2014 Chicago Cubs: Let's Go 2015 Cubs!

[R-V]

Cubs picked up Felix Doubront for a PTBNL.

Fun

Even though you hate him on Twitter, this feels like a worthy shot.

They'll give up (hopefully) some dead weight from the 40-man for a young guy with decent stuff. 
They've turned this around before. 

He sucks but I'm not down on the deal. They'll give up nothing for him and if it doesn't work out no harm done. Fine by me.

He's got loads of potential. Let's get him in here and good and Bosio'd and watch the FYSlaks pile up. Then let's trade him for Joey Gallo.

No you will NOT FYSlak me. I earned this because I was RIGHT ON OLT.

Everybody with two good eyes was right on Olt.

You give me Doubront's 2013 statline for PTBNL and after that you can go get your shinebox.

I don't think there's any question that every Doubront K moving forward is a direct FYSlak.

Why settle for K's alone? Why not all outs? Eli's gone dark on us. We need to rebrand Slak as the bearded face of the resistance.

I'm on board damn it. I'm a people person. We still have Chuck.

Look, we all have our guys.  
I was the guy who hated Soto and if Hannemann ever pans out, I'm fucked.
SKO hates CJ Edwards and Castro.  
Chuck hates Castro and Baez.  
You hate Doubront.

We all have a role to play here.

I always forget I hate Castro. That sonofabitch.

According to Huey (who is not a meatball) I love Edwin Jackson (who has no balls or heart) because of that one tweet from last year.

[SKO]

Cubs picked up Felix Doubront for a PTBNL.

Fun

Even though you hate him on Twitter, this feels like a worthy shot.

They'll give up (hopefully) some dead weight from the 40-man for a young guy with decent stuff. 
They've turned this around before. 

He sucks but I'm not down on the deal. They'll give up nothing for him and if it doesn't work out no harm done. Fine by me.

He's got loads of potential. Let's get him in here and good and Bosio'd and watch the FYSlaks pile up. Then let's trade him for Joey Gallo.

No you will NOT FYSlak me. I earned this because I was RIGHT ON OLT.

Everybody with two good eyes was right on Olt.

You give me Doubront's 2013 statline for PTBNL and after that you can go get your shinebox.

I don't think there's any question that every Doubront K moving forward is a direct FYSlak.

Why settle for K's alone? Why not all outs? Eli's gone dark on us. We need to rebrand Slak as the bearded face of the resistance.

I'm on board damn it. I'm a people person. We still have Chuck.

Look, we all have our guys.  
I was the guy who hated Soto and if Hannemann ever pans out, I'm fucked.
SKO hates CJ Edwards and Castro.  
Chuck hates Castro and Baez.  
You hate Doubront.

We all have a role to play here.

I always forget I hate Castro. That sonofabitch.

According to Huey (who is not a meatball) I love Edwin Jackson (who has no balls or heart) because of that one tweet from last year.

hmm. That could be fun. We could just throw up FYRVs at every Jackson fuckup until we deplete the entire world's supply of all four letters sometime next month.

[PenFoe]

Cubs picked up Felix Doubront for a PTBNL.

Fun

Even though you hate him on Twitter, this feels like a worthy shot.

They'll give up (hopefully) some dead weight from the 40-man for a young guy with decent stuff. 
They've turned this around before. 

He sucks but I'm not down on the deal. They'll give up nothing for him and if it doesn't work out no harm done. Fine by me.

He's got loads of potential. Let's get him in here and good and Bosio'd and watch the FYSlaks pile up. Then let's trade him for Joey Gallo.

No you will NOT FYSlak me. I earned this because I was RIGHT ON OLT.

Everybody with two good eyes was right on Olt.

You give me Doubront's 2013 statline for PTBNL and after that you can go get your shinebox.

I don't think there's any question that every Doubront K moving forward is a direct FYSlak.

Why settle for K's alone? Why not all outs? Eli's gone dark on us. We need to rebrand Slak as the bearded face of the resistance.

I'm on board damn it. I'm a people person. We still have Chuck.

Look, we all have our guys.  
I was the guy who hated Soto and if Hannemann ever pans out, I'm fucked.
SKO hates CJ Edwards and Castro.  
Chuck hates Castro and Baez.  
You hate Doubront.

We all have a role to play here.

I always forget I hate Castro. That sonofabitch.

According to Huey (who is not a meatball) I love Edwin Jackson (who has no balls or heart) because of that one tweet from last year.

