Kolek planning to go pro
I, for one, hope that the Cubs do not trade Schwarber for Sonny Gray. Gray had a horrible 2016. Other than that, he has been pretty dang good, including this year, and especially in his last 4 starts when he has been lights out. I've seen some people (both on Scoop and elsewhere) talking like 2016 is the norm for Gray and this year's bounce back is him playing above his level. The guy was 3rd in the AL Cy Young award voting in 2015 and in 2014 and 2015 (first 2 years as a full time MLB starter) he threw 219 and 208 innings, respectively, and had a 3.08 and 2.73 ERA, respectively. I think Gray is a really solid starter, and I think Schwarber is a horrendous defensive player that can do one of two things offensively: swing and miss or swing and hit the ball really far on occasion.In fact, despite saying I hope the Brewers "sell," with 2 more years of cheap control I'd actually love to have the Brewers go after him with some of their prospects that have young talent in front of them at the MLB level.
So, I clearly offended you with my response to this statement. You know why I gave you a snarky response? Because I never said, or even implied any of those things. I pointed out that power is meaningless if you can't make enough contact. That is all. Never said Schwarber was done. Certainly didn't say that I "know for sure" he was done. That was you making assumptions about things I never said. Also never said they couldn't find another pitcher of Gray's quality. Not sure where you got that at all. When I brushed off your response, you told me I was too stupid to insult. Nice. Why should I respect you again?I went with Sammy, you told me I couldn't have a baseball conversation, after blatantly insulting me with 2 consecutive posts (at least the ones from our conversation), oh yeah, then you insulted me again. I don't have an inferiority complex at all. More than comfortable in my Sox fan skin. What I have a problem with is the cub fan superiority complex, which you have demonstrated to perfection. I have no problem with the Cubs, they actually seem like a decent bunch of guys, especially Rizzo, but others as well. It is the cub fans, many like you, that make me really despise the team and hope they lose.
Yeah. Cubs fans claiming other fan bases have an inferiority complex is pretty comical.
Nothing offended me - annoyed is a better description. I'd suggest you go back and look at the order of the posts as your memory isn't serving you well. You went the snarky route before I ever insulted you - I was still having a conversation. Specifically this: But as I hope the cubs lose, I hope they don't acquire Gray. I hope they keep SchwAAArber, keep scuffling at a .500-ish pace, I hope they keep looking up at the Brewers, and I hope they don't have anyone else to add to their rotation next season. You're perception of a "Cubs superiority complex" is also way off base.
Yankees '16 first round pick Blake Rutherford going to Sox, top 30-50 prospect.
Baseball America has him #36. MLB has him #30. Keith Law has him #16.That's a great return for a pair of guys the Sox were eager to be rid of, unlike Quintana who they could have kept until winter and still received great value. Between Rutherford, Jiminez and Robert, they now have some monster OF prospects. 2020 can't come soon enough on the South Side.
Selling high on Kahnle is smart, he's having a spectacular year, but he's had trouble before, and won't be around by the time the Sox are good again.
That Bryant slide did not look promising. Looked like he broke two fingers.
Hahah, ok. Sox inferiority complex is real, but superiority complex is in my mind. Ok. Sorry, I am so inferior to you I must have been blinded by your halo like glow. And, I hope you know. I am so sorry SchwAAArber has gotten under your skin so much. I was just poking a little fun, thought you could handle it. Sorry I misread you. I remember you giving me a lot of crap last year when the Sox fell apart, not sure I instantly fell into petty insults, but who knows. Maybe I did.
Sprained pinky, day to day.
Does the benefit of calling Moncada up now and getting experience outweigh losing some service time considering the Sox probably won't be competitive for a few more years? He's doing well in AAA but not completely dominating.I know he was up for a few weeks or so last year so they'd have to keep him down the rest of this year and maybe into May of next year to gain that extra year of control.
Have the Cubs awakened?