suh_fan93 Posted January 13, 2019 Author Share Posted January 13, 2019 Really don't care until the ink is dry at this point so fwiw. Quote Link to comment
suh_fan93 Posted January 16, 2019 Author Share Posted January 16, 2019 Joe Maddon talks Bryce Harper. Quote Link to comment
BigRedBuster Posted January 17, 2019 Share Posted January 17, 2019 Is there anyone in the Cubs organization that is aware that it's the off season and when top players are signed to teams to try to win a championship? HELLO???? ANYONE????? Quote Link to comment
Husker in WI Posted January 17, 2019 Share Posted January 17, 2019 I know they could technically afford it, but the Cubs have the 2nd highest payroll in the league currently. They also had a team good enough to compete for championship last year, and while obviously Harper/Machado/any other $20+ million a year player make you better, I don't know how much they increase you World Series odds on an already stacked team. They'll be fine. They're also going to have to start paying Bryant and Rizzo more than 13 and 11 million soon, and I don't think you want them to pay Harper if it means they can't pay those 2. Quote Link to comment
wiuhusker Posted January 17, 2019 Share Posted January 17, 2019 1 hour ago, Husker in WI said: I know they could technically afford it, but the Cubs have the 2nd highest payroll in the league currently. They also had a team good enough to compete for championship last year, and while obviously Harper/Machado/any other $20+ million a year player make you better, I don't know how much they increase you World Series odds on an already stacked team. They'll be fine. They're also going to have to start paying Bryant and Rizzo more than 13 and 11 million soon, and I don't think you want them to pay Harper if it means they can't pay those 2. Also throw in Baez who settled for around 11 million in arbitration this year and Contreras in the not so distant future. Being a Cards fan I don't know exactly what their payroll looks like but to me you get a healthy Bryant back Baez plays short I still think Bote is the guy to keep an eye on and Rizzo at 1st. That's a solid infield to me. Then with Schwarber, Almora and Heyward that is a more than serviceble OF with Zobrist being the ultra utility guy. To me the Cubs need to look toward solidifying the rotation and pen. Dravish is an unknown and outside of maybe Edwards and Strop the pen struggled last year. Getting Daivs back should help that big time. 1 Quote Link to comment
suh_fan93 Posted January 18, 2019 Author Share Posted January 18, 2019 7 hours ago, wiuhusker said: Also throw in Baez who settled for around 11 million in arbitration this year and Contreras in the not so distant future. Being a Cards fan I don't know exactly what their payroll looks like but to me you get a healthy Bryant back Baez plays short I still think Bote is the guy to keep an eye on and Rizzo at 1st. That's a solid infield to me. Then with Schwarber, Almora and Heyward that is a more than serviceble OF with Zobrist being the ultra utility guy. To me the Cubs need to look toward solidifying the rotation and pen. Dravish is an unknown and outside of maybe Edwards and Strop the pen struggled last year. Getting Daivs back should help that big time. Well said and couldn't agree more. Quote Link to comment
BigRedBuster Posted January 18, 2019 Share Posted January 18, 2019 19 hours ago, wiuhusker said: Also throw in Baez who settled for around 11 million in arbitration this year and Contreras in the not so distant future. Being a Cards fan I don't know exactly what their payroll looks like but to me you get a healthy Bryant back Baez plays short I still think Bote is the guy to keep an eye on and Rizzo at 1st. That's a solid infield to me. Then with Schwarber, Almora and Heyward that is a more than serviceble OF with Zobrist being the ultra utility guy. To me the Cubs need to look toward solidifying the rotation and pen. Dravish is an unknown and outside of maybe Edwards and Strop the pen struggled last year. Getting Daivs back should help that big time. All very good points. I'm actually more frustrated with the lack of shoring up the rotation and bullpen than not signing Harper. I am not confident at all in our pitching right now...especially our bullpen. Lester - how long do they really think they can ride him? Hendricks - I like.....no problem here. Darvish - injury problems and wasn't that good before he got injured. Quintana - Not bad....had his moments last year both good and bad. After that????? And, our bullpen.....blaaaa..... Quote Link to comment
BigRedBuster Posted January 23, 2019 Share Posted January 23, 2019 18 hours ago, Mavric said: I had to read that about 10 times to make sure I read that right. That shocks me. Of all the great baseball players that have been voted in, not one of them was unanimous? Quote Link to comment
Mavric Posted January 23, 2019 Share Posted January 23, 2019 10 minutes ago, BigRedBuster said: I had to read that about 10 times to make sure I read that right. That shocks me. Of all the great baseball players that have been voted in, not one of them was unanimous? Apparently so. The tweet I posted above shows who were the closest. But there was a segment on ESPN asking him about being the first that was unanimous. Quote Link to comment
BigRedBuster Posted January 23, 2019 Share Posted January 23, 2019 18 minutes ago, Mavric said: Apparently so. The tweet I posted above shows who were the closest. But there was a segment on ESPN asking him about being the first that was unanimous. Wow...Heck, I'm thinking about someone like Babe Ruth wasn't unanimous? Interesting. Must have been a Redsox fan that voted against him. Quote Link to comment
Husker in WI Posted January 23, 2019 Share Posted January 23, 2019 30 minutes ago, BigRedBuster said: I had to read that about 10 times to make sure I read that right. That shocks me. Of all the great baseball players that have been voted in, not one of them was unanimous? It was a weird source of pride among the old voters that no one was unanimous. The logic was something along the lines of player X (Babe, Willie Mays, Cy Young, etc) wasn't unanimous, so it would be insulting for a "lesser" player to be. No idea why initial guys weren't unanimous in the first place, but it's pretty stupid logic - guys would exclude players they knew were getting in just be make sure it wasn't 100% though. They cut back the number of voters and that has a lot to do with the things like PED users and specialists like DH and relief pitchers gaining ground. Quote Link to comment
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