Kris Bryant Firehose of Splooge Thread

[World's #1 Astros Fan]

I was really hoping/expect Bryant to go off last night.  :(

The hanging slider from Clippard that he absolutely whiffed on almost made me throw up.

The one that he was so late on that he's still swinging right now?

I'm also haunted by Kris chasing the low outside fastball from DeGrom On 1-2 earlier in the game.  It felt like I hadn't seen him do that in months and it made me feel really bad.

[Quality Start Machine]

Pretty hard not to be the most disappointed in Rizzo offensively. He was crappy the last two weeks of the season and carried it right on into the playoffs. If Mike Matheny hadn't made the most hilariously awful decision of the year in letting Siegrist face Rizzo twice he'd have had an utterly forgettable postseason. It really hurt this series because he was their best hitter vs. fastballs all year long and he just didn't show up.

I'm awaiting the inevitable list of Rizzo injuries as soon as the Cubs' season ends.

[Slaky]

I was really hoping/expect Bryant to go off last night.  :(

The hanging slider from Clippard that he absolutely whiffed on almost made me throw up.

The one that he was so late on that he's still swinging right now?

I'm also haunted by Kris chasing the low outside fastball from DeGrom On 1-2 earlier in the game.  It felt like I hadn't seen him do that in months and it made me feel really bad.

Why now? Why is this happening RIGHT NOW?

God fucking damn it

[Saul Goodman]

Rookie of the Damn Year.

[flannj]

Rookie of the Damn Year.

Damn Year of the Rookie.

[Saul Goodman]

Rookie of the Damn Year.

Damn Year of the Rookie.

Unanimously.

[Quality Start Machine]

http://www.chicagotribune.com/sports/columnists/ct-sullivan-on-baseball-spt-1117-20151116-column.html

There is a way to top this next year, and that's to win a World Series.

Sploosh.

[Saul Goodman]

Kris/Boras/the union has filed a grievance against the Cubs over the timing of his promotion.

[Tonker]

Kris/Boras/the union has filed a grievance against the Cubs over the timing of his promotion.

Whatevs.

[CBStew]

Kris/Boras/the union has filed a grievance against the Cubs over the timing of his promotion.

Whatevs.

I bet that was the first time that a major league team ever did that.  Is there really a contract clause that says that a team can't weigh business rationales against won/loss records?

[Tonker]

Kris/Boras/the union has filed a grievance against the Cubs over the timing of his promotion.

Whatevs.

I bet that was the first time that a major league team ever did that.  Is there really a contract clause that says that a team can't weigh business rationales against won/loss records?

I guarantee that nowhere is it written that the Cubs did it for business reasons: they've never said that was why they did it, and they never will.  Boras and the players' union can complain all they like but the simple fact of the matter is that they negotiated  and signed this agreement and they can't really complain if the owners stick to the letter, rather than the spirit of it.  It's tough shit for them, but they should have nailed it down in the first place.

Indeed, I suspect that they're not looking to actually prosecute these grievances, but are rather just preparing the ground for getting rid of this loophole in the next CBA.

[SKO]

Kris/Boras/the union has filed a grievance against the Cubs over the timing of his promotion.

Whatevs.

I bet that was the first time that a major league team ever did that.  Is there really a contract clause that says that a team can't weigh business rationales against won/loss records?

I guarantee that nowhere is it written that the Cubs did it for business reasons: they've never said that was why they did it, and they never will.  Boras and the players' union can complain all they like but the simple fact of the matter is that they negotiated  and signed this agreement and they can't really complain if the owners stick to the letter, rather than the spirit of it.  It's tough shit for them, but they should have nailed it down in the first place.

Indeed, I suspect that they're not looking to actually prosecute these grievances, but are rather just preparing the ground for getting rid of this loophole in the next CBA.

See that is where there is a problem. How do you fix this loophole? If you say a guy's service time begins any time he is up for X% of a season, teams will just manipulate that. If you say it starts any time a guy ever appears on a major league roster that'll basically end any prospect of note ever getting called up as an injury replacement or for developmental reasons or a September call up.

There's going to be a way to manipulate it based on however they do it.

[Chuck to Chuck]

Kris/Boras/the union has filed a grievance against the Cubs over the timing of his promotion.

Whatevs.

I bet that was the first time that a major league team ever did that.  Is there really a contract clause that says that a team can't weigh business rationales against won/loss records?

I guarantee that nowhere is it written that the Cubs did it for business reasons: they've never said that was why they did it, and they never will.  Boras and the players' union can complain all they like but the simple fact of the matter is that they negotiated  and signed this agreement and they can't really complain if the owners stick to the letter, rather than the spirit of it.  It's tough shit for them, but they should have nailed it down in the first place.

Indeed, I suspect that they're not looking to actually prosecute these grievances, but are rather just preparing the ground for getting rid of this loophole in the next CBA.

See that is where there is a problem. How do you fix this loophole? If you say a guy's service time begins any time he is up for X% of a season, teams will just manipulate that. If you say it starts any time a guy ever appears on a major league roster that'll basically end any prospect of note ever getting called up as an injury replacement or for developmental reasons or a September call up.

There's going to be a way to manipulate it based on however they do it.

Probably in a "Super 2ish" way.  A year is defined as "Before June 1 and in the top 20% in service time of players called up between opening day and June 1."

And before you all say it, yeah, I've always got to make everything 2ish.

[Tonker]

Kris/Boras/the union has filed a grievance against the Cubs over the timing of his promotion.

Whatevs.

I bet that was the first time that a major league team ever did that.  Is there really a contract clause that says that a team can't weigh business rationales against won/loss records?

I guarantee that nowhere is it written that the Cubs did it for business reasons: they've never said that was why they did it, and they never will.  Boras and the players' union can complain all they like but the simple fact of the matter is that they negotiated  and signed this agreement and they can't really complain if the owners stick to the letter, rather than the spirit of it.  It's tough shit for them, but they should have nailed it down in the first place.

Indeed, I suspect that they're not looking to actually prosecute these grievances, but are rather just preparing the ground for getting rid of this loophole in the next CBA.

See that is where there is a problem. How do you fix this loophole? If you say a guy's service time begins any time he is up for X% of a season, teams will just manipulate that. If you say it starts any time a guy ever appears on a major league roster that'll basically end any prospect of note ever getting called up as an injury replacement or for developmental reasons or a September call up.

There's going to be a way to manipulate it based on however they do it.

Probably in a "Super 2ish" way.  A year is defined as "Before June 1 and in the top 20% in service time of players called up between opening day and June 1."

And before you all say it, yeah, I've always got to make everything 2ish.

Funny, you don't look 2ish.

[SKO]

Bump for that rocket shot, 113 MPH off the bat.