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I’m not enthralled with Shark. At this point we know what to expect with him. 200 innings, league average ERA/FIP, 2 WAR. He’s a younger, less charming old John Lackey without the playoff clutch thing. (To the extent such a thing exists.) Trading Almora or Happ for him at 3 years/$59 million versus ...

Jimmy Garrapalo and Jay Ajayi with new homes ahead of the trade deadline (3pm Chicago time today). Jay should just walk away from the Dolphins if Landry gets traded today, also. That takes SF out of the QB hunt cone draft-time. He’s a FA after the end of this year. I’m sure the plan is to extend or...

As part of the package that brings Stanton to the Cubs?

Sammy Sofa wrote:DICK POLE, COME ON DOWN.

[Michael Scott gif]"That's what she said!"[/Michael Scott gif]

Is Mike Minor a viable candidate for a swing type of pick up? Become the Mike Montgomery if Montgomery starts full time.

As nerve-racking as this must be to the D-Backs and Rocks fans, I can’t imagine any neutral observer complaining about the format while watching tonight’s game. Just some fantastic baseball going on tonight.

Someone might be able to convince me that the divisional series should be 7 games instead of 5.

Otherwise, I think the playoff format as it exists now is perfect.

Cardinal’s GM kept his job after one of his employees hacked into a competing team’s scouting database.

What could be so much worse than that, that the Brave’s GM resigned?

The Cardinals should sign/trade for as many 32+ year old sluggers as they can find. Over-the-hill power bats are clearly the new market inefficiency. Donaldson has 5 WAR in only 111 games. yeah he's really good. But they will likely have to pay a hefty sum for 1 year and then feel obligated to sign...

We Got The Whole 9 wrote:Thank Tom we'll never have to experience this

Hosmer and Moustakas are only 27 and 28 years old. That sucks for Royals fans.

The Cardinals should sign/trade for as many 32+ year old sluggers as they can find. Over-the-hill power bats are clearly the new market inefficiency.

Cubs MLB rank since the ASB (pre ASB rank in parenthesis)

#1 in runs (20)
#3 in hits (28)
#3 in total bases (23)
#1 in batting average (28)
#1 in on base percentage (18)
#1 in slugging (19)
#2 in walks (3)

Lost in the discussion about the '69 Cubs is the fact that Mets went on an incredible run to end that season. They were 10 games back of the Cubs and finished 8 ahead by going 38-6 over their last 44 games. '04 was similar. The Astros went 36-10 to pass the Cubs who went a perfectly respectable 26-...

I don’t feel like the Cubs are going to make any trades in the offseason that will substantially change the make up of their core position players. Maybe heading into 2019 and that monster free agent class, but I feel this year they’ll keep the position core intact and use free agency to fill in the...

It amazes me the number of people who want to focus on a 35-ish game stretch in April and May while ignoring the entire rest of his career when evaluating Schwarber's bat.

I dimly remember my dad yelling at those Bruce Sutter, Rick Reuschel, Dave Kingman teams from the late 70s. I think "June swoon" may have been my first words. I grew up in central Illinois. The White Sox weren't on tv or the radio where I grew up. They may as well have been playing on the...

I dimly remember my dad yelling at those Bruce Sutter, Rick Reuschel, Dave Kingman teams from the late 70s. I think "June swoon" may have been my first words. I grew up in central Illinois. The White Sox weren't on tv or the radio where I grew up. They may as well have been playing on the ...

Man, if it's 1969 all over again, forget this baseball thing and let's go catch Led Zeppelin at the arena. I hear James Gang is opening for them.

Weren't they trying to adjust his delivery to alleviate the back problems that had plagued him his whole career?

Is that what he's complaining about?

I believe he has a NTC through 2018. No NTC for the final year of his contract in 2019.

I assume at some point they are going to pay someone to take him off their hands. I also assume that will be after the 2018 season.

A weird trade. Even if Weaver and Reyes are lights out next year, they'll still probably have to sign a Leake-ish player to fill out their starting rotation. Cardinals are very deep in SP options in the upper minors. Weaver, Reyes and Flaherty could all be studs, but none have ever pitched more tha...

A weird trade. Even if Weaver and Reyes are lights out next year, they'll still probably have to sign a Leake-ish player to fill out their starting rotation.

Rank the free agent starters: 1. Arrieta 2. Darvish 3. Tanaka 4. Lynn 5. Cobb 6. Cashner 7. Vargas 8. Chatwood 9. Tillman 10. Estrada I'm probably undervaluing Vargas' good year, but he's going to be 35 next year. Anyway, when you combine health, age and recent performance, Jake is pretty much head ...

There's going to be some fascinating qualifying offer calls made after the season. Hosmer, Moustakas and Cain at KC. Cozart in Cincy. Cashner in Texas. Chacin in SD. Cobb in TB. Maybe the Cubs with Wade Davis, too, considering the recent price of FA closers. More than a couple cases where the team i...

jersey cubs fan wrote:Heard it was Steve blass

How awful must his life be? A baseball announcer who apparently hates baseball.