The 2016 Cubs: SPLOOGE SPLOOGE SPLOOGE

[SKO]

As much fun as this season is, I still find myself leaving the moment and thinking about next year, when Contreras, Almora and Schwarber get added to this squad.

That's a dumb thing to do. Don't anybody else do it.

This is the best Cubs team in any of our lifetimes. Drink in in every second.

I will give a less than zero percent chance that Almora is better or even remotely as good next year as Dexter Fowler has been this year. That is a dumb thing to look forward to. You are correct to say this is dumb.

[Quality Start Machine]

As much fun as this season is, I still find myself leaving the moment and thinking about next year, when Contreras, Almora and Schwarber get added to this squad.

That's a dumb thing to do. Don't anybody else do it.

This is the best Cubs team in any of our lifetimes. Drink in in every second.

I will give a less than zero percent chance that Almora is better or even remotely as good next year as Dexter Fowler has been this year. That is a dumb thing to look forward to. You are correct to say this is dumb.

I'm taking for granted that Fowler is gone the second he wrings the champagne out of his hat. Almora is, at the very least, a high-plus glove with offensive potential. And he's cheap.

But thank you for pointing out that I think he's the Next Willie Mays.

[Eli]

As much fun as this season is, I still find myself leaving the moment and thinking about next year, when Contreras, Almora and Schwarber get added to this squad.

That's a dumb thing to do. Don't anybody else do it.

This is the best Cubs team in any of our lifetimes. Drink in in every second.

I will give a less than zero percent chance that Almora is better or even remotely as good next year as Dexter Fowler has been this year. That is a dumb thing to look forward to. You are correct to say this is dumb.

The difference between Fowler's current pace and a reasonable projection for Almora is like a loss of 8 wins over a full season, so ... looking forward to that, too.

(ETA: I also know what Fork meant, but still.)

[Quality Start Machine]

As much fun as this season is, I still find myself leaving the moment and thinking about next year, when Contreras, Almora and Schwarber get added to this squad.

That's a dumb thing to do. Don't anybody else do it.

This is the best Cubs team in any of our lifetimes. Drink in in every second.

I will give a less than zero percent chance that Almora is better or even remotely as good next year as Dexter Fowler has been this year. That is a dumb thing to look forward to. You are correct to say this is dumb.

The difference between Fowler's current pace and a reasonable projection for Almora is like a loss of 8 wins over a full season, so ... looking forward to that, too.

(ETA: I also know what Fork meant, but still.)

so they win 112 next year.

[SKO]

As much fun as this season is, I still find myself leaving the moment and thinking about next year, when Contreras, Almora and Schwarber get added to this squad.

That's a dumb thing to do. Don't anybody else do it.

This is the best Cubs team in any of our lifetimes. Drink in in every second.

I will give a less than zero percent chance that Almora is better or even remotely as good next year as Dexter Fowler has been this year. That is a dumb thing to look forward to. You are correct to say this is dumb.

The difference between Fowler's current pace and a reasonable projection for Almora is like a loss of 8 wins over a full season, so ... looking forward to that, too.

(ETA: I also know what Fork meant, but still.)

I get what he was saying, he's just wrong because he's Fork. The main reason he is wrong being that Fowler is the coolest and a small part of me would probably miss him even once they inevitably replace him with Mike Trout, the second reason being that Willson is most definitely pulling a 2007 Soto, kicking ass in September, and stealing the starting catcher gig by the time of the playoffs, where his balls will savage the gaps of the Washington/Los Angeles/San Francisco/Boston outfields as he racks up double after double.

[Oleg]

As much fun as this season is, I still find myself leaving the moment and thinking about next year, when Contreras, Almora and Schwarber get added to this squad.

That's a dumb thing to do. Don't anybody else do it.

This is the best Cubs team in any of our lifetimes. Drink in in every second.

I will give a less than zero percent chance that Almora is better or even remotely as good next year as Dexter Fowler has been this year. That is a dumb thing to look forward to. You are correct to say this is dumb.

The difference between Fowler's current pace and a reasonable projection for Almora is like a loss of 8 wins over a full season, so ... looking forward to that, too.

(ETA: I also know what Fork meant, but still.)

I get what he was saying, he's just wrong because he's Fork. The main reason he is wrong being that Fowler is the coolest and a small part of me would probably miss him even once they inevitably replace him with Mike Trout, the second reason being that Willson is most definitely pulling a 2007 Soto, kicking ass in September, and stealing the starting catcher gig by the time of the playoffs, where his balls will savage the gaps of the Washington/Los Angeles/San Francisco/Boston outfields as he racks up double after double.

