2016 MLB thread. THE CUBS HAVE BROKEN THE CURSE! Chicago Cubs are your 2016 World Series champions

[N41D]

Kinsler...

 The whole thing makes him look bad. 

He might as well have said "They traded Michael Young and that hurt my feelings. They wanted me to fill that void, I didn't want to step up and lead."

 

[champcruthik]

Kinsler...  The whole thing makes him look bad. 

He might as well have said "They traded Michael Young and that hurt my feelings. They wanted me to fill that void, I didn't want to step up and lead."

Give me the scoop on Neftali Feliz. Evan Grant went hard on his mechanics and velocity.

Joe Saunders signs with Texas. $500K guaranteed, up to $1.5M in incentives.

 

[madj55]

Some young Nats hitters are having a good spring so far. (Goodwin, Walters, Skole, Souza)

Espinosa still looks like he can't swing a bat, so if Walters continues to hit he could make the squad.

Matt Williams has this team running, too. 8/9 on steals so far, I don't recall seeing them steal 9 times for all of Spring Training last year.

 

[champcruthik]

Some young Nats hitters are having a good spring so far. (Goodwin, Walters, Skole, Souza)

Espinosa still looks like he can't swing a bat, so if Walters continues to hit he could make the squad.

Matt Williams has this team running, too. 8/9 on steals so far, I don't recall seeing them steal 9 times for all of Spring Training last year.

Jayson Werth trolling all spring. We on the same page with Goodwin though.

 

[madj55]

I have no clue what Williams is gonna do with the lineup. I heard him say he likes Harper hitting 5th, but I'm not a fan of that unless it's only against lefties.

vs. RHP

1. Span
2. Werth
3. Harper
4. Zimmerman
5. LaRoche
6. Desmond
7. Ramos
8. Rendon
9. P

Possibly switch Werth and Zimmerman.

vs. LHP

1. Span
2. Desmond
3. Werth
4. Zimmerman
5. Harper
6. Ramos
7. LaRoche
8. Rendon
9. P

 

[proshares]

Always a smart move by a manager to put your best hitter in the #5 slot. Desmond should be 5th or 6th regardless and Werth should never leave the #2 slot. Managers gonna manage.

 

[champcruthik]

I hope Amador rakes for Jewbacca's sake. I want him to succeed more than Abreu.

 

[madj55]

Always a smart move by a manager to put your best hitter in the #5 slot. Desmond should be 5th or 6th regardless and Werth should never leave the #2 slot. Managers gonna manage.

Werth's made it known he doesn't like hitting 2nd so Davey never put him there. Wonder how Williams will handle that.

 

[proshares]

Well then he doesn't like winning the ideal lineup would have your best on base guy in the two slot for the sluggers. Why doesn't he like it, because his meaningless RBI's suffer? That's such a stupid idea to have in your head and knowing how fragile most baseball players are, he'd probably be so riled up at being the 2 slot, he won't perform

 

[jewbacca]

Pushing my chips all in on Harper having a monster year.

 

[datkidfiasco]

Pushing my chips all in on Harper having a monster year.

40hrs, 120 rbi season if he stays healthy

 

[madj55]

Well then he doesn't like winning the ideal lineup would have your best on base guy in the two slot for the sluggers. Why doesn't he like it, because his meaningless RBI's suffer? That's such a stupid idea to have in your head and knowing how fragile most baseball players are, he'd probably be so riled up at being the 2 slot, he won't perform

No clue, he said he'd hit lead-off or second if he was asked to, but he doesn't like hitting there. Said he prefers hitting in spots 3-6.

 

[perk]

new shots of CarGo's new glove on whatproswear.com

http://whatproswear.com/2014/03/05/...a5-white-snow-nike-glove-via-clarksoncreativ/

 

[651akathepaul]

Bryce looks like a monster. Hopefully for his sake all that muscle gain translates.

 

[onewearz]

CarGo's new glove is

Bryce looks like a beast. 40/40 for sure ....

 

[CP1708]

What did Griffey do or say on Sportcenter that caused him to have to apologize to Linda Cohn???

And Bryce has that Bonds workout plan down cold.

 

[certifiedflyboi23]

What did Griffey do or say on Sportcenter that caused him to have to apologize to Linda Cohn???

And Bryce has that Bonds workout plan down cold.

 

[ii flash ii]

I was watching the interview, it was painful to watch

 

[CP1708]

OH MY GAWDDDDDDDDDDDD

What the hell was wrong with that dude? He must have been pissed about somethin. DAMN.

 

[albooboo5]

Dead at that Griffey interview. Who cares if he was short with her, ESPN sucks. It wasn't like she asked him a decent question.

 

[wildkycat]

Sleep during games, sleep during interviews.

 

[champcruthik]

Picture aside, Bryce Harper is my NL MVP. I've had the Nats penciled into the WS prior to the Fister acquisition.

Miggy and Trout are the easy AL selections every year. I'll be different and say Prince, even if I don't really believe it.

 

[freddie black]

We talkin' 'bout practice  man.

 

[T0INE]

@ that Griffey Jr. interview.

 

[vindeezy]

On top of that....he said mccutchen. Trout....harper..miggy...even a healthy matt kemp....even puig......Junior be trippin.