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Wheezer

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Re: 2018-2019 Wrongs-Righting Cubs Offseason BRYCE HARPER OR BUST Thread
« Reply #15 on: October 05, 2018, 10:47:06 AM »
Quote from: Quality Start Machine on October 03, 2018, 12:09:13 PM
For what Zobrist provides, and the fact that 2019 is the dive year in his contract (only $12.5MM), yeah. At least until Happ can prove to be a reliable Zobrist 2.0.

So, never?
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Re: 2018-2019 Wrongs-Righting Cubs Offseason BRYCE HARPER OR BUST Thread
« Reply #16 on: October 05, 2018, 12:21:27 PM »
Quote from: Quality Start Machine on October 05, 2018, 09:00:36 AM
Quote from: Oleg on October 03, 2018, 04:03:29 PM
Man, Hamels is great and all but I want them to break the goddamn bank.

Harper, Corbin, and Kimbrel.

Don't forget Machado.

Don't forget Kershaw.
You two wanna go stick your wangs in a hornet's nest, it's a free country.  But how come I always gotta get sloppy seconds, huh?

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Re: 2018-2019 Wrongs-Righting Cubs Offseason BRYCE HARPER OR BUST Thread
« Reply #17 on: October 05, 2018, 01:03:05 PM »
Quote from: Saul Goodman on October 05, 2018, 12:21:27 PM
Quote from: Quality Start Machine on October 05, 2018, 09:00:36 AM
Quote from: Oleg on October 03, 2018, 04:03:29 PM
Man, Hamels is great and all but I want them to break the goddamn bank.

Harper, Corbin, and Kimbrel.

Don't forget Machado.

Don't forget Kershaw.

He's scheduled to make $35MM each of the next two years. You think he can opt out and get that on the open market?
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Saul Goodman

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Re: 2018-2019 Wrongs-Righting Cubs Offseason BRYCE HARPER OR BUST Thread
« Reply #18 on: October 05, 2018, 11:10:15 PM »
Quote from: Quality Start Machine on October 05, 2018, 01:03:05 PM
Quote from: Saul Goodman on October 05, 2018, 12:21:27 PM
Quote from: Quality Start Machine on October 05, 2018, 09:00:36 AM
Quote from: Oleg on October 03, 2018, 04:03:29 PM
Man, Hamels is great and all but I want them to break the goddamn bank.

Harper, Corbin, and Kimbrel.

Don't forget Machado.

Don't forget Kershaw.

He's scheduled to make $35MM each of the next two years. You think he can opt out and get that on the open market?

We're breaking the goddamn bank here, so... yes?
You two wanna go stick your wangs in a hornet's nest, it's a free country.  But how come I always gotta get sloppy seconds, huh?

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Re: 2018-2019 Wrongs-Righting Cubs Offseason BRYCE HARPER OR BUST Thread
« Reply #19 on: October 05, 2018, 11:49:04 PM »
Quote from: R-V on October 04, 2018, 09:28:18 AM
Quote from: Oleg on October 03, 2018, 04:03:29 PM
Man, Hamels is great and all but I want them to break the goddamn bank.

Harper, Corbin, trade for DeGrom and Kimbrel.

If we're shooting for the moon...
I like the sentiment, but how?

Wheezer

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Re: 2018-2019 Wrongs-Righting Cubs Offseason BRYCE HARPER OR BUST Thread
« Reply #20 on: October 06, 2018, 09:29:35 AM »
Quote from: Shooter on October 05, 2018, 11:49:04 PM
Quote from: R-V on October 04, 2018, 09:28:18 AM
Quote from: Oleg on October 03, 2018, 04:03:29 PM
Man, Hamels is great and all but I want them to break the goddamn bank.

Harper, Corbin, trade for DeGrom and Kimbrel.

If we're shooting for the moon...

I like the sentiment, but how?

See Le Voyage Dans la Lun.
"The brain growth deficit controls reality hence [G-d] rules the world.... These mathematical results by the way, are all experimentally confirmed to 2-decimal point accuracy by modern Psychometry data."--George Hammond, Gμν!!

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Re: 2018-2019 Wrongs-Righting Cubs Offseason BRYCE HARPER OR BUST Thread
« Reply #21 on: October 07, 2018, 06:40:17 PM »
Quote from: Quality Start Machine on October 05, 2018, 01:03:05 PM
Quote from: Saul Goodman on October 05, 2018, 12:21:27 PM
Quote from: Quality Start Machine on October 05, 2018, 09:00:36 AM
Quote from: Oleg on October 03, 2018, 04:03:29 PM
Man, Hamels is great and all but I want them to break the goddamn bank.

Harper, Corbin, and Kimbrel.

Don't forget Machado.

Don't forget Kershaw.

He's scheduled to make $35MM each of the next two years. You think he can opt out and get that on the open market?

No, but he might be able to lock in that for the next two plus another $125mm in the following 4 years. Eliminates a lot of risk for him. And injury in the next 2 years and years 3-6 could be $-0-.

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Re: 2018-2019 Wrongs-Righting Cubs Offseason BRYCE HARPER OR BUST Thread
« Reply #22 on: October 08, 2018, 01:45:11 AM »
Quote from: Chuck to Chuck on October 07, 2018, 06:40:17 PM
Quote from: Quality Start Machine on October 05, 2018, 01:03:05 PM
Quote from: Saul Goodman on October 05, 2018, 12:21:27 PM
Quote from: Quality Start Machine on October 05, 2018, 09:00:36 AM
Quote from: Oleg on October 03, 2018, 04:03:29 PM
Man, Hamels is great and all but I want them to break the goddamn bank.

