You and your friends on here would have given each of them contracts worth more than $200 million.The Cubs offered Bryant, rizzo and Baez more money than they ended up getting.
You and your friends on here would have given each of them contracts worth more than $200 million.
Shhh. He's on a roll.The Cubs offered Bryant, rizzo and Baez more money than they ended up getting.
No way. Mitch was clearly a Yankees fanatic, anti-Cub and at least had the sense to disappear when his outrageous comments proved to be idiotic; he actually came back and ate a little crow before that. This dude has a different approach; he's clearly a typical miserable Chicago sports fan and can't figure out when it's just time to take the L.Trying to decide if Hitman is actually a Cubs fan or a Mitch alias (troll).
Who?Trying to decide if Hitman is actually a Cubs fan or a Mitch alias (troll).
He has been playing 3B.I hope they move that kid to 3rd base. He can hit the damn ball.
There’s also a reason he was brought back into the lineup on a platoon basis and then permanently re-installed when he started consistently crushing baseballs. He almost killed a dude tonight.There was a reason why he was benched in July.
I have plenty of posts in these threads and a podcast with 50+ episodes and not once will you ever read or hear me say that the Cubs should have kept all of those guys for any level of massive contracts. Feel free to go check. I’ve actually been pretty supportive of a lot of Jed’s moves, probably more so than a lot of Cubs fans. Again, I have 50+ episodes of receipts out in my podcast and hundreds of posts here.Jed didn’t think he was good enough for the Cubs. If you and a good majority of the posters were running the Cubs you would have given Bryant, Rizzo, Baez and Schwarber the massive contracts they were looking for. The Cubs would be in last place right now with them. While I would have been rebuilding around Corey Seager, Freddie Freeman and Kevin Gausman.
The Cubs would NEVER have extended all of them. I think they made a mixed bag of effort to keep 1-2 of them. I do think they non-tendered Schwarber a bit early, but I understood the move at the time, even if I didn’t agree with it. Cubs were reportedly VERY close to extending Baez before the pandemic and then funds dried up during “BIBLICAL LOSSES!!!”You and your friends on here would have given each of them contracts worth more than $200 million.
I can quibble with him not playing during the Cincy DH or coming in late in the blowout, but the Cubs are right in the middle of the playoff chase and every game matters. They get to expand the roster to 28. They were never going to suddenly grab a guy and put him right into a prominent role. He’s up to be around the team and see what being in a race is like.When someone has a chance, can you please explain to me why Canario, after having a short season in the minors due to recovering from two major injuries, was brought up to the Bigs so that he could be a cheerleader for the past 6 games instead of either continuing his development at Iowa or at least getting some taste of the Majors? I don't know what the best approach is with him, but keeping the bench warm in Cincinnati and Wrigley probably wouldn't have been my first choice.
Cubs have also won or tied 15 of their last 17 series.
Mets and Red Sox the exceptions?Cubs have also won or tied 15 of their last 17 series.
Yep. Lost the Mets and Red Sox and split the 2-gamer at home vs. White Sox and the road 4-gamer last weekend with the Reds. Won all the rest. Haven’t lost 3 games in a row since July 3.Mets and Red Sox the exceptions?
Going off my memory, which isn't always the best.
And that is pre All Star. Quite the second half.Yep. Lost the Mets and Red Sox and split the 2-gamer at home vs. White Sox and the road 4-gamer last weekend with the Reds. Won all the rest. Haven’t lost 3 games in a row since July 3.
I think Belli actually IS the NL MVP, but he’s going to lose a lot of votes across a lot of counting stats since he missed a month with injury.And that is pre All Star. Quite the second half.
Thought I saw a stat the other day where Bellinger had 56 RBIs post AS game and that was about 10-12 RBIs above his closest competition in all of MLB. Belli really should get some MVP votes as Christian Yelich did the year he beat Javy Baez. Javy was on his game all season while Yelich caught fire after the ASG and ended up winning the award. I forget what year that was, 2020?
Yeah, Acuna is having a HOF season and Betts has had an extremely great August (equal to what Bonds did for 2-3 complete seasons), which actually brought him into the conversation. You could take both of those players off of their respective teams and those teams would probably still be in 1st place in their divisions, but, if you took Belli off of the Cubs, they would probably be on the outside looking at a playoff WC position. It's too bad Belli missed a month after his injury in Houston.I think Belli actually IS the NL MVP, but he’s going to lose a lot of votes across a lot of counting stats since he missed a month with injury.
He looks like he could go out there and pitch a few innings still!
I don’t agree with you about Bellinger being the MVP, and that is the reason why I think they should have MVP and Most Outstanding Player as two separate awards.I think Belli actually IS the NL MVP, but he’s going to lose a lot of votes across a lot of counting stats since he missed a month with injury.
Sounds like alzolay is going on the IL.
He deserves it, and he could really help the team - who couldn't use a fresh, hard-throwing lefty?
Did that 2-out, 3-run double matter? Asking for a friend who wants to be as good a GM as you are.Suzuki has to go. He can’t hit when it matters.
"nice" effort by the right fielder.
Succeeding once doesn’t prove someone is reliable.Did that 2-out, 3-run double matter? Asking for a friend who wants to be as good a GM as you are.
My same friend wants to know if hitting .311 in the 7th-9th innings and hitting .250 (MLB average) with RISP qualifies as "succeeding more than once." He says that you would know, because you're really smart.Succeeding once doesn’t prove someone is reliable.
That’s the part about baseball he forgot.My same friend wants to know if hitting .311 in the 7th-9th innings and hitting .250 (MLB average) with RISP qualifies as "succeeding more than once." He says that you would know, because you're really smart.
This same friend also apologizes for Happ's 2 bullet knocks and 2 runs scored so far today.
I appreciate the comedy you provide. Please keep spouting.Succeeding once doesn’t prove someone is reliable.
Greene was DFA'd, but are you hearing something else is coming? I don't think he's pitched for a few days. It wouldn't surprise me at all if Ross killed off another pitcher's elbow.Sounds like alzolay is going on the IL.