The Kyle Schwarber 2016 Watch

[Quality Start Machine]

He's going to his 70 home runs next year, isn't he?

[thehawk]

He's going to his 70 home runs next year, isn't he?

Probably by the All-Star break.

[flannj]

He's going to his 70 home runs next year, isn't he?

And they will all be his.

[SKO]

He definitely wouldn't be able to play a capable outfield by this fall (it was debatable if he could before the injury), so there's no way the benefit of having him for a few games as a DH in a theoretical World Series outweighs the long-term risk of rushing him back.

There's no way, man. There's just no way.

[Eli]

He definitely wouldn't be able to play a capable outfield by this fall (it was debatable if he could before the injury), so there's no way the benefit of having him for a few games as a DH in a theoretical World Series outweighs the long-term risk of rushing him back.

There's no way, man. There's just no way.

He definitely wouldn't be able to play a capable outfield by this fall (it was debatable if he could before the injury), so there's no way the benefit of having him for a few games as a DH in a theoretical World Series outweighs the long-term risk of rushing him back.

/thread

You know, I don't actually mind the thread. I guess there's technically a non-zero chance something could happen, so now we have a place to post updates and hope on it.

We've certainly had worse threads. Hundreds and hundreds of them.

[ChuckD]

He definitely wouldn't be able to play a capable outfield by this fall (it was debatable if he could before the injury), so there's no way the benefit of having him for a few games as a DH in a theoretical World Series outweighs the long-term risk of rushing him back.

There's no way, man. There's just no way.

He definitely wouldn't be able to play a capable outfield by this fall (it was debatable if he could before the injury), so there's no way the benefit of having him for a few games as a DH in a theoretical World Series outweighs the long-term risk of rushing him back.

/thread

You know, I don't actually mind the thread. I guess there's technically a non-zero chance something could happen, so now we have a place to post updates and hope on it.

We've certainly had worse threads. Hundreds and hundreds of them.

I still can't believe we ended up with the A's/Brewers World Series.

[World's #1 Astros Fan]

He definitely wouldn't be able to play a capable outfield by this fall (it was debatable if he could before the injury), so there's no way the benefit of having him for a few games as a DH in a theoretical World Series outweighs the long-term risk of rushing him back.

There's no way, man. There's just no way.

He definitely wouldn't be able to play a capable outfield by this fall (it was debatable if he could before the injury), so there's no way the benefit of having him for a few games as a DH in a theoretical World Series outweighs the long-term risk of rushing him back.

/thread

You know, I don't actually mind the thread. I guess there's technically a non-zero chance something could happen, so now we have a place to post updates and hope on it.

We've certainly had worse threads. Hundreds and hundreds of them.

In my view, Schwarber's potential as a 3rd-string catcher would continue to give this team some bonkers versatility. When he got injured I thought no way should he attempt to catch again but that may have been just a raw and irrational reaction to his injury.  In fact his knee is brand-new, he's still young, and he could still do it a couple dozen times a year without detriment to him or the team, right?  Does anyone dismiss this out of hand?

[Quality Start Machine]

He definitely wouldn't be able to play a capable outfield by this fall (it was debatable if he could before the injury), so there's no way the benefit of having him for a few games as a DH in a theoretical World Series outweighs the long-term risk of rushing him back.

There's no way, man. There's just no way.

He definitely wouldn't be able to play a capable outfield by this fall (it was debatable if he could before the injury), so there's no way the benefit of having him for a few games as a DH in a theoretical World Series outweighs the long-term risk of rushing him back.

/thread

You know, I don't actually mind the thread. I guess there's technically a non-zero chance something could happen, so now we have a place to post updates and hope on it.

We've certainly had worse threads. Hundreds and hundreds of them.

In my view, Schwarber's potential as a 3rd-string catcher would continue to give this team some bonkers versatility. When he got injured I thought no way should he attempt to catch again but that may have been just a raw and irrational reaction to his injury.  In fact his knee is brand-new, he's still young, and he could still do it a couple dozen times a year without detriment to him or the team, right?  Does anyone dismiss this out of hand?

I certainly don't. I think the Cubs are probably thinking Miggy catches Jake, Schwarber catches one guy and Contreras catches the other three.

