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I could be way off, but I feel like even if Mitch was playing fine/good to great all season a higher end backup would be brought in for next year no matter what with Daniel's contract is up, you don't need an expert in the playbook as the backup anymore and with Mitch missing time in each of the la...

Transmogrified Tiger wrote:Going from one end of the defensive spectrum to the other. Narvaez makes Contreras look like a wizard with the glove.

And had 10 HR in his first 2000 pro PA. I really feel a lot of his offensive value is baked mostly in the juiced ball. The OBP is nice but I dont believe the power is real.

minnesotacubsfan wrote:wha when where

Same horsefeathers in his pro day workouts. Remove opposing players and he would be a superstar!

That also ignores like 6 drops. Mitch got horsefeathers last night by Nagy and his receivers. Nagy should not be calling plays anymore, its blatantly obvious.

Shaheen is absolutely hopeless. That breakdown... man. He literally looks like a dude they grabbed off the street an hour before the game.

Rage Against The Machine playing some shows in 2020?!?! That's cool and all, but I think the most disappointing live show I've ever attended was RATM. It was at nearly the very end of the Battle for Los Angeles tour and they were just completely out of juice. Low energy, short set, and at a pretty ...

My grandpa won 250k on 1 vs 100 back in the day. He was so unbelievably reckless with the winnings though... made some God-awful investments... gave too much to undeserving family... pissed my since-departed grandma right the horsefeathers off. My grandpa is no dummy but I can never take him serious...

Will Nagy have Trubisky on a short leash Sunday? If so, does he go with Daniels or Bray? I have to think if he doesn't show some success in the first or second offensive series the boos are going to cascade down. They would have to make a roster change to get Bray on the active roster. It would be ...

What about a package centered on Alek Thomas and Kevin Ginkel from Arizona? you want to trade Kris Bryant for a reliever and an outfielder with a .667 OPS in High A Well that's one way you can view it Or you can see that you're judging a 100 PA sample, he posted a 400 woba the level prior, his Ks s...

What about a package centered on Alek Thomas and Kevin Ginkel from Arizona?

One other thing that Theo talked about was Cubs hitters who were too easy for opponents to game plan for. Not necessarily KB related, and a couple of guys immediately come to my mind, but what does everyone make of that? The players aren't as good as we think they are to naturally make adjustments ...

We can strike back and hire Derek Johnson as Manager

I remember that one day when Betts declared that he wanted to go by his birth name henceforth

Rewatched some plays from the game, and boy is Kyle Long a shadow of his former self. He apparently aggravated his hip and is questionable for Sunday, but I don't think he should ever play again. He is really bad. Granted, nobody on the line has been all that good, but Long just has 0 ability left ...

Can that happen more often please

Am I alone in thinking Counsell would manage this Cubs team to 95-100 wins? The Brewers started Almora and Russell equivalents all season, one of them at lead off. They had like 2 or 3 remarkable pitchers and then he just rotated the other parts in and out effectively, many times pulling starters af...

Theres only room for one raisin round these parts.

Big Ben needs TJS or something. Out for the season.

Allow me to overreact to a couple of windy Wrigley dongs, but since Hoerner hasn't gotten to play in a juiced ball league until now, I wonder if there are more homers in there than everyone thought. He seems to have a quick bat. A 2018* Gleyber-ian homer spike would be swell. *holy horsefeathers, h...

I see a 6 and a 9

There are a lot of rappers who put out a lot of material and a lot of it is bad. This does not apply to Ghostface. He has avoided the proverbial wall with aplomb.

What's that, you needed another reminder about how absurdly great Pedro Martinez was? Was reading an article about how good Jack Flaherty has been in the second half and they listed the best half seasons by OPS+ since 1920. The best was God Mode Jake's 2016 second half at a 13 OPS+ allowed. Tied fo...

It did suck that we didn't jump on Chapman right when the Reds shopped him but the team was trying to pretend they would avoid scandalous players. I mean it was a pretty hot topic with most Cubs fans I know insisting he wouldnt be worth the headache. Certainly cost us massively though. Although I ha...

TomtheBombadil wrote:Oh, no that's a four seam the broadcast got wrong, 92-94 with the slider from the first two Ks at 80 or so

It does look like it cuts a little bit, no?

That was a nasty one. Thanks for posting that.