fathom Posted August 9, 2020 Share Posted August 9, 2020 Collins has absolutely no purpose on this roster 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
soxfan49 Posted August 9, 2020 Share Posted August 9, 2020 1 minute ago, fathom said: Collins has absolutely no purpose on this roster Nope. Renteria thinks he sucks and that's because he does. Trade value was never much but now it's at zero 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jack Parkman Posted August 9, 2020 Share Posted August 9, 2020 (edited) 31 minutes ago, soxfan49 said: Nope. Renteria thinks he sucks and that's because he does. Trade value was never much but now it's at zero Their entire tanking period rides on Madrigal/Vaughn/Crochet now. The middle years of the 2010s were a complete disaster with Fulmer/Collins/Burger. If you want to throw Rodon in there it's fair actually. Edited August 9, 2020 by Jack Parkman 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChiSox59 Posted August 9, 2020 Share Posted August 9, 2020 40 minutes ago, fathom said: Collins has absolutely no purpose on this roster His purpose is to allow McCann and Grandal to both be in the lineup a few times a week. But yeah. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iWiN4PreP Posted August 9, 2020 Share Posted August 9, 2020 So all, predictions for the game tonight? How we feeling? Prime time TV for the boys. Will Bieber make us his b**** and show us that we aren't ready for the heat? Or will we conquer the potential AL Cy Young of 2020 and overtake the Indians in the division?  Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vulture Posted August 9, 2020 Share Posted August 9, 2020 (edited) 1 hour ago, Yearnin' for Yermin said: Ricky's love for batting veterans high in the order is baffling. I understand that most managers do it to an extent, but Ricky lives and dies by that shit. He will even break his adoration for the R/L lineup alteration for veteran lineup privileged. Right here we have S/S/S/R/R/L/R/R/R. Ricky should just bat Eloy 3rd and Abreu 5th. Also, James McCann has been one of the best hitters on the team this year. Maybe he should bat higher than 8th for now. With Beiber on the hump, you go with the best matchups against him rather than worry about bullpen matchups that may or may not happen later in the game. Seems like Ricky can't win either way with these arguments. Either he is too focused on staggering left/right hitters but then not enough, one day he takes Bummer out too soon because he should be a multi inning reliever, a couple days later he leaves him in too long because he sent him out for a second inning. Edited August 9, 2020 by Vulture Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tnetennba Posted August 9, 2020 Share Posted August 9, 2020 1 hour ago, fathom said: Collins has absolutely no purpose on this roster It would be nice if his In Case Of Emergency 3rd Catcher role actually brought some value/flexibility/positional versatility to the roster... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
caulfield12 Posted August 9, 2020 Share Posted August 9, 2020 (edited) Bumgarner is absolute toast.  Bullet dodged. Average FB velo down about 4 mph. Someone just homered for his 8th of the year (and 4th of series) against him and shimmied across the dugout, playfully ignored by teammates with the silent treatment.  Bumgarner will be royally pissed LF didn’t even bother to turn around. Edited August 9, 2020 by caulfield12 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
caulfield12 Posted August 9, 2020 Share Posted August 9, 2020 2 hours ago, fathom said: Collins has absolutely no purpose on this roster Comments about taking him #1 overall will remain associated for a long time with Hostetler... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SoCalChiSox Posted August 9, 2020 Share Posted August 9, 2020 39 minutes ago, caulfield12 said: Bumgarner is absolute toast.  Bullet dodged. Average FB velo down about 4 mph. Someone just homered for his 8th of the year (and 4th of series) against him and shimmied across the dugout, playfully ignored by teammates with the silent treatment.  Bumgarner will be royally pissed LF didn’t even bother to turn around. Keuchel has been really reliable. Glad we got him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
caulfield12 Posted August 9, 2020 Share Posted August 9, 2020 Kevin Gausman is hitting 100 today against LAD.  Bauer, Stroman, whoever it is, we need another pitcher for next year with Lopech’s future ruddled with uncertainty. Gausman would be a poor man’s Wheeler without the extreme contract risk. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heads22 Posted August 9, 2020 Share Posted August 9, 2020 Ravech is awful Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tray Posted August 9, 2020 Share Posted August 9, 2020 It;s cloudin' up fast out here in the boonies. Are they going to have to dodge rain drops tonight? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
soxfan49 Posted August 9, 2020 Share Posted August 9, 2020 The "TMobile Fan Opportunity" and "ESPN Poll Question" tonight are both regarding the Cubs. Of course 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buehrle>Wood Posted August 9, 2020 Share Posted August 9, 2020 Great start to the coverage. In the intro "we're not at wrigley tonight, we're on the southside". Tonight's fan poll "after a red hot start, what are your thoughts on the cubs?". 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
soxfan49 Posted August 9, 2020 Share Posted August 9, 2020 Â 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iWiN4PreP Posted August 9, 2020 Share Posted August 9, 2020 3 minutes ago, soxfan49 said:  Gotta respect the Indians Brass for laying down the law here even in detriment to their roster. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
soxfan49 Posted August 9, 2020 Share Posted August 9, 2020 Eloy's misplay on Yelich really got him hot. He has 3 homers in 2 games since leaving town. Hopefully he terrorizes pitchers for the rest of the year and raises hell on the Cubs' chances 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tnetennba Posted August 9, 2020 Share Posted August 9, 2020 Haven’t watched an ESPN game in forever.  How bad is this broadcast gonna suck?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iWiN4PreP Posted August 9, 2020 Share Posted August 9, 2020 luis robert batting 7th, fml Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heads22 Posted August 9, 2020 Share Posted August 9, 2020 2 minutes ago, SouthWallace said: Haven’t watched an ESPN game in forever.  How bad is this broadcast gonna suck?? I don't mind Vasgersian but Baseball Tonight was awful 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heads22 Posted August 9, 2020 Share Posted August 9, 2020 A-Rod just described Abreu as an "underrated defender" so we are off to a hot start 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
soxfan49 Posted August 9, 2020 Share Posted August 9, 2020 (edited) 2 minutes ago, Heads22 said: A-Rod just described Abreu as an "underrated defender" so we are off to a hot start Yeah he also said Abreu makes the team go, whatever that means  3 minutes ago, Heads22 said: I don't mind Vasgersian but Baseball Tonight was awful Vasgersian's voice is money but he often says very dumb shit. In the opening game of the year he said Scherzer "has never faced Judge in any game before tonight." Meanwhile 2 years ago Judge homered off of Scherzer in the ASG Edited August 9, 2020 by soxfan49 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tnetennba Posted August 9, 2020 Share Posted August 9, 2020 Just now, Heads22 said: A-Rod just described Abreu as an "underrated defender" so we are off to a hot start Yeaahhhh.  Arod showing how little research he‘s done. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
soxfan49 Posted August 9, 2020 Share Posted August 9, 2020 Not only did CLE send Plesac back to Cleveland, they made him rent a car and drive back. Damn. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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