Vegas 93, Vegas 98, Vegas 00 (10 year show), Vegas 03, Vegas 06
VIC 07
EV LA1 08
Seattle1 09, Seattle2 09, Salt Lake 09, LA4 09
Columbus 10
EV LA 11
Vancouver 11
Missoula 12
Portland 13, Spokane 13
St. Paul 14, Denver 14
Imagine throwing James shields in there at #2. Or Mad Max. I'm real excited for this season.
That's a pretty good starting 5. I think they should trade Baez. Maybe get a closer for him...
I think that rotation is average. Lester(Good) is a given. Lets see if Arrieta really has figured it out. Hammel? Which one will show up? The first half Cub pitcher or the 2nd half A's pitcher. I haven't seen enough of Wood but i've seen enough of Kendricks and i think i would try and find someone else for that spot. Still a lot of off-season for Theo to make an upgrade.
Imagine throwing James shields in there at #2. Or Mad Max. I'm real excited for this season.
That's a pretty good starting 5. I think they should trade Baez. Maybe get a closer for him...
I would love for us to get one more solid starter. I don't like the idea of counting on both Hammel and Wood having good seasons in 2015. Hammel's performance went way downhill after being traded to the A's and Wood did not look as strong last year.
Very excited about the Lester signing. It will be a bad contract in 4 years but I like that the Cubs are going for it in 2015 (but 2016 is probably more realistic).
As I said, I think hammel is the weak spot. Travis wood, with decent run support is good for 12-15 wins. He reminds me of jamie Moyer only better. And I like Hendricks. He pitched well last year. Arrieta is good. I have no problem with him at 2. Dude can pitch. Of course, I'd love to see him at #3 with shields ahead of him!
If I never have to hear the words Samardzija or Shark ever again, it would not upset me in the least. It boggles my mind how many people - fans, media, & analysts alike - think this guy is an ace. At his absolute best, he's only ever been good for a half season. Granted he got the short end a few times this past season with little run support, but 36-48 career and flirting with an ERA near 4.00 is not someone I want to build a rotation around.
I read somewhere that Bryant wasn't brought up in September for contract reasons. Something to do with he'd be a free agent or eligible for arbitration a year sooner if we would've brought him up this past season. Something like that anyway.
So we have a possible rotation of Lester, Arrieta, Hendricks, Wood, & Hammel... Can we PLEASE just cut our financial losses and show Edwin Jackson the damn door? For $12 million a year less, I'll fucking go out there every 5 days and get rocked within the first 3 innings.
Lol. I think Smardjiza (I only say shark cuz it's easier to spell) has matured a lot and is still getting better. He's not a number one on a team with true aces. But he was last year for the cubs. I think he'd be a solid 2 behind Lester. But, we won't know that until hopefully 2016.
Anthony Rizzo is guaranteeing a division title this year. I love ya Riz, but let's not get carried away. Lol. I am definitely expecting an NL central title in 2016.
Anthony Rizzo is guaranteeing a division title this year. I love ya Riz, but let's not get carried away. Lol. I am definitely expecting an NL central title in 2016.
I am sure Rizzo just said it to get the crowd pumped up at the Cubs convention but he doesn't need to be making guarantees at this point. Too many things would need to fall into place to win the division this year.
I agree that 2016 is the year that the Cubs make a serious run sat the Central division title.
Anthony Rizzo is guaranteeing a division title this year. I love ya Riz, but let's not get carried away. Lol. I am definitely expecting an NL central title in 2016.
when are you expecting a World Series?
If I had known then what I know now...
Vegas 93, Vegas 98, Vegas 00 (10 year show), Vegas 03, Vegas 06
VIC 07
EV LA1 08
Seattle1 09, Seattle2 09, Salt Lake 09, LA4 09
Columbus 10
EV LA 11
Vancouver 11
Missoula 12
Portland 13, Spokane 13
St. Paul 14, Denver 14
Anthony Rizzo is guaranteeing a division title this year. I love ya Riz, but let's not get carried away. Lol. I am definitely expecting an NL central title in 2016.
