Didn't Soler like not swing at any balls out of the zone for over half the Spring? I want that guy back. Nice start. Bryant needs an extra base hit soon to get him going again.
Coors Field does help him, he has a career OPS about 200 points lower away from home (though he's pretty balanced so far this year), but I always thought he could turn into a solid player.
Probably costs less than going out and aggressively pursuing quality relievers via trade in April. When your bullpen gives up several runs every game for nearly a week straight, then it's probably ok to pay a little extra. Shouldn't Wada be up soon? He'd be an upgrade over half the pen.
Besides Russell, Rizzo has the lowest slugging in that lineup, including Hammel lol. But when you're getting on 50% of the time that doesn't matter as much.
With the next 20 games against the NL Central, it's gonna be important to win as much as we can these next few weeks. Russell is a HUGE upgrade. This is so much fun.
I'm trying Draft Kings out this week. Right now the biggest debate I'm having is whether to roll out Gronk as a TE with Stills as a WR, or go cheaper at TE with Fleener and then start someone like Beckham at WR. I think that Gronk and Stills has the higher upside, but worried that Stills will be a dud.
I've been thinking about trying it out. Is there a preference between Draft Kings/ FanDuel, such as is one easier than the other, does one give better winnings, ect. I haven't looked too much into it. Seems like an quick way to make some easy money if you know what you are doing.
I was at the Peoria game today. Simpson didn't look good at all. The radar had him between 83-85, although I think it was a bit off. Just about every ball they hit against him was hit pretty hard, even the outs. Szczur, on the other hand, looked good. He beat out a chopper for an infield single early on and then hit a line drive homer into left field later. He looked pretty good in the outfield too.
Are all baseball fans this stupid? Or just Cubs fans? People are comparing this deal to the Lou Brock and Greg Maddux trades. It just doesn't compare. That is beyond ridiculous. Are you sure that's not a fake FB account? I doubt that anyone could be that dumb. It wasn't on FB. For a laugh I occasionally read responses to the articles on cubs.com. A lot of them were bad, but this one stood out. I'm just hoping it was a troll.