Done, branded for life.

[World's #1 Astros Fan]

Cubs picked up Felix Doubront for a PTBNL.

Fun

Even though you hate him on Twitter, this feels like a worthy shot.

They'll give up (hopefully) some dead weight from the 40-man for a young guy with decent stuff. 
They've turned this around before. 

He sucks but I'm not down on the deal. They'll give up nothing for him and if it doesn't work out no harm done. Fine by me.

He's got loads of potential. Let's get him in here and good and Bosio'd and watch the FYSlaks pile up. Then let's trade him for Joey Gallo.

No you will NOT FYSlak me. I earned this because I was RIGHT ON OLT.

Everybody with two good eyes was right on Olt.

You give me Doubront's 2013 statline for PTBNL and after that you can go get your shinebox.

I don't think there's any question that every Doubront K moving forward is a direct FYSlak.

Why settle for K's alone? Why not all outs? Eli's gone dark on us. We need to rebrand Slak as the bearded face of the resistance.

I'm on board damn it. I'm a people person. We still have Chuck.

Look, we all have our guys.  
I was the guy who hated Soto and if Hannemann ever pans out, I'm fucked.
SKO hates CJ Edwards and Castro.  
Chuck hates Castro and Baez.  
You hate Doubront.

We all have a role to play here.

I always forget I hate Castro. That sonofabitch.

According to Huey (who is not a meatball) I love Edwin Jackson (who has no balls or heart) because of that one tweet from last year.

Seems like you're embracing the meme rather nicely, thankyouverymuch.

[R-V]

Cubs picked up Felix Doubront for a PTBNL.

Fun

Even though you hate him on Twitter, this feels like a worthy shot.

They'll give up (hopefully) some dead weight from the 40-man for a young guy with decent stuff. 
They've turned this around before. 

He sucks but I'm not down on the deal. They'll give up nothing for him and if it doesn't work out no harm done. Fine by me.

He's got loads of potential. Let's get him in here and good and Bosio'd and watch the FYSlaks pile up. Then let's trade him for Joey Gallo.

No you will NOT FYSlak me. I earned this because I was RIGHT ON OLT.

Everybody with two good eyes was right on Olt.

You give me Doubront's 2013 statline for PTBNL and after that you can go get your shinebox.

I don't think there's any question that every Doubront K moving forward is a direct FYSlak.

Why settle for K's alone? Why not all outs? Eli's gone dark on us. We need to rebrand Slak as the bearded face of the resistance.

I'm on board damn it. I'm a people person. We still have Chuck.

Look, we all have our guys.  
I was the guy who hated Soto and if Hannemann ever pans out, I'm fucked.
SKO hates CJ Edwards and Castro.  
Chuck hates Castro and Baez.  
You hate Doubront.

We all have a role to play here.

I always forget I hate Castro. That sonofabitch.

According to Huey (who is not a meatball) I love Edwin Jackson (who has no balls or heart) because of that one tweet from last year.

Seems like you're embracing the meme rather nicely, thankyouverymuch.

Thank you. Fishing for meatballs is a favorite pastime of mine.

[World's #1 Astros Fan]

Cubs picked up Felix Doubront for a PTBNL.

Fun

Even though you hate him on Twitter, this feels like a worthy shot.

They'll give up (hopefully) some dead weight from the 40-man for a young guy with decent stuff. 
They've turned this around before. 

He sucks but I'm not down on the deal. They'll give up nothing for him and if it doesn't work out no harm done. Fine by me.

He's got loads of potential. Let's get him in here and good and Bosio'd and watch the FYSlaks pile up. Then let's trade him for Joey Gallo.

No you will NOT FYSlak me. I earned this because I was RIGHT ON OLT.

Everybody with two good eyes was right on Olt.

You give me Doubront's 2013 statline for PTBNL and after that you can go get your shinebox.

I don't think there's any question that every Doubront K moving forward is a direct FYSlak.

Why settle for K's alone? Why not all outs? Eli's gone dark on us. We need to rebrand Slak as the bearded face of the resistance.

I'm on board damn it. I'm a people person. We still have Chuck.

Look, we all have our guys.  
I was the guy who hated Soto and if Hannemann ever pans out, I'm fucked.
SKO hates CJ Edwards and Castro.  
Chuck hates Castro and Baez.  
You hate Doubront.

We all have a role to play here.

