caulfield12 Posted May 13, 2017 Share Posted May 13, 2017 (edited) Of course Happ hit a homer in his first game up...413 foot blast off Martinez. Schwarber down to .183 now. Just missed a tying homer in the last at-bat of the game, came up three feet short of the wall to Fowler in straightaway center. Dropped a foul ball down the line for an error. Edited May 13, 2017 by caulfield12 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kyyle23 Posted May 14, 2017 Share Posted May 14, 2017 QUOTE (caulfield12 @ May 13, 2017 -> 12:38 PM) Cubs apparently at war with Ronnie "Woo Woo" Wickers https://sports.yahoo.com/news/cubs-superfan...-193927524.html This was the dumbest thing ever. He tried to sneak into a game without a ticket, got kicked out, some other guy brought him back in with no ticket and he got kicked out again. Dude was at 5(!!!) games last week and got kicked out once. Cubs owe him nothing, he isn't a free customer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dick Allen Posted May 14, 2017 Share Posted May 14, 2017 (edited) QUOTE (KyYlE23 @ May 13, 2017 -> 08:45 PM) This was the dumbest thing ever. He tried to sneak into a game without a ticket, got kicked out, some other guy brought him back in with no ticket and he got kicked out again. Dude was at 5(!!!) games last week and got kicked out once. Cubs owe him nothing, he isn't a free customer People do give him their extra for nothing. He lives in a senior retirement building a few blocks from me. I see him at 7-11 all the time with his full Cubs uniform. He got free teeth, people take him home with them. He was busted several years ago in Schaumburg for wooing in someone's backyard at 2 AM. He doesn't appear to be clever enough to sneak in all the time. I am guessing at one point they used to let him in, and the policy changed. But I agree, I don't see what the argument is if you don't have a ticket. I guess that they are checking him and no one else. Now what will happen is someone will give them their ticket after they are in. Producing a ticket won't be hard, the question is with all the security you have to go through, how is it this guy is supposedly sneaking in, iMO, it should make he Cubs look bad from that angle. I am also pretty sure they are targeting him. Edited May 14, 2017 by Dick Allen Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fathom Posted May 14, 2017 Share Posted May 14, 2017 For a team that had a player destroy the knee of a rival due to a dirty slide, Joe Maddon really needs to STFU Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
caulfield12 Posted May 14, 2017 Share Posted May 14, 2017 Arrieta with ERA nearing 6. 4-0 Cardinals. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chi Town Sox Posted May 15, 2017 Share Posted May 15, 2017 I updated Ronnie Woo Woo's Wikipedia page last night. Let's see if it holds - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ronnie_Woo_Woo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harry Chappas Posted May 15, 2017 Share Posted May 15, 2017 QUOTE (fathom @ May 14, 2017 -> 01:19 PM) For a team that had a player destroy the knee of a rival due to a dirty slide, Joe Maddon really needs to STFU Deflecting from the real issues going on. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kyyle23 Posted May 15, 2017 Share Posted May 15, 2017 I am honestly curious what his numbers are after that report came out that he was on PEDs and he said it was Pilates Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ptatc Posted May 15, 2017 Share Posted May 15, 2017 QUOTE (KyYlE23 @ May 15, 2017 -> 03:23 PM) I am honestly curious what his numbers are after that report came out that he was on PEDs and he said it was Pilates Always an interest when any athlete is described as a "workout" freak. when any story pops up about how dedicated said athlete is to multiple daily work outs in any form, there is always a little suspicion. Especially when someone is not very good and all of a sudden becomes dominant. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OmarComing25 Posted May 15, 2017 Share Posted May 15, 2017 QUOTE (KyYlE23 @ May 15, 2017 -> 03:23 PM) I am honestly curious what his numbers are after that report came out that he was on PEDs and he said it was Pilates That article came out April 26th of last year, so since then Arrieta has a 3.92 ERA and 3.75 FIP over 211 innings and 35 starts. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kyyle23 Posted May 15, 2017 Share Posted May 15, 2017 QUOTE (OmarComing25 @ May 15, 2017 -> 05:05 PM) That article came out April 26th of last year, so since then Arrieta has a 3.92 ERA and 3.75 FIP over 211 innings and 35 starts. Definitely not terrible, but closer to Oriole Arrietta than Cubs Arrietta Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
