The 2016 Cubs: SPLOOGE SPLOOGE SPLOOGE

[World's #1 Astros Fan]

Probably doesn't deserve his own thread yet, but Matt Szczur deserves some love for turning himself from basically a non-prospect into a useful 4th-5th outfielder. Sounds like he's worked hard to revamp his swing and add power, plus develop a bit of plate discipline. Who knows how long it'll last, but good for him.

Well put. 

I also wonder how much credit Maddon gets. I mean, I know that kinda shit can easily get overblown but Joe does seem to make full use of the 25-man roster.  To his credit, though, Szczur seems to have taken full advantage.  Good on him--he actually might end up proving for have more value to the Cubs as a player than he would as trade bait--which I assume is still kinda low.

[PenFoe]

Probably doesn't deserve his own thread yet, but Matt Szczur deserves some love for turning himself from basically a non-prospect into a useful 4th-5th outfielder. Sounds like he's worked hard to revamp his swing and add power, plus develop a bit of plate discipline. Who knows how long it'll last, but good for him.

Well put. 

I also wonder how much credit Maddon gets. I mean, I know that kinda shit can easily get overblown but Joe does seem to make full use of the 25-man roster.  To his credit, though, Szczur seems to have taken full advantage.  Good on him--he actually might end up proving for have more value to the Cubs as a player than he would as trade bait--which I assume is still kinda low.

I'm all in on this dude right now. I love watching this.

[PenFoe]

Probably doesn't deserve his own thread yet, but Matt Szczur deserves some love for turning himself from basically a non-prospect into a useful 4th-5th outfielder. Sounds like he's worked hard to revamp his swing and add power, plus develop a bit of plate discipline. Who knows how long it'll last, but good for him.

Well put. 

I also wonder how much credit Maddon gets. I mean, I know that kinda shit can easily get overblown but Joe does seem to make full use of the 25-man roster.  To his credit, though, Szczur seems to have taken full advantage.  Good on him--he actually might end up proving for have more value to the Cubs as a player than he would as trade bait--which I assume is still kinda low.

I'm all in on this dude right now. I love watching this.

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[Saul Goodman]

Matt Szczur has been a pleasant surprise. I like surprises.

[CT III]

Probably doesn't deserve his own thread yet, but Matt Szczur deserves some love for turning himself from basically a non-prospect into a useful 4th-5th outfielder. Sounds like he's worked hard to revamp his swing and add power, plus develop a bit of plate discipline. Who knows how long it'll last, but good for him.

It'll last until he shows up in the PED thread. And I for one am fine with that.

[Canadouche]

In my opinion, champion teams often have a lot of unexpected heroes. Even in previous "good" seasons, there were dud players that we had to contend with. (Troy O'Leary, anyone?) This year, on this team, just like last year it's going to be hard to find a guy to hate. Except for the mouth breather, and that's ok too.

[InternetApex]

Probably doesn't deserve his own thread yet, but Matt Szczur deserves some love for turning himself from basically a non-prospect into a useful 4th-5th outfielder. Sounds like he's worked hard to revamp his swing and add power, plus develop a bit of plate discipline. Who knows how long it'll last, but good for him.

Well put. 

I also wonder how much credit Maddon gets. I mean, I know that kinda shit can easily get overblown but Joe does seem to make full use of the 25-man roster.  To his credit, though, Szczur seems to have taken full advantage.  Good on him--he actually might end up proving for have more value to the Cubs as a player than he would as trade bait--which I assume is still kinda low.

I'm all in on this dude right now. I love watching this.

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I laughed so hard.

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[Saul Goodman]

Probably doesn't deserve his own thread yet, but Matt Szczur deserves some love for turning himself from basically a non-prospect into a useful 4th-5th outfielder. Sounds like he's worked hard to revamp his swing and add power, plus develop a bit of plate discipline. Who knows how long it'll last, but good for him.

Well put. 

I also wonder how much credit Maddon gets. I mean, I know that kinda shit can easily get overblown but Joe does seem to make full use of the 25-man roster.  To his credit, though, Szczur seems to have taken full advantage.  Good on him--he actually might end up proving for have more value to the Cubs as a player than he would as trade bait--which I assume is still kinda low.

I'm all in on this dude right now. I love watching this.

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I laughed so hard.

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He's just sucking up.

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[Saul Goodman]

Flush today's turd and take it out on the Pirates starting tomorrow.

[Grandmaster Wang]

They've scored 146 runs on 341 total bases. Or in other words, 42.8% of their total bases have resulted in runs.

That's... uh... pretty good?

[SKO]

They've scored 146 runs on 341 total bases. Or in other words, 42.8% of their total bases have resulted in runs.

That's... uh... pretty good?

So 42.8% of the time they are 100% of the way to scoring when they get on base? That's absolutely staggering.

[Quality Start Machine]

Loving skipping the Quality Start Machine_tm to get Jake and Lester putting the boot to Pittsburgh's neck in May.

[Canadouche]

At the 16 game point, I like to look at the standings because it projects to a 162 game season. I know, it's totally pointless, but I've looked at the standings in this way since I was a kid. The Cubs were 12-4, or on pace for a 120 win season.

To maintain this pace, they will need to go 6-2 in their next 8 games. I think it's actually possible.

[Chuck to Chuck]

At the 16 game point, I like to look at the standings because it projects to a 162 game season. I know, it's totally pointless, but I've looked at the standings in this way since I was a kid. The Cubs were 12-4, or on pace for a 120 win season.

To maintain this pace, they will need to go 6-2 in their next 8 games. I think it's actually possible.

Wait... a 12-4 pace over 16 games is the same as a 6-2 pace over 8 games?

THEY SAID THERE'D BE NO MATH!!!!

[Yeti]

Probably doesn't deserve his own thread yet, but Matt Szczur deserves some love for turning himself from basically a non-prospect into a useful 4th-5th outfielder. Sounds like he's worked hard to revamp his swing and add power, plus develop a bit of plate discipline. Who knows how long it'll last, but good for him.

Way to jinx him.

Congrats and welcome back to the bigs @Ryan_Kalish !  Unbelievable commitment, hard work, and belief in yourself to get back.  #nevergiveup

Assume that means Szczur is DLing