The union contract is up in 27. Teams are looking at a stalemate and strike. The market for Tucker might not be a strong one because team,s will be holding back money. This Ricketts wont spend money crap is stupid. He did spend money in the l;ate teens and it got us nowhere. Spending does not equal winning. If that was the case, SD, LAA or the Mets would have a ring or two. The Cubs are following the Astros path to success. Build from within and not spend stupidly. That is how you win consistently.
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No offense but the spending doesn't equal winning argument is what's stupid. There is an obvious direct correlation between $$ spend and wins. The playoffs are a bit of a crapshoot and nothing is guaranteed, but spending more gives a team a better chance. The teams spend the smallest % of revenue on players of any team except for the tiny markets.
And why can't we build from within AND also spend too? Isn't that what big market teams do?
Ricketts is cheap. There is no other way to put it. If you can't see that after this year, I don't know what to tell you.
Several people have brought up the lockout and/or strike. Since players won’t be paid during that time, what is the benefit of having fewer big money contracts on the books? Is it merely that if a salary cap does make it into being that you might be a bit hamstrung by a large contract and your team’s salary structure might need to be altered some? Or is it because revenue will likely lag after the lockout as has been the case with work stoppages in the past, but those costs will be the same right from the start? Or am I missing something?
I think the argument is that you don’t want big contracts on the books that go over into the next CBA until you know what the CBA looks like and how those contracts will affect things.
I’m unconvinced and it certainly doesn’t explain why the Cubs cut payroll by about $30 million this year in 2025.
According to Counsell today, he has been moved to the pen.
To spend without going over the cap at the deadline. They didn't go over the cap because they didn't spend it.
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This post did not age well…
Cool. Likely one of the losses that’ll define the season today. But cool I guess.
Don’t worry. Seiya Suzuki, a man who hits worse than Jon Lester, is lurking in the 3 hole. Surely this game is as good as won!!!
Akin, a very bad reliever, just threw a 2-0 change up middle middle to our 3 hole hitter and it was fouled off meekly.
This is an embarrassing franchise. Keep trotting out an 8 hole hitter in the 3 hole and expecting to win meaningful baseball games, Cubbies.
This is an embarrassing franchise. Keep trotting out an 8 hole hitter in the 3 hole and expecting to win meaningful baseball games, Cubbies.
The Cubs have spent $80M more than St. Louis, $100M more than Milwaukee and $130M more than Pittsburgh.
They are 10th in the league in payroll and one of the highest paid managers in the league.
The correlation is not there in the NL Central and ultimately, if you win your decision, you have a legitimate shot. The problem is, we don't win the division.
Their "big money" players just aren't getting the job done at the plate.
One bad inning
As someone very intelligent mentioned months ago, no serious World Series contender has Seiya Suzuki batting in the heart of the order.
The guy genuinely looks like he’s never played baseball before in half of his at bats.
Without blow out games, he is incapable of stat padding. Thus his numbers have completely dropped off a cliff.
The guy genuinely looks like he’s never played baseball before in half of his at bats.
Without blow out games, he is incapable of stat padding. Thus his numbers have completely dropped off a cliff.
bdutts
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Correct. But giving up 4 runs in the 8th is most definitely not a “lock down” bullpen, as you posted.
I don’t care which way the wind’s blowing. You gotta score more than 3 against a team that just traded away 5 of their 13 Big League pitchers.
I am not a Suzuki hater but he has looked totally lost at the plate for quite a while now.
How about the Ian Happ and the great RISP Dansby Swanson
Two terrible pitches in that inning - on an 0-2 count throws a meatball across the center of the plate for a run scoring single. NEXT BATTER on a 1-2 count throws another meatball across the heart of the plate for a 3 run home run. Neither of those pitches should have been near the plate. Force the batter to chase a tough pitch.
And by the way...The home plate umpire, Emil Jiminez, was comically bad for both sides yesterday. I mean Angel Hernandez bad.
This called strike 3 on PCA was his crown jewel and should be Exhibit A for the automated strike zone.
This called strike 3 on PCA was his crown jewel and should be Exhibit A for the automated strike zone.
If any part of the ball hits the line, it should be a strike.
agree - is that how the computer is set ?
I don’t know. I like all the rule changes except the extra inning rule.
I can live with umps calling strikes.
Yes, it was a bad call. It happens once in a while.
But, I think it is cool that each ump is a little different and players have to adjust to the ump.
Nobody was better at adjusting to the ump than Greg Maddox. He knew the umpire’s tendencies and used that to a devedtating advantage.
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