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Kevlar v2.0 posted:I'm pretty sure Poque knows the exact answer to this question and I'm also pretty sure he's not allowed to tell us. I feel like the Cubs are probably an outlier in this test case
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Kevlar v2.0 posted:I'm pretty sure Poque knows the exact answer to this question and I'm also pretty sure he's not allowed to tell us. Drug and/or otherwise coerce him for us, please.
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Inspector_666 posted:The Cubs aren't going to trade Schwarber because nobody possibly thinks as highly of him as the Cubs/their fans do. If the Cubs make a trade, it should be with Russell. He has the most value outside of Baez and the loss wouldn't hurt them that much.
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Kevlar v2.0 posted:I'm pretty sure Poque knows the exact answer to this question and I'm also pretty sure he's not allowed to tell us. 
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Sammy Sosa is having fun in London. No issues hailing cabs either.
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Niwrad posted:Sammy Sosa is having fun in London. No issues hailing cabs either. Oh my god.
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Pancakes posted:Tell me they already had a draft of Heyward’s speech for Lester’s review and then maybe I’ll be impressed. The pitch to Lester also had him pitching in Game 7 of the World Series (though they said against the Yankees).
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mcmagic posted:Oh my god. 
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I actually had a sneak peak at the Cubs finances when I hacked into their computer system (the password is Campana123).
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Is that actually a picture of Sammy Sosa?
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bump_fn posted:boston strong except in the post season I remember in 2013 a bunch of third party shirt companies ate a lot of poo poo for making Blackhawks-based "Chicago Stronger" shirts
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Sab0921 posted:Is that actually a picture of Sammy Sosa? Yeah. Dude has vitiligo something fierce, I think he's looked like that since 2010ish?
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Niwrad posted:Sammy Sosa is having fun in London. No issues hailing cabs either. Bela Lugosi's looking pretty good for a guy who's been dead 50 years.
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Timby posted:Yeah. Dude has vitiligo something fierce, I think he's looked like that since 2010ish? He's also said that he uses skin bleaching cream on a daily basis, and has done so since 2009
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Niwrad posted:If the Cubs make a trade, it should be with Russell. He has the most value outside of Baez and the loss wouldn't hurt them that much. Much as I love Javy and loathe Russell, is Javy a higher value trade chip than Russell? I honestly don't know; I don't follow the Cubs' individual players as closely as I should considering that they're the main divisional rival. Grittybeard posted:Bela Lugosi's looking pretty good for a guy who's been dead 50 years. gently caress, now I have the beginning of "The Hunger" stuck in my head.
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Pancakes posted:Much as I love Javy and loathe Russell, is Javy a higher value trade chip than Russell? I honestly don't know; I don't follow the Cubs' individual players as closely as I should considering that they're the main divisional rival. I don't think so, but people here are still really bullish on the possibility of Javy's bat turning around for some reason. Right now they strike me as having similar all-glove / no-bat profiles. (I'm sorry, but Javy's .317 OBP last year is just loving inexcusable. Russell at least had the excuse of his personal life falling to poo poo.)
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I like watching Javy more. Almost entirely defensively. Offensively, he still can't process that slider low and away should mean don't swing. Russell is definitely worth more. More consistent, so he's much more predictable.
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Wasn't the conclusion to this debate last time it went something like "What teams would significantly upgrade at SS with either guy?"
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e. ^^^Javy could presumably upgrade a lot of teams simply by virtue of his positional versatility. Russell is harder to pin down because we are in the age of the SS and almost every team has a fantastic one. Pancakes posted:Much as I love Javy and loathe Russell, is Javy a higher value trade chip than Russell? I honestly don't know; I don't follow the Cubs' individual players as closely as I should considering that they're the main divisional rival. Javy has all the tools to be a perennial all-star except for the fact that he can't stop chasing terrible pitches out of the zone. The thing is though he never will stop chasing terrible pitches out of the zone, but GM's and baseball pundits will salivate through his entire career over the what might be if he somehow managed to obtain even the league average pitch recognition that could unlock that potential. Russell meanwhile has a theoretically lower ceiling but a way higher floor. He has actual plate discipline and fair amount of pop in his own right, in addition to being an incredible defensive SS. Basically what I'm saying is that I think it depends on the GM. If they're the type to be blinded by Javy's ceiling and deluded enough to think their organization will be the one to teach him how to lay off sliders, then Javy is probably worth more. But I imagine for the bulk of potential trade partners, Russell would be considered more valuable. Sydin fucked around with this message at 02:39 on Nov 11, 2017 |
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Grittybeard posted:Bela Lugosi's looking pretty good for a guy who's been dead 50 years. was beaten to the lugosi reference
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Javy is gold glove caliber at multiple positions and can hit 30 plus homers. Not a lot of guys capable of that at 24.
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I don't think anyone would knock that Baez is a talented player with more upside. Where it gets complicated is when you try and find a return value that makes sense for both sides. Schwarber's another good example of that. Lots of teams would happily trade for Schwarber if the Cubs were just trying to unload him. But it will be a lot harder if the Cubs go looking for "fair value" that helps them. Same with Baez. There's tons of teams who I'm sure would love to have him. But what are you looking for in return and what team do you think would give that up?
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Niwrad posted:can hit 30 plus homers. He should probably hit a few more before anyone makes this claim.
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New Concept Hole posted:Kinda shocking seeing as he had only 2 home runs after June and played 30 games at first base On that note, congrats to AT&T Park for once again being the hardest place in baseball to hit a home run. Four years in a row and 6 of the last 7! http://www.espn.com/mlb/stats/parkfactor/_/sort/HRFactor
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If he wants to match up with his weirdo counterpart in the NHL Sidney Crosby he's gonna need to take an $11M per year salary
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ESPN has an article out saying Boston is interested in or should trade for Stanton. I don't know how realistic that is, but Stanton in Fenway would be pretty hilarious.
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DoctaFun posted:ESPN has an article out saying Boston is interested in or should trade for Stanton. I don't know how realistic that is, but Stanton in Fenway would be pretty hilarious. I imagine that if Jeets really is under orders to cut payroll, then every team in the league should be interested in Stanton.
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Mike_V posted:If he wants to match up with his weirdo counterpart in the NHL Sidney Crosby he's gonna need to take an $11M per year salary Otani also needs to contract the mumps so he looks like more of a goofball during interviews.
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Paul DeJong is a physics and biochem nerd and is spending the offseason doing SCIENCE that kinda owns http://newyork.cbslocal.com/2017/11/09/cardinals-dejong-rocks-baseball-heat/
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Tom Gorman posted:Paul DeJong is a physics and biochem nerd and is spending the offseason doing SCIENCE gently caress am i a cards fan now
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bump_fn posted:gently caress am i a cards fan now The problem with the Cardinals franchise has never been the players imo.
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Seems like Baby Vlad hasn't quite learned how to slide yet. https://twitter.com/VicBaezS/status/929467445466882048
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Someone made a video of all 22 of the Giants' blown saves in 2017 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tn0VndklCI4 Cruel, but funny.
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