Everyone likes winning.
But I'll be captain obvious: it's a 162 game season, 9 innings in a game and 27 outs. Pretty irrational to call a pitcher a POS if they give a solo HR in the 1st inning. And the Cubs were still up 2-1.
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But I'll be captain obvious: it's a 162 game season, 9 innings in a game and 27 outs. Pretty irrational to call a pitcher a POS if they give a solo HR in the 1st inning. And the Cubs were still up 2-1.
Every week I will check the thread, see doom and gloom about the ongoing game, and then browse over to the gamecast and the Cubs are winning. It’s madness. Great baseball teams lose 40% of the time.
I pay attention to pretty much every game but I don't live and die with every at bat. I don't know how some people on here keep their sanity through a 162 game season.
Gotta give Brown a lot of credit today. Probably could have easily went another inning but I understand the thought of wanting to get him out with a successful outing. Horton’s last two starts have lowered his ERA significantly. Honestly if we only add one starter I can see both remaining in the rotation with Rea on standby. But then again with Taillon and Assad throwing at Iowa this week who knows. Maybe we actually do go to a six man rotation for a month or so.
We have a lot of guys that handle heat. We’ve actually done better than most against Skenes other than his debut.
My prediction this morning for the deadline doesn't change too much.
Cabrera
Iglesias
I'm going to keep Castro, but I'm thinking the Suarez asking price has dropped a bit.
And then a new name I'm adding to kind of replace my Soto prediction - Jake Bird from the Rockies. He should be really cheap but would be a bullpen upgrade.
Cabrera
Iglesias
I'm going to keep Castro, but I'm thinking the Suarez asking price has dropped a bit.
And then a new name I'm adding to kind of replace my Soto prediction - Jake Bird from the Rockies. He should be really cheap but would be a bullpen upgrade.
I saw Caissie or Alcantara plus Brown or Wicks for Cabrera. If we could do Alcantara and Wicks then add Traintos for Castro we’d be living large.
Another name that could be a fun one to watch - Shane Bieber.
Has looked elite in his rehab outings (17.2 K/9, 1.2 BB/9, 0.682 WHIP) and I would guess is ready within the next 2 weeks for MLB.
He has a $16M player option with a $4M buyout next year, and I'd guess the Guardians would like to avoid paying that. I would guess if there were a trade here, the cost would be very, very cheap.
Has looked elite in his rehab outings (17.2 K/9, 1.2 BB/9, 0.682 WHIP) and I would guess is ready within the next 2 weeks for MLB.
He has a $16M player option with a $4M buyout next year, and I'd guess the Guardians would like to avoid paying that. I would guess if there were a trade here, the cost would be very, very cheap.
I think I'm Suarez or bust at 3B at this point. Go get the best or ride with Shaw while upgrading the pitching staff.
I'll be there doing my part tomorrow night and Wednesday. Never been to a game at Wrigley North but excited to see all the hype.
I need a trade to happen soon. Even if it's not the Cubs, let's get some more dominos falling
I'm leaning to keep Shaw and upgrade the bench instead--along with adding a couple of pitchers of course. Shaw is fine sitting in the 9 spot in the lineup. His defense is solid, he runs well, he'll eventually hit. The Cubs don't need 9 monster hitters in their lineup to score tons of runs, honestly, they just don't. And Shaw is looking better at the plate anyway, let's go with that and get a decent IF backup guy instead.
He would be an intriguing option as long as what the Cubs send is minimal. We kinda need a starter sooner than later and with the player option he has he's a even more of a shorter rental at this point. If you knew he would pick up his option it would be easier to justify what you send in return.
Knowing how Hoyer operates I'd be surprised to see any deals early this week. Seems like the front office tends to drag out negotiations to the last minute a lot of times and we've seen that even when we have been sellers too.
