What leads you to believe such a thing?

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Anybody here seen my old friend Bobby?
Can you tell me where he's gone?
I thought I saw him walkin' up to The Hill
With Matthew, Tulsi, and Don

I like the Montero move, but it may turn out bad if you dump Castillo and he reverts to his 2013 numbers and steps forward from there. He'll probably do so in a Cardinals uniform. That would be very Cub-like.

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Anybody here seen my old friend Bobby?
Can you tell me where he's gone?
I thought I saw him walkin' up to The Hill
With Matthew, Tulsi, and Don

It would be

I read some stuff about Montero's defense and ability to call games that I loved. And I think he'll flourish in Wrigley

We'll see. I also expect them to add a professional outfielder.

Also, I believe they'll get better as the year goes on offensively.

The Cubs paying 5 mill for a "caddy" to Ross seems really insane but hopefully we see results.

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

young "talent". young "talent". Young "talent". Not all these kids will pan out but they'll have to be played every day.

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Nightengale did as well with the caveat that they limit his number of games

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

Right. They're a young team.

You hit the nail on the head. Too many people seem to believe young = good.

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Anybody here seen my old friend Bobby?
Can you tell me where he's gone?
I thought I saw him walkin' up to The Hill
With Matthew, Tulsi, and Don

Young, raw players developing into major league players and John Mallee.

I can't tell you specifically if Baez or Russell is going to be really good. What I can tell you is that the young players are going to get a lot of opportunities to improve, and the ones that show improvement will be the ones playing everyday. The team has more options in 2015. I do not see Rizzo or Castro taking a step back, Miggy Montero is a slight upgrade even if he has a down year (a huge upgrade if he has a good year), the team will have a full season of Soler, a lot of Bryant (who could be 'average' and still help the offense), and Baez should at least hit over .200. The team should be stronger

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Rick Hahn is the best GM in baseball.

John Mallee? Who the fuck is John Mallee?????? He couldn't be better than Rudy Jaramillo, could he?

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Anybody here seen my old friend Bobby?
Can you tell me where he's gone?
I thought I saw him walkin' up to The Hill
With Matthew, Tulsi, and Don

Rudy Jaramillo was given stubborn veterans. And hitting coaches aren't going to turn bad hitters into good hitters. Nor can they change the approach of someone who is set in their ways. But Mallee has an excellent track record with the Marlins and the Astros. Two teams that have had young hitters perform well.

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Rick Hahn is the best GM in baseball.

When Kris Bryant is winning the ROY award and becoming the next big star in town, the Cubs offense will look vastly different. With Castro, Bryant, Rizzo, Soler, Coghlan and Montero, they should have a nice offense. If Baez, Alcantara or Olt takes a big step up as well, so much better. But it will look like a legitimate offense in 2015.

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Go Cubs!!!!

Does anyone believe it's possible that Bryant turns out to be an average hitter at best, and nothing more?

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Shhhhh, we need this dammit.

If he turns out to be just a guy.....wow.

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I didn't like his swing last year. I'm really interested to see if he keeps that swing this year or if they changed him up.

it is entirely possible. But there's more likelihood that all their other prospects don't pan out, negating Bryan'ts efforts.

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Kenny Williams fell for the banana in the tailpipe

Always possible. But there's not much to complain about thus far.

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Kenny Williams fell for the banana in the tailpipe

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Kenny Williams fell for the banana in the tailpipe

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Kenny Williams fell for the banana in the tailpipe

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Kenny Williams fell for the banana in the tailpipe

http://www.sportingnews.com/mlb/story/2 ... don-bryant

Yeah, no.

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Rick Hahn is the best GM in baseball.

That is just ridiculous.

gotta sell magazines and get page views

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

Someone tell Sporting News that isn't what anyone would call a championship mix.



Two of those three were as incapable of making contact as any players in major league history.



Laziest analysis ever.

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Rick Hahn is the best GM in baseball.

He isn't wrong though.

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