someone posted this here before but Cub third basemen were collectively pretty good last year

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O judgment! Thou art fled to brutish beasts,
And men have lost their reason.

Comparing a rookie making a few hundred thousand to a shitty pitcher making over $10million. Real smart, bigfan.

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you realize Bigfan is really agreeing with good dolphin's premise, correct?

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Ба́бушка гада́ла, да на́двое сказа́ла—то ли до́ждик, то ли снег, то ли бу́дет, то ли нет.

Olt just crushed a home run off Randy Wolf. Yeah I didn't 't think he was still alive either. Doesn't matter.

YIPPERS!!!!!!!!!!!!

yeah 30 hr's and 70 rbi between Ransom,Murphy & Valbuena.

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favrefan said:"Chris Coghlan isn't gonna pay your rent, Jimmy."

Of course he doesn't! Frank lives for reading my posts and finding any angle possible to disagree with me.

Some might even call it an ....OBSESSION

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"That's what the internet is for. Slandering others anonymously." Banky
“Been that way since one monkey looked at the sun and told the other monkey ‘He said for you to give me your fuckin’ share.’”

Olt with another home run. The first domino has fallen.

Give him the 3B job and see what he can do. Why not? To hell with Valbuena and Murphy.

move the both of them to 2nd.

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favrefan said:"Chris Coghlan isn't gonna pay your rent, Jimmy."

I agree. I think they are trying to trade Barney too then once Baez is no longer a "Super 2" he will come up and either take over at 2nd or go to 3B if Olt sucks.

Exactly. Should have done this with Vitters so his dead ass would be out of baseball.

and Brett JAX...who, in an article yesterday with Carrie MuskRAT "is having fun again".....I am really happy a Number 1 pick is HAVING FUN and sucking...

How do you miss on so many number ones? Vitters, Simpson, Jackson and hit on an undrafted kid in Castro.....its called LUCK! and you missed on the other guys because you suck!

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"That's what the internet is for. Slandering others anonymously." Banky
“Been that way since one monkey looked at the sun and told the other monkey ‘He said for you to give me your fuckin’ share.’”

Totally forgot about Jackson.

Long article yesterday on the 25 year old batting .125 this spring, talking about how he is now relaxed. Having fun, getting back to his old ways.

Looks to me like he has accepted the fact he will be working at Sports Authority soon

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"That's what the internet is for. Slandering others anonymously." Banky
“Been that way since one monkey looked at the sun and told the other monkey ‘He said for you to give me your fuckin’ share.’”

25 years old? Add him to the list.

Dude has some serious power.
There's a good chance he turns into a Jake Fox type with a good glove......reserve corner IF with pop off the bench. Not a horrible thing but realistic.
But IF IF IF IF he comes even close to being what they thought he was before the injury last year WOW look out.
Theo & Jed talk about inventory and it appears they're very close to having a surplus of young power hitters.

Catcher - Castillo
3rd - Olt
SS - Baez
2B - Castro
1B - Rizzo
LF - Solar
C- Almora
RF - Bryant

The odds of that happening are slim to none but some combination of many in that group and the waves (some good names not on that list) behind them should have even the idiots asking for a 120 million dollar payroll 85 win team perk up.

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Kenny Williams fell for the banana in the tailpipe

Yeah, they've done a nice job stockpiling hitting prospects. The pitching is rough though.

Olt is 25 as well

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O judgment! Thou art fled to brutish beasts,
And men have lost their reason.

Close as in two steps away from MLB?

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O judgment! Thou art fled to brutish beasts,
And men have lost their reason.

I give Olt leeway because of the vision problems. Jackson just doesn't seem real good.

5 or 6 of those 8 will play in the MLB this year

.417 OBP!!

I still think Brett Jackson can be a decent piece on a MLB team. Though it looks to be as a 4th outfielder with the OF prospects the Cubs have.

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Rick Hahn is the best GM in baseball.

.220 with 4 HR's, while playing good defense. Leave him there all year! It's his job this year to lose!

The development of this guy could be icing on the cake at some point.

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"That's what the internet is for. Slandering others anonymously." Banky
“Been that way since one monkey looked at the sun and told the other monkey ‘He said for you to give me your fuckin’ share.’”

It's pretty annoying that he hasn't been playing every day. I don't expect him to be a world beater, but he has potential. Let him play! Let's see what he can do with some consistent playing time. No one else on the roster is worth playing instead of him.

Yep!

he is showing power, not warning track power like the replaceable OF's, but grown man power.

Also, if he sticks, you need to start working bryant out in RF if thats the route you are going to go.

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"That's what the internet is for. Slandering others anonymously." Banky
“Been that way since one monkey looked at the sun and told the other monkey ‘He said for you to give me your fuckin’ share.’”

Could easily start Olt 5 times a week and platoon Valbuena and Barney at 2b


Its absurd

Sveum would have been fired for this kind of lack of vision

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O judgment! Thou art fled to brutish beasts,
And men have lost their reason.

Bonifacio in center.
Lake in left.
Platoon right.
Olt third
Castro ss
Valbuena barney platoon second
Rizzo first
Castillo catcher

Nothing else makes sense.

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Rick Hahn is the best GM in baseball.

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"He is a loathsome, offensive brute
--yet I can't look away."

Olt>Matt Davidson

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Reality is your friend, not your enemy. -- Seacrest