How the peanuts looking?

[jts1207]

Maybe we can rebuild again this year? Where all those armchair GMs at lmao?

 

[Discus fish salesman]

Should've kept Bryant, baez, and Rizzo!

 

[knoxville7]

Should've kept Bryant, baez, and Rizzo!

Right?!

Imagine being so fucking dumb as to think the cubs would be in a better position with Bryant, Baez, and Rizzo than trading them away

Are those 3 even playing currently or are they all hurt and hitting about .200?

 

[knoxville7]

Just looked up those 3 stats currently and Rizzo is doing the best, with a -0.4 WAR and rumors he is being replaced

Baez has a -1.5 WAR and hitting under .200

Bryant has a -0.6 WAR and hitting under .200

My god, if only the CUBS had those 3 guys still instead of the early 20 something’s with potential still

 

[JP Hochbaum]

The Cubs were never in position to do any damage this year. The plan was always have the team pitch and play defense, and have timely hitting. The last one has been horrific because their best players have had massive regressions.

The Cubs have been in an in between stage, where they had enough talent on the team to compete but not enough to make the playoffs. Meanehile their farm wasn't ready to produce this year to offset contracts at the big league level.

Outside of Swanson the team has very little financial commitment, so they are still in a great spot to jump on a stud free agent each of the next few years.

If the Cubs are well out of it at the deadline I would expect for them to sell off guys like Belli, and possibly Suzuki and Happ. If Hendricks gets in a few more quality starts he can get traded as well. And the sell off would fit in nicely because your trading corner outfielders who are easy to replace.

 

[Diehardfan]

$40 mill on a manager. Somebody thought they were....

 

[JP Hochbaum]

$40 mill on a manager. Somebody thought they were....

He became available. You jump on it. Waiting would have been a worse decision.

 

[knoxville7]

He became available. You jump on it. Waiting would have been a worse decision.

 

[Diehardfan]

He became available. You jump on it. Waiting would have been a worse decision.

Yeah, sure

 

[Chief Walking Stick]

He became available. You jump on it. Waiting would have been a worse decision.

Meanwhile his backup is killing it in Milwaukee and Greg is dithering away being a tard trying to set the blown saves record

 

[JP Hochbaum]

It is easy to bash the move now when they team is at it's worse. A manager can't make a player hit or a pitcher not get rocked. He can only put players in at the right times, and he does that well. The team just isn't performing.

 

[knoxville7]

It is easy to bash the move now when they team is at it's worse. A manager can't make a player hit or a pitcher not get rocked. He can only put players in at the right times, and he does that well. The team just isn't performing.

i am still waiting to see examples of this in a cubs uniform

he simply isnt worth near double what world series winning managers make

 

[Discus fish salesman]

$40 mill on a manager. Somebody thought they were....

Large market team barely misses playoffs last year, has lots of money to spend and a great minor league system. Aggressively gets the "top manager in the game" but yeah sure nobody was planning on competing.

Hoyer should be fired, he's a dope.

 

[cameronkrazie86]

It is easy to bash the move now when they team is at it's worse. A manager can't make a player hit or a pitcher not get rocked. He can only put players in at the right times, and he does that well. The team just isn't performing.

If he's putting 'players in at the right time, and he does that well', how do you explain the fact they've had 389573985735 blown saves this season? Would seem like he's not putting the 'players in at the right time' if they get rocked seemingly every single game.

 

[Discus fish salesman]

If he's putting 'players in at the right time, and he does that well', how do you explain the fact they've had 389573985735 blown saves this season? Would seem like he's not putting the 'players in at the right time' if they get rocked seemingly every single game.

He can only use them at the right time, but he can't make them get the right outcome at that time. Other managers choose the wrong time but get the right outcome more often. You should be aware of this cam!

 

[MDB111™]

Fuck a Craig Counsel. Rossy could do better.

 

[Discus fish salesman]

Fuck a Craig Counsel. Rossy could do better.

Rossy always chose the wrong time though. Counsell chose just the right time to be in last place

 

[cameronkrazie86]

He can only use them at the right time, but he can't make them get the right outcome at that time. Other managers choose the wrong time but get the right outcome more often. You should be aware of this cam!

Guess we all had too high of expectations that the highest paid manager in the league would make a positive difference. Shame on us for having any expectations!

 

[MDB111™]

Guess we all had too high of expectations that the highest paid manager in the league would make a positive difference. Shame on us for having any expectations!

I didn't #call it. I never really vocalized my opinion. But Counsel won a series as a player and he never did shit for the Brewers. I wasn't and still not happy with him being here.

I know he oversaw some players on roids. And players that never got caught...cough. Thames... But Braun and Mejia got caught.


And I'll go on record by stating Arietta was on roids his one magical season too.

 

[JP Hochbaum]

So players are no longer responsible for performing anymore? Got it.