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AWWWWWWWWWWWW SPORTS ARGUMENT STADIUM https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P1mcJxfarZ4 DON'T YOU DARE BE SOUR http://mediadownloads.mlb.com/mlbam/mp4/2016/09/01/1120237683/1472703836935/asset_1200K.mp4 CLAP FOR YOUR REIGNING, DEFENDING, WORLD SERIES CHAMPIONS http://i.imgur.com/e73yY6H.mp4 AND FEEL THE POWER https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g5Z4mamvBHg https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qraVPyZxlTo https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D6YBr9c90J8 That's right, the Chicago Cubs are your World Series Champions. Fueled by youth, crafty managing, and the ability to draw on limitless pessimism from SAS Cubs posters, the Cubs overcame an Indians  and became the first team in MLB history to win a World Series Game 7 that went to extra innings on the road. They brought the trophy back to Wrigley to celebrate its first ever World Series win. Really! If you believe Wikipedia the victory parade was a top 10 gathering of humans in all of recorded history (it probably wasn't!) but was almost definitely the biggest victory parade ever and if you believe Nate Silver that's also why Trump won so depending on your perspective good job Cubbies or gently caress you Cubs. HEY WHY IS THE GAMEDAY THREAD AT 200 POSTS AT 3PM OH OK THE CUBS HAD A DAY GAME https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QwSGLjvk6sE And now, a moment to recognize those that have moved on from the team heading into 2017: CF Dexter Fowler: https://twitter.com/BestFansStLouis/status/834597751665152000 Spent two years with the Cubs, hit the first leadoff HR in Game 7 World Series history and earned every bit of his contract with the Cardinals. Has a wonderful wife and adorable daughter. Does not seem to be a 'good fit' with some of the Cardinal fanbase. I wish him amazing personal success and incredible professional failure. OF/2B Chris Coghlan: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G13dl_uyxZA He went to Oakland, he was bad, he got traded back to the Cubs, he was slightly less bad and also maybe made Tommy La Stella run off to Jersey for almost a month, and now he's with the Phillies. We can't wait to pick him back up in late June for a AA lotto ticket. CL Aroldis Chapman https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fAfatmrNm-4 Acquired in a 4 for 1 deal (including Gleyber Torres who according to some SAS posters is something the team will totally regret even considering the title) the fireballing mercenary was ridden like a government mule by Maddon all playoffs, appearing in 13 of the Cubs 17 games and pitching 15.2 innings. Gave up what everyone in the universe thought was the dagger that ensured the Curse would continue to Rajai Davis in the 8th inning of Game 7, was trotted out for the 9th where he left a dozen sliders hanging to the meat of the Cleveland order, somehow ended up getting a 1-2-3 inning out of sheer luck, and is the winning pitcher of record for Game 7. He is my MVP of the playoffs for the Cubs all things considered, and even taking his off-field issues into account I would have liked to see him back. He also encouraged many SAS posters to give hundreds of dollars to very worthy charities. OF Jorge Soler https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g4diNGvUEzM Signed in 2012, Soler always showed flashes of being an elite hitter with a strong arm, but questionable OF defense and the injury bug hindered him greatly in his 3 years with the team. Traded to the Royals for closer Wade Davis. C David Ross https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eSD6NbBQtu0 Jon Lester's personal catcher. Had an amazing year long retirement party, capped off with a home run in his final AB and was carried off by his teammates mid-interview at the end of the World Series. Retired and has an office position with the Cubs where he goes on dancing shows and tells people how good Raisin Bran Crunch is. SP Jason Hammel  Battled injury all year. Apparently ate a lot of potato chips to avoid cramping. Was not included on any of the postseason rosters and the team declined his option in order to give him a shot at the market. The market didn't like him very much, thinking his elbow issues were worse than the Cubs let on, and eventually signed with the Royals for 2 years, 16 million. RP Travis Wood https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9kFCTeq3B7g Maddon's favorite lefty out of the pen, Wood would be the first relief pitcher to homer in the postseason since 1924. Signed with the Royals as he wanted a chance to start, but recent news says he'll be out of the pen in KC as well. RP Clayton Richard https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IVOqbzOehTU gently caress you. Could break camp with the Padres as their #1 starter. That's all you really need to know about the Padres. And the rest: C Tim Federowicz (Giants) RP Trevor Cahill (Padres) RP Adam Warren (Yankees) RP Joel Peralta (FA/Retired?) RP Neil Ramirez (Giants) SP Brian Matusz (Diamondbacks) RP Joe Nathan (Nationals) RP Joe Smith (Blue Jays) Manager Joe Maddon http://i.imgur.com/XbA66r1.mp4 Trust The Process. Makes weird decisions about pitchers and bunting. Trust The Process. Is only the second manager in Cubs history to win a World Series. Trust The Process. (All projections are via Fangraphs and ZIPS) Catchers Willison Contreras (Projected 2017 WAR: 2.4) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8XbMhQPNI0E Called up midseason and hit a HR in his first at bat. Showed power and a good arm behind the plate. Will be catching Lester this year. Hope for the best. Will also probably play some LF. Miguel Montero (Projected WAR: 0.6) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2SGP-oWvVUE Plated the insurance run that put the Cubs in the lead for good in Game 7. Has a pretty good Twitter account. Otherwise is a backup catcher who will be paid 14 million this year and may have some animus with Maddon about his role. First Base Anthony Rizzo (Projected WAR: 4.8) http://i.imgur.com/LisYgwI.mp4 Had a great year. Switched bats in the playoffs when