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Yeah, that seems like an even worse idea. I actually think you could do a good Venom movie if you first introduce him as a villain in a Spiderman story made by Marvel (and part of the MCU). Then you give him his own film as an anti-hero with a new motivation and character progression. Venom is an i...

Schlereth is horrible, imo

That was a hell of a throw to Burton there.

Not elite D, I think

Is it too early to lol @ the Packers & Vikings?

Duke Silver wrote:https://twitter.com/ESPNChiCubs/status/1043702924659097600

In other words..."Who?"

Sammy Sofa wrote:

Tim wrote:Outside of the past month, Russell has not been a "crappy player"

Phew, thank goodness you've got your eyes on the prize here, Tim.

He's also an atrocious human being, which is obviously more important.

Outside of the past month, Russell has not been a "crappy player"

I want him off the team, but I'd be okay with suspending him for now and trading him in the offseason.

Old Style wrote:The Cubs can decline the option on Hamels and still try to re-sign him for less money, no?

If he finishes the year strong, why wouldn't he get more on the open market?

If he doesn't finish the year strong, why would we want to do it?

The Cubs will want to stay under the max penalty for the luxury tax. If they're signing Harper, it will take some very creative juggling to make that work if they are paying Hamels $20M. We also have the following starters under contract/control for next year: Hendricks Lester Quintana Darvish Chatw...

Also, I recognize that the smart thing to do would be to avoid paying Kimbrel for past performance. But I want a true bullpen of doom, dammit.

Okay, this would be a much more fun approach (minus Eovaldi this time): Exercise options on: - Quintana - Strop Trade: - Duensing, Kintzler for whatever savings can be had (assume we can save $2M while paying the rest) for lottery tickets - LaStella for relief prospect? - Russell for the best pre-ar...

I was probably overthinking it on Eovaldi. Honestly, we're fine with a three man competition between Monty, Smyly and Chatwood for the final rotation spot. If Chatwood can figure it out, he really brings a heck of a lot to the table. Monty has proven this season that he's a perfectly capable rotatio...

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Wilson A2000 wrote:

jersey cubs fan wrote:

Supposedly the Clippers, Knicks, and Nets. Three dumpster fires.

https://670thescore.radio.com/jimmy-but ... -thibodeau

So...LA and NY?

Shocking.

17 Seconds wrote:i love baez but this is pretty damning

Only damning if you consider it true.


Which it isn't.

https://www.fangraphs.com/scoutboard.aspx?draft=2018updated&type=0&pos=all&team=chc Not sure if this link has been shared before. It's a link to Fangraph's THE BOARD feature with the Cubs Prospect list. So the Cubs have 9 prospects with a 45+ FV rating. Gallardo almost makes it into tha...

Maddon will be back.

UMFan83 wrote:Unreal. Basically nothing from the 2017 offseason

Cishek

David wrote:

Coverage seems disproportionately important to the overall score.

Every quarterback under and overthrows some balls. Expecting Mitch to be accurate on every throw is not realistic. I only remember the one underthrow (the int) and two overthrows (in the flat and down the seam). Thats...pretty "normal" performance, especially from a QB who is still pretty ...

Banedon wrote:

Ding Dong Johnson wrote:Bote sucks too

Not in the field, and at least he can say that he's a rookie adjusting to the league.

Fun fact: Bote is older than Addison.

Isn’t he still learning the offense? I would expect him to get more comfortable with reads and knowing exactly where guys are supposed to be as the season goes on. If we haven’t seen a difference by game 8, then yeah, I get the concerns. His reads aren't great, but he had a lot of problems with his...

Brian wrote:seems weird to say after some of the offenses we've endured but I'd really like to see some more running

9 rushes for 19 yards for Howard before that play