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  1. Arlen
    Qualifying offer for one year is OK by me, I'm presuming Happ will not accept it. I'm going by percentages that the Cubs can find someone that will hit as well or better, or by platoon. Then, let another defender come off the bench to protect leads. Happ is simply not great and will be 32. Let another franchise give him a fat multi-year contract, not the Cubbies.
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    Let Happ go, let the young guys duke it out for the job. We don't need a decent leftfielder. We need to find an excellent one.
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    Rather than hold the front office's feet to the fire, I think I'll step back and see what they do. MLB is a big reality show.
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    Yes, even Dansby Swanson has to think.
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    Why in the world would they start Gausman after his performance until now for the Cubs? Wow.
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    With MLB game viewing policies as restrictive as they are, perhaps all that monopolistic cartel's teams deserve to lose.
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    Thielbar and Webb are both in Bastian's speculation article, and not Rea. 8-o
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    Thanks, but not quite sharing the sentiments on Ramirez vs, Shaw. I trust they'll both get time, to show Counsell what to do in the wild card series.
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    Yes, then there's the looming lockout.. That doesn't particularly bode well for offering to him for the year.
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    Nice article. And Scarlett was right. And tomorrow was another day.
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    This year? Upside: Picking up Peterson and Holmes made them look like contenders. Downside: Sending down Assad and sticking with about three others instead whom I won't name seems to secure their missing the division championship. They may win the first round again. Oh, well, it's football season.
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    So far, the Cubs seem to be applying their pitchers by mumbo-jumbo, thinking they're being technically correct. The best starting on the staff might be Javier Assad.
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    How is it not true that Javier Assad is a better pitcher than Edward Cabrera? It's not about the speed and spin, it's about how a pitcher uses that to fool batters. Cabrera has been a classic case of a pitcher with "good stuff" that can't command and control it as well as better pitchers (such as Assad). When will they learn?
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    Thanks. I like results over concepts of what pitcher ought to do well. And I like the Cubs' pitching lab, as do the pitchers. All any of the new ones have to do is to excell.
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    I respectfully suggest looking into those histories again, both over the season with the Cubs and in past years. And the Cubs' pitching lab has a lot to do with their good pitching, not just defense, I'm confident. It appears Civale, Theilbar, and Rea have to be left behind, now, perhaps even Thornton. Assad keeps getting better and better. He's coming into his own. Zeff-er-jon appears iffier than than the rest. Cabrera is still a question mark!
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