flavum Posted April 14, 2018 Share Posted April 14, 2018 QUOTE (KyYlE23 @ Apr 14, 2018 -> 02:35 PM) Not a good day for our friend Quintana No takseys backseys Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
caulfield12 Posted April 14, 2018 Share Posted April 14, 2018 (edited) Happ(less)? Karchner/Garland...? Except twice as bad for the Cubs. Well, maybe this helps to balance out some other moves that haven?€™t turned out so well. Weird how a minor league claim nobody even noticed at the time eventually served as such a key catalyst in the rebuild. Yes, it’s STILL early. But... Finally, Albies, Swanson and Preston (brother of Kyle) Tucker are kicking a— and taking names. Edited April 14, 2018 by caulfield12 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fathom Posted April 14, 2018 Share Posted April 14, 2018 Braves manager sure blew this game. Their fans hate him Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fathom Posted April 14, 2018 Share Posted April 14, 2018 (edited) Legit worst meltdown of all time. Cubs have 9 runs on two balls leaving the infield Edited April 14, 2018 by fathom Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dick Allen Posted April 18, 2018 Share Posted April 18, 2018 So far the best FIP on the greatest rotation ever assembled is 4.10. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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LittleHurt05 Posted April 29, 2018 Share Posted April 29, 2018 On 4/18/2018 at 9:11 AM, Dick Allen said: So far the best FIP on the greatest rotation ever assembled is 4.10. Way to light a fire under them DA! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fathom Posted May 1, 2018 Share Posted May 1, 2018 Every team just forget how to hit against them now? Pathetic Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChiliIrishHammock24 Posted May 5, 2018 Share Posted May 5, 2018 I was talking some shit about the Justin Wilson trade when it went down. I was a big Candelario fan. Well. 10 months later. Jeimer Candelario - 1.1 fWAR in 2018 Justin Wilson - (-)0.2 fWAR in 2018 and just for fun... Kris Bryant - 1.0 fWAR in 2018 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fathom Posted May 5, 2018 Share Posted May 5, 2018 I can't wait for the day the Sox get the same "luck" on reviews as the Cubs Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
caulfield12 Posted May 5, 2018 Share Posted May 5, 2018 Something off with the Cubs this year. Obviously, Baez, Schwarber and Almora are doing well...but the bullpen, Quintana, Rizzo (Parkland shooting effects?), it’s just incredibly difficult to sustain a World Series level team. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
soxfan49 Posted May 6, 2018 Share Posted May 6, 2018 On 5/5/2018 at 5:23 PM, caulfield12 said: Something off with the Cubs this year. Obviously, Baez, Schwarber and Almora are doing well...but the bullpen, Quintana, Rizzo (Parkland shooting effects?), it’s just incredibly difficult to sustain a World Series level team. Rizzo’s back is f***ed. It has nothing to do with the shooting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
southsider2k5 Posted May 7, 2018 Author Share Posted May 7, 2018 With all of the talk of Wood's 20k game today, and all of the grief that Sammy Sosa got recently, would it be wrong to point out that both Kerry Wood and Mark Prior has careers full of the types of injuries that PED users often see? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kyyle23 Posted May 7, 2018 Share Posted May 7, 2018 11 hours ago, southsider2k5 said: With all of the talk of Wood's 20k game today, and all of the grief that Sammy Sosa got recently, would it be wrong to point out that both Kerry Wood and Mark Prior has careers full of the types of injuries that PED users often see? i had heard about the possiblity/likelihood of Prior, but iirc there were a lot of people that thought Kerry Woods arm was a ticking time bomb from the get go. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LittleHurt05 Posted May 7, 2018 Share Posted May 7, 2018 50 minutes ago, Kyyle23 said: i had heard about the possiblity/likelihood of Prior, but iirc there were a lot of people that thought Kerry Woods arm was a ticking time bomb from the get go. And Prior went to USC, which I feel has a negative connotation with the PED stuff. Guys like McGwire, Boone, Ensberg. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fathom Posted May 7, 2018 Share Posted May 7, 2018 I will still always dislike Fowler, but that was amazing Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SoxAce Posted May 7, 2018 Share Posted May 7, 2018 12 hours ago, southsider2k5 said: With all of the talk of Wood's 20k game today, and all of the grief that Sammy Sosa got recently, would it be wrong to point out that both Kerry Wood and Mark Prior has careers full of the types of injuries that PED users often see? Not buying Wood at all from alot of accounts. Prior... that's another story. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soxbadger Posted May 8, 2018 Share Posted May 8, 2018 Darvish seems like a good guy, donated some money to Piscotty's moms fund. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LittleHurt05 Posted May 8, 2018 Share Posted May 8, 2018 9 hours ago, Soxbadger said: Darvish seems like a good guy, donated some money to Piscotty's moms fund. He's also the first player I've seen to go on the DL with the flu. Not a bad move by the Cubs though, he only misses one start, it's the advantage of the 10-day DL instead of 15. