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Poque posted:A $14m backup catcher who can't throw out runners? Well I mean if he is being DFA'd I'd assume that the Cubs would be eating a decent chunk of his salary to be able to move him. I'm used to catchers that can't throw out runners and also can't hit so maybe my frame of reference is skewed.
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Carlosologist posted:Can't say I remember the last time I saw a guy DFAed right after criticizing the team I think Zambrano was dealt away by Theo shortly after he was told the team would give him another chance. My memory could be hazy on that, though.
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Julio Cruz posted:"players who criticize other players are selfish, now let me tell you how our catcher sucks rear end" Yeah that second sentence makes him kind of a hypocrite.
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Jun 28, 2017 18:22
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Drew Smyly is getting TJS, rip
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seiferguy posted:Drew Smyly is getting TJS, rip Well, that was a disaster of a trade, rip Ms rotation.
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Some Numbers posted:Well, that was a disaster of a trade, rip Ms rotation. Well, it's not the end of the season. Jerry could make a trade at the deadline for a starter. With Andrew Moore here, and Iwakuma back soon, the rotation is Felix - Paxton - Miranda - Moore - Gavligo. You'd probably want to replace both Miranda and Gavligo, so Iwakuma replaces one. Get a decent SP in a trade and it's an okay rotation that you can hope will take you to a wild card.
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Some Numbers posted:Well, that was a disaster of a trade, rip Ms rotation. Rays win another trade 
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No surprise to see Rizzo lighting a catcher up
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Julio Cruz posted:"players who criticize other players are selfish, now let me tell you how our catcher sucks rear end" It's only bad if you criticize a teammate publicly, and Montero isn't Rizzo's teammate anymore  You could tell Rizzo was miffed about the La Stella thing last season, but he said "no comment" on it publicly.
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Jeff Nelson complained about the M's not making a move at the 2003 trade deadline and promptly got traded to New York. Not DFAd, but pretty clearly related despite the teams claim.
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Was Montero in DC with the team when he got DFA'd? Did he go to the White House?
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Your Taint posted:Yeah that second sentence makes him kind of a hypocrite. You could argue that but it's pretty common for a 'team/family' mentality. once you go outside the circle you're outside the circle.
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John Wilkes Booth posted:Was Montero in DC with the team when he got DFA'd? Did he go to the White House? They met Trump and got him to say "you're fired" and everybody laughed but then everybody stopped and stared at Miggy until he left
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Kevlar v2.0 posted:You could tell Rizzo was miffed about the La Stella thing last season, but he said "no comment" on it publicly. I'm going to guess the clubhouse is in a slightly less harmonious state this time around, as well. As much as we'd like to believe that clubhouse chemistry breeds a winning team, more often than not it's a winning team that breeds clubhouse chemistry. Things probably were already tense before Montero ran his mouth to the media, so I'm not surprised to see Rizzo venting.
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Poque posted:They met Trump and got him to say "you're fired" and everybody laughed but then everybody stopped and stared at Miggy until he left Well, he is a bad hombre...
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Sydin posted:I'm going to guess the clubhouse is in a slightly less harmonious state this time around, as well. As much as we'd like to believe that clubhouse chemistry breeds a winning team, more often than not it's a winning team that breeds clubhouse chemistry. Things probably were already tense before Montero ran his mouth to the media, so I'm not surprised to see Rizzo venting. And this has also very much been an "if it's not one thing broken, it's another" season, which I imagine tends to create a fair amount of frustration among players.
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https://twitter.com/aawayne/status/880125988612571136 Y'all needs to get y'alls president.
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Baseball is a 20-30 year echo of the NFL. The Cubs won their first World Series in forever last year, about 30 years after the Bears won their Super Bowl, and now are becoming mediocre, while the Brewers are rebuilding with young players replacing their decade of busts and injured vets and will now eternally sustain that sweet, sweet .550 win percentage every season and then lose early to mid-way through the playoffs every year just like the Packers.