I always forget I hate Castro. That sonofabitch.

According to Huey (who is not a meatball) I love Edwin Jackson (who has no balls or heart) because of that one tweet from last year.

Seems like you're embracing the meme rather nicely, thankyouverymuch.

Thank you. Fishing for meatballs is a favorite pastime of mine.

Whatever, Edwin Jackson Lover.

[PenFoe]

Cubs picked up Felix Doubront for a PTBNL.

Fun

Even though you hate him on Twitter, this feels like a worthy shot.

They'll give up (hopefully) some dead weight from the 40-man for a young guy with decent stuff. 
They've turned this around before. 

He sucks but I'm not down on the deal. They'll give up nothing for him and if it doesn't work out no harm done. Fine by me.

He's got loads of potential. Let's get him in here and good and Bosio'd and watch the FYSlaks pile up. Then let's trade him for Joey Gallo.

No you will NOT FYSlak me. I earned this because I was RIGHT ON OLT.

Everybody with two good eyes was right on Olt.

You give me Doubront's 2013 statline for PTBNL and after that you can go get your shinebox.

I don't think there's any question that every Doubront K moving forward is a direct FYSlak.

Why settle for K's alone? Why not all outs? Eli's gone dark on us. We need to rebrand Slak as the bearded face of the resistance.

I'm on board damn it. I'm a people person. We still have Chuck.

Look, we all have our guys.  
I was the guy who hated Soto and if Hannemann ever pans out, I'm fucked.
SKO hates CJ Edwards and Castro.  
Chuck hates Castro and Baez.  
You hate Doubront.

We all have a role to play here.

I always forget I hate Castro. That sonofabitch.

According to Huey (who is not a meatball) I love Edwin Jackson (who has no balls or heart) because of that one tweet from last year.

Seems like you're embracing the meme rather nicely, thankyouverymuch.

Thank you. Fishing for meatballs is a favorite pastime of mine.

Whatever, Edwin Jackson Lover.

Says the guy who loves Aaron Miles and John Baker.

[Slaky]

Starting to get the feeling this is the last Cubs season for a while where the win/loss at the end of each game means almost nothing. Yes, I realize losing is important for draft pick purposes and I'm sure they'll end up near the top of the draft again. Seems unavoidable. Not something I have to worry about as a fan.

If Soler and Baez are permanent fixtures next season and at least one top of the line starting pitcher comes in via FA, you can't tell me that even with people all saying "next year they'll be better but in 2016 they're going to be really good" are going to be able to help themselves. I think with those additions and the looming spectre of Kris Bryant's arrival fans are going to ready to go from day one. If the Cubs get off to a bad start people will be climbing over themselves to scream Fire Renteria because let's face it - Renteria managing games that matter is a terrifying proposition based on what we've seen.

So let's enjoy this stress free remainder of the season because I'm fairly certain this is it.

Welcome back, painful baseball.

[SKO]

Starting to get the feeling this is the last Cubs season for a while where the win/loss at the end of each game means almost nothing. Yes, I realize losing is important for draft pick purposes and I'm sure they'll end up near the top of the draft again. Seems unavoidable. Not something I have to worry about as a fan.

If Soler and Baez are permanent fixtures next season and at least one top of the line starting pitcher comes in via FA, you can't tell me that even with people all saying "next year they'll be better but in 2016 they're going to be really good" are going to be able to help themselves. I think with those additions and the looming spectre of Kris Bryant's arrival fans are going to ready to go from day one. If the Cubs get off to a bad start people will be climbing over themselves to scream Fire Renteria because let's face it - Renteria managing games that matter is a terrifying proposition based on what we've seen.

So let's enjoy this stress free remainder of the season because I'm fairly certain this is it.

Welcome back, painful baseball.

Oh no doubt. And I don't think Bryant waits that long. I doubt they'll worry about Super 2 so I think he just needs to wait till May at the latest to get the extra year. So if you've got Baez, Soler, Bryant, and Mendy with Russell definitely lurking for a midseason callup, and some extra help in the rotation, you'd definitely think that team can win 78-85 games potentially, and with the Selig Card that'll be enough to keep them close enough to contending that we'll all be suckered in.

[R-V]

Starting to get the feeling this is the last Cubs season for a while where the win/loss at the end of each game means almost nothing. Yes, I realize losing is important for draft pick purposes and I'm sure they'll end up near the top of the draft again. Seems unavoidable. Not something I have to worry about as a fan.

