cub is because Arrieta didn’t want to be a Cub. I dislike the rewriting of history to make it so the Cubs messed up by choosing Darvish over Arrieta.
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Fangraphs still has the Nats with a 57% chance of making the playoffs. Unless the Nats know something fangraphs doesn’t know - like maybe Strasburg is toast for the year - then it would make more sense to add and try to turn the thing around than to sell.
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I will admit to having wanted the Cubs to sign Cecil when was a free agent. (But not for as much money as the Cards gave him.)
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Non-prospect that had the best MLB career?
champaignchris replied to chopsx9's topic in General Baseball Talk
Josh Donaldson was the first name to come to my mind. He was the 48th pick of the draft. But he had a pedestrian minor league career, was never a top 100 ranked prospect, was a deadline deal throw-in with three other guys as an A-baller, and didn’t become a Major League regular until age 26. -
You’re Confusing him with Leland Meeks.
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Brad Hand & Adam Cimber to Cleveland for Francisco Mejía
champaignchris replied to Bertz's topic in Chicago Cubs Talk
This is what had me wondering about this trade. With Hosmer signed long term at 1st and Tatis eventually at 3rd, if Mejia doesn’t stick at C, is his bat good enough to be a plus corner outfielder? At this point, i’m sure the Pads are just in asset acquisition mode and are less concerned about how things shake out a few years from now. But it will be interesting to watch. -
Yeah Taking three minutes to get the call right is better than 10 minutes of the manager losing his horsefeathers when the umps blow an obvious call.
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Agent to assistant: “We just signed Giolito. Follow our normal procedure and scrub his social feeds.” Assistant to agent: “Got it.” 20 minutes later... Assistant to agent: “I can’t scrub it, sir. It’s. Just. Too. Adorable.”
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MLB is making him take sensitivity training per ESPN. Probably the only thing they can do at this point. Hader’s said all the right things since this hit the news. If he’s smart or has smart people around him, he’ll do the sensitivity training with a smile on his face, come out saying that he learned a lot, apologize again for his past actions, and say he’s going to work to set a good example from now on. If he does that and goes on to be a solid citizen, he’ll have a perfectly fine career and all this will be forgotten. As a relief pitcher for the Brewers it’s probably not like he blew any big endorsement deals or anything. So this probably won’t even hit him too hard in the pocket book.
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What does exposing him mean? Fan tunes into the ASG, “Hey, this guy looks cool, I’ll google him... WTF is this? Hey guys, what is this horsefeathers” Is that “exposing” him? I worked for a decade in the criminal justice system. I have to believe that people can learn from their mistakes, change, and grow into better people. I have no idea whether Hader has done so. If he has, he’s going to weather the storm and be just fine. If he hasn’t, he’s due for a pretty rough ride.
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fWAR. By bWAR, Machado has three seasons better than Seager’s rookie season. This year, however, Machado’s not on pace for a better season than Seager’s rookie season primarily due to how poorly his defense grades out at SS. Is there some consensus out there that fWAR is better than bWAR? I go to BR more quickly than I do FG, but largely only due to the fact that I find the site easier to navigate.
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He’s basically a Corey Seager replacement. Puts them where they would have been had Seager’s arm not fallen off. Curious to see the price and curious to see if the Dodgers pursue Manny in free agency next year. With a healthy Seager, they have the left side of their infield set. But when will Seager be healthy again if ever?
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Maintaining his career .741 OPS while piloting the Cards to a third place finish will undoubtedly cement Yadi’s place in the Hall of Fame.
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In one more game played, the Cardinals have scored 63 fewer runs and allowed 40 more runs than the Cubs. Greg Holland and Tommy Pham account for the entirety of this disparity.
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I travel a lot and everywhere I go, the locals apologize for the weather, and I always laugh, tell them I'm from Illinois, and that the weather is still better here than there. And it always is.
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Shhhh! We don’t want Mike getting fired. How deep into the organization does this horsefeathers go, though? Aren’t the chances high that if they fire Matheny, they’ll hire someone more or less just like him to replace him?
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The Cubs say no first. And very quickly. Heyward might not live up to his contract. But he’ll come a lot closer to doing so than Fowler. And at least over the next three years, the difference in cost between the two is negligible.
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Got 4 all star caliber seasons from Mike Cameron and 2 more almost all star caliber seasons from Randy Winn (by way of Antonio Perez) in exchange for one great season of Griffey and a barely above replacement level rest of his career. But hey, the Reds were eventually able to trade Griffey to the White Sox for Nick Masset.