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tadashi posted:Teams must really not like Joey Bats if they're not willing to give him at least a couple years at the qualifying offer AAV. I get the age and drop off in production last year but these kinds of hitters don't grow on trees. He's still 6th in OF WRC+ over the last 2 seasons eve with the good but not amazing 2016 factored in. He's apparently turning down more money from elsewhere. Though I wouldn't be surprised if he makes that up in endorsements here that he wouldn't get elsewhere.
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Darude - Adam Sandstorm posted:He's apparently turning down more money from elsewhere. Though I wouldn't be surprised if he makes that up in endorsements here that he wouldn't get elsewhere. Maybe he's just afraid of losing his Booster Juice flavour. 
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Tender Bender posted:Smh if you wouldn't attend the Trump White House and tell him off to his face. I would shake Trump's hand then remark on how oddly small it is
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Cubs meeting with Obama, live right now. http://m.cubs.mlb.com/chc/video/v1219193683/live-cubs-visit-the-white-house EDIT: Hendricks is overjoyed to meet Obama 
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Popete posted:Cubs meeting with Obama, live right now. I like Obama but he's a White Sox fan so him hosting the WORLD CHAMPION Chicago Cubs is hilarious.
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Ahaha Obama proposed Theo take over as head of the DNC.
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ThinkTank posted:Maybe he's just afraid of losing his Booster Juice flavour. i eat golden grahams, joey bats' favourite
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Popete posted:Ahaha Obama proposed Theo take over as head of the DNC. To be fair if there's one thing the dems really need right now it's to find some young talent.
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jd's pizza endorsement is much better than joey's, the josh donaldson special of bacon chicken and hot peppers is my jam
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ThinkTank posted:Maybe he's just afraid of losing his Booster Juice flavour. Someone post the video of him smashing fruit with his bat.
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The Walrus posted:jd's pizza endorsement is much better than joey's, the josh donaldson special of bacon chicken and hot peppers is my jam The best thing about Donaldson's Pizza Nova deal is the promotional photo they went with because he's doing the "unsettling fan approached me in public and demanded a selfie" pose for some reason. 
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I became a power hitter in my late 20's and you can too! *holds up bottle of Booster Juice to the camera*
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Popete posted:EDIT: Hendricks is overjoyed to meet Obama Hendricks always looks like he's on the verge of snapping and murdering everyone in sight.
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https://twitter.com/Ken_Rosenthal/status/821076920435609600 Their lineup could actually look not completely terrible this year, which is something. I guess something to the effect of: CF - Odubel Herrera 2B - Cesar Hernandez RF - Michael Saunders 3B - Maikel Franco 1B - Tommy Joseph LF - Howie Kendrick C - Cameron Rupp SS - Freddy Galvis P That isn't great, but it's a hell of a lot better than it was. With a shitload of prospects coming up soon this team could actually be good in a couple years.
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Happy Birthday to Albert Pujols, he turns 37 today. The Angels still owe him $150 million.
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This is also his like 3rd or 4th offseason surgery on his knee/foot that will make him miss either spring training or not be ready for opening day. 
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Timby posted:Hendricks always looks like he's on the verge of snapping and murdering everyone in sight.
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KIM JONG TRILL posted:Happy Birthday to Albert Pujols, he turns 37 today.  So happy the Cardinals didn't pay him.
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The Walrus posted:jd's pizza endorsement is much better than joey's, the josh donaldson special of bacon chicken and hot peppers is my jam pizza nova is way better than pizza pizza in general
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KIM JONG TRILL posted:Happy Birthday to Albert Pujols, he turns 37 today. mother of god
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I thought I remembered him being pretty much himself for the first few years of his Angels contract but man he really did fall off a cliff and in a hurry. Still a good hitter, but nowhere near what they thought they were paying for. He only slugged over .500 for the first year of his deal after slugging over .600 for 7 of his first 11 seasons and never once had an OBP over .350 after having a .420 career OBP to that point
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Really hope the Jays re-sign Joey Bats. It would make the season a little more bearable to watch without EE. I agree with whomever said he might have a bounce back year.