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Miggy literally won the world seriesfor the cubs
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ThePeavstenator posted:Baseball is a 20-30 year echo of the NFL. The Cubs won their first World Series in forever last year, about 30 years after the Bears won their Super Bowl, and now are becoming mediocre, while the Brewers are rebuilding with young players replacing their decade of busts and injured vets and will now eternally sustain that sweet, sweet .550 win percentage every season and then lose early to mid-way through the playoffs every year just like the Packers. careful, last time i said something like this someone bought be a lovely avatar
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https://twitter.com/ChrisDeLuca/status/880130038334713856 Well my dad got hisone world series before he died. I hope this team loving continues collapsing.
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yuck, didn't the Cubs already do their White House visit?
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ThePeavstenator posted:Baseball is a 20-30 year echo of the NFL. The Cubs won their first World Series in forever last year, about 30 years after the Bears won their Super Bowl, and now are becoming mediocre, while the Brewers are rebuilding with young players replacing their decade of busts and injured vets and will now eternally sustain that sweet, sweet .550 win percentage every season and then lose early to mid-way through the playoffs every year just like the Packers. You mean after two championships?
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Carlosologist posted:yuck, didn't the Cubs already do their White House visit? Most of them. SOMEBODY conveniently wasn't able to meet with Obama. Because he's a jackass. Whom I hate.
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Sydin posted:As much as we'd like to believe that clubhouse chemistry breeds a winning team, more often than not it's a winning team that breeds clubhouse chemistry.
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Pancakes posted:Most of them. SOMEBODY conveniently wasn't able to meet with Obama. Because he's a jackass. Whom I hate. he didn't meet Trump today, to his credit
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Carlosologist posted:yuck, didn't the Cubs already do their White House visit? They did, but some excuse regarding the WS Trophy being in town was contrived for the Cubs to visit the White House again. Presumably it had something to do with the bulk of the family that owns the Cubs being huge Republican shitheels. 
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Jun 28, 2017 20:32
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Here's to another 108 years. May they be long
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Check out @ManuclearBomb's Tweet: https://twitter.com/ManuclearBomb/status/880128437905747968?s=09 Is Almora giving a sly middle finger? If that's intentional then I'm buying his shirtsey immediately.
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Your Taint posted:Check out @ManuclearBomb's Tweet: https://twitter.com/ManuclearBomb/status/880128437905747968?s=09 Holy poo poo it looks like he is. Ha!
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White House issues press release condemning Al-Mora
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Your Taint posted:Check out @ManuclearBomb's Tweet: https://twitter.com/ManuclearBomb/status/880128437905747968?s=09 I am Almora slyly flipping the President the bird while dressed like I'm about to give a class presentation in HS.
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Sydin posted:I am Almora slyly flipping the President the bird while dressed like I'm about to give a class presentation in HS. Yeah that shirt needs to be taken out back and shot.
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So Montero Responded on ESPN radio to the whole ordeal. Long story short: he regrets the comments he made in the heat of the moment, called Jake to apologize, and doesn't blame the Cubs for deciding to DFA him. Honestly the whole thing is really sad. It can't be easy watching your game and role on the team slip, all while you're getting relentlessly pummeled on by fans and the media, for over a year and a half. I get that this is the second time he's barked to the media now and the organization decided to make a decisive move in response, but it still loving sucks.  I'll probably remember his PH grand slam in the NLCS game one for the rest of my life. The raw emotion of that moment was unreal.
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Sydin posted:So Montero Responded on ESPN radio to the whole ordeal. Long story short: he regrets the comments he made in the heat of the moment, called Jake to apologize, and doesn't blame the Cubs for deciding to DFA him. I yelled so loud my throat still hurts.
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Tyler Flowers is apparently the best pitch framer in the bigs and it's not particularly close. https://twitter.com/mlbbowman/status/880151575888515072
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A bit surprised Roberto Perez isn't on there, but he also doesn't play that often. If only he was a decent hitter.
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Your Taint posted:Did we make a corresponding roster move after the DFA? Is Contreras the only c on the roster at the moment? Caratini is up, maybe he'll lead off.
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