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| Shohei Ohtani |
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50 | 59.52% |
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19 | 22.62% |
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15 | 17.86% |
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one thing i think the cubs should try to do this offseason is acquire really good baseball players, that would be cool. also sign willson you cheap bastards! in all seriousness, i am surprised at how much i got into this hopeless season, partly because i am old and boring now and partly because tickets were really cheap on the secondary market once school started again, but the little post-all star game surge was a lot of fun and there are some really fun young players on this team and they may be closer than we think. i also think that it made me on board with Ross, say what you will about the Cubs but they were basically a AAA team most of the season and were busting their asses.
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Oct 6, 2022 02:42
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FlamingLiberal posted:I assume that players like Brenden Davis and Pete Crow-Armstrong will probably be starting for the Cubs by midseason at the latest Davis probably, although he was injured almost all season and so will probably start in AAA. PCA is still in Single A, so I'd be shocked if he makes it. The guys most likely to come up are Matt Mervis, a left-handed 1B who destroyed AA/AAA pitching all year and I think will have a shot since the Cubs have a gaping hole at 1B (RIP Frank). Alexander Canario might also get a shot next year. The interesting thing to be will seeing what the rotation looks like. The only givens next year are Stroman and Steele. Who knows what is going on with Kyle Hendricks who has not been very good for the past couple of years, but looks much better as 4/5 guy than as a 1/2, but if the Cubs move him I will be crushed. Weneski looked really good in 6 starts and will probably get a shot, but who knows how he'll hold up. Ideally they spend money on an actual starter instead of relying on reclamation guys/AAAA guys, like Adrian Sampson has been fine for the 2022 Cubs but I don't know if I need him making 15 starts if the team is actually trying to do anything. The only definite starters in the field are Seiya and Nico. Probably Madrigal too, although with all of the talk about the Cubs going after a stud shortstop, it's hard to see where he plays since he can only play second. I'm guessing Wisdom sticks around at least as a bench guy. I'm guessing Happ will also start on the team and then go through the Trade Deadline Ovation Hell again, but he's a good player and his trade value is probably not going to be higher now. They will also need to bring in a catcher since their only internal option is constantly in traction and I will be annoyed if they roll with a 45 year old Gomes/PJ Higgins catcher rotation, that is not serious. Morel is definitely starting as a utility guy or center fielder until Davis comes up. Two seasons of this poo poo is enough. The Cubs have a lot of holes to fill and it's time for them to shell out, if not for superstars, at least for some credible major league guys. We're still a couple years away from PCA/Alcantara and the big time 'spects to come up assuming they don't get injured or plateau.
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Oct 6, 2022 03:05
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Sydin posted:Also the Cubs for the first time in like a loving decade and a half have shitloads of upper-minors pitching depth both for the pen and the rotation and they also drafted roughly a quintillion pitchers in the draft this year so it's entirely possible they trade some of their arms for an actual bonafide ace or AS-caliber bat. it is funny that they are also eager to get rid of the two literal all-star bats in their lineup.
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Oct 6, 2022 03:13
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for the cubsposters, assuming the ricketts family actually ponies up as all the rumors say, which shortstop would you want?
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Oct 6, 2022 04:03
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Kevlar v2.0 posted:Looking at a list of free agents, there are pretty slim pickings in the 1B and 3B positions, where the Cubs need the most help. Arenado isn't going to opt out of his contract, but it seems likely Rizzo will. Yankees might slap a QO on him in response. jesus christ that list of non-Willson catchers.
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Oct 6, 2022 04:10
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royals shitcanned mike matheny.
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Oct 6, 2022 04:17
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Poque posted:Turner if you get him to play some CF. Correa (I know) if you can get him to play some 3B Rodon would be cool but there's no way that the Chicago Cubs Big Money Free Agent version of Carlos Rodon does not get instantly put on the Mark Prior Towel Drill program. Cubs signing quintana as a FA would be a certified "big old lmao" from me.
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Oct 6, 2022 04:43
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Mustached Demon posted:Cubs should first, above all else, give Wilson Contreras lots of money. I agree because he is by far the best catcher the Cubs could acquire at a position where it is very difficult to find that kind of offensive production and it would be incredibly funny for him to end up a cub after making like 15 different tearful goodbye statements during this season.
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Oct 6, 2022 05:39
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Ok, fine. I will read the joe maddon book when it comes out.
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Oct 7, 2022 00:08
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i don't want to be rude but if a team i root for lost like the jays did today i would become a batman villain.