I find it hard to believe that Eli actually believes that Fowler finishes the year with 9-9.5 WAR.

[Quality Start Machine]

As much fun as this season is, I still find myself leaving the moment and thinking about next year, when Contreras, Almora and Schwarber get added to this squad.

That's a dumb thing to do. Don't anybody else do it.

This is the best Cubs team in any of our lifetimes. Drink in in every second.

I will give a less than zero percent chance that Almora is better or even remotely as good next year as Dexter Fowler has been this year. That is a dumb thing to look forward to. You are correct to say this is dumb.

The difference between Fowler's current pace and a reasonable projection for Almora is like a loss of 8 wins over a full season, so ... looking forward to that, too.

(ETA: I also know what Fork meant, but still.)

I get what he was saying, he's just wrong because he's Fork. The main reason he is wrong being that Fowler is the coolest and a small part of me would probably miss him even once they inevitably replace him with Mike Trout, the second reason being that Willson is most definitely pulling a 2007 Soto, kicking ass in September, and stealing the starting catcher gig by the time of the playoffs, where his balls will savage the gaps of the Washington/Los Angeles/San Francisco/Boston outfields as he racks up double after double.

Truth is, after the Cubs win it all in October everyone on this team will have pieces of all of our hearts in varying sizes. Shit, Clayton Richard will never have to buy a drink in this town for the rest of his life.

[Saul Goodman]

I'm looking forward to more of Fork's instructions over the rest of the season on how to follow, root for, and think about the Cubs. I need all the help I can get.

[ChuckD]

As much fun as this season is, I still find myself leaving the moment and thinking about next year, when Contreras, Almora and Schwarber get added to this squad.

That's a dumb thing to do. Don't anybody else do it.

This is the best Cubs team in any of our lifetimes. Drink in in every second.

I will give a less than zero percent chance that Almora is better or even remotely as good next year as Dexter Fowler has been this year. That is a dumb thing to look forward to. You are correct to say this is dumb.

The difference between Fowler's current pace and a reasonable projection for Almora is like a loss of 8 wins over a full season, so ... looking forward to that, too.

(ETA: I also know what Fork meant, but still.)

I get what he was saying, he's just wrong because he's Fork. The main reason he is wrong being that Fowler is the coolest and a small part of me would probably miss him even once they inevitably replace him with Mike Trout, the second reason being that Willson is most definitely pulling a 2007 Soto, kicking ass in September, and stealing the starting catcher gig by the time of the playoffs, where his balls will savage the gaps of the Washington/Los Angeles/San Francisco/Boston outfields as he racks up double after double.

I find it hard to believe that Eli actually believes that Fowler finishes the year with 9-9.5 WAR.

I read it as Fowler would be worth 5.5 to 6 WAR whereas Almora would be -2.5.

[Slaky]

As much fun as this season is, I still find myself leaving the moment and thinking about next year, when Contreras, Almora and Schwarber get added to this squad.

That's a dumb thing to do. Don't anybody else do it.

This is the best Cubs team in any of our lifetimes. Drink in in every second.

I will give a less than zero percent chance that Almora is better or even remotely as good next year as Dexter Fowler has been this year. That is a dumb thing to look forward to. You are correct to say this is dumb.

The difference between Fowler's current pace and a reasonable projection for Almora is like a loss of 8 wins over a full season, so ... looking forward to that, too.

(ETA: I also know what Fork meant, but still.)

I get what he was saying, he's just wrong because he's Fork. The main reason he is wrong being that Fowler is the coolest and a small part of me would probably miss him even once they inevitably replace him with Mike Trout, the second reason being that Willson is most definitely pulling a 2007 Soto, kicking ass in September, and stealing the starting catcher gig by the time of the playoffs, where his balls will savage the gaps of the Washington/Los Angeles/San Francisco/Boston outfields as he racks up double after double.

I find it hard to believe that Eli actually believes that Fowler finishes the year with 9-9.5 WAR.

I read it as Fowler would be worth 5.5 to 6 WAR whereas Almora would be -2.5.

Either way, everyone is right that putting Almora in as the everyday CF next year is dumb for many reasons including Schwarber-Heyward-Soler.

