Jump to content
North Side Baseball

Geographyhater8888

Old-Timey Member
 View Profile  See their activity

  • Posts

    2,436

  • Joined

  • Last visited

 Content Type 

Profiles

Joomla Posts 1

Chicago Cubs Videos

Chicago Cubs Free Agent & Trade Rumors, Notes, & Tidbits

2026 Chicago Cubs Top Prospects Ranking

News

2023 Chicago Cubs Draft Picks

Guides & Resources

2024 Chicago Cubs Draft Picks

The Chicago Cubs Players Project

2025 Chicago Cubs Draft Pick Tracker

Blogs

Events

Forums

Store

Gallery

Everything posted by Geographyhater8888

  1. Geographyhater8888
    That and Ian Happ.
  2. Geographyhater8888
    Like Latroy Hawkins and his 2.63 ERA in 2004. It’s obscured of course by coughing up a 3 run homer to victor Cruz and blowing 9 saves in 34 chances.
  3. Geographyhater8888
    How do they only have a pedestrian 69 grade on run blocking?
  4. Geographyhater8888
    Other noticeable seasons this century after the 12 game mark: 2001: 9-3 234-172 +62 (8.1-3.9) Pythagorean record 2005: 9-3 201-127 +74 (9-3) Pythagorean record 2006: 10-2 318-150 +168 (10.3-2.7) Pythagorean record 2010: 9-3 246-192 +54 (7.7-4.3) Pythagorean record 2012: 8-4: 294-198 +96 (8.6-3.4) Pythagorean record 2018: 8-4 344-241 +103 (8.4-3.6) Pythagorean record 2025: 9-3 313-307 +6 (6.1-5.9) Pythagorean record
  5. Geographyhater8888
    PFF as of last week had Dalman ranked 3rd, Wright 4th, Jackson 5th and Thuney 6th as the highest graded lineman for their position groups. .
  6. Geographyhater8888
    If your end goal is tanking then hiring Flus is the perfect hire. I’ll never know if that was his intention but those 2 sharing the same agent is one theory behind the hire. But I think we owe a lot more credit to David Tepper than we’ve given him. The rumor was JJ McCarthy was Poles QB2 so and his plan b in the event Caleb pulls an Eli and or they didn’t land the #1 pick, so we all owe David Tepper a lot of gratitude.
  7. Geographyhater8888
    If Claypool was worth what he knew would become a top 40 pick then this package of draft picks +DJ from Carolina never manifests with the third pick or lower. He traded away Mack, Smith and Quinn, it’s counter intuitive to help the team mid season if contending for the #1 pick was his vision.
  8. Geographyhater8888
    Blown late inning leads create the perception of a bad bullpen. You’ll remember allowing a 3 run homer up by 2 runs in the 9th inning more than a 3 run homer in the 9th inning up by 6 runs. That’s why I asked.
  9. Geographyhater8888
    The high leverage relief, specifically Neris was disastrous before he was DFAd unless you have a stat to rebut with me with. Zombro is interesting. I trust a CC hire over a David Ross hire. That’s surprising though specifically 2023. What does the data say on blown leads past the 7th inning from 23 and 24?
  10. Geographyhater8888
    My bad. So what changed from last April relative to 23-24 outside of the typical fickleness of bullpen arms from year to the next?
  11. Geographyhater8888
    Every round 3-4 pick has been a miss, not just as an NFL caliber starter but even a quality depth piece and or a low end starter. That’s his biggest failure. The free agents I can excuse because quality free agents didn’t want to sign with a 3-14 team with no contention window to play for a coaching staff (forced on him) with a bad reputation around the league. Orlando Brown for example took less guaranteed $ than what Poles offered him to play for the Bengals.
  12. Geographyhater8888
    Fair point. I think poaching DJ still helped whether or not it was with the intention of weakening the panthers offense for a higher pick. They did finish 5-4 to end the season, with Sam Darnold. He’s pretty good. Poles has made many boneheaded decisions but I’ll give him credit for identifying what the Panthers didn’t that Bryce Young is a bad quarterback which contributed to the Panthers 2-15 mark. My gut tells me BJ has more power than Poles.
  13. Geographyhater8888
    Loveland, Burden and Trapilo have Ben Johnson stamped all over it. His reputation around the league is a great recruitment tool. Thuney waives his NTC to play with BJ and Dalman took a pay cut with a better offer from Seattle, at least that was reported. 4/5 starting lineman were basically brought in or discovered by BJ. I’d bet anything he as much or more say over the roster than Poles. Kevin Warren assisting Poles in the HC search could be interpreted as diminishing his power.