he needed something lighter due to fatigue. Will hopefully be given more rest this year. Second Base Javier Baez (Projected WAR: 1.9) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Uiq2ORGqoc Baez could be a once in a generation defender. Can play anywhere in the infield and even started learning center field two winters ago. Has pop in his bat but has strikeout problems. Excellent baseball IQ. Shortstop Addison Russell (Projected WAR: 3.2) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hAAUAmRgM7g Another quality infield defender with an average bat and good baseball instincts. Also needs to cut down on the strikeouts. Could be the best defender on many other teams. Third Base Kris Bryant (Projected WAR: 5.8) http://i.imgur.com/DntcSjb.mp4 2015 NL ROTY, 2016 NL MVP. He's pretty ok. Left Field Kyle Schwarber (Projected WAR: 1.5) https://twitter.com/Cubs/status/840200596577640450 Tore his ACL in the third game of the season but was able to rehab it enough to rejoin the team for the World Series after seeing all of two games of Arizona Fall League live pitching. Hit .412 and had an OPS of .971 (POSTSEASON NUMBERS MEAN NOTHING YOU DUMBO) in the biggest games of his life. Has continued to work on his fielding and also wants to continue catching. He is our beefy lad and we love him very much. Center Field Jon Jay (Projected WAR: 0.4) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EfcNIY098Ok Signed to replace Fowler and mentor Albert Almora and Schwarber in the OF and will probably be the opening day starter and transition to a bench role by midsummer. Right Field Jason Heyward (Projected WAR: 2.3) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bg1_CnIFKFI He has a new swing! Is it better? Who loving cares! Heyward is a fantastic defender who debuted his 'hit a ground ball softly to a guy' approach to hitting last year and it didn't work very well. None of that matters because he gave a speech in the weight room during the rain delay and in all honesty he earned his contract with that and that alone. Bench/platoon players: UT Ben Zobrist (Projected WAR: 2.3) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y-BNt1Z59NQ Hit the game-winning double in Game 7. World Series MVP. Potentially the best bench asset in baseball. Will start a lot as well since he can play 2B LF and RF well. OF Albert Almora Jr. (Projected WAR: 1.1) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SMx2oRYryHs Should be starting in CF by midsummer. Another quality young player. And probably either IF Tommy La Stella (0.4) or OF Matt Szczur (0.2), who knows? Starting Pitchers: Jon Lester (Projected 2017 WAR: 4.2) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=957pSmvfDCI Had a decent 2015. Was a Cy Young finalist in 2016. Still can't hold runners or throw to first. Can't hit. Don't care anymore. Jake Arrieta (Projected WAR: 4.0) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4kTA-v6q_L4 2015 Cy Young winner. Regressed a bit in 2016 due to fatigue and issues with his control but still pitched another no-hitter. Was excellent in the World Series. This is his contract year so expect him to try to pitch himself into a 300 million dollar contract. Kyle Hendricks (Projected WAR: 3.6)  https://twitter.com/Cosmis/status/789992856735723520 From 5th starter to Cy Young finalist. Nearly had a sub-2.0 ERA last year. Pitched lights out in the playoffs. Detractors say he only had good results due to the stellar defense behind him. He still has that defense behind him so welp John Lackey (Projected WAR: 2.8) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=myM3bagQ0MI Lackey was a solid #4/#5 starter in the regular season and proved that 'playoff experience' doesn't mean much as he was pretty bad in every round of the postseason. This will probably be his last year in baseball but we're in an age where guys like Colon pitch well into their 40s so who knows? Brett Anderson (Projected WAR: 0.9)  Often injured, Anderson is having a strong spring and projects to be the fifth starter. Has incentives based on staying healthy but nobody's sure how long he'll last. Closer: Wade Davis (Projected WAR: 1.1) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gCgVhlbvBY0 Davis was hurt for a portion of 2016 and he's in the last year of his contract so the Royals traded him to the Cubs for Soler. He can be dominating if he stays healthy. Relief Pitchers: Koji Uehara (Projected WAR: 0.7) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TrVMVCxC7-o In case you're counting, the Cubs have 3 of the last 4 pitchers to record the final out of the World Series on this team. Mike Montgomery (Projected WAR: 0.8) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HOp8w2PgHlM And here's number 3. Can spot start. Carl Edwards Jr. (Projected WAR: 0.4) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LsJgp9zLjs0 Nearly got the save in Game 7. Call him Hardee's if you're cool. Will probably be the setup man/closer of the future. Justin Grimm (Projected WAR: 0.5) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rwb9IaVfSJo Decent if unexciting RHP. Pedro Strop (0.6) and Hector Rondon (0.8) The Cubs former setup/closer battery both battled injury in late 2016 and had their roles shifted dramatically with the introduction of Chapman and now Uehara and Davis. Both will need to settle into being 6th-8th inning relievers. Rob Zastryzny (0.0) or Brian Duensing (0.2) Will probably be used much the same as Travis Wood was the last two years, as a long relief lefty who can spot start if absolutely necessary. The Cubs have lost some pieces from their championship run, but the core is still intact. I think they'll suffer more injuries this year and won't be as dominant, but they still project to be the class of the NL Central and they've shown they can perform when it counts in October and November. And remember, when the Cubs won the title in 1908, it was a repeat... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mIfEX7CA8X8 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hvlvqzsvKzE thank you pear baby CubsWoo fucked around with this message at 14:32 on Mar 29, 2017 |
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