[Eli]

As much fun as this season is, I still find myself leaving the moment and thinking about next year, when Contreras, Almora and Schwarber get added to this squad.

That's a dumb thing to do. Don't anybody else do it.

This is the best Cubs team in any of our lifetimes. Drink in in every second.

I will give a less than zero percent chance that Almora is better or even remotely as good next year as Dexter Fowler has been this year. That is a dumb thing to look forward to. You are correct to say this is dumb.

The difference between Fowler's current pace and a reasonable projection for Almora is like a loss of 8 wins over a full season, so ... looking forward to that, too.

(ETA: I also know what Fork meant, but still.)

I get what he was saying, he's just wrong because he's Fork. The main reason he is wrong being that Fowler is the coolest and a small part of me would probably miss him even once they inevitably replace him with Mike Trout, the second reason being that Willson is most definitely pulling a 2007 Soto, kicking ass in September, and stealing the starting catcher gig by the time of the playoffs, where his balls will savage the gaps of the Washington/Los Angeles/San Francisco/Boston outfields as he racks up double after double.

I find it hard to believe that Eli actually believes that Fowler finishes the year with 9-9.5 WAR.

[Oleg]

As much fun as this season is, I still find myself leaving the moment and thinking about next year, when Contreras, Almora and Schwarber get added to this squad.

That's a dumb thing to do. Don't anybody else do it.

This is the best Cubs team in any of our lifetimes. Drink in in every second.

I will give a less than zero percent chance that Almora is better or even remotely as good next year as Dexter Fowler has been this year. That is a dumb thing to look forward to. You are correct to say this is dumb.

The difference between Fowler's current pace and a reasonable projection for Almora is like a loss of 8 wins over a full season, so ... looking forward to that, too.

(ETA: I also know what Fork meant, but still.)

I get what he was saying, he's just wrong because he's Fork. The main reason he is wrong being that Fowler is the coolest and a small part of me would probably miss him even once they inevitably replace him with Mike Trout, the second reason being that Willson is most definitely pulling a 2007 Soto, kicking ass in September, and stealing the starting catcher gig by the time of the playoffs, where his balls will savage the gaps of the Washington/Los Angeles/San Francisco/Boston outfields as he racks up double after double.

I find it hard to believe that Eli actually believes that Fowler finishes the year with 9-9.5 WAR.

I read it as Fowler would be worth 5.5 to 6 WAR whereas Almora would be -2.5.

Now that I look at it again, I read it as Fowler will be worth 15 WAR this year while Almora would be 7.

PROVE ME WRONG!

[Grandmaster Wang]

I am enjoying all this debate about a guy who's got about 4 weeks left in the Cubs system.

Say, anybody know how Almora's WAR stacks up against Andrew Miller's?

Seems to me that the three pillars of this here newly-minted 2017 Cubs Splooge Thread oughta be (the aforementioned Willson, the Return of the Schwar Machine, and perhaps more than anything else...) Every Day Javy.

But then, I suppose Every Day Javy might be an actual thing even before Almora not being a Cub anymore becomes a thing.

[Quality Start Machine]

I am enjoying all this debate about a guy who's got about 4 weeks left in the Cubs system.

Say, anybody know how Almora's WAR stacks up against Andrew Miller's?

Seems to me that the three pillars of this here newly-minted 2017 Cubs Splooge Thread oughta be (the aforementioned Willson, the Return of the Schwar Machine, and perhaps more than anything else...) Every Day Javy.

But then, I suppose Every Day Javy might be an actual thing even before Almora not being a Cub anymore becomes a thing.

The Yankees have no interest in Almora. They've got a fortune sunk into their outfield.

[SKO]

I am enjoying all this debate about a guy who's got about 4 weeks left in the Cubs system.

Say, anybody know how Almora's WAR stacks up against Andrew Miller's?

Seems to me that the three pillars of this here newly-minted 2017 Cubs Splooge Thread oughta be (the aforementioned Willson, the Return of the Schwar Machine, and perhaps more than anything else...) Every Day Javy.

But then, I suppose Every Day Javy might be an actual thing even before Almora not being a Cub anymore becomes a thing.

The Yankees have no interest in Almora. They've got a fortune sunk into their outfield.

Scout Fork is now GM Fork. Because yeah the response to having bad expensive old outfielders certainly wouldn't be "replace them with cheap young outfielders" and the Yankees aren't a franchise with the money to pay guys to not play for them. No way.