JUSTgottaBELIEVE

QUOTE (South Side Fireworks Man @ Aug 16, 2015 -> 02:15 PM) And when Samardija was on the Cubs, he was supposedly the best pitcher in Chicago. Yea no kidding. I can't even imagine if sale pitched for the Cubs my lord

QUOTE (Jose Abreu @ Aug 16, 2015 -> 02:15 PM) Shhh! Sorry I don't believe in jinxes

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Aug 16, 2015 -> 02:12 PM) 58 pitches so he's got a chance at going ~8 at this rate. If he keeps at this rate he's going 9, especially if a no hitter and/or 20 K's are a possibility.

QUOTE (pettie4sox @ Aug 16, 2015 -> 02:12 PM) Chris Sale is the best pitcher in the league. No biased, just stating fact. But but I thought Arrieta was the best pitcher in Chicago!?!?

Holy s***, we may all be witnesses to something special here

QUOTE (AustinIllini @ Aug 15, 2015 -> 11:09 PM) That was before we knew what "stacked for a decade" meant. The Cardinals are the model, and the Cubs have copied it to a T. Given, they're not very far into it, but don't be surprised if the Cubs we see now continue to move and rotate MLB talent and replace them with the next big blue chip draft pick. Just look at the Cardinals. It's like whoever puts their darn cap on is suddenly just good. The Cubs and Astros are headed that way, it seems. Copied it to a T? This is the first year since 2008 that the Cubs will make the playoffs and there's a good chance they are knocked out after a single game. Talk to me when they have made the playoffs 7 out of the next 10 years and have 2 or 3 World Series under their belts. Only then can we entertain the thought of comparing the Cubs to the Cardinals in any way.

QUOTE (Jordan4life @ Aug 15, 2015 -> 08:55 PM) Cubs might be the second best team in the NL and most of their core group has green dicks. What happens when Soler's and Russell's offense catches up to their D? My goodness. At least with the Cubs arrival we can bump a damn hockey team from being the class of the city. Remember back in 2003 when the Cubs were stacked for the next decade? A rotation of prior, wood, and zambrano! Young studs in aramis Ramirez, Corey Patterson, and bobby hill! Yea... Let's let this thing play out first. A lot can happen between now and the next 10 years. Cubs, like the white sox, don't exactly have the best track record of prolonged success so they still have to prove it when it matters most before we crown em.

So who pitches the 1 game playoff for the Cubs? Lester or Arrieta? I assume cole will go for the Pirates.

QUOTE (Brian @ Aug 6, 2015 -> 06:47 AM) DON'T QUESTION FANGRAPHS OR THE SECRET SERVICE WILL COME KNOCKIN!!! They do a great job but many people blindly swear to the numbers without taking a step back to see if some of the numbers even make sense.

QUOTE (OmarComing25 @ Aug 5, 2015 -> 11:04 PM) First of all a 2.2 WAR difference is huge. Secondly, even with Bryant's offense going into the toilet the last 4-6 weeks he's still the 5th best offensive 3B in the game overall this season, and he's getting a ton of value from his baserunning. Fangraphs ranks him as the second most valuable baserunner in baseball this year behind Billy Hamilton. http://www.fangraphs.com/leaders.aspx?pos=...0&sort=18,d I'm saying it should be an even bigger difference. Bryant has roughly 11% less PAs than Donaldson so projected out with the same number of PAs Bryant would be at 3.9 and only 1.8 differential. Still size able but not near what it should be IMO. Bryant with a higher WAR than arenado? How is that even possible? Arenado is a far superior hitter and defender so I guess Bryant's Rickey Henderson like baserunning abilities make up for the difference? Ha. It's almost like fangraphs has bought into the hype and found a way to skew his numbers to match the hype.

QUOTE (OmarComing25 @ Aug 5, 2015 -> 11:39 PM) Fangraphs agrees with you. Bryant might be 2nd, but he's still nowhere close to Hamilton, who's almost twice as valuable as Bryant on the basepaths. Hamilton is just that much better than everyone else. Come on, 2nd in baseball? That's a joke

I have no idea how Bryant's output this season results in a WAR of 3.5 especially when you consider that Josh Donaldson is "only" at 5.7. Their offensive numbers aren't even close and Donaldson is the superior defender as well.

Cubs 2.5 games out of playoffs, white sox now 3.5. White sox have more teams to catch but I would take the odds of white sox catching the twins over Cubs catching Giants. It's Baltimore and Toronto that are the bigger issue but they are within 2 games of the white sox

QUOTE (Feeky Magee @ Jul 23, 2015 -> 11:34 AM) Hitting .263/.317/.450 this year with almost average defence, worth 1.0 WAR so far. Meanwhile, Avisail Garcia is hitting .269/.319/.377 with completely horrendous defence, good for a -0.7 WAR. But please, tell me more about how Alejandro is just a bad baseball player and Avi is the future of the franchise. who says Avi is the future of the franchise? that seems extreme. he has a chance to be an above average player given his age and potential but I'm not sure anyone here thinks he is some type of perennial all-star in the making. De Aza is what he is. average starting outfielder, good 4th OF, that turns 32 next season. he's on the back end of his career at this point

Just me or does Arrieta remind you of Esteban Loaiza when he was on the Sox? That cutter especially

Until the Cubs learn how to beat the Cardinals, they aren't going anywhere.

QUOTE (Soxbadger @ May 1, 2015 -> 12:12 PM) Obviously the past doesnt mean anything and White could be the best wr ever. Its just a risky pick, and based on that its somewhat surprising that the Bears (a team who presumably is rebuilding) would start the rebuild with a WR. Not to mention I think a lot of my concern is based on the fact that a wr is dependent on a QB. Greg Jennings would agree

Heart of the order against the team killing us all season long and he absolutely mows them down like he's facing high schoolers

DRobb nasty

Beckham reborn

QUOTE (bmags @ Apr 23, 2015 -> 10:28 PM) Guys our bullpen is really good. But is it royals good? Or even better?

Laroche has been clutch at times this season

No way they pitch to abreu

Dare I say sox pen > royals pen ??? Putnam looking nasty with great late action

Would be great if flowers walks off