If Soler and Baez are permanent fixtures next season and at least one top of the line starting pitcher comes in via FA, you can't tell me that even with people all saying "next year they'll be better but in 2016 they're going to be really good" are going to be able to help themselves. I think with those additions and the looming spectre of Kris Bryant's arrival fans are going to ready to go from day one. If the Cubs get off to a bad start people will be climbing over themselves to scream Fire Renteria because let's face it - Renteria managing games that matter is a terrifying proposition based on what we've seen.

So let's enjoy this stress free remainder of the season because I'm fairly certain this is it.

Welcome back, painful baseball.

Oh no doubt. And I don't think Bryant waits that long. I doubt they'll worry about Super 2 so I think he just needs to wait till May at the latest to get the extra year. So if you've got Baez, Soler, Bryant, and Mendy with Russell definitely lurking for a midseason callup, and some extra help in the rotation, you'd definitely think that team can win 78-85 games potentially, and with the Selig Card that'll be enough to keep them close enough to contending that we'll all be suckered in.

Would this be the right place for me to make my wild assed prediction that Baez, Bryant and Soler all get called up Sept. 1st? And that Theo lets it be known that they don't give a shit about Super 2 or arbitration status for those guys because they've got a ton of payroll flexibility and they're going to start using it? And that they intend for all 3 of them to be on the big league team to start next season?

Even if that wouldn't be the optimal decision in terms of asset management I think it would send a nice message to potential FAs (hi Jon Lester!) that they're done fucking around.

[CT III]

Starting to get the feeling this is the last Cubs season for a while where the win/loss at the end of each game means almost nothing. Yes, I realize losing is important for draft pick purposes and I'm sure they'll end up near the top of the draft again. Seems unavoidable. Not something I have to worry about as a fan.

If Soler and Baez are permanent fixtures next season and at least one top of the line starting pitcher comes in via FA, you can't tell me that even with people all saying "next year they'll be better but in 2016 they're going to be really good" are going to be able to help themselves. I think with those additions and the looming spectre of Kris Bryant's arrival fans are going to ready to go from day one. If the Cubs get off to a bad start people will be climbing over themselves to scream Fire Renteria because let's face it - Renteria managing games that matter is a terrifying proposition based on what we've seen.

So let's enjoy this stress free remainder of the season because I'm fairly certain this is it.

Welcome back, painful baseball.

Oh no doubt. And I don't think Bryant waits that long. I doubt they'll worry about Super 2 so I think he just needs to wait till May at the latest to get the extra year. So if you've got Baez, Soler, Bryant, and Mendy with Russell definitely lurking for a midseason callup, and some extra help in the rotation, you'd definitely think that team can win 78-85 games potentially, and with the Selig Card that'll be enough to keep them close enough to contending that we'll all be suckered in.

Would this be the right place for me to make my wild assed prediction that Baez, Bryant and Soler all get called up Sept. 1st? And that Theo lets it be known that they don't give a shit about Super 2 or arbitration status for those guys because they've got a ton of payroll flexibility and they're going to start using it? And that they intend for all 3 of them to be on the big league team to start next season?

Even if that wouldn't be the optimal decision in terms of asset management I think it would send a nice message to potential FAs (hi Jon Lester!) that they're done fucking around.

I think you just melted Gordon Wittenmyer's head.

[Powdered Toast Man]

Starting to get the feeling this is the last Cubs season for a while where the win/loss at the end of each game means almost nothing. Yes, I realize losing is important for draft pick purposes and I'm sure they'll end up near the top of the draft again. Seems unavoidable. Not something I have to worry about as a fan.

If Soler and Baez are permanent fixtures next season and at least one top of the line starting pitcher comes in via FA, you can't tell me that even with people all saying "next year they'll be better but in 2016 they're going to be really good" are going to be able to help themselves. I think with those additions and the looming spectre of Kris Bryant's arrival fans are going to ready to go from day one. If the Cubs get off to a bad start people will be climbing over themselves to scream Fire Renteria because let's face it - Renteria managing games that matter is a terrifying proposition based on what we've seen.

So let's enjoy this stress free remainder of the season because I'm fairly certain this is it.

Welcome back, painful baseball.

