Brock Beauchamp

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Where are people at with Stroman? He's not going to opt out after the injury, or is he?

I know it doesn't feel like it right now but this was a pretty successful season. Going into the season, I had the Cubs at 78 wins and instead, they were in contention until the final day of the season. It's a bummer how they got there and there are serious questions about 2024 but overall, this feels like a step in the right direction.

This sucks. I’m sorry it happened.

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What an ugly way to close out the season, one heartbreaker after another.

What an ugly, awful time to go into a tailspin. It takes all the shine off what should have felt like a successful, step forward season.

Welcome to North Side Baseball, even at this unfortunate time.

Probably not far off the mark. I think Philly has an in with Trout for obvious reasons but if the Cubs have any chance at all, they should make that call and try to land him.

Starting a getaway game at 7:20pm local time is a real dick move.

I'm cheering for the Cubs to get to the postseason. I have nothing against the team and enjoy this community, it's fun watching other people get excited and have a good time even if I have no emotional cheering interest. It's not as if I'm going to root for the Diamondbacks. As a long-time SoCal resident...

Not a lot of comforting things to say. I was only able to watch from the seventh inning on and what I saw was... unpleasant.

Just a brutal two games.

What a soul-crushing game last night. Hopefully the team can rebound quickly tonight.

Added!

The only guy coming off the list this time is Miguel Amaya, let me know if I missed anyone else.

It's prospect voting time again! A rundown of the rules again: 1. You must have an account and be logged in to vote. If you don't have an account, click here. It literally requires 60 seconds to create an account. 2. Review our current top 20 prospect list, catch up on stats, rankings, etc. (you can do so from the voting page link below) 3. Have your prospect list in your dirty little paws? Then flip on over to the new prospect voting page (after reading the rest of this, please). https://northsidebaseball.com/prospect-voting 4. Voting is super simple, you drag and drop players in the order you wish them to be. After you move a prospect, the list automatically renumbers so you don't lose track of the order. This works on mobile devices but it's a *vastly* better experience on desktop. Sorry, that's just how this kind of thing works. There's no great way to make something like this be as awesome on a phone screen. 5. Each prospect has a comment section where you can add any commentary you have on that player. At the bottom of the list, there is a general comment section to explain over-arching things you wish to mention. 6. Don't see a prospect you want to put on the list? Just pop back here and give me a mention (in a comment, start typing @Brock Beauchamp and then select my name when it appears). Mention the prospect you want added and I will do that asap. 7. Once you're done with all of it, click Save. You've now voted! 8. When the voting closes, a new thread will automatically generate in this forum with all of your rankings and comments for everyone to read and talk about. 9. You can only vote once. If you have voted in error, pop back here and again tag me, asking to have your vote deleted. I will remove it and you can vote again. Voting will close at end of day Monday, October 7th!

After a day off, the Cubs are not only still in a postseason position but the Diamondbacks have drifted backward into a tie (though the Cubs obvi lose the tiebreaker there). It'd be nice to bump into that second WC spot and give yourself a little breathing room.

I haven't added the Cubs schedule yet but it is on my list of things to do this offseason. When it's available, it will be in the row of links on the forum index under Cubs Resources.

I can say this today and not get pelted with rotten tomatoes: Go Brewers. The Cubs now have a one game lead over the Marlins, could make that a more comfy two games today.

I’m still kind of astounded the Cubs are holding a postseason spot as of this writing. For as many teams that are vying for the final spot, no one is charging toward the finish line.

Huh. I don't know if I've seen that happen before.

Stroman is back!