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Kevlar v2.0 posted:I'm gonna miss watching opposing players fall down from tripping over the bullpen mound while trying to catch a pop-up. I'm also gonna miss the Cubs bullpen not flinching as a line drive screams their way. 
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The original mannequin challenge
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No matter how much I despise foul-territory bullpens, this is great.
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Sydin posted:From what I understand the Cubs essentially treated the team option like a player option, and approached Hammel to ask him if he wanted to stick around for another year or test the FA market. Hammel said he'd rather leave, so the club let him go. There's a fangraphs article that digs a bit into the reasoning for just letting him walk, and the argument I find most compelling is that the Cubs didn't really need him, either as a pitcher or a trade piece. There are young pitchers waiting in the wings to take the #5 spot in Montgomery/Zastryzny in the immediate future, and looking forward to patching up an aging rotation in Lester/Lackey/Arrieta the Cubs are swimming in a veritable mountain of cash they can throw at the problem. Soler's value seems to be in that contract. Just under $4m a year through 2020. I think his biggest issues are health. The Rays were a team I thought that was interested in him last season. They'd have some interesting guys that could probably help the Cubs next year (Colome being one). An AL team works best where he can spend a little time playing DH.
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Henrik Zetterberg posted:No matter how much I despise foul-territory bullpens, this is great. Why don't you like them?
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LeftistMuslimObama posted:its sad that the san fransicso giants will be the last NL team to respect the good and correct position of bullpens. It gave us wonderful moments this year, such as...  And that's about it. Also that one time Casilla caught a fair ball.
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MLB Offseason N/V - Yup, It's Still Cubs Chat
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Tiny Brontosaurus posted:Why don't you like them? I mean, it's always funny to see people trip over the mounds while trying to field a ball, but I just think they're better when you don't have 15 people on each side that can end up interfering with play inadvertently.
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Anyone doing the FA guessing game this year? I'm itching to be just, like, completely and totally wrong about everything again
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https://twitter.com/MLB/status/795767060735234049 https://twitter.com/MLB/status/795766342401945600 Dave Roberts should win the NL. To be able to make it as far as they did with all their injuries is insane. Also I'd lol pretty hard if either Maddon or Baker got it.
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All I want in life is for a paternity test to reveal Joe Maddon is my real dad but I agree with this
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Fuckin lol that Showalter is up for MotY again. Like, yeah, we outperformed expectations pretty significantly, but I don't know how anyone doesn't pick Francona for the AL award.
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NL Cy Young finalists out: Hendricks, Lester, Scherzer. Go Professor, even if I'm 100% convinced Max is going to pick it up.
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Yeah it's gonna be Scherzer. If Hendricks didn't give up 4 ER in his last start and kept his ERA under 2.00, he'd have it.
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The NL awards should probably go to Roberts, Scherzer, and ??? I want Bryant to win and he does have a good case but last I checked murphy was possessed by the spirit of Ted Williams
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Kevlar v2.0 posted:Yeah it's gonna be Scherzer. If Hendricks didn't give up 4 ER in his last start and kept his ERA under 2.00, he'd have it. Even then, Scherzer leads both in IP, WHIP, K's, and is the only 20 win pitcher in the NL. A sub two ERA may not have been enough to be honest. Scherzer's only blemish is a 2.98 ERA.
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Going to the NLCS won't have any bearing on the result. Ballots have to be submitted before the first game of the postseason in order to count.
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Poque posted:Betts/Trout/Altuve for AL MVP Yay Mookie  Yay Porcello
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Der Meister posted:Wow. Verlander is back. I told you guys this last year but nobody paid attention.
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Bryant will win NLMVP and it won't be close even though it probably should be Dave Roberts deserves MOTY for how far he pushed the Dodgers in the regular season As far as Cy Young I give it to the Professor because gently caress it I'm a homer
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MLB trade rumours pegs the Jays as getting Bautista and Kendrys Morales, which sounds Okay To Me, but I kind of doubt it considering it runs contrary to Ross Atkins' whole "Speed, Versatility, and Platoon Advantages" plan. That sounds like Reddick or Fowler, to me. Edit: I forgot Morales is a switch hitter which makes more sense for that. Chexoid fucked around with this message at 01:47 on Nov 8, 2016 |
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CubsWoo posted:Bryant will win NLMVP and it won't be close even though it probably should be I agree with all of these, including Hendricks. What he did this season was imo more impressive since he dragged himself up from barely a 5th starter to an inarguable ace by adding a new pitch, making adjustments to his sequencing, refining his control, and changing his mechanics to make all four of his pitches look identical out of the hand. It's not as flashy or well highlighted as K's or IP, but Hendricks transformed himself into an ace and he did it without ever having to touch his velocity. I don't think the voters are going to see it quite the same way, but hey. Timby posted:Going to the NLCS won't have any bearing on the result. Ballots have to be submitted before the first game of the postseason in order to count. I know it doesn't affect voting, I was just saying it as an example of how well he did. Even without the post season run Roberts stole the NL West out from under the Giants by keeping an injured team consistent while the Giants were in free fall.
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I'm a bit glad that we aren't going to have a Heroic Posthumous Jose Fernandez Cy Young Award even though he absolutely should be in contention
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Der Meister posted:Wow. Verlander is back. He's been back for a while. Time to trade him to Boston/Chicago/LA though 
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Poque posted:I'm a bit glad that we aren't going to have a Heroic Posthumous Jose Fernandez Cy Young Award even though he absolutely should be in contention I don't know, having him get the votes during the swelling up of good feelings about him then having someone accept the award after the toxicology reports came out would have made for interesting television
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CubsWoo posted:Man this alternate timeline stuff is creepy The beard is what turned everything around for him. 
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CubsWoo posted:Man this alternate timeline stuff is creepy I guess someone in the truck found out a way to put Chip Caray's mute button on.
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Carlosologist posted:AL MVP: Betts this but fulmer
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FlamingLiberal posted:I'm really confused why the Nats didn't offer Wilson Ramos a QO. Did they really think he would take that? I'm assuming it has something to do with them trying to negotiate some other terms, or maybe that partial no-trade clause that comes with it. A big part is the knee injury and surgery, so his post-rehab performance (and the timeline itself) is a huge question mark. Oh yeah, the fact that this is the second time he's injured & had surgery on his right ACL is another red flag. CubsWoo posted:Man this alternate timeline stuff is creepy Oh wow, I just noticed the Heyward cameo!
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