  14. Geographyhater8888
    The dumpster diving didn’t really pay off until around June or so and the 23-24 bullpen was disastrous in the early portion of both years. Signing sure handed relievers should in theory guarantee 6 months of a reliable bullpen and act as a silver bullet against the uncertainty of whether or not we’ll have the the bullpen from June-October or the lottery ticket arms from prior seasons with Neris coughing up 9th inning leads. The bats masked some of their early season struggles of 25. Relying on over performance is a double edge sword.
  15. Geographyhater8888
    Theo went out and signed Lester for 6/$155, Heyward for 8/$184 and Darvish for 6/$126. Part of that was the product of payroll flexibility with 6 starting position players and 2 starting pitchers under cheap team control but how much of Jed’s roster building due to philosophical differences as opposed to having less young cheap talent which forces him to budget accordingly?
  16. Geographyhater8888
    Ezra credit for extending their lead and figuring out how to finish games with the TD pass to Kmet to make the score 24-9. They’ve struggled at adding to their lead late in games so that was encouraging to see, especially Caleb putting the perfect touch on a pass he almost always misses.
  17. Geographyhater8888
    He acquired the only play maker on Carolina DJ Moore and fetched their second round pick. That played a role in their 2-15 record with the Help of Bryce Young. He gets credit for that. His round 3-4 picks and trading pick 32 for Chase Claypool are his biggest offenses, especially in a strategic tank year where if Claypool is worth half a sh1t maybe the Bears net an extra win, have the third pick and no haul. Too much investment in pass catchers. But Darnell Wright was the right pick then and certainly is now. He deserves all the credit for that.
  18. Geographyhater8888
    34/67 in the 2 prior games and 74/137 in the first 4 games of the month. Bad drops, receivers falling, there’s been a lot of slop all around but it’s foolish to pretend this hasn’t been a recurring theme independent of weather elements. It’s okay to acknowledge his strengths while discussing stuff he needs to clean up to take this team to another level. Justin fields was a sacred cow who could do no wrong and we’re in cycle number 2. Caleb is much better than Fields FWIW.
  19. Geographyhater8888
    Other than obvious that the offensive line has been sensational, I’m really loving their use of 12 personnel and the matchup advantage it creates. Keep Kmet. I wouldn’t be disappointed if they drafted another tight end on day 2, granted he’s the best player available.
  20. Geographyhater8888
    One of the worst play calls for Ben Johnson isn’t the same as a bad play call. As @rawexplained they called a screen pass where the everyone is playing near the LOS expecting a run. Perhaps that was the mistake, albeit the wind wasn’t pass friendly.
  21. Geographyhater8888
    I think it’s fair to say they called the wrong pass play. I’m still of the opinion that running was the best choice considering the gap in efficiency through the air and on the ground but it’s not an unforgivable offense. Ben is probably the most adaptable play caller I’ve ever seen, and one of the few offensive minds capable of out scheming Fangio. I’m happy to eat crow on my linebacker take too. I think the tight ends also deserve a ton of credit since the Bengals game.
  22. Geographyhater8888
    Outside of the obvious the usage and effectiveness of the 12 personnel deserves so much credit for their contributions in both run blocking and pass catching especially when n November. 401 receiving yards and 4 td receptions combined and 292 yards and 3 TD receptions from Loveland alone.
  23. Geographyhater8888
    Biggest road win since the 7-1 Bears defeated the 6-2 Giants 38-20 week 10 2006?
  24. Geographyhater8888
    Bears were doing whatever they wanted on the ground and couldn’t complete a toward pass in howling wind. With a one point lead at mid field on 2nd and 1 Caleb throws a pick. That was one of Ben’s worst play call this season because there’s very few to choose from. He’s been that good on a play to play basis that any imperfection catches me by surprise.
  25. Geographyhater8888
    Point differential +6.
×
×
  • Create New...