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Castro is a really good comp. I'd expect a few more walks but that's not enough for me to quibble. Yeah I like a Starlin/Lemahieu (taking out some of the Coors inflation) type with more walks as a comp and also at least a little more versatile defensively. What even happened to Castro? He kinda jus...

Sounds like the Castellanos chatter is heating up. He makes some sense, but he seems like a great distillation of what I haven’t liked about most of the Cubs’ trades in recent years. Castellanos can hit, but he’s a DH/bad corner OF. If that profile is what you need, why not try to find someone who ...

Sounds like the Castellanos chatter is heating up. He makes some sense, but he seems like a great distillation of what I haven’t liked about most of the Cubs’ trades in recent years. Castellanos can hit, but he’s a DH/bad corner OF. If that profile is what you need, why not try to find someone who e...

You missed Fowler at .755, which helps a small bit.

I will admit that I have no idea what Boone is talking about in the context of arguing with the umpire. Like I get the positive connotation of 'savages in the box', but how does that at all relate to them being angry with the strike zone? I thought it was a bad lip reading thing until I actually pla...

Banedon wrote:This...exists.

I mean, Jennifer Hudson is killing it, but wow....

hypothetically trading Schwarber for Soler is a master class in uselessness and separation from reality

Montgomery's been saying 'I want to start' for 2 and a half years, the idea he forced a move in the midst of his worst season as a Cub seems really unlikely.

squally1313 wrote:Do we want to talk about Cubs vs Barstool? No? Alright cool.

Some Twitter searching isn't getting me much anywhere, how do I get a little more context without clicking a barstool link?

As far as the trade itself goes, lots of folks have made these thoughts, but in no particular order: - Contreras might be out for an extended period, although early reports are this is unlikely - Caratini might be on his way out the door in another trade, which would be good business, IMO - Maldonad...

I don't really like him as a catcher and our pitching has degraded each year hes been our fulltime catcher. Team ERA- by year: 2017: 91 - T-4th in NL 2018: 91 - T-2nd in NL 2019: 93 - 4th in NL KBB (where framing really shows, IMO) 2016: 2.91 2017: 2.60 2018: 2.14 2019: 2.53 1) how is this showing ...

We Got The Whole 9 wrote:I don't really like him as a catcher and our pitching has degraded each year hes been our fulltime catcher.

Team ERA- by year:

2017: 91 - T-4th in NL
2018: 91 - T-2nd in NL
2019: 93 - 4th in NL

I'm having trouble with the disconnect between "Carlson says crazy white nationalist things to make receptive viewers more extreme" and "at a Conservative conference Carlson sympathizes with Jacobin to make liberals associate him with leftism while simultaneously not alienating any o...

https://twitter.com/AdamSerwer/status/1150823653040381952 If you're unclear about Serwer's meaning: https://twitter.com/supraliminality/status/1150838954473582599 I'm having trouble with the disconnect between "Carlson says crazy white nationalist things to make receptive viewers more extreme&...

Tony Thomas! Younger, dumber me definitely thought he was gonna be a MLB 2B

fyi New York has much better public transit than Perth, probably could've gotten a train where you wanted to go instead of swimming there

If they add the rule about pitchers needing to step off to pickoff runners, all those runners are gonna have an extra half-step on their leads to make up for geared up catchers. Net neutral on the running game, the strike zone is more accurate, and we give the LHP balk pickoff moves the fiery death ...

Sogard would be a good fit and he serves as a pretty direct one for one replacement for Descalso. If your expectations are calibrated to "league average hitter when shielded from tough lefties" rather than what he's done so far in 2019, he's a good get. Also, he's a proven adequate option...

the internet was a mistake

Just for a quick comparison, there are 35 catchers with 300+ innings so far this year. Contreras would be 22nd in WP+PB/Inning and 23rd for only WP/Inning.

For the record, I'm ambivalent on abolishing the draft. I think abolishing it has some appealing positives, but I also recognize that the odds that route ends up favoring big market teams is pretty high. I'm just not sure how much it favors them. For the rest of those concerns, to me that gets lumpe...

Concacaf announced the new qualifying format for the 2022 World Cup: https://www.concacaf.com/en/world-cup-qualifying-men/article/concacaf-announces-format-for-the-2022-fifa-world-cup-confederation-qualifiers As far as I understand it, this is the short version: - The Top 6 teams by FIFA ranking in ...

I agree 100% that it would kill parity. No it wouldn't. The biggest spenders aren't going to be able to horde everybody any more than they already can. A team's operating budget will still be a budget. If a Baltimore only wants to spend $60m on the major league roster they will have all the money i...

I didn't include supplemental firsts because 1) their success rate is quite different than the rest of rounds 2-10; 2) they aren't consistent picks, the Cubs have had 4 supplemental firsts in the draft pool era(2 in 2012, one each in 2017 and 2019), the Cardinals have had TEN, thanks to their compet...

It's not "some serious goalpost moving". That's really dumb. I've always been talking about performance after the 1st round in rounds 2 through 10 (or thereabouts). Study the Cardinals and their draft history or the Astros. To continue with the draft pool era comps: Cardinals draftees in ...