Cubs are a juggernaut

[totdprods]

That Heyward contract though....he's basically been Shane Robinson for them. 

If we had signed him and he started this poorly, ouch.

[kevinb]

Contract year steroids signed deal back off of them baseball 101

[tdawg87]

15 minutes ago, Kevinb said:

Contract year steroids signed deal back off of them baseball 101

RIP EnglishCop.

[kevinb]

12 minutes ago, tdawg87 said:

RIP EnglishCop.

Wanted to make it as concise as possible. Contract year get on the juice have a huge year. Sign huge deal. Then get off of it and get back to being mediocre again. Better?

[Stradling]

Except he isn't the type of player who has huge seasons and he didn't have one last year either.  He's a guy that does a lot of things well and was a young free agent.  

Also if that was the case and he was just a cheating contract year type of guy I'm surprised Theo the genius would sign him to that contract.  

[totdprods]

Just think it's funny given that most of the board was clamoring on spending money on him, myself included, as one of the wisest 'big splash' FAs and that even his defense and 'little things' would make the contract worth it. And it still could be in the long run.

But holy shit, would things be ugly right now for the team and this board.

[Stradling]

He's still better than what we put in left field everyday.  I think he will come back and be a very solid player and won't be a shitty contract. 

[kevinb]

1 hour ago, Stradling said:

Except he isn't the type of player who has huge seasons and he didn't have one last year either.  He's a guy that does a lot of things well and was a young free agent.  

Also if that was the case and he was just a cheating contract year type of guy I'm surprised Theo the genius would sign him to that contract.  

Wow didn't even know what his numbers were this year. Man dudes fallen off the map. Anyways if you look at his numbers the previous two years he wasn't the same player he was last year. I just wonder about free agents I mean it's human nature to perform massively at the end of a contract but how many people after getting laid completely fall off the map is crazy. I wonder if anyone has ever done a study on that? If a new team signs free agent what percentage play up to their career norms and what percentage fall off or perform better

[kevinb]

3 minutes ago, hangin n wangin said:

I like man dudes.

Kind of like bro homies

[Stradling]

15 minutes ago, hangin n wangin said:

"I like man dudes."

-sneakyflute 

 

[ten ocho recon scout]

21 hours ago, totdprods said:

That Heyward contract though....he's basically been Shane Robinson for them. 

If we had signed him and he started this poorly, ouch.

was just watching a  bit of the cubs game and noticed that. hes still good enough that he could finish strong, or at least bounce back next year. but yeah, ugly. youd think in that park and lineup hed be going off.

[Troll Daddy]

They would be better with Scioscia at the helm.

[totdprods]

Heyward is definitely young enough to turn things around and have that contract work out. I'm not really questioning that. More and more Simmons seems to be a pretty fair comparable player. Elite defense, youth on their side, with considerable unrealized offensive potential. 

Just thinking aloud about how much anxiety it would have caused us and the team had we signed him and he started like that. We would have lost some folks to massive, anxiety-induced heart attacks.

[kevinb]

4 hours ago, totdprods said:

Heyward is definitely young enough to turn things around and have that contract work out. I'm not really questioning that. More and more Simmons seems to be a pretty fair comparable player. Elite defense, youth on their side, with considerable unrealized offensive potential. 

Just thinking aloud about how much anxiety it would have caused us and the team had we signed him and he started like that. We would have lost some folks to massive, anxiety-induced heart attacks.

Remember Pujols fast start? 

[NJHalo]

4 hours ago, Vladdylonglegs said:

They better make sure he doesn't have an issue with Yankee uniforms first.

No worries, Costanza is on the job

[John Stellman]

On 7/25/2016 at 9:02 AM, Ochocinco! said:

Per Jon Heyman: Yanks and Cubs have a deal. Torres, mckinney, Warren and likely 1 more to NYY. 

For Champan

 

jesus

He's the final piece. Maddon won't screw this one up.

[Vegas Halo Fan]

On 7/26/2016 at 11:58 PM, Vladdylonglegs said:

They better make sure he doesn't have an issue with Yankee uniforms first.

Just tell them not to ever wear throwbacks on a day that he starts.