Alcantara and Baez from Hendry regime.

Soler was a FA signed from Cuba.

So 3 years of losing has nothing to do with acquiring these 3 pieces.

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

Attaboy pasta.



Ignore the bullpen, 1B, and rotation!

Wait,why does building a bullpen and trading another Hendry prospect for Rizzo =3 years of losing???

That's what I'm saying. Where is the exact connection to throwing away 3 seasons?

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

In a time of universal deceit, telling the truth is a revolutionary act. This board needs Pasta now more than ever.

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Fare you well, fare you well
I love you more than words can tell
Listen to the river sing sweet songs
To rock my soul

How the plan has gone:

1. Call up Alcantara, does well initially, then blows dicks.
2. Never mind Alcantara! Here's Baez! Does well initially, then blows dicks.
3. Forget Baez! Here's Soler! Does well initially, ???

Quite the pattern. I think it's brilliant, you bring them up in one month increments so right as everyone realizes they can't play there's a shiny new toy to oogle.

They are playing 500 ball. For a guy always complaining about how they bad they are, and that they aren't trying to win... You should be pleased with the significant improvement.

That hendrix guy aint bad, either is Grimm and Ramirez,

Soler , while a FA was the most unproven and youngest of Puig, Abreu, Cespedes....And when you have your choice of that group...considering 3 are proving themselves you had better been right..

Arietta, so doubt a great rotation guy. Maybe not the #1 his stats are, but a #3,4,5 all day.

don't worry Jimmy, that seat up front still has your name on it!

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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.’”

I assume Jimmy would have been bitching about Sandberg given his bad start.

Always good to make judgments on players right out of the gate.

Unless it's Shea McClellin.

Cubs prospects have America and SomeGuy chasing their tails!!!!! Totally in their heads!!!!

I Kinda agree with ya...Bryant could be worth it...It appears he's our strongest prospect of them all...I think Soler is going to be very good...like Abreu n Cespedes n Puig ..they all produce...I would be surprised if the Cubs are not .500 or better next season.. I see a silver lining !

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Grimm isn't particularly good. Ramirez is a creation of leveraged appearances. He's been babied more than Frank's cats on a birthday.

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

Pasta is gonna be twisting himself in knots to find ways to complain in the next few seasons...

This bullpen catcher is a joke!!!
Have you seen the talent in single A Boise?!? It's pathetic!!! I thought Theo was supposed to fix the minors.
They only won the NLCS in game 6?? They should have swept that series!!!!!!

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Grimm'a August was excellent, before that he was en route to a back of the bullpen guy.

15 K's, 1 BB..2 ER in 15 IP 1.20 ERA and .67 WHIP

Thats a very nice pitching line, while being used in 15 games in one month.

DeShais actually claims the guy should be a starter and needs more work. The month he got the most most work, was his best.
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Not sure I have heard that one yet, that a guys stat line is a product of being babied. I mean, I have heard of a team sitting a guy so he doesnt end up with the record for striking out the most...

but of any team in the majors to NOT sit guys and not Baby them, I think your chicago cubs would be the team that plays everyone and anyone who they have on the roster to find permamnent positions.
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I know a team that would love both of these guys.

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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.’”

Still say you have to give them credit for Soler.

It was the most uncertain of the Cuban core, thus he was the least expensive....and he could be the BEST of them all.

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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.’”

I don't think any other team wants Deshaies.

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

The Plan (hate that term but whatever) has not produced results yet, you are correct.

this is one of my all time favorite dolphin talking points


As if anyone can be that effective as long as they're put in the right spots.

if JimmyPastas plan is to drop 90 pounds and he drops 40 to date, is that zero results?

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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.’”

I dont think that analogy really works. I dont see them as near halfway done.

There are good signs and I understand being excited. Were arguing semantics.

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Kenny Williams fell for the banana in the tailpipe

This analogy might work if jimmypasta put ON 20lbs per year for 3 years in a row, then decided to drop the weight.

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