Harry Chappas

Well the race just ended. He'll get 85% of the vote. He's 71 years old wonder how long he will want the job for.

He leads in this category becasue he takes too many pitches with 2 strikes. He does not lead in the percentage of times an umpire blows the call. If you look at Tim Anderson above he is really getting jobbed and he has a right to say he gets screwed by the umpire. Moncada looks bad because it happens more often.

The guy was all over the place...huge clutch hits....great defense.....lot of infield pop ups

Cubs were off last Friday and Sunday...not in typical fashion and had a double header Saturday but they had two off days The one day trips to Atlanta and now Washignton are pains in the ass but with expanded rosters that mitigates it some. Why is Bryant starting in the outfield and why is wellington castillo in the outfield in a close game. Joe again looking to provide he is the smartest man in baseball.

He can't be slotted anywhere. There is no way you can go into a season with any faith he will even get through spring training and if he does he is day-to day for the rest of his career.

This is where this becomes usable information to me Of the 5 players his number only looks so high because of how many 2 strike pitches he takes. Judge is getting royally screwed as is Trout and potentially players who take less called strikes. The gross number of 49 seems really high but not when compared to others and then you don't know how many were borderline and how many were of the..."it's been a strike all day" variety.

In order to have proper context. How may strikeouts looking does he have?

He should be back on the DL by Friday. Why not hold him out the rest of the season, put him on the 60 Day DL and create a 40 man spot for him. Am I mistaken about how that all works?

Here are my hot takes. The Bears O line cannot run block. Seemed like very little room up the middle. How are the wide receivers gassed in the second half. That is a pretty big indictment of the coaching staff. Yet again they cannot appear to get open at all. Robinson looks slower than shit. The DBs were pathetic. I have to think they had more YAC then yards of actual passing. The second half coaching was abysmal on both sides of the ball and the play calling was mystifying. Pick up Cohen in fantasy football as he appears to be the number 1 option in this offense.

I think health is the only box that still needs to be checked for him.

I think the fact he has been on the team for a week has caused that line to not move in regard to him

I believe the cubs do this in some capacity. They have a whole structure in place...if I was a cub fan, I would have probably have looked into it more but it sounded like a novel approach.

The 2nd round pick the Bears got back can really be a wash if the Bears are good and Raiders stink. The later round picks are nothing if Mack plays the way he can. Talking about this while watching the game last night with some guys really makes this move even better for the Bears.

I hate cell phones.....purchasing/upgrading a cell phone is worse than buying a car....and I am talking about buying a car 20 years ago, not today. Today it is rather easy.

I saw on here that Rock Raines had some personal issues so that may explain it but where are He and Greg.......

I'd sign him to a two year deal. I'll give him this, he stays healthy and seems to be a good teammate.

My guess is that the first guy was sent back and the second gets the nod and we are a good year plus out still.

Chicago is run by the unions and the democratic machine. Whoever patronizes the unions best will win.

Well this oughta get interesting.

The pitch in the 8th inning was a ball.....man I hate the fucking Cubs the balk last week in Atlanta should have gotten the umpire suspended.

Makes the offense less important as the defense should be able to win games.

I think Coop and maybe Shields have to get a ton of credit if this is the Giolito that we will see.

Better Call Saul is making me think I have Alzheimer's as I did not rewatch the last season before this and now get confused as to what timeline I am on. Also GOT has a premiere date.

I always thought that would be the case but the spending on the team and on the ballpark has not slowed.

The cubs don't need either. They need pitching and will most likely pick up Hamels option and resign Murphy. What do they get back trading Almora, Schwarber or Russell? Kaplan says that the tax penalties do not impact them as they are a cash cow but I would have to guess they would.