Justspittintruths

Why not just bring up Will Sanders and give him a shot? I’m not going to cry over losing Cole Mathis, but it’s still a complete waste of a recent second round draft pick. And anyone who wants to claim we need someone to eat innings can stuff it where their proctologist earns his money….pretty damn sure that there are plenty of guys at Triple-A or even Double-A who can get beat like a rented mule to the tune of a 6 plus ERA.

Chourio is about the only somewhat intriguing name in there. And if the number of supposed suitors can force the Guardians to pay up, then why are the rest of the ideas centered around bending the Cubs over the other teams dumpsters and doing them dry?

And to you folks who seem to think you know everything, that IS your boy Josiah Hartshorn in the video of Conrad facing Bauer, sitting on the bench with Bauer’s OTHER buddies and giving commentary on the at-bats. That is the very definition of hanging out with Bauer. You are who you keep company with is an age old truism. This is my second attempt at posting this, since my other was removed because y’all can’t handle the truth.

Not Tom, but’s it’s hilarious that you want to claim that anyone that calls out horsefeathers is him.

Also like to add, Jefferson Rojas doesn’t hang out with his good buddy Trevor Bauer in the off-season either. Maybe for some people being friends with Trevor Bauer is a positive…for some people. You do you, folks.

And Hartshorn? Pretty sure most projections have him as a first baseman and isn’t he blocked by Busch? Maybe he can play outfield at the major league level, the same as Rojas, but Rojas has the added value of positional versatility that Hartshorn simply doesn’t. Or is positional versatility valuable in a Matt Shaw but not a Rojas? And while he may not be a significant base stealing threat at the major league level it indicates a plus base running and athletic mobility level that he has. And it seems weird, or perhaps telling, that his 25/25 pace while not being cancelled out with a high rate of caught stealing has to be brought up in the comments. Let’s also not gloss over that while Hartshorn is putting up great numbers at a high level at a young age, he is doing so in his own country which is undeniably more comfortable and one less hurdle than Rojas has to jump. Just pointing out there is an obvious underlying subtextual theme with all these “this guy must be the trade bait” articles and posts and their laughably biased reasoning.

Is he maybe using a heavier/bigger bat? If he is, it might explain the earlier season power surge(when he was stronger and fresh from offseason rest and conditioning) and why it seems to have whithered away as things go further. Just saying he looks like a guy going for bigger bat=more contact resulted in more early season oomph as opposed to smaller/skinnier bat=more bat speed which usually has more swing and miss. And is it just me, or does Busch’s swing look quite a bit different this year? Seems very historically Cubbie to try to fix things that ain’t broke thereby breaking it. P.S. Just wanted to add on I switched from here to Bleacher Nation and saw that a different second baseman, Jazz Chisholm’s bat speed is way down because he started using Judge’s bigger and heavier bats. Only relevant in its synchronicity. Just thought I would share.

He’s having a better season than your golden boy Nico.