The only guy who can strikeout 100 times...
In only 80 at bats...
Hehehehe
Lets see, Castro has had a nice offseason.
Questioned in 2 different shootings at nightclubs? Nice! When is this BLITHERING IDIOT ever going to grow up?
The Bleachers wont be ready till June? At the earliest. Figures
Yeah, safe to say, Im ready for baseball!
Take me piece by piece..... Till there aint nothing left worth taking away from me.....
Two days after Spring Training starts.
The Cubs will mathematically be eliminated from the playoffs.
Ha
On a serious note, I give them 45 games before they're done and I'm watching the Yankees.
They wont finish .500
I give them 2 weeks...Bleh who am I kidding?
I haven't really given a fuck about these clowns for years. I still read the sports pages, but truly I haven't given a fuck for years. I will go to 1 or 2 games this year...Just because
I still enjoy sitting out in the sun, and watching pro baseball.
Take me piece by piece..... Till there aint nothing left worth taking away from me.....
I actually excited to see how this pitching staff will gel. Lester will win at least 15. I'm hoping to get 12-15 wins out of arrieta. 10 out of hammel and Hendricks?
I actually excited to see how this pitching staff will gel. Lester will win at least 15. I'm hoping to get 12-15 wins out of arrieta. 10 out of hammel and Hendricks?
Heres a bet.
Ill bet you a dozen donuts and a cup of coffee.
I say Lester does not win 12 games.
For whatever reason, injury, the fact the Cubs suck, baseball season is cancelled due to frogs falling from the sky, etc.
I say Lester does not win 12 games.
Take me piece by piece..... Till there aint nothing left worth taking away from me.....
Two days after Spring Training starts.
The Cubs will mathematically be eliminated from the playoffs.
Ha
And the Reds will be mathematically choking in September.
It's truly amazing that the bleachers, the BLEACHERS won't be ready for Opening Day.
Incomprehensible.
Nobody filled these clowns in, on some minor details?
Umm Cubs management?
It gets real fucking cold here in the Winter!
Umm....It might fucking snow here in Chicago, in the fucking WINTER!!!!!!
Your little rehab project on the total destruction and rebuilding of the Bleachers, may get slowed down a little, due to the FUCKING WINTER!!!!!!
Take me piece by piece..... Till there aint nothing left worth taking away from me.....
I actually excited to see how this pitching staff will gel. Lester will win at least 15. I'm hoping to get 12-15 wins out of arrieta. 10 out of hammel and Hendricks?
Heres a bet.
Ill bet you a dozen donuts and a cup of coffee.
I say Lester does not win 12 games.
For whatever reason, injury, the fact the Cubs suck, baseball season is cancelled due to frogs falling from the sky, etc.
Since we are talking about these blithering idiots, and their blithering idiot fans(myself included).
Please tell me why we cant just tear down Wrigley?
What the fuck is so wrong about tearing down a 100 year old ballpark?
What the fuck is so wrong about getting a new stadium? With all the bells and whistles?
How come every other city in Major League baseball can get a state of the art stadium?
Take me piece by piece..... Till there aint nothing left worth taking away from me.....
I actually excited to see how this pitching staff will gel. Lester will win at least 15. I'm hoping to get 12-15 wins out of arrieta. 10 out of hammel and Hendricks?
Heres a bet.
Ill bet you a dozen donuts and a cup of coffee.
I say Lester does not win 12 games.
For whatever reason, injury, the fact the Cubs suck, baseball season is cancelled due to frogs falling from the sky, etc.
I say Lester does not win 12 games.
You have a bet my friend.
Hehehehe
Deal.
Now remember, it doesn't matter what happens.
If he gets injured in Spring Training.
If he falls in to Montrose Harbor, while perch fishing.