Harper, Corbin, and Kimbrel.

Don't forget Machado.

Don't forget Kershaw.

He's scheduled to make $35MM each of the next two years. You think he can opt out and get that on the open market?

No, but he might be able to lock in that for the next two plus another $125mm in the following 4 years. Eliminates a lot of risk for him. And injury in the next 2 years and years 3-6 could be $-0-.

Let me see if I've got this straight:

He'll opt out of his remaining two-year, $65MM contract (AAV $32.5MM) and somebody will give Clayton Kershaw, who will be 31 when next season starts; has averaged around 160 innings a year the last three years, during which time his ERA has deteriorated from 1.69 to 2.73; his FIP has deteriorated from 1.80 to 3.19 (!); his WHIP has deteriorated from 0.725 to 1.041; and his fWAR has deteriorated from 6.5 to 3.5...  SOMEBODY will give that Clayton Kershaw a SIX year contract (until he's 37) with the low, low AAV of just $31.7MM.

That's what you're saying, right?
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Re: 2018-2019 Wrongs-Righting Cubs Offseason BRYCE HARPER OR BUST Thread
« Reply #23 on: October 08, 2018, 09:29:11 AM »
Quote from: Wheezer on October 06, 2018, 09:29:35 AM
Quote from: Shooter on October 05, 2018, 11:49:04 PM
Quote from: R-V on October 04, 2018, 09:28:18 AM
Quote from: Oleg on October 03, 2018, 04:03:29 PM
Man, Hamels is great and all but I want them to break the goddamn bank.

Harper, Corbin, trade for DeGrom and Kimbrel.

If we're shooting for the moon...

I like the sentiment, but how?

See Le Voyage Dans la Lun.

You'll shoot your eye out.
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Re: 2018-2019 Wrongs-Righting Cubs Offseason BRYCE HARPER OR BUST Thread
« Reply #24 on: October 08, 2018, 09:29:32 AM »
Quote from: Shooter on October 05, 2018, 11:49:04 PM
Quote from: R-V on October 04, 2018, 09:28:18 AM
Quote from: Oleg on October 03, 2018, 04:03:29 PM
Man, Hamels is great and all but I want them to break the goddamn bank.

Harper, Corbin, trade for DeGrom and Kimbrel.

If we're shooting for the moon...
I like the sentiment, but how?

Beats the hell out of me. This would be 98% dependent on the Mets doing something really stupid.

Quality Start Machine

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Re: 2018-2019 Wrongs-Righting Cubs Offseason BRYCE HARPER OR BUST Thread
« Reply #25 on: October 08, 2018, 09:30:22 AM »
Quote from: R-V on October 08, 2018, 09:29:32 AM
Quote from: Shooter on October 05, 2018, 11:49:04 PM
Quote from: R-V on October 04, 2018, 09:28:18 AM
Quote from: Oleg on October 03, 2018, 04:03:29 PM
Man, Hamels is great and all but I want them to break the goddamn bank.

Harper, Corbin, trade for DeGrom and Kimbrel.

If we're shooting for the moon...
I like the sentiment, but how?

Beats the hell out of me. This would be 98% dependent on the Mets doing something really stupid.

Russell for DeGrom it is then.
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Re: 2018-2019 Wrongs-Righting Cubs Offseason BRYCE HARPER OR BUST Thread
« Reply #26 on: October 08, 2018, 09:31:00 AM »
Quote from: R-V on October 08, 2018, 09:29:32 AM
Quote from: Shooter on October 05, 2018, 11:49:04 PM
Quote from: R-V on October 04, 2018, 09:28:18 AM
Quote from: Oleg on October 03, 2018, 04:03:29 PM
Man, Hamels is great and all but I want them to break the goddamn bank.

Harper, Corbin, trade for DeGrom and Kimbrel.

If we're shooting for the moon...
I like the sentiment, but how?

Beats the hell out of me. This would be 98% dependent on the Mets doing something really stupid.

Well, that's not unheard of.
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Re: 2018-2019 Wrongs-Righting Cubs Offseason BRYCE HARPER OR BUST Thread
« Reply #27 on: October 15, 2018, 04:10:17 PM »
Anthony Iapoce, come on down!
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Re: 2018-2019 Wrongs-Righting Cubs Offseason BRYCE HARPER OR BUST Thread
« Reply #28 on: October 29, 2018, 11:10:54 AM »
Finally the season is over. Now it's time to SPEND THE RICKETTS' MONEY (on anything other than funding Trump/GOP politics)! SPEND SPEND SPEND!
You two wanna go stick your wangs in a hornet's nest, it's a free country.  But how come I always gotta get sloppy seconds, huh?

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Re: 2018-2019 Wrongs-Righting Cubs Offseason BRYCE HARPER OR BUST Thread
« Reply #29 on: October 29, 2018, 05:17:32 PM »
Quote from: Saul Goodman on October 29, 2018, 11:10:54 AM
Finally the season is over. Now it's time to SPEND THE RICKETTS' MONEY (on anything other than funding Trump/GOP politics)! SPEND SPEND SPEND!

At first I read this as "...spend the Rocket's money...", making me wonder if there was an inter-sports cabal that I knew nothing about.
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