Ian Haap and Candelario can fill the Baez gap but the Cubs could use another decent starter. They seem thin if they are counting on old man Lackey & an unproven Montgomery at 4 & 5.

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

At some point I think the Cubs and Rays will do a deal for Archer

No reason to make the deal now. The Cubs are in control with Happ's value skyrocketing. If Baez can continue trending in the direction he ended last season, his value can also increase. Then you have teams submitting their best offers for multiple Cubs trade pieces and the Cubs will have a buyers advantage.

Cubs have the ability to obtain two major top of the rotation starters if they choose to go that route.... I don't want to trade the majority of Schwarber / Happ / Jimenez / Baez / Candelario but I'm willing to dangle all of them and see what ace names come back.

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Rick Hahn is the best GM in baseball.

No.

A better #4 starter is not going to make a difference between winning the division or just being a wild card team. You can pitch Lackey all day against the #3 starters on bad teams, because you're planning on winning with the offense on those days.

Meanwhile, a better #4 starter is as useful in the playoffs as tits on a bull.

Baez is an every day player in the playoffs, and he provides redundancy for a regular season injury, especially to Russell. If Russell gets hurt, do you really want to see Kawasaki at SS every day for 2-5 weeks?

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"When people want their version of the truth, they go find it, no matter how baseless their beliefs." -- Ken Rosenthal

No, I don't want that.

I want to win AND be entertained and Baez does that.

You have a long day at work and you're pooping too much because you drank a bottle of cheap booze and ate a huge angus burger the night before. Your woman is nagging you over stupid shit that no one should care about and on the way home from work no one can go right away when the light hits green because they're fidgeting around with shit in their car.

You start daydreaming of beating these people to death in the middle of the road. Right when you think you could really do it you hear on the radio that Baez is at 2b today. You smile and decide to grab some beer on the way home.

You go home, eat dinner and toke or drink (or both) and sit down for the game.

The first time Baez pulls off one of those cool tags to get the guy out trying to steal 2nd you pump your fist and say "oh yea, baby".

This one man just brought you great joy and forget about the daily grind that is life for a bit.

You want to take that away from people, Jimmy?

Happ is considered average at best as a second baseman right? Would still like to see his k numbers go down but I think they are grooming him as future Zobrist. I'd be in no hurry to trade anyone right now. And as much as it pains me Schwarber would be the first I would dangle.

I hope to never see Kawasaki or LaStella again at the MLB level.

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Well stated. Baez is the only player I'm disappointed to see having a day off. A true wildcard on the diamond.

Terrible idea

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Agreed they are thin. Wouldn't trade Baez though.

Why not use the unproven prospects you cited?

https://mobile.twitter.com/StoolFrederi ... 0412991488

Javy celebrating a great throw from Molina at the WBC.... While he is tagging the runner. What an asshole. Glad he is our asshole.

Anyone see the tag that Baez put on Cruz last night in the WBC? He was celebrating before he even caught the ball.

He's the most entertaining player on the Cubs. Let me get at least two more years of that.

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Power is always in the hands of the masses of men. What oppresses the masses is their own ignorance, their own short-sighted selfishness.
- Henry George

I can't stand Baez. But that's crazy good...you can't teach that kind of reaction ability.

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

Post of the year.

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You going to hold onto your hatred of Baez as long as you did for Noah?

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

Cub fan: I cant stand the MVP of the NLCS the Cubs won en route to the first World Series in 108 years

Watching DR vs PR last night really shows how joyless white baseball players are.

These guys last night were having a blast, having the time of their life.

Bautista's home run and bat flip was one of the coolest moments I ever seen in baseball and it made white people in the game rage.

I know Baez can be frustrating at the plate but I don't know how any Cub fan can hate him. As a sports fan I want to be entertained and no one on the roster does it better than him.

Right on, HG


Too bad the Cubs broke Bryce Harper in the middle of his MAKE BASEBALL FUN AGAIN campaign


Bat flipping should be an event on All Star Monday

Baez is the worst player in the history of baseball.

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You do not talk to me like that! I work too hard to deal with this stuff! I work too hard! I'm an important member of the CSFMB! I drive a Dodge Stratus!

Its not even the players, its media and some managers


Even old-school hard-ass white guy Supreme Jake Arrieta is okay with bat flipping provided you've earned the right

You made a wrong turn somewhere pal.

You are taking this crap from Bernsie or something. I have never been in a bar or family gathering or something watching a game and seen someone go off about a bat flip. You are mistaking an entire race for the so called baseball police manager and players.

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Elections have consequences.

I hate his approach at the plate. So sue me.

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

Get used to it.

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You do not talk to me like that! I work too hard to deal with this stuff! I work too hard! I'm an important member of the CSFMB! I drive a Dodge Stratus!

I make to highlight the games with the best bat flippers when making my ticket purchases at the beginning of the year.

Those Latinos, such a carefree and rhythmic people.

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

Amazing isn't it?

But never underestimate CoF at terrible sports (and political) thoughts.

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

White people in the GAME. Not white fans.

Oh yeah. that is weird because it seems like the country guys a lot but I do not recall Buerhle that way.

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Elections have consequences.