How We Learned to Stop Worrying And Love The Cubs (again): Your 2019 Thread

[Quality Start Machine]

Geez, this has been a fucking stellar winter for the Ricketts family.

[Saul Goodman]

Geez, this has been a fucking stellar winter for the Ricketts family.

Oh for the halcyon days of 2016.

[CBStew]

Geez, this has been a fucking stellar winter for the Ricketts family.

Oh for the halcyon days of 2016.

I am giving serious consideration to becoming a die-hard Oakland A's fan.  The Ricketts don't have a stake hold in the A's do they?

[Shooter]

Geez, this has been a fucking stellar winter for the Ricketts family.

I wonder what they could do to distract from the racist Joe story?

[Saul Goodman]

Geez, this has been a fucking stellar winter for the Ricketts family.

I wonder what they could do to distract from the racist Joe story?

Further devaluing your family's most visible assets to own the libs

[World's #1 Astros Fan]

Geez, this has been a fucking stellar winter for the Ricketts family.

I wonder what they could do to distract from the racist Joe story?

Further devaluing your family's most visible assets to own the libs

I think meant...

*looks around*

*whispers*

Sign Bryce Harper.

[Canadouche]

Bryce should sign an incentive-laden one year contract with the Cubs (maybe with player options), bet on himself to put up a monster year, and collect his payday next off season.

[Quality Start Machine]

Geez, this has been a fucking stellar winter for the Ricketts family.

I wonder what they could do to distract from the racist Joe story?

"New Ricketts email surfaces with subject line 'How's the collusion going?'"

[Oleg]

Bryce should sign an incentive-laden one year contract with the Cubs (maybe with player options), bet on himself to put up a monster year, and collect his payday next off season.

I don't think he should do that at all. That seems like a bad thing for him to do.  Especially considering (if rumors are true) there is still a 10/300 out there from Washington and I'm sure he can get an opt-out or three thrown into that deal.

[Quality Start Machine]

Bryce should sign an incentive-laden one year contract with the Cubs (maybe with player options), bet on himself to put up a monster year, and collect his payday next off season.

I don't think he should do that at all. That seems like a bad thing for him to do.  Especially considering (if rumors are true) there is still a 10/300 out there from Washington and I'm sure he can get an opt-out or three thrown into that deal.

Am I the only one who thinks Boras has been conspicuous in his silence throughout this offseason?

[Brownie]

Bryce should sign an incentive-laden one year contract with the Cubs (maybe with player options), bet on himself to put up a monster year, and collect his payday next off season.

I don't think he should do that at all. That seems like a bad thing for him to do.  Especially considering (if rumors are true) there is still a 10/300 out there from Washington and I'm sure he can get an opt-out or three thrown into that deal.

Am I the only one who thinks Boras has been conspicuous in his silence throughout this offseason?

He's working the phones to get the DH implemented, which would immediately and irrationally boost the market for Harper.

[Quality Start Machine]

Bryce should sign an incentive-laden one year contract with the Cubs (maybe with player options), bet on himself to put up a monster year, and collect his payday next off season.

I don't think he should do that at all. That seems like a bad thing for him to do.  Especially considering (if rumors are true) there is still a 10/300 out there from Washington and I'm sure he can get an opt-out or three thrown into that deal.

Am I the only one who thinks Boras has been conspicuous in his silence throughout this offseason?

He's working the phones to get the DH implemented, which would immediately and irrationally boost the market for Harper.

If collusion is real (and all signs point to this being the case), there's no market for Harper beyond what the Nationals offered. Both he and Machado should have been in the middle of bidding wars.

[CBStew]

Bryce should sign an incentive-laden one year contract with the Cubs (maybe with player options), bet on himself to put up a monster year, and collect his payday next off season.

I don't think he should do that at all. That seems like a bad thing for him to do.  Especially considering (if rumors are true) there is still a 10/300 out there from Washington and I'm sure he can get an opt-out or three thrown into that deal.

Am I the only one who thinks Boras has been conspicuous in his silence throughout this offseason?

He's working the phones to get the DH implemented, which would immediately and irrationally boost the market for Harper.

If collusion is real (and all signs point to this being the case), there's no market for Harper beyond what the Nationals offered. Both he and Machado should have been in the middle of bidding wars.

I know that there is a word for it.  Collusion?

[CBStew]

I am definitely an A's fan this season:

https://www.cbssports.com/mlb/news/why-didnt-the-cubs-go-after-bryce-harper-or-manny-machado-owner-tom-ricketts-says-the-team-is-out-of-money/

[Saul Goodman]

I am definitely an A's fan this season:

https://www.cbssports.com/mlb/news/why-didnt-the-cubs-go-after-bryce-harper-or-manny-machado-owner-tom-ricketts-says-the-team-is-out-of-money/

Kiss both sides of my "poor" white ass, Tom.