I take it you see our position for annoyimg troll is vacant now that Bode is gone and you want to fill it. You're off to a good start!
MLB: ***Official Cubs Offseason Thread***
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I take it you see our position for annoyimg troll is vacant now that Bode is gone and you want to fill it. You're off to a good start!
Going to have to find a way to offload him so we can bring in Bryce next winter.
Did anyone have an issue with bode spamming them with dislikes and disagrees? If so, definitely bode-like.
360 gave me 5+ last week. I don't think he's realized that dislikes and disagrees now equate to positive ratings.
Geez its f'ing spring training folks. This is where guys knock off the rust and get into game shape so especially with experienced pitchers I don't read too much into spring training stats. If spring training stats were everything then Mike Freeman is going to be the starting SS and Mark Zagunis and Efren Navarro may be starting along with him. None of those 3 guy will break camp with the big league team barring an injury to someone ahead of them.
Heyward is what he is at this point and 13 AB isn't a huge sample size either. Just have to hope he one day figures it out at the plate because we're probably stuck with him for the remainder of his contract. He's due 20+ million a year through 2024 and has an option after this season which no way in hell is he opting out of that because he won't get anywhere near that now on the market.
Heyward is what he is at this point and 13 AB isn't a huge sample size either. Just have to hope he one day figures it out at the plate because we're probably stuck with him for the remainder of his contract. He's due 20+ million a year through 2024 and has an option after this season which no way in hell is he opting out of that because he won't get anywhere near that now on the market.
The guy gave the speech during the WS rain delay that rallied the team.
He's worth the cash even if he sits the bench.
That's not what I'm talking about. On two separate occasions one week he gave me over twenty in the span of 2 minutes and about 30 in the span of 2 minutes. And it was several posters, not just me. He was literally opening people's posting history and systematically disagreeing or disliking every single post.
Whenever playing in an AL park just bat the pitcher and have the DH bat for him.
I jest. Yes he struggles, but man, that defense.
Yes, I know. It's really too bad though. Think of the possibilities with a good pitcher who is solid with the bat in his hands.
I'm not a fan of the DH rule, but I don't want to start that argument.
As a Cubs fan, I would give my left nut for the DH. Its the perfect spot for Schwarber.
This is a good read: http://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/...maddon-infamous-world-series-bullpen-decision
Maddon was very fortunate that they wound up winning the World Series because he would have faced a lot of anger for his use of Chapman in games 6 and 7 that would have cost them. I get it, in game 6 it's win or there is no game 7. It was just stupid to leave him in up 9-2 in the 9th though, for heaven's sake you'd think someone or some combo in the bullpen would surely would not blow a 7 run lead and get you 3 outs . Chapman didn't have his top stuff in game 7 because he had thrown 42 pitches in game 5 and 20 more in game 6 and really was just gassed after Maddon used him heavily in the playoffs especially when he had to go more than 1 inning.
In the end I'm glad they won the whole thing and we didn't have to wonder "what if" on how he managed Chapman but I remember at the time the games were going on wondering if Maddon had lost his mind. Makes you wonder too if that team hadn't won it all would the Cubs have paid up to keep Chapman and Fowler and go all-in again in 2017 after coming that close? Even with those 2 guys last year I don't think they would have made it back to the World Series knowing what we know now. Starting pitching had depth issues with injuries along with inconsistency both with the pitching and hitting that I don't think those 2 guys would have been enough to overcome it. But then again that team might have been more hungry than they were coming off a championship too
Maddon was very fortunate that they wound up winning the World Series because he would have faced a lot of anger for his use of Chapman in games 6 and 7 that would have cost them. I get it, in game 6 it's win or there is no game 7. It was just stupid to leave him in up 9-2 in the 9th though, for heaven's sake you'd think someone or some combo in the bullpen would surely would not blow a 7 run lead and get you 3 outs . Chapman didn't have his top stuff in game 7 because he had thrown 42 pitches in game 5 and 20 more in game 6 and really was just gassed after Maddon used him heavily in the playoffs especially when he had to go more than 1 inning.
In the end I'm glad they won the whole thing and we didn't have to wonder "what if" on how he managed Chapman but I remember at the time the games were going on wondering if Maddon had lost his mind. Makes you wonder too if that team hadn't won it all would the Cubs have paid up to keep Chapman and Fowler and go all-in again in 2017 after coming that close? Even with those 2 guys last year I don't think they would have made it back to the World Series knowing what we know now. Starting pitching had depth issues with injuries along with inconsistency both with the pitching and hitting that I don't think those 2 guys would have been enough to overcome it. But then again that team might have been more hungry than they were coming off a championship too
His bullpen management in that series was ******* atrocious. But we won so all is well.
He needed one more guy he could really trust and he didn't have it.
Remember, Strop got hurt in September and wasn't the same, Rondon was a tire fire at that point. He had Chapman, Montgomery, CJ and tiny bits of Justin Grimm and Travis Wood. That was it.
His mistake in Game 7 was getting Lester up too soon. He needed to let Hendricks go 6, let Lester take the 7th and 8th and then 1 inning from Chapman. By pulling Hendricks too early, he lost his bridge all the way to Chapman and needed Chapman to get more than 3 outs.
Remember, Strop got hurt in September and wasn't the same, Rondon was a tire fire at that point. He had Chapman, Montgomery, CJ and tiny bits of Justin Grimm and Travis Wood. That was it.
His mistake in Game 7 was getting Lester up too soon. He needed to let Hendricks go 6, let Lester take the 7th and 8th and then 1 inning from Chapman. By pulling Hendricks too early, he lost his bridge all the way to Chapman and needed Chapman to get more than 3 outs.