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https://robaseball.com/pitchers-in-the-outfield-an-insane-strategy-that-just-might-work-a43174e9788a#.6dbq98kqt An interesting take on the occasional Cub strategy of putting a second pitcher in the OF - what if an NL team did it full time? The calculations were done according to the following rules: - Starting pitcher hits 8th and is of opposite handedness to the opposing leadoff hitter, if switch hitter use best pitcher available - Secondary pitcher hits 9th, pitches with the opposite hand of the starter, and is placed in a corner outfield spot depending on the handedness of the batters and where they're least likely to hit the ball - When the 8 and 9 spots come up, pinch hit for whichever pitcher has faced more batters and replace with a like-handed pitcher. Assuming league average pitching, hitting, and pinch hitting, a team using this strategy would expect to be about .010 behind a 'traditional' team in their wOBA, or an expected loss of 51 runs over a season. However, having the platoon advantage against every non-switch hitter leads to an expected opponent wOBA about .016 below normal, or an expected loss of 82 runs over a season. This doesn't count defensive metrics, but as long as your pitcher/corner OF doesn't perform more than 31 runs below average across the entire season (and remember, you're putting the pitcher in the OF spot least likely to be hit to) the expectation would be that the strategy would be a net positive. quote:That means your pitching staff can be two runs worse than JD Martinez, the worst corner outfielder by DRS, and you’d still have gained one run throughout the process. It would almost require a pitching staff made nearly entirely of long relief type guys who can go 2 or 3 innings every few days, but I'd love to see someone try it. CubsWoo fucked around with this message at 23:33 on Jan 16, 2017 |
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Soul Glo posted:
True, but every time I see him mash a dinger I remember the good times. Let's reminisce. https://youtube.com/watch?v=Bb6olxr1wkQ https://youtube.com/watch?v=lsEuTYbDRwE https://youtube.com/watch?v=x4ptxMSM8Pc
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SourKraut posted:Or he's still pissed that Maddon pulled him out of Game 7 when he'd only given up one run... Hell, I'M still pissed about that. Not TOO pissed as we won, mind you. But it was a dumbass move.
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Are you loving kidding me.
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seems like bautista is back with the jays for 40 mil for 1 year (????!!)
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The Walrus posted:seems like bautista is back with the jays for 40 mil for 1 year (????!!) 1 year with an option, for a total of 40 million.
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Pancakes posted:True, but every time I see him mash a dinger I remember the good times. Let's reminisce. Oh yeah, he owned for a good long while. It was fun getting up to St. Louis for some games and eating dinner the first night and seeing everybody in the place stop what they were doing: customers, busboys, servers, everybody just stopping and watching the tv's when he would come up to bat because no one wanted to miss him crank one into the stands. e: Oh wow Joey got paid
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Darude - Adam Sandstorm posted:Are you loving kidding me. If you're referring to me, then no, I'm not.
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How mad are you on a scale of one to Gleyber?
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The Chicago Cubs won the World Series, but ironically
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Imagine how many world series we'd win if Joe Maddon wasn't bringing this team down
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Poque posted:Imagine how many world series we'd win if Joe Maddon wasn't bringing this team down If they didn't pull The Professor so early, 2016 would have counted for 1.5 WS championships. At least.
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I think you'll find that Maddon is the reason the Cubs were tied with the Cardinals and back in the playoffs
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I still think about it. As it was a severe mismanagement. But it's humorous now. I laugh when I think about it. Though if I had to bet it's probably one of those things that will back come up when Maddon makes another big mistake, or questionable decision in a key moment in the playoffs or WS.
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Hell, I'm still a bit irate/baffled at Francona for putting Pedro in during Game 7 of the 2004 ALCS
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It sounds like the Rays do have a bid in on Bautista if the Toronto deal falls through. I do like their plucky never give up attitude. They were roughly a .500 team by 3rd order wins last year and it's clear they understand they don't suck as badly as their record indicated.
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That's right. I forgot that the Cubs are completely infallible because they won the WS and will never do anything wrong again ever and every decision they've ever made is perfect. My bad.
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howe_sam posted:Hell, I'm still a bit irate/baffled at Francona for putting Pedro in during Game 7 of the 2004 ALCS BUT THEY WON 2 WORLD SERIES IT WORKED OUT IT WAS THE PERFECT MOVE AND YOU CANT QUESTION IT ASDLKFJASLDFUJAOISEJFLKASDNFLAKSJDFADSJFLADSJFLKS!!!!!!!!!!!
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