Yes. Every guy in this forum who is not a Cub fan. How's that for a start? Now you can go back to fantasizing about how all your Babe Ruth clones are going to finally win you multiple championships. Hell, Cub fan spmack is talking to some broad on Twitter right now and they're deciding what they're going to wear to the inevitable Cub celebration at Clark and Addison. Unfortunately, spmack couldn't describe his outfit in 140 characters.

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Have a feeling no Sox fan would tke my 3 year bet now.......I would even let them throw out the 1st half of this season and go from the All Star Break.

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C'mon bigfan. Don't be like the 2015 Chicago Cubs and pile on when you're already ahead by so much,

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biggie, you really shouldn't have pruned Frank. This would be a fantastic time to have him on the board now.

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IMU, you must be wearing diapers at work these days from all the persistent lower body leakage in response to Schwarber's game last night. Drip drip.

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I am reserving all of my bodily fluids for the torrid pace Castro's second half will set for the club.

I'm guessing .800 OPS in the second half.

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You're so disciplined. I envy you for that and your taste in stylish hatchbacks! All else going well for you? Job, hot blond gf, coc?

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COC could use some work.

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Hah, that answers all three.

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I never thought the self-loathing Cubs stalkers would create a bigger Boogie Man than they had with Bryant but it appears Schwarber may have done that.
The only reason they might be even more invested in Hulks (that will annoy them to no end) demise is the fact that they could of had him and passed.

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No, the Schwarber criticism came from the out of slot of drafting. It was smart by the Cubs to draft out of slot to then have extra money to sign other guys. But it violates the theory of drafting the best player on the board. I understand where Sox fans like Jorr were coming from, but I applaud the Cubs for being creative in generating extra bonus money to draft and sign otherwise unsignable players.

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On June 18th, 2015 how do you say he wasn't the best player left on the board? What has he done to set him behind:

