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I like Kawasaki over Szczur for all of 60 PA, but whatever.
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Take me out of the rotation. My schedule isn't consistent enough for me to be reliable. That and I really don't think we will have more than 11 losses/losing streaks.
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6 pitchers and Vogelbach optioned and/or reassigned.
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If he can play 3B, he can play LF. And in the unlikely event that so many of our awesome outfielders get hurt that this is even a conversation, Bryant can back up LF, or Zob can play left while Baez plays second. The scenarios in which we are concerned about whether Candelario can play LF this year include: the team plane crashes, an unusually strong June hurricane turns Marlins park into an Atlantis type underwater dome during the Cubs' game there, Hinske decides that the mayonnaise from last year is ok for the outfielders meeting sandwiches. That's the list.
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Nope
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Baez at second and Kawasaki as the back up. Not an issue.
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3/7 Game Thread: Return of the DONG
Bull replied to UMFan83's topic in Fred Hornkohl Game Thread Forum
This is mind boggling. If you can't see the tweet you can't see what the response refers to. A valid point. It would be good if it turned into text. I just don't like the clutter of seeing the same tweet repeated over and over, especially if it's a big video clip or image. You are very concerned with the clutter. You should be a personal organizer. My personal organizer. -
To clarify this a bit further, if it were me, I would hit Rizzo/Bryant no lower than 3/4, and Montero/P/Russell are locked in at 7-9. Literally any permutation within those two guidelines I could get on board with. As it stands now, my mathematical ideal is probably something like Heyward/Zobrist/Rizzo/Bryant/Schwarber/Fowler/Montero/P/Russell, but that probably won't happen. Why not switch Russell and Fowler? Now that we have new-and-improved fowler to lead off, fowler can be that "extra lead off hitter" Joe likes, and Russell can join the ranks of the dongers.
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Then it would be: Rizzo Bryant Schwarber Heyward Zobrist whatever I just love seeing Heyward listed fourth. I live outside StL and constantly get crap over how much the Cubs are paying Heyward, how cards fans are so much smarter because the Cubs are looking to Heyward as the savior and they (cards fans) know better. I reply, with, "savior? Nah, we have three of those in Rizzo, Bryant and Arrieta. The Cubs just need Heyward to get on base in front of the big boys." It just makes them seethe that the best hitter on the Cards team last year is our third or fourth best hitter this year. So much fun.
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3/8 - Dodgers (Kershaw) vs. Cubs (Hendricks) 2:05 MLB Radio
Bull replied to David's topic in Fred Hornkohl Game Thread Forum
While winning is not in any way necessary during exhibitionist games, it is, you know, still ok to do it. -
Nah, we don't really have to set a line somewhere if we have a Spring Training megathread. why be less organized when you can be more organized at no additional expense? Stacks of folders laying around an office does not equal "more organized"
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I made the first one a "Spring Training Games Thread" but was told that I was doing it wrong. megathredz 4eva!
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yup. we are forever scarred by wood and prior spring training threads.
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Reminder: Cubs are on 30 Clubs in 30 Days tonight (3/5) on MLB Network
Bull replied to David's topic in Chicago Cubs Talk
http://www.reactiongifs.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/tumblr_lpq4ce9J0J1qjnfl4.gif Bampersand? -
Please say this isn't an actual thing.
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This is what I'm getting at. With four starter-quality outfielders, Soler will be sitting a lot. On days he comes to the park in a ski mask, send him to the old clubhouse and let him start a fire in the corner. Its less about the numbers in that admittedly small sample, but more about what is painfully obvious as he shivers at the plate. i don't buy that all things are never equal. I hope that Schwarbs and Soler won't be in a straight platoon, but that Soler will be getting the bulk of PT against lefties. But with the majority of pitchers being right handed, he will be sitting some. Enough to let him sit in frigid weather. Obviously if its a tough lefty and cold out, you play a righty over Schwarber (though Baez and a likely right-handed 5th of are looking for plate appearances too, right? Additionally, if ALL outfielders struggle in cold weather, and you want Soler gaining confidence, why set him up for failure? Note: this is apart from any dependence on Solers SSS in cold weather.) it is one of a myriad factors, but it is a factor.
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well, that settles it, then. goofy as hell as it looks, there are several guys who wear those You conveniently left out the part where I suggested that he's going to be sitting more than 12 games. Why not 12 where there's a chance he's worse? I recognize the small sample size. Small sample size doesn't mean the opposite of what the sample suggests is true, it just means that the suggestion is not NECESSARILY true. So even if the sample is wrong, he's going to be sitting more than 12 games, so I'll ask it again, Why not those games?
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Soler struggled in the early cold weather months last year, but that's also a more universal problem for outfielders. http://www.hardballtimes.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/P1-Position.png 7 of 45 at under 50 degrees over 12 games. He will sit more than 12 games this year. There is no reason those can't be 12 of them. He wears a freaking ski mask.
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The fifth outfielder is Baez. With the first four you have why have a real fifth unless it's a glennalen hill type, or pinch runner? Victorino congratulated Kolten Wong and called him "lil bro" in a recent tweet. This must not be. I could see starting Soler in Tennessee if the first week of the season was in Chicago (or another cold weather town) it gets everyone at bats and "gets them going" early. But with the season starting in the southwest (Las Vegas, Anaheim, and Arizona) and three of those games including a DH, there's no reason to start him in the minors. I still hold he should not play at below 50 degrees.
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added in edit above.
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Today, the Cubs reign of terror begins. Hide yo wife, hide yo kids. I am seriously ready for some freaking. If I have to settle for fake Exhibitionist baseball, hey, that gets me excited, but in a way I feel guilty about afterwords. Kyle Schwarber (L) LF Kris Bryant ® 3B Anthony Rizzo (L) 1B Jorge Soler ® RF Miguel Montero (L) C Javier Baez ® CF Tommy La Stella (L) 2B Dan Vogelbach (L) DH Munenori Kawasaki (L) SS After the game I will take everyone out for soft serve. [bbvideo=560,315] [/bbvideo]
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http://i.imgur.com/CyKTTN6.gif Don't just sit there in your shame and self loathing, fix it!
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breaking news: Sky is blue.
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ESPN app has back to back interviews with Maddon and Dusty Baker. So much different.
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I like this move. Now there is no need for Soler to put on a uniform when it is below fifty degrees Fahrenheit.