Oh no doubt. And I don't think Bryant waits that long. I doubt they'll worry about Super 2 so I think he just needs to wait till May at the latest to get the extra year. So if you've got Baez, Soler, Bryant, and Mendy with Russell definitely lurking for a midseason callup, and some extra help in the rotation, you'd definitely think that team can win 78-85 games potentially, and with the Selig Card that'll be enough to keep them close enough to contending that we'll all be suckered in.

Would this be the right place for me to make my wild assed prediction that Baez, Bryant and Soler all get called up Sept. 1st? And that Theo lets it be known that they don't give a shit about Super 2 or arbitration status for those guys because they've got a ton of payroll flexibility and they're going to start using it? And that they intend for all 3 of them to be on the big league team to start next season?

Even if that wouldn't be the optimal decision in terms of asset management I think it would send a nice message to potential FAs (hi Jon Lester!) that they're done fucking around.

If they didn't give a shit about Super 2 or arbitration, wouldn't they have already called up Baez instead of Valaika?

[R-V]

Starting to get the feeling this is the last Cubs season for a while where the win/loss at the end of each game means almost nothing. Yes, I realize losing is important for draft pick purposes and I'm sure they'll end up near the top of the draft again. Seems unavoidable. Not something I have to worry about as a fan.

If Soler and Baez are permanent fixtures next season and at least one top of the line starting pitcher comes in via FA, you can't tell me that even with people all saying "next year they'll be better but in 2016 they're going to be really good" are going to be able to help themselves. I think with those additions and the looming spectre of Kris Bryant's arrival fans are going to ready to go from day one. If the Cubs get off to a bad start people will be climbing over themselves to scream Fire Renteria because let's face it - Renteria managing games that matter is a terrifying proposition based on what we've seen.

So let's enjoy this stress free remainder of the season because I'm fairly certain this is it.

Welcome back, painful baseball.

Oh no doubt. And I don't think Bryant waits that long. I doubt they'll worry about Super 2 so I think he just needs to wait till May at the latest to get the extra year. So if you've got Baez, Soler, Bryant, and Mendy with Russell definitely lurking for a midseason callup, and some extra help in the rotation, you'd definitely think that team can win 78-85 games potentially, and with the Selig Card that'll be enough to keep them close enough to contending that we'll all be suckered in.

Would this be the right place for me to make my wild assed prediction that Baez, Bryant and Soler all get called up Sept. 1st? And that Theo lets it be known that they don't give a shit about Super 2 or arbitration status for those guys because they've got a ton of payroll flexibility and they're going to start using it? And that they intend for all 3 of them to be on the big league team to start next season?

Even if that wouldn't be the optimal decision in terms of asset management I think it would send a nice message to potential FAs (hi Jon Lester!) that they're done fucking around.

If they didn't give a shit about Super 2 or arbitration, wouldn't they have already called up Baez instead of Valaika?

I think you could easily argue that Baez has needed a good amount of time in Iowa to continue working on his BB and K rates - which he's done. And that Soler just needed to get his legs back in an environment where he didn't have chubby smelly bearded weirdos hounding him after every game.

As for Bryant, I think most would agree he's ready and has been for some time, but without going too over the top with clubhouse chemistry bullplop, I do think there would be value in bringing multiple guys up at the same time so that one of them isn't the sole focus of thinkpieces by above referenced chubby smelly bearded weirdos. Maybe they were just waiting for the other two to be ready so they could all come up together.

[SKO]

Starting to get the feeling this is the last Cubs season for a while where the win/loss at the end of each game means almost nothing. Yes, I realize losing is important for draft pick purposes and I'm sure they'll end up near the top of the draft again. Seems unavoidable. Not something I have to worry about as a fan.

If Soler and Baez are permanent fixtures next season and at least one top of the line starting pitcher comes in via FA, you can't tell me that even with people all saying "next year they'll be better but in 2016 they're going to be really good" are going to be able to help themselves. I think with those additions and the looming spectre of Kris Bryant's arrival fans are going to ready to go from day one. If the Cubs get off to a bad start people will be climbing over themselves to scream Fire Renteria because let's face it - Renteria managing games that matter is a terrifying proposition based on what we've seen.

So let's enjoy this stress free remainder of the season because I'm fairly certain this is it.

Welcome back, painful baseball.

Oh no doubt. And I don't think Bryant waits that long. I doubt they'll worry about Super 2 so I think he just needs to wait till May at the latest to get the extra year. So if you've got Baez, Soler, Bryant, and Mendy with Russell definitely lurking for a midseason callup, and some extra help in the rotation, you'd definitely think that team can win 78-85 games potentially, and with the Selig Card that'll be enough to keep them close enough to contending that we'll all be suckered in.

