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Shove city time, boys!

I've got no beef with it, but these "career" numbers against him that are good are pretty much just from 2018.

When they show Giolito career stats vs a batter, they should show 2019-current.

Really really weird to see Gio show all three pitches to the leadoff hitter of a game.

I hope Eloy shuts me up next year, but he has been concerning. Power is great, command of the strike zone is poor and he hits way too many ground balls.

Why do you exist? edit: and to be honest, no one cares about your $10 bet.

this is some great news. when he threw that ball to no where yesterday after the injury i got a little concerned.

when i read things like this, i get a better understanding as to how movies like Paul Blart: Mall Cop have sequels made.

let's work on that emotional maturity today. I know you can do it. You've been pissing on game threads with nonsense for years. lets relax on throwing those rocks from inside your glass house. We're rooting for the same side today, although sometimes I wonder if you actually like the Sox or just like whining.

over/under which inning before you throw a temper tantrum and call the game over and refuse to watch? 2nd? 3rd?

to be fair, the conversation ended a page ago and i stopped responding when i said i would and it's now just random people like you bumping it forward that aren't allowing it to die. i dont disagree this thread should be about the game, so keep it on topic going forward. let's bash TLR instead.

There's pretty much nothing Leury can do to change my mind that he's trash, but he's slightly less trash than Cesar at this point so I have no issues with him playing. The issue is more with the front office putting us in a position where he is forced to play in a playoff game.

To be fair, at least it started about Kimbrel ha. But agreed, onto the game.

Please, explain to us how the PR arm of the organization said it. That must be true! I never have claimed to have insider access on this board, because who gives a shit and because I don't? But if you want to be some guy spreading baseball ownership PR pieces I'm going to correct you based on information I actually DO have. Kris Bryant hates the Cubs leadership and organization with a passion. The Cubs leaked rumors about trading him for over a year; he hated it. He would ask if they were true and be told nothing to worry about Kris. The Cubs didn't give a shit about Kris Bryant. Please stop spreading propagandist bullshit. Now onto the game today. That's all I've got to say about this topic. Go Sox.

But... but... the organizational mouth pieces like the beat writers whose access relies on ownership and leadership, and the national writers who leak CBA negotiation stories for ownership groups, said the Cubs were super duper nice and really just wanted their guys to be super happy. They underpaid Bryant to teach him a valuable lesson about life. They were doing what was best for Kris!

You can get as condescending and nonsensical as you want, your post was flat out clueless. The Cubs didn't give a shit about the players they traded; they didn't give a shit about making Kris Bryant happy. They absolutely didn't take a lesser offer to send him where he wanted to play. It's amazing you buy these stories that are literally produced by an organization as fluff. Bryant hates the Cubs leadership. There is no love lost there at all.

Insider information? I don't need insider information to know the Cubs royally screwed Bryant out of more money than anyone we know will see in their lifetime. Beat writers and national writers are PR pieces for organization. It's amazing you have not figured that out by now. The Cubs have been bad mouthed by all three guys after they left. And I can tell you that the only organization in baseball I actually do KNOW people, is the Giants. And I can tell you that there was no love lost there. It's amazing that you think the Cubs would take a lesser package to send a guy somewhere he wanted, when they were breaking it down to rebuild. I don't know anything that goes on in front offices, the Cubs told you everything you needed to know with the service time exploitation of Bryant and the bad blood between him and the front office. You citing a little PR arm of an organization as factual evidence is exhausting.

It's amazing how much PR nonsense you gobble up. The Cubs literally screwed Bryant out of millions of dollars, and you think the Cubs would take a LESSER package to send them somewhere they wanted for a half year. Truly amazing stuff. You are the baseball PR machines wet dream.

I honestly can't believe anyone believes that the Cubs sent players to places for a lesser of a return out of the kindness of their hearts. If the Sox offered the most for Bryant, he would be here. The Cubs literally fucked Bryant out of millions of dollars for the sake of the franchise but people think they would harm the franchise to trade him where he wanted. Amazing.

Harold, you still out here claiming Kimbrel should be closing and not Hendriks? I admire your stubbornness.

The entire difference this year is driven by his walk rate left handed vs right handed. He slugged better and hit for a higher average right handed. And given that his career OPS is nearly 50 points higher right handed over a much more substantial sample size, I think it's safe to say Leury Garcia is a better hitter right handed than left handed.

Gotta love our two trade deadline acquisitions were lauded as not half year rentals and turns out both likely will be, but we paid for a second year (cost more) that we won't use. Good times.

Leury is much better right handed than left, so if anything id think cesar made more sense yesterday than today.

Kris Bryant would look pretty nice in the lineup. Its ok though, we got kimbrel instead. Should be super helpful with all those IP's!