Before he blew out his knee this year, the plan was Ross/Lester, Schwarber/Hammel and Montero/Jake, Hendricks, Lackey.

[ChuckD]

He definitely wouldn't be able to play a capable outfield by this fall (it was debatable if he could before the injury), so there's no way the benefit of having him for a few games as a DH in a theoretical World Series outweighs the long-term risk of rushing him back.

There's no way, man. There's just no way.

He definitely wouldn't be able to play a capable outfield by this fall (it was debatable if he could before the injury), so there's no way the benefit of having him for a few games as a DH in a theoretical World Series outweighs the long-term risk of rushing him back.

/thread

You know, I don't actually mind the thread. I guess there's technically a non-zero chance something could happen, so now we have a place to post updates and hope on it.

We've certainly had worse threads. Hundreds and hundreds of them.

In my view, Schwarber's potential as a 3rd-string catcher would continue to give this team some bonkers versatility. When he got injured I thought no way should he attempt to catch again but that may have been just a raw and irrational reaction to his injury.  In fact his knee is brand-new, he's still young, and he could still do it a couple dozen times a year without detriment to him or the team, right?  Does anyone dismiss this out of hand?

I certainly don't. I think the Cubs are probably thinking Miggy catches Jake, Schwarber catches one guy and Contreras catches the other three.

Before he blew out his knee this year, the plan was Ross/Lester, Schwarber/Hammel and Montero/Jake, Hendricks, Lackey.

Assuming that's the case, it would be good to pair him with a lefty (e.g. Montgomery) who would mitigate some of Schwarbs' defensive liabilities.

[Eli]

He definitely wouldn't be able to play a capable outfield by this fall (it was debatable if he could before the injury), so there's no way the benefit of having him for a few games as a DH in a theoretical World Series outweighs the long-term risk of rushing him back.

There's no way, man. There's just no way.

He definitely wouldn't be able to play a capable outfield by this fall (it was debatable if he could before the injury), so there's no way the benefit of having him for a few games as a DH in a theoretical World Series outweighs the long-term risk of rushing him back.

/thread

You know, I don't actually mind the thread. I guess there's technically a non-zero chance something could happen, so now we have a place to post updates and hope on it.

We've certainly had worse threads. Hundreds and hundreds of them.

In my view, Schwarber's potential as a 3rd-string catcher would continue to give this team some bonkers versatility. When he got injured I thought no way should he attempt to catch again but that may have been just a raw and irrational reaction to his injury.  In fact his knee is brand-new, he's still young, and he could still do it a couple dozen times a year without detriment to him or the team, right?  Does anyone dismiss this out of hand?

I've never been a huge fan of him catching at all because I think it shortens careers but I clearly know nothing, so if they want him to catch 30-40 games a year, great.

[SKO]

He definitely wouldn't be able to play a capable outfield by this fall (it was debatable if he could before the injury), so there's no way the benefit of having him for a few games as a DH in a theoretical World Series outweighs the long-term risk of rushing him back.

There's no way, man. There's just no way.

He definitely wouldn't be able to play a capable outfield by this fall (it was debatable if he could before the injury), so there's no way the benefit of having him for a few games as a DH in a theoretical World Series outweighs the long-term risk of rushing him back.

/thread

You know, I don't actually mind the thread. I guess there's technically a non-zero chance something could happen, so now we have a place to post updates and hope on it.

We've certainly had worse threads. Hundreds and hundreds of them.

In my view, Schwarber's potential as a 3rd-string catcher would continue to give this team some bonkers versatility. When he got injured I thought no way should he attempt to catch again but that may have been just a raw and irrational reaction to his injury.  In fact his knee is brand-new, he's still young, and he could still do it a couple dozen times a year without detriment to him or the team, right?  Does anyone dismiss this out of hand?

I've never been a huge fan of him catching at all because I think it shortens careers but I clearly know nothing, so if they want him to catch 30-40 games a year, great.

I think I'm fine with them shortening his career because odds are he's probably only got a good 3-5 seasons (who knows with the knee injury) of being able to play LF regularly, and they may have to trade him after that to an AL team. So if they can squeeze as much value out of him as possible during that time frame by I also having him catch once a week or whatever I say do it and let some AL team deal with the consequences when he's their DH.