Would this be the right place for me to make my wild assed prediction that Baez, Bryant and Soler all get called up Sept. 1st? And that Theo lets it be known that they don't give a shit about Super 2 or arbitration status for those guys because they've got a ton of payroll flexibility and they're going to start using it? And that they intend for all 3 of them to be on the big league team to start next season?

Even if that wouldn't be the optimal decision in terms of asset management I think it would send a nice message to potential FAs (hi Jon Lester!) that they're done fucking around.

If they didn't give a shit about Super 2 or arbitration, wouldn't they have already called up Baez instead of Valaika?

I think you could easily argue that Baez has needed a good amount of time in Iowa to continue working on his BB and K rates - which he's done. And that Soler just needed to get his legs back in an environment where he didn't have chubby smelly bearded weirdos hounding him after every game.

As for Bryant, I think most would agree he's ready and has been for some time, but without going too over the top with clubhouse chemistry bullplop, I do think there would be value in bringing multiple guys up at the same time so that one of them isn't the sole focus of thinkpieces by above referenced chubby smelly bearded weirdos. Maybe they were just waiting for the other two to be ready so they could all come up together.

Yeah, as torrid of a pace as he's been on for the last few months I'd say there's still nothing wrong with letting Baez get as many at bats in AAA as he can. You can call him up Sept. 1st and still know he had an entire season of at-bats at just about every level in the minors. No one could argue they rushed his development.

[Slaky]

Starting to get the feeling this is the last Cubs season for a while where the win/loss at the end of each game means almost nothing. Yes, I realize losing is important for draft pick purposes and I'm sure they'll end up near the top of the draft again. Seems unavoidable. Not something I have to worry about as a fan.

If Soler and Baez are permanent fixtures next season and at least one top of the line starting pitcher comes in via FA, you can't tell me that even with people all saying "next year they'll be better but in 2016 they're going to be really good" are going to be able to help themselves. I think with those additions and the looming spectre of Kris Bryant's arrival fans are going to ready to go from day one. If the Cubs get off to a bad start people will be climbing over themselves to scream Fire Renteria because let's face it - Renteria managing games that matter is a terrifying proposition based on what we've seen.

So let's enjoy this stress free remainder of the season because I'm fairly certain this is it.

Welcome back, painful baseball.

Oh no doubt. And I don't think Bryant waits that long. I doubt they'll worry about Super 2 so I think he just needs to wait till May at the latest to get the extra year. So if you've got Baez, Soler, Bryant, and Mendy with Russell definitely lurking for a midseason callup, and some extra help in the rotation, you'd definitely think that team can win 78-85 games potentially, and with the Selig Card that'll be enough to keep them close enough to contending that we'll all be suckered in.

Would this be the right place for me to make my wild assed prediction that Baez, Bryant and Soler all get called up Sept. 1st? And that Theo lets it be known that they don't give a shit about Super 2 or arbitration status for those guys because they've got a ton of payroll flexibility and they're going to start using it? And that they intend for all 3 of them to be on the big league team to start next season?

Even if that wouldn't be the optimal decision in terms of asset management I think it would send a nice message to potential FAs (hi Jon Lester!) that they're done fucking around.

If they didn't give a shit about Super 2 or arbitration, wouldn't they have already called up Baez instead of Valaika?

I think you could easily argue that Baez has needed a good amount of time in Iowa to continue working on his BB and K rates - which he's done. And that Soler just needed to get his legs back in an environment where he didn't have chubby smelly bearded weirdos hounding him after every game.

As for Bryant, I think most would agree he's ready and has been for some time, but without going too over the top with clubhouse chemistry bullplop, I do think there would be value in bringing multiple guys up at the same time so that one of them isn't the sole focus of thinkpieces by above referenced chubby smelly bearded weirdos. Maybe they were just waiting for the other two to be ready so they could all come up together.

Yeah, as torrid of a pace as he's been on for the last few months I'd say there's still nothing wrong with letting Baez get as many at bats in AAA as he can. You can call him up Sept. 1st and still know he had an entire season of at-bats at just about every level in the minors. No one could argue they rushed his development.

I just think people need to understand that Bryant and Baez are going to strike out. It's just in their make up.

Soler...now that's the dude.