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Gordon, Nick Olympia HS (FL) SS L/R HS
6'2" 175lbs DOB: 10/24/95 | Scouting video
Gordon is talented enough to follow in the footsteps ...
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Jackson, Alex Rancho Bernardo HS (CA) OF R/R HS
6'2" 215lbs DOB: 12/25/95 | Scouting video
Rancho Bernardo High in San Diego has produced four ...
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Nola, Aaron LSU (LA) RHP R/R JR
6'2" 200lbs DOB: 06/04/93 | Scouting video
The ace of a 2013 Louisiana State pitching staff tha ...
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Freeland, Kyle Evansville (IN) LHP L/L JR
6'4" 185lbs DOB: 05/14/93 | Scouting video
Freeland scuffled at times during his first two year ...
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Hoffman, Jeff East Carolina (NC) RHP R/R JR
6'4" 185lbs DOB: 01/08/93 | Scouting video
Hoffman went undrafted as a senior at an upstate New ...
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Conforto, Michael Oregon State (OR) OF L/R JR
6'1" 215lbs DOB: 03/01/93 | Scouting video
Conforto has athletic bloodlines, as his father Mike ...
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Pentecost, Max Kennesaw State (GA) C R/R JR
6'1" 190lbs DOB: 03/10/93 | Scouting video
Though Pentecost required surgery to repair a stress ...
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Medeiros, Kodi Waiakea HS (HI) LHP L/L HS
6'2" 180lbs DOB: 05/25/96 | Scouting video
Hawaii hasn't produced a high school pick in the fir ...
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Turner, Trea North Carolina State (NC) SS R/R JR
6'1" 170lbs DOB: 06/30/93 | Scouting video
North Carolina State produced just three first-round ...
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Beede, Tyler Vanderbilt (TN) RHP R/R JR
6'3" 215lbs DOB: 05/23/93 | Scouting video
Beede figures to become just the 18th player selecte ...
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Newcomb, Sean University of Hartford (CT) LHP L/L JR
6'5" 240lbs DOB: 06/12/93 | Scouting video
Jeff Bagwell is the only Hartford player ever drafte ...
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Toussaint, Touki Coral Springs Christian Academy (FL) RHP R/R HS
6'3" 185lbs DOB: 06/20/96 | Scouting video
Toussaint, who spent most of the first six years of ...
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Finnegan, Brandon TCU (TX) LHP L/L JR
5'11" 185lbs DOB: 04/14/93 | Scouting video
Finnegan was the best winless pitcher in college bas ...
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Fedde, Erick UNLV (NV) RHP R/R JR
6'4" 180lbs DOB: 02/25/93 | Scouting video
Nevada-Las Vegas hasn't had a pitcher selected in th ...
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Howard, Nick Virginia (VA) RHP R/R JR
6'3" 215lbs DOB: 04/06/93 | Scouting video
A Sunday starter as a sophomore and a two-way player ...
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Gillaspie, Casey Wichita State (KS) 1B S/L JR
6'4" 238lbs DOB: 01/25/93 | Scouting video
Conor Gillaspie starred at Wichita State before the ...
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Zimmer, Bradley University of San Francisco (CA) OF L/R JR
6'5" 205lbs DOB: 11/27/92 | Scouting video
Zimmer's older brother Kyle went fifth overall in th ...
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Holmes, Grant Conway HS (SC) RHP L/R HS
6'1" 215lbs DOB: 03/22/96 | Scouting video
Holmes' older brother Colby signed as a non-drafted ...
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Hill, Derek Elk Grove HS (CA) OF R/R HS
6'2" 195lbs DOB: 12/30/95 | Scouting video
Orsino Hill reached Triple-A as an outfielder and no ...
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Tucker, Cole Mountain Pointe HS (AZ) SS S/R HS
6'3" 185lbs DOB: 07/03/96 | Scouting video
An alumni of the gold-medal winning 18 and under U.S ...
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Chapman, Matt Cal State - Fullerton (CA) 3B R/R JR
6'2" 205lbs DOB: 04/28/93 | Scouting video
Chapman reminds some of former Fullerton star Michae ...
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Chavis, Michael Sprayberry Senior HS (GA) SS R/R HS
5'10" 190lbs DOB: 08/11/95 | Scouting video
While Chavis doesn't wow scouts with any single aspe ...
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Weaver, Luke Florida State (FL) RHP R/R JR
6'2" 170lbs DOB: 08/21/93 | Scouting video
Weaver made a huge jump from his freshman to his sop ...
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Griffin, Foster The First Academy (FL) LHP R/L HS
6'3" 200lbs DOB: 07/27/95 | Scouting video
Under the scouting spotlight in March at the Nationa ...
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Blandino, Alex Stanford (CA) SS R/R JR
6'0" 190lbs DOB: 11/06/92 | Scouting video
Teams that put a lot of stock into Cape Cod League p ...
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Ortiz, Luis Sanger HS (CA) RHP R/R HS
6'3" 230lbs DOB: 09/22/95 | Scouting video
Ortiz was named MVP of the 18-and-under World Cup in ...
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Sheffield, Justus Tullahoma HS (TN) LHP L/L HS
5'10" 196lbs DOB: 05/13/96 | Scouting video
Sheffield's brother Jordan might have been a first-r ...
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Davidson, Braxton T. C. Roberson HS (NC) OF L/L HS
6'2" 210lbs DOB: 06/18/96 | Scouting video
Davidson put on a power show at the Tournament of St ...
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Kopech, Michael Mt Pleasant HS (TX) RHP R/R HS
6'3" 195lbs DOB: 04/30/96 | Scouting video
There's a lot going on in Kopech's delivery, with tw ...
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Flaherty, Jack Harvard-Westlake HS (CA) RHP R/R HS
6'4" 205lbs DOB: 10/15/95 | Scouting video
Flaherty first arrived on the national scene as a so ...

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I am not saying that. He was not the best player on the board [img]when[/img] he was drafted. I have done zero research as to where he stands relative to others in that draft. Now he was a polished college player, so it may be unfair to compare him to high school kids drafted at the same time. They are younger and require much more development.

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Dennis...we don't know who the best player is. We rely on mock drafts and publicly available scouting reports. Teams have armies full of scouts that prepare private, in-house scouting reports.

The Cubs brass might have identified Schwarber as the fourth best player in the draft AND knew they could sign him under slot considering he and his agent were looking at mock drafts.

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I looked up the articles, they said he was their #2. I believe most experts had him just outside the top 10.


In any case, it doesn't matter. He appears to be a major league hitter. Of course, the big concern is whether he has a position on a national league team.

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LF...we will live with Bryant at 3B....need Baez to work out at SS....If he can bat .240 like Star, with twice as much power...and much better defