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RE: 2023 Team - 1060Ivy - 03-27-2023
And Nico should set for life financially while still being able to become a free agent prior to 30.
RE: 2023 Team - funkster - 04-12-2023
Happ 3 years 61 million.
RE: 2023 Team - Butcher - 04-12-2023
(04-12-2023, 01:30 PM)funkster Wrote: Happ 3 years 61 million.
This pleases me.
RE: 2023 Team - 1060Ivy - 04-12-2023
Not the biggest Happ fan but he’s done a great job of improving his game both offensively and defensively in the last year and half so pleased he’s getting extension that he deserves
Was worried that him being Cubs union rep would get in the way - a rumor that’s out there
2023 Team - rok - 04-12-2023
It’s quite strange that he would even accept such a short-term deal, but it’s great to keep him around a bit longer.
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RE: 2023 Team - MrSheps - 04-12-2023
I think it's a great signing. He seems to have turned a corner, it's not a long term or overly expensive deal, he gets another shot at free agency, and despite all the outfield talent in the system coming up, you can't bank on any of it.
RE: 2023 Team - Butcher - 04-13-2023
100% agree with all of that.
RE: 2023 Team - 1060Ivy - 04-17-2023
From the Sun Times after blurb about how the White Sox suck, the blurb reviews the Cubs …
“.. that’s three series wins in a row for the North Siders. How many more until we can say they’re actually pretty dang not bad at all?”
https://chicago.suntimes.com/white-sox/2023/4/16/23685813/white-sox-chicago-dylan-cease-pedro-grifol-cubs-mlb
2023 Team - rok - 05-02-2023
Sounds like Amaya is on his way to D.C. but just as a precautionary measure in case Gomes ends up on the IL.
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RE: 2023 Team - MrSheps - 05-02-2023
I hope Gomes is OK. So far he's made Willson's departure an afterthought. Better with the pitchers and, for now at least, he's actually out hitting him. (I don't expect that to last.) That said, it would be fun to see a couple of Amaya games!
RE: 2023 Team - jeffy - 05-02-2023
Just saw they called him up. Will be interesting to see how he settles in.
2023 Team - rok - 05-05-2023
While we scuffle against terrible teams and call up our top prospects way too late, Pittsburgh, Milwaukee and St Louis have lost 4, 4 and 6 games in a row respectively.
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RE: 2023 Team - MrSheps - 05-09-2023
Willy, good lord dude. I know he had a terrible 48 hours and he's an emotional guy, but that was a weird decision out there to act that way. Is he a WWE character who turned full heel or something? The Cards just humiliated you, not the Cubs and their fans, who couldn't stop giving you standing O's last season in fear you'd be traded. Flushing away a chance to be Cubs royalty post his playing career, hours after the team that signed him made it clear they'd like to flush his contract just a month into a 5 year deal...? Not sure what else to say other than weird decision, I guess.
RE: 2023 Team - Butcher - 05-09-2023
I'm not sure Willy thinks through his decisions in advance.
2023 Team - rok - 05-09-2023
All I'm going to say is that if we don't win tonight, it's highly likely we get swept (Montgomery tomorrow). If Willson turns out to be the catalyst for the Cards' season turnaround then fuck me to hell.
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