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Backtobanks wrote:

BigSlick wrote:Albert Almora is bad in a way that a Jim Hendry guy would be bad. He swings at everything, grounds out, and sucks.

except he was drafted by Epstein.

Yes, exactly, that was the point of my post

Albert Almora is bad in a way that a Jim Hendry guy would be bad. He swings at everything, grounds out, and sucks.

Albert Almora is really really bad

He was bad last year and they kept horsefeathers hitting him lead off

Schwarber has worked hard to be an OF, has made good progress, and he has a very strong arm for a LF, but anyone who thinks he is one of the best or above average defensively is delusional. I didn’t say he was one of the best, but he is average and has had an above average season. Stow your argumen...

If you think Schwarber is one of the best LF in the game defensively, then you REALLY don't know how to evaluate talent. He’s not one of the best but he’s had several seasons to prove he’s solidly average or above average defensively. You should drop this point of argument because you’re losing it....

I never said they were weak players. What I did say was that Schwarber skill set is better served as a DH and Russell's reputation as a #1 prospect might influence another team in trade negotiations. Also, I said that both could be replaced rather easily (internally, trade, or FA). As I said before...

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This should count as a home run, come on now

Cubswin11 wrote:Imagine if our offense was so fortunate to have *checks notes* the Reds pitching

Looking at the Reds and Pirates numbers vs. everyone else and its almost as if those two teams are playing a totally different sport

I know its fewer than 20 games, but we look at pythagorean for Football teams and....

Baseball is really stupid

https://twitter.com/pnutfinger/status/1118224326044672002 Jason Heyward having a barrel rate of 2.9% for an entire year is so funny to me. I don't really know what the normative line for an average major leaguer but the fact that Jason Heyward only got the barrel of his bat on one ball out of 50 th...

Schwarber rules, all of you are insane

Schwarber is absolutely fine and will be one of the better players this year

He made a great play on a ball in left when i was there yesterday. I love my big meat boy

17 Seconds wrote:did you guys know ramirez's highest fwar season was with the brewers?

This is how you know fWAR isn't to be trusted

I will say this: if this particular window is coming to a close, there’s little denying that they made the most of it. Depends on how you view it. I mean, you can throw everything out the window and say whatever is worth it if you cherish the World Series, which in many ways I do. However, if "...

Harlan Ellison wrote about the Cubs back in 1967: HATE. LET ME TELL YOU HOW MUCH I'VE COME TO HATE YOU SINCE I BEGAN TO LIVE. THERE ARE 387.44 MILLION MILES OF PRINTED CIRCUITS IN WAFER THIN LAYERS THAT FILL MY COMPLEX. IF THE WORD HATE WAS ENGRAVED ON EACH NANOANGSTROM OF THOSE HUNDREDS OF MILLIONS...

I 100% believe Heyward is gonna put up a career year this year on a 79 win Cubs disaster season because the Baseball Gods hate us, and it’s the only thing that makes the most sense to happen

This Chris Davis stuff is interesting. He clearly is not fit to play Major League Baseball anymore, and yet is healthy and is due like a bazillion dollars still. The Orioles cannot trade him because no one wants an empty roster spot and a bazillion dollars. The Orioles should under no circumstance p...

This team eats poop. They've scored 34 runs the last 6 games. They've lost all 6 games. Hacks. What I hate about this, and I mean hate is that I know, probably very soon, they'll go into a stretch of strong starting pitching, and then the runs will dry up. I hate this team. I hate it with the fury ...

The Cubs have already lost 18% on their playoff likelihood from 64% down to 46% from FanGraphs.

Good job guys!

Theo must have had no idea before 2018 that they were gonna turn off the money spigot right? It’s the only way any of this makes sense

Also, how can you not draft and develop just one major league quality starter in the last 5 years? After Kyle it’s.....nothing

Remember when Joe was hired he was touted as the sabermetric friendly manager who was gonna do stuff by the numbers? Then he did a bunch of baffling nonsense all the time? I truly want to see what happens if you put a 17 year old nerd who has a Fangraphs subscription in as manager lets see what happ...

3rd place seems very possible and 4th place doesn't seem unbelievable. its bad out there folks

on the other hand they really are dongmashers, so they could give us some fun watching

If I say he's not getting fired this year is that the analogue to guessing $1 in the Price is Right?

This is cause for celebration. Yes! Yes!

I don't understand the idea that Shifts suck fun out. I love that the defense has more tools at its disposal. Who doesn't love when a pitcher goes into the outfield? or something whacky like, two outfielders and five infielders?

Make the game fun, and strategic damnit