caulfield12 Posted May 16, 2017 Share Posted May 16, 2017 http://www.espn.com/blog/sweetspot/post/_/...-not-yet-a-star Schoenfield (middle of article) diagnoses Arrieta's issues. Wish this season would have come in 2018 after he'd signed an ill-advised extension. As it stands now, Epstein has been saved from having to make any kind of tough decision. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OmarComing25 Posted May 16, 2017 Share Posted May 16, 2017 (edited) Even if he wins another Cy Young this year I still doubt Theo would resign him. I think he's gone regardless. Edited May 16, 2017 by OmarComing25 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JUSTgottaBELIEVE Posted May 16, 2017 Share Posted May 16, 2017 QUOTE (JUSTgottaBELIEVE @ Apr 30, 2017 -> 09:17 PM) Oh ok. Thought you were calling me a clown for my post. I just can't believe how overrated Schwarber is. He's a one dimensional player and unless he's mashing like big papi in his prime he's going to be hard pressed to be a 3+ WAR player over a full season because of his defensive limitations. Yet some Sox fans I know want to trade Q for him straight up and some people somehow think he's a top 20 player in baseball. I really don't get it. I can't think of another player more overrated in today's game. Now Scot Gregor thinks this is a "trade match made in heaven." http://www.dailyherald.com/sports/20170515...a-for-schwarber Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harry Chappas Posted May 16, 2017 Share Posted May 16, 2017 QUOTE (JUSTgottaBELIEVE @ May 16, 2017 -> 12:23 PM) Now Scot Gregor thinks this is a "trade match made in heaven." http://www.dailyherald.com/sports/20170515...a-for-schwarber I think the cubs float the interest out there in him more so than other teams looking to get him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
caulfield12 Posted May 16, 2017 Share Posted May 16, 2017 Trading Schwarber at his lowest possible value is not something Epstein would contemplate for long. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JUSTgottaBELIEVE Posted May 16, 2017 Share Posted May 16, 2017 QUOTE (caulfield12 @ May 16, 2017 -> 01:58 PM) Trading Schwarber at his lowest possible value is not something Epstein would contemplate for long. There's a real possibility that it could go lower from here... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
caulfield12 Posted May 17, 2017 Share Posted May 17, 2017 (edited) Schwarber with his 6th homer. (683 OPS, aka Avi Garcia 2014-2016 form) With that hitting pedigree, short of another catastrophic injury, have a hard time believing his value could fall much more. Can Happ really play CF? Guess we'll find out. Final note: Wish we had that young Reds' line-up 2-6, with Hamilton patrolling CF. Pretty exciting young offense...their problem obviously is pitching. Mesoraco looked like he was going to be an excellent player as well before all the setbacks. Edited May 17, 2017 by caulfield12 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fathom Posted May 17, 2017 Share Posted May 17, 2017 Happ is going to mash. Has a great power swing Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SoxAce Posted May 17, 2017 Share Posted May 17, 2017 QUOTE (fathom @ May 16, 2017 -> 08:53 PM) Happ is going to mash. Has a great power swing Really impressed with him since he came up. We'll see what happens when scouting reports come into play on him, but I like his swing, eye, etc. Just looks like he can be very good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fathom Posted May 17, 2017 Share Posted May 17, 2017 QUOTE (SoxAce @ May 17, 2017 -> 03:05 AM) Really impressed with him since he came up. We'll see what happens when scouting reports come into play on him, but I like his swing, eye, etc. Just looks like he can be very good. I think he has better offensive numbers already than Anderson this season Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fathom Posted May 18, 2017 Share Posted May 18, 2017 Davis for Soler was a ridiculous steal for the Cubs Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
caulfield12 Posted May 18, 2017 Share Posted May 18, 2017 QUOTE (fathom @ May 17, 2017 -> 09:11 PM) Davis for Soler was a ridiculous steal for the Cubs Yep, and it crippled the back end of the Royals' pen. With Holland and Davis both gone, the rest of their relievers have been bumped up in their roles or overexposed. Plus Soria has been a terrible signing from the very beginning. On paper, it made sense for KC, but the reality is Soler's health and defensive shortcomings mitigate most of his positive value. Epstein's probably kicking himself he didn't try to pull off that trade last year (when he got Chapman instead), as he'd still have Gleyber Torres. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bob Sacamano Posted May 18, 2017 Share Posted May 18, 2017 QUOTE (caulfield12 @ May 17, 2017 -> 10:26 PM) Yep, and it crippled the back end of the Royals' pen. With Holland and Davis both gone, the rest of their relievers have been bumped up in their roles or overexposed. Plus Soria has been a terrible signing from the very beginning. On paper, it made sense for KC, but the reality is Soler's health and defensive shortcomings mitigate most of his positive value. Epstein's probably kicking himself he didn't try to pull off that trade last year (when he got Chapman instead), as he'd still have Gleyber Torres. Wade Davis got hurt last year in July I believe. Don't think he was really an option. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
caulfield12 Posted May 18, 2017 Share Posted May 18, 2017 QUOTE (soxfan2014 @ May 18, 2017 -> 05:46 AM) Wade Davis got hurt last year in July I believe. Don't think he was really an option. On the active roster July 16th through 30th. I think the bigger issue was the Royals felt they were still in it at that point. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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