If the new designed bleachers collapse on his head..
Whatever.
I say he doesn't win 12 games.
Take me piece by piece..... Till there aint nothing left worth taking away from me.....
I actually excited to see how this pitching staff will gel. Lester will win at least 15. I'm hoping to get 12-15 wins out of arrieta. 10 out of hammel and Hendricks?
Heres a bet.
Ill bet you a dozen donuts and a cup of coffee.
I say Lester does not win 12 games.
For whatever reason, injury, the fact the Cubs suck, baseball season is cancelled due to frogs falling from the sky, etc.
I say Lester does not win 12 games.
You have a bet my friend.
Hehehehe
Deal.
Now remember, it doesn't matter what happens.
If he gets injured in Spring Training.
If he falls in to Montrose Harbor, while perch fishing.
If the new designed bleachers collapse on his head..
Whatever.
I say he doesn't win 12 games.
Ok, I just took the sucker off of my forehead. You're not talking about over/under are you?
I actually excited to see how this pitching staff will gel. Lester will win at least 15. I'm hoping to get 12-15 wins out of arrieta. 10 out of hammel and Hendricks?
Heres a bet.
Ill bet you a dozen donuts and a cup of coffee.
I say Lester does not win 12 games.
For whatever reason, injury, the fact the Cubs suck, baseball season is cancelled due to frogs falling from the sky, etc.
I say Lester does not win 12 games.
You have a bet my friend.
Hehehehe
Deal.
Now remember, it doesn't matter what happens.
If he gets injured in Spring Training.
If he falls in to Montrose Harbor, while perch fishing.
If the new designed bleachers collapse on his head..
Whatever.
I say he doesn't win 12 games.
Ok, I just took the sucker off of my forehead. You're not talking about over/under are you?
I have 11 and under
You have 12 or more.
Take me piece by piece..... Till there aint nothing left worth taking away from me.....
I actually excited to see how this pitching staff will gel. Lester will win at least 15. I'm hoping to get 12-15 wins out of arrieta. 10 out of hammel and Hendricks?
Heres a bet.
Ill bet you a dozen donuts and a cup of coffee.
I say Lester does not win 12 games.
For whatever reason, injury, the fact the Cubs suck, baseball season is cancelled due to frogs falling from the sky, etc.
I say Lester does not win 12 games.
You have a bet my friend.
Hehehehe
Deal.
Now remember, it doesn't matter what happens.
If he gets injured in Spring Training.
If he falls in to Montrose Harbor, while perch fishing.
If the new designed bleachers collapse on his head..
Whatever.
I say he doesn't win 12 games.
Ok, I just took the sucker off of my forehead. You're not talking about over/under are you?
I just have a strange feeling.
That this Lester signing will backfire one way or another.
Its the Cubs
Its tradition to have things fall apart.
Take me piece by piece..... Till there aint nothing left worth taking away from me.....
Comments
1-Lester
2-Arrieta
3-Hammel
4-Travis Wood
5-Kyle Hendricks
Imagine throwing James shields in there at #2. Or Mad Max. I'm real excited for this season.
That's a pretty good starting 5. I think they should trade Baez. Maybe get a closer for him...
Vegas 93, Vegas 98, Vegas 00 (10 year show), Vegas 03, Vegas 06
VIC 07
EV LA1 08
Seattle1 09, Seattle2 09, Salt Lake 09, LA4 09
Columbus 10
EV LA 11
Vancouver 11
Missoula 12
Portland 13, Spokane 13
St. Paul 14, Denver 14
"...I changed by not changing at all..."
I think that rotation is average. Lester(Good) is a given. Lets see if Arrieta really has figured it out. Hammel? Which one will show up? The first half Cub pitcher or the 2nd half A's pitcher. I haven't seen enough of Wood but i've seen enough of Kendricks and i think i would try and find someone else for that spot. Still a lot of off-season for Theo to make an upgrade.