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dick Allen Posted May 8, 2018 Share Posted May 8, 2018 9 hours ago, LittleHurt05 said: He's also the first player I've seen to go on the DL with the flu. Not a bad move by the Cubs though, he only misses one start, it's the advantage of the 10-day DL instead of 15. Flu Darvish Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dick Allen Posted May 8, 2018 Share Posted May 8, 2018 Javier Baez has a .932 OPS since April 11th with no walks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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35thstreetswarm Posted May 16, 2018 Share Posted May 16, 2018 This thread is way too dead for me as a card-carrying, not-remotely-too-cool-for-school, third-generation Cub hater. I need more to talk about while we await the arrival of the real White Sox team we've been promised. So here's the big-picture question. The Cubs have been sold as the ultimate rebuild success story. All seemed to be going according to script, with the earlier-than-expected coming out party in 2015 followed by the 2016 championship season. It appeared to be opening act to an extended run of championship baseball. Most of the Cub fans I know continue to carry their 2016 attitude today: they feel blessed to be in the midst of the "juggernaut era" the rebuild was supposed to usher in. And maybe they are. But the counterpoint is that as we stand here in 2018, they were at most the third best team in baseball last season. It's hard to argue that they've gotten better on a pure personnel level - the switch from Arrieta to Darvish, and from Wade Davis to Morrow & Co., were lateral moves at best (maybe not even that). Their main competition from last year hasn't gone away, and several contenders have gotten better. Their play has been uninspiring, though it's absurdly early. Their farm system has been stripped pretty bare: their next big wave is coming, but it's coming to the Bronx and 35th and Shields. So what are the Cubs exactly? Are they a sleeping giant that just took a post-championship hangover year off, and will momentarily return to form and rip off another title or two? Or are they just another team: one that rode some good moves, good luck, and a crazy-hot pitcher's career seasons to squeak by the Indians in extras of game 7, but have now fallen back into the pack of teams that are good but not "special"? Time will tell, but I think it's interesting that this is among the last moments you can credibly argue for either of these scenarios. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
soxfan49 Posted May 16, 2018 Share Posted May 16, 2018 On 5/10/2018 at 12:22 PM, LittleHurt05 said: Acuna hit one to the moon off of him last night Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LittleHurt05 Posted May 16, 2018 Share Posted May 16, 2018 34 minutes ago, 35thstreetswarm said: This thread is way too dead for me as a card-carrying, not-remotely-too-cool-for-school, third-generation Cub hater. I need more to talk about while we await the arrival of the real White Sox team we've been promised. So here's the big-picture question. The Cubs have been sold as the ultimate rebuild success story. All seemed to be going according to script, with the earlier-than-expected coming out party in 2015 followed by the 2016 championship season. It appeared to be opening act to an extended run of championship baseball. Most of the Cub fans I know continue to carry their 2016 attitude today: they feel blessed to be in the midst of the "juggernaut era" the rebuild was supposed to usher in. And maybe they are. But the counterpoint is that as we stand here in 2018, they were at most the third best team in baseball last season. It's hard to argue that they've gotten better on a pure personnel level - the switch from Arrieta to Darvish, and from Wade Davis to Morrow & Co., were lateral moves at best (maybe not even that). Their main competition from last year hasn't gone away, and several contenders have gotten better. Their play has been uninspiring, though it's absurdly early. Their farm system has been stripped pretty bare: their next big wave is coming, but it's coming to the Bronx and 35th and Shields. So what are the Cubs exactly? Are they a sleeping giant that just took a post-championship hangover year off, and will momentarily return to form and rip off another title or two? Or are they just another team: one that rode some good moves, good luck, and a crazy-hot pitcher's career seasons to squeak by the Indians in extras of game 7, but have now fallen back into the pack of teams that are good but not "special"? Time will tell, but I think it's interesting that this is among the last moments you can credibly argue for either of these scenarios. Making 3 straight LCS trips and winning one World Series is close to a juggernaut to me. Do you know how hard that is in baseball? Winning in the playoffs requires just as much luck as skill. While they don't look great now, they are still on a pace to win 91 games and on paper are more talented than the two teams ahead of them. They have still have time left in this group. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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