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Hey we got Joc tho.
Did some jackass claim they'd contend for the division? Schmuck.

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They will contend asshole, it hasn't even been a week.


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They will contend asshole, it hasn't even been a week.

Zach Davies, Jake , Azolay ? Contend for what ? Realistically at best that’s 2 .500 pitchers and someone with what , 10 career starts and has been awful ? Trevor Williams going to get it done ?

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They will contend asshole, it hasn't even been a week.

Zach Davies, Jake , Azolay ? Contend for what ? Realistically at best that’s 2 .500 pitchers and someone with what , 10 career starts and has been awful ? Trevor Williams going to get it done ?


Pitching hasn't been a problem

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badrogue17 wrote:
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They will contend asshole, it hasn't even been a week.

Zach Davies, Jake , Azolay ? Contend for what ? Realistically at best that’s 2 .500 pitchers and someone with what , 10 career starts and has been awful ? Trevor Williams going to get it done ?


Pitching hasn't been a problem

Wait til the dog days my friend. When nagging injuries and repeated viewings from the opposition rear their ugly head


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They will contend asshole, it hasn't even been a week.

Zach Davies, Jake , Azolay ? Contend for what ? Realistically at best that’s 2 .500 pitchers and someone with what , 10 career starts and has been awful ? Trevor Williams going to get it done ?


Pitching hasn't been a problem

Wait til the dog days my friend. When nagging injuries and repeated viewings from the opposition rear their ugly head

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They will contend asshole, it hasn't even been a week.

Zach Davies, Jake , Azolay ? Contend for what ? Realistically at best that’s 2 .500 pitchers and someone with what , 10 career starts and has been awful ? Trevor Williams going to get it done ?

The whole division is shit.


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Jose Abreu has more grand slams than Joc Pederson and Willson Contreras have combined hits

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Caller Bob wrote:
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They will contend asshole, it hasn't even been a week.

Zach Davies, Jake , Azolay ? Contend for what ? Realistically at best that’s 2 .500 pitchers and someone with what , 10 career starts and has been awful ? Trevor Williams going to get it done ?

The whole division is shit.

Contending in the NL Central is like competing in the Special Olympics

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Jose Abreu has more grand slams than Joc Pederson and Willson Contreras have combined hits
:lol: :lol:

If by "contend" you mean the Cubs might be within 4-5 games of the division/WC in mid September, sure. By definition that is "in contention" but not truly a threat IMO. They won't be a doormat, but will probably end up around 80 wins. Decent, but not a playoff team.

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Ogie Oglethorpe wrote:
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Caller Bob wrote:
They will contend asshole, it hasn't even been a week.

Zach Davies, Jake , Azolay ? Contend for what ? Realistically at best that’s 2 .500 pitchers and someone with what , 10 career starts and has been awful ? Trevor Williams going to get it done ?

The whole division is shit.

Contending in the NL Central is like competing in the Special Olympics

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Caller Bob wrote:
They will contend asshole, it hasn't even been a week.

What have you seen so far that makes you think the terrible offense from 19 and 20 isn't back this season?

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Darkside wrote:
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They will contend asshole, it hasn't even been a week.

What have you seen so far that makes you think the terrible offense from 19 and 20 isn't back this season?


It will be better in two weeks.....


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They will contend asshole, it hasn't even been a week.

What have you seen so far that makes you think the terrible offense from 19 and 20 isn't back this season?


It will be better in two weeks.....

:lol:
The offense was better two years ago. :lol:

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Darkside wrote:
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They will contend asshole, it hasn't even been a week.

What have you seen so far that makes you think the terrible offense from 19 and 20 isn't back this season?


It will be better in two weeks.....

:lol:
The offense was better two years ago. :lol:

It must be the new variants....


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Ogie Oglethorpe wrote:
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They will contend asshole, it hasn't even been a week.

Zach Davies, Jake , Azolay ? Contend for what ? Realistically at best that’s 2 .500 pitchers and someone with what , 10 career starts and has been awful ? Trevor Williams going to get it done ?

The whole division is shit.

Contending in the NL Central is like competing in the Special Olympics

:lol: And the AL central is just loaded

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Minnesota and the Sox might be better than every team in the NL Central.

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Minnesota and the Sox might be better than every team in the NL Central.

And the Cardinals might be better than every team in the AL central.

Neither division is very strong.

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Darkside wrote:
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They will contend asshole, it hasn't even been a week.

What have you seen so far that makes you think the terrible offense from 19 and 20 isn't back this season?

They contended/won the division in both those years.

Decent chance the division winner wins 85-86

Cubs probably win somewhere between 78-84


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And the Cardinals might be better than every team in the AL central.
No.

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And the Cardinals might be better than every team in the AL central.
No.

I am glad after 6 games you have a handle on such things.

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I am so smart! I am so smart! S-M-R-T!

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Pathetic again so far today. Weak contact, dead ass team.

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This team fucking sucks.


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This team fucking sucks.
less than 6 hours ago, Caller Bob wrote:
They will contend asshole, it hasn't even been a week.

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The all or nothing approach at the plate this team has had going on 4 years now is unwatchable, and I am not a baseball purist in any sense.

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The all or nothing approach at the plate this team has had going on 4 years now is unwatchable, and I am not a baseball purist in any sense.
I get the math and science behind this, but you would think there could be a happy medium between 'HR, BB, or K' vs "hey lets manufacture a couple of runs when we need to."

Given that this Cubs team has been pretty damn good for the most part over the last few years, and that cooler weather which is not HR friendly certainly is prevalent in April, early May, late September, and October, it would behoove them to string a few hits together now and then.

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The all or nothing approach at the plate this team has had going on 4 years now is unwatchable, and I am not a baseball purist in any sense.
I get the math and science behind this, but you would think there could be a happy medium between 'HR, BB, or K' vs "hey lets manufacture a couple of runs when we need to."

Given that this Cubs team has been pretty damn good for the most part over the last few years, and that cooler weather which is not HR friendly certainly is prevalent in April, early May, late September, and October, it would behoove them to string a few hits together now and then.

The “ excuse” for it being one of the three outcomes is that there’s so much velocity in the game now that it’s just not “ easy” to beat the shifts , sacrifice bunt , etc as batters are having a hard enough time just putting the bat on the ball .

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I thought they tried "small ball" shit with the Chile Davis experiment? They just can't get anything right.


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The “ excuse” for it being one of the three outcomes is that there’s so much velocity in the game now that it’s just not “ easy” to beat the shifts , sacrifice bunt , etc as batters are having a hard enough time just putting the bat on the ball .

Which is a load of bunk. For example, look at the numbers that Tim Anderson, Jose Abreu, and most of the Minnesota Twins have put up over the last couple of seasons.


Again, a happy medium. 2 out nobody on in the 4th inning of a 1-1 game, go ahead and try to hit the ball nine miles. Down 3 runs in the 8th against a premier setup man with a runner on 2nd, you better be trying to extend the inning by knocking in the guy at 2nd and bringing the tying run to the plate.

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