North Side Baseball

Cleanup in aisle 3 mods I don't think it's an awful idea to suggest signing Fowler to a one year deal. Here's the reasons I can see the move making sense: -Fowler excels versus lefty pitching (something Heyward, Montero and possibly Schwarber will struggle with). Also Fowler is tolerable against ri...

It seems obvious, but if you don't already know it, you can find lots of Cubs content on MLB.com just by searching their videos page.

Lots of Cubs Convention stuff from today and yesterday.

http://m.mlb.com/video/search?query=cubs

http://www.chicagotribune.com/sports/baseball/cubs/ct-cubs-tv-network-bits-convention-spt-0117-20160116-story.html The Cubs believe they would need to start their own network two years before they telecast their games. "We would need a two-year runway," Cubs business President Crane Kenney...

Here's the old design, for reference:



Looks like the footprint was changed too

There's a new rendering for the clubhouse and it has me thinking they ditched the two level plan that they originally had. Kind of a bummer as that looked pretty cool. Wonder if they discovered that digging that deep there wasn't feasible, was too expensive, or just couldn't get done in time. Or may...

haha that was you? nice!

Derwood wrote:Yeah I don't get it

Would you get it if I told you said ex teammate was sandberg?

https://twitter.com/BleacherNation/stat ... 4384611328

I'm mostly interested in the business panel today. Don't expect to hear anything we don't already know at the others.

I can't who I remember reading this from, but I think it was in ESPN's review of the top 10 outfields. It mentioned that the fact that because Dexter Fowler remains yet unsigned, he and the Cubs might agree to some short term contract. I still think we are a good young starter away from my perfect ...

2) Travis Wood looks like the maniac he assuredly is. And why is he holding his beer like that? I don't even see him. EDIT: Oh [expletive], he cut his hair. I see him now. I thought that was John Lester, until I spotted John Lester, so... I'm kinda with Derwood on this one. Who is John Lester? Also...

2) Travis Wood looks like the maniac he assuredly is. And why is he holding his beer like that? I don't even see him. EDIT: Oh [expletive], he cut his hair. I see him now. I thought that was John Lester, until I spotted John Lester, so... I'm kinda with Derwood on this one. Who is John Lester? Also...

https://twitter.com/jazayerli/status/688374477126676484 How does that one work? How much does a trip to Imaginationland cost and is it included? If you use bWAR, it's *almost* true. I'm lost on this. Zimmerman signed for 22 million a year and Kennedy signed for 14 a year. I thought you were talking...

MWV wrote:

David wrote:https://www.instagram.com/p/BAlw9JIqp8l/
best team in baseball + dan vogelbach

trying to figure out who the dude with his face covered is

Is that Brody Stevens in the bottom left corner?

Yes

http://m.mlb.com/video/v538964983?query=cubs

so dempster gave lester and lackey fried chicken and beer last night lol

TomtheBombadil wrote:

David wrote:https://twitter.com/jazayerli/status/688374477126676484

How does that one work? How much does a trip to Imaginationland cost and is it included?

If you use bWAR, it's *almost* true.

I think throwing in the opt outs to seal the deal with really good players is fine. No problem at all with it (even though the arguments that there is any upside in it for the team are wrong - at least, in the absence of a severe miscalculation by the player of his own value). Throwing it in on a gu...

rawaction wrote:Seems odd that guys are getting this much money this late in the game. Maybe it's not, but it certainly seems like it. I figured he'd have to settle for fewer years.

This is how Boras has been playing it the last few years IIRC

Thurman Merman wrote:Pretty surprised by the amount of money he got. I feel like I remember talk this past season of potentially being able to give up nothing in a trade for him.

amount and years...he's 31 and just had a pretty big turd of a season. bizarre.

http://espn.go.com/espnradio/chicago/play?id=14577244

Hoyer on with Kaplan yesterday

I think the Score will have a lot of convention coverage today starting at 8

Down with megathreads

https://twitter.com/JonHeyman/status/688351171023470592


Seems like a lot after the year he just had