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Too bad. Could have been a sweep.
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His statement should never be honored
Hayward was not judged off of 2016. He was judged off of production over the term of a deal. If he put up numbers along the lines of STL and LAD then he would have been deemed a good signing.
Darvish based off his first year was deemed a bad signing, yet again had no bearing over his term deal to the Cubs. His trade return exemplifies this.
Taillon had a horrible first half last year. From that time he has put up value equal to the investment.
So this is a typical knee jerk statement from a uneducated fan that has no clue about the business or for that matter the human factor where adjustments to a new environment are a process unique to each individual.
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They should be over .500 at the end of August. Should be. Let's hope so.
White Sox, Detroit, Toronto, Miami....they have some opponents they should beat. Should.
Let's have ourselves a strong month.
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A guy with an ERA of seven and a high of seven strikeouts has nine strikeouts in five shutout innings.
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Those Cubs hitters (most of them) now and in the past teams are pathetic collectively. They probably will do good on other teams individually, but that won't help current situation. How many players (excluding pitchers) other teams asked for during trades?
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Burns would take Cody dropping his opt. After this year that might be a bad idea for Cody to do. He is not going to get a big pay off off of this level of production.
So getting some talent MLB ready for trade bait is the best option.
So going into the off-season Jed should look to deal out Hoerner. Good player but Busch would give better production there. Shaw will be in AAA getting ready
So the best plan is to trade Hoerner then move Busch to 2B and Cody to 1B. Have Caissie take over RF and Suzuki becoming the full time DH. Then let the season play out. They become sellers then deal Cody and promote Shaw. Cody most likely drops the 20M opt as he can get more on the open market and at that point the solution is MLB ready
Ballestroes as of right now is a blue chip to get a closer in a trade. I feel that the will end up at a all star level as a hitter but he lacks a true D position. It is the wrong situation for him going forward. Cubs need a closer now vs another bat they have to figure playing time.
I am still under the opinion Mason Miller should be target #1. The payroll hit would be reasonable and Jed has the talent depth to pull it off. A's will be wanting to build up for Vegas over their Sac tour. So it makes sense for them to deal Mason now and get a large return for longer control
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Hoerner most likely. He could be dealt in the off season. Morel was as we saw. Suzuki most likely but Jed is not going to trade him after they got Tokyo bad PR move to make that deal prior to that announcement.
It is going to take PCA and Busch taking it to the next level to change the dynamic. The vets are what they are. Of the regulars Hoerner is the lowest ceiling but most stable. Caissie and Shaw should have higher Ceilings so it makes sense to focus the future that direction
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Another good outing for Shota. PCA had only one hit but is clearly barreling the ball better.
Paredes with 4 RBI.
Meanwhile, ladies and gentlemen, the White Sox won a game!!
Let’s make sure they start their next losing streak this weekend. I really don’t want to see the Cubs lose to them and we face crochet in game one.
Paredes with 4 RBI.
Meanwhile, ladies and gentlemen, the White Sox won a game!!
Let’s make sure they start their next losing streak this weekend. I really don’t want to see the Cubs lose to them and we face crochet in game one.
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Weird it's only 2 games. Cubs are off Sunday.
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ill be at saturdays game. a buddy of mine has a thing where he wants to visit every MLB park. hes gotten most crossed off his list, so now hes left with just the bottom of the barrel options...so to the south side we go! lol
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Tough break for you. Its the Cubs, so it will a full house. Anybody else, you could sit anywhere you want.
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im fully expecting to have an underwhelming experience lol
ive only been to a few MLB stadiums, but I expect whatever the south side is naming theirs these days to be mediocre at best.
as much as i hate to say it, St. Louis' new busch is pretty nice
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Comiskey wasnt a bad time, but I never been to new one or not new but ya know.
New Busch is nice.
Giants park is great!
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only MLB stadiums ive been to is Wrigley several times throughout the years, new Busch, and the old Twins dome
That Twins dome was absolutely terrible. The all white ceiling, you constantly lose the ball in the air. I really dont know how OFers ever caught balls there
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Yea, I used to travel in the Summer a lot with my mom and she would take me to games while she painted her nails and read a book. So, I been to a decent amount. I havent been to one in forever.
Wrigley like 4 times
Comiskey when it was Frank Thomas and them.
Old Reds stadium
Giants
New Busch and old Busch
Minute Maid
Astrodome
Superdome when the Cubs played an exhibition and Sammy Sosa dapped me up lol
I still remember the Astrodome. It was huge and vanilla.
Wrigley was my favorite still cause Cubs, but the atmosphere was always great. Got to see Harry Carey sing before he passed. Awesome experience.
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Yeah, two 2-game sets. One in each park.
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I've been there twice courtesy of my brother who is a Sox fan. It's not bad but I can't speak for most locations in the park. He got us the AT&T company seats from his boss. It was quite awhile ago but at the time it was 1st row right behind where the Sox players entered and left the dugout. Probably the best seats I ever sat in for a sporting event. So I'm probably biased.
I haven't been to Wrigley in years but at the time I went to the Sox game....the food was far superior to Wrigley.
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Comiskey Park
New Sox park
Milwaukee County Stadium
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Guaranteed rate field is actually really nice, and the food is seriously excellent.
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Good to know, I’m looking forward to it a bit more now