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Oct 9, 2022 02:32
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The cardinals will sign a guy out of indy ball named like "spunk" jarfis who will hit .283/.367/.469.
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Oct 10, 2022 00:14
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SI has an excerpt of the Joe Maddon book that I will definitely get from the library and read so I can post about it about the Mohawk Incident and how Old Man Joe has had enough of those POINTY HEADS in the front office. https://www.si.com/mlb/2022/10/06/joe-maddon-tom-verducci-book-excerpt
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Oct 11, 2022 04:37
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THROW ME A FASTBALL BRO. YOU COWARD STRIKING ME OUT WITH CURVEBALLS. THROW A FASTBALL.
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Oct 13, 2022 20:07
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It's just a really funny thing to yell at a pitcher.
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Oct 13, 2022 20:13
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They should just be the barves instead of the chop they can make barving noises.
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Oct 15, 2022 22:33
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Ammat The Ankh posted:every time I see a Dodgers season it's like “the team had three separate 28-game win streaks en route to a 137-25 season while the lineup did something that hasn't been done since ‘The Massacre Men’ of the 1886 Allentown Boatswains, as Los Angeles lost in the NLDS 3-1”
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Oct 16, 2022 06:57
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Ammat The Ankh posted:This might be the Dodger-est season of them all. we didn't get a postseason kershaw meltdown though
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Oct 16, 2022 07:20
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it's a poo poo format if the team you root for is really good.
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Oct 16, 2022 07:22
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Waiting in my library copy of Book of Joe.
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Oct 19, 2022 18:36
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https://twitter.com/CST_soxvan/status/1583535729707483136?s=20&t=c3V1F_HcZLqf4lvab4zgHw
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Oct 21, 2022 20:15
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As a disinterested party who gets Chicago sports news i say do it, as a bit.
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Oct 22, 2022 00:12
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Kevlar v2.0 posted:Marquee still isn't available on YouTube TV It is available on something called "fubo."
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Oct 22, 2022 16:36
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welcome to the world famous New York Yankees. Their season might be over but guess who doesn't know that, millions of Europeans wearing yankee hats where every day is a world series.
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Oct 24, 2022 05:31
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There is no such thing as building a world series roster, there is building a playoff roster and then hoping for the best, the playoffs are completely random.
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Oct 26, 2022 18:48
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mcmagic posted:So the reason the Yankees keep losing to the same teams in the playoffs the same way is just pure luck? That reeks of bullshit. Yes
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Oct 26, 2022 18:52
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Maybe you'll get em next year!
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Oct 26, 2022 18:53
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The only factor that is more important than luck in the playoffs is Rousing Rain Delay Speeches.
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Oct 26, 2022 19:20
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https://twitter.com/SFGiants/status/1585331122652659712?s=20&t=u7UmPYmidN1NvSEtMco7iA
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Oct 26, 2022 19:23
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tony come home
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Nov 5, 2022 18:02
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blah blah blah
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Nov 5, 2022 20:40
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it's hot stove season let's talk about the fukkin Cubs
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Nov 6, 2022 06:09
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I heard the Cubs are signing 2001Barry bonds except he's on more roids.
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Nov 6, 2022 06:11
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FlamingLiberal posted:The Veterans’ Committee run for the ‘steroid players’ has begun WHERE IS SAMMY?????????????
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Nov 7, 2022 19:50
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Apparently both FOs agreed on a Willson for Urquidy deal with the Astros, but Astros ownership said no.
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Nov 8, 2022 17:42
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If Willie signs with the Cardinals, Hoyer should be arrested.
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Nov 8, 2022 23:38
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Kilometers Davis posted:He’s gonna look awesome in a Cardinals jersey mods??????????????????????
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Nov 9, 2022 03:37
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i am pretty sure that willson on the astros would have led to the most insane posting humanly possible in SAS and 80% of it would be my fault.
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Nov 9, 2022 04:31
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I remain baffled why the Cubs' FO never considered extending Willie and seemed to want him gone for years. It's incredibly hard to find a catcher that can hit even a little!
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Nov 9, 2022 17:34
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bawfuls posted:speaking of post-election baseball things Lol I don't trust a single twitter account right now. Head on a swivel for Hot Stove Season, buddies!
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Nov 9, 2022 21:18
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Forrest on Fire posted:They need the role filled now that Heyward's gone Heyward is not even old, he was washed at like age 27.
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Nov 10, 2022 19:48
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