Very excited about the Lester signing. It will be a bad contract in 4 years but I like that the Cubs are going for it in 2015 (but 2016 is probably more realistic).
I read somewhere that Bryant wasn't brought up in September for contract reasons. Something to do with he'd be a free agent or eligible for arbitration a year sooner if we would've brought him up this past season. Something like that anyway.
So we have a possible rotation of Lester, Arrieta, Hendricks, Wood, & Hammel... Can we PLEASE just cut our financial losses and show Edwin Jackson the damn door? For $12 million a year less, I'll fucking go out there every 5 days and get rocked within the first 3 innings.
I am sure Rizzo just said it to get the crowd pumped up at the Cubs convention but he doesn't need to be making guarantees at this point. Too many things would need to fall into place to win the division this year.
I agree that 2016 is the year that the Cubs make a serious run sat the Central division title.
when are you expecting a World Series?
Vegas 93, Vegas 98, Vegas 00 (10 year show), Vegas 03, Vegas 06
VIC 07
EV LA1 08
Seattle1 09, Seattle2 09, Salt Lake 09, LA4 09
Columbus 10
EV LA 11
Vancouver 11
Missoula 12
Portland 13, Spokane 13
St. Paul 14, Denver 14
Shortly thereafter.
The only guy who can strikeout 100 times...
In only 80 at bats...
Hehehehe
Lets see, Castro has had a nice offseason.
Questioned in 2 different shootings at nightclubs? Nice! When is this BLITHERING IDIOT ever going to grow up?
The Bleachers wont be ready till June? At the earliest. Figures
Yeah, safe to say, Im ready for baseball!
Till there aint nothing left worth taking away from me.....
The Cubs will mathematically be eliminated from the playoffs.
Ha
Till there aint nothing left worth taking away from me.....
On a serious note, I give them 45 games before they're done and I'm watching the Yankees.
And the Reds will be mathematically choking in September.
It's truly amazing that the bleachers, the BLEACHERS won't be ready for Opening Day.
Incomprehensible.
I give them 2 weeks...Bleh who am I kidding?
I haven't really given a fuck about these clowns for years. I still read the sports pages, but truly I haven't given a fuck for years. I will go to 1 or 2 games this year...Just because
I still enjoy sitting out in the sun, and watching pro baseball.
Till there aint nothing left worth taking away from me.....
Ill bet you a dozen donuts and a cup of coffee.
I say Lester does not win 12 games.
For whatever reason, injury, the fact the Cubs suck, baseball season is cancelled due to frogs falling from the sky, etc.
I say Lester does not win 12 games.
Till there aint nothing left worth taking away from me.....
Umm Cubs management?
It gets real fucking cold here in the Winter!
Umm....It might fucking snow here in Chicago, in the fucking WINTER!!!!!!
Your little rehab project on the total destruction and rebuilding of the Bleachers, may get slowed down a little, due to the FUCKING WINTER!!!!!!
Till there aint nothing left worth taking away from me.....
You have a bet my friend.
Please tell me why we cant just tear down Wrigley?
What the fuck is so wrong about tearing down a 100 year old ballpark?
What the fuck is so wrong about getting a new stadium? With all the bells and whistles?
How come every other city in Major League baseball can get a state of the art stadium?
Till there aint nothing left worth taking away from me.....
Deal.
Now remember, it doesn't matter what happens.
If he gets injured in Spring Training.
If he falls in to Montrose Harbor, while perch fishing.
If the new designed bleachers collapse on his head..
Whatever.
I say he doesn't win 12 games.
Till there aint nothing left worth taking away from me.....
Ok, I just took the sucker off of my forehead. You're not talking about over/under are you?
You have 12 or more.
Till there aint nothing left worth taking away from me.....
That this Lester signing will backfire one way or another.
Its the Cubs
Its tradition to have things fall apart.
Till there aint nothing left worth taking away from me.....