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07-17-2018, 03:03 PM | #2131 | |
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As I said earlier in the thread, I wish they'd try and bring in Francona but theres no chance he's leaving. |
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07-17-2018, 03:07 PM | #2132 | |
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Ted Lerner is a 92 year old billionaire. What the hell does he care if he gives Harper $50 million more than he should? He's not gonna live to spend it. Ultimately Harper may leave some money on the table to go to his childhood favorite Yankees or play with his Vegas buddy Bryant (I'm pretty sure it was Bryant), but I don't think the Nationals will simply get outbid. And Harpers ties to Washington are awfully strong. In fact, before the emergence of Soto, I'd have given the odds as being more likely than not that he stays. Now I guess it's possible that Lerner could decide that an OF of Eaton, Robles and Soto is fine and that money should be reallocated to pitching or something. |
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07-17-2018, 03:09 PM | #2133 | |
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He just goes out there outgunned day in, day out, in the most brutal division in baseball and wins a fair number of ballgames. His 'ace' is a pussy and anytime they develop a hitter or closer, they get dealt. They lost arguably the best pitching coach in baseball and replace him with Kyle Snyder (yes - THAT Kyle Snyder; the Royals flameout - **** I feel old) and suddenly Blake Snell becomes a friggen horse. The guy just keeps turning chicken shit into chicken salad. He's done a remarkable job. But sadly, the Rays picked up his option so his in TB through next season. |
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07-17-2018, 03:11 PM | #2134 |
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Don't forget that his dog is named Wrigley.
Machado is also really close with Albert Almora. Gonna be a fun off-season but I don't think either come to the Cubs. One year too soon. The year to move Heyward to make room would be next year. Would have been disgusting if the Cubs got Machado and then unloaded Russell for pitching. |
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07-17-2018, 04:20 PM | #2135 |
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07-17-2018, 04:22 PM | #2136 | |
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07-17-2018, 04:38 PM | #2137 | |
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He has tried to come in here and start some shit twice now and failed miserably at his trolling. |
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07-17-2018, 04:54 PM | #2138 |
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I wanted to hire Madden instead of Matheny. The fans down here loved him. He was said to the best in the game but because he was in Tampa, no one knew. You can check the Cardinals thread. On this one, I was right.
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07-17-2018, 06:21 PM | #2139 |
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07-17-2018, 06:33 PM | #2140 | |
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Matheny had just finished his third season as manager in which he oversaw the club making the postseason for the third time in three season. Renteria was a first year manager, who while a very good choice for manager and was probably a good fit for the Cubs at the time, was just that. A first year manager. Firing a first time manager in his third season after making the POs three seasons in a row in his first three seasons managing a team would have been asinine. Whether or not hiring Matheny was a good long term move by the Cardinals can be debated, but not firing a guy who just made the POs his first three seasons as manager is not something worth arguing about. The Cubs deserve credit for having the "stones" to fire, by all accounts, a good baseball coach for an even better one after year 1. If the Cardinals had fired Matheny for Maddon, while Maddon is a better manager, would have created an incredibly toxic environment for the club, IMO. If anything, complain how the front office chose Matheny over Francona. |
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07-17-2018, 08:33 PM | #2141 |
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Well there's that. Glad it wasnt the Brewers. |
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07-17-2018, 10:21 PM | #2142 |
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5? That's a lot of bodies. |
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07-17-2018, 11:12 PM | #2143 | |
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07-17-2018, 11:18 PM | #2144 | |
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But whoever makes it out of the NL is probably just gonna get their shit pushed in by whoever makes it out of the AL in the WS. |
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07-18-2018, 06:20 AM | #2145 | |
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I think your the clear favorite to go to the WS and get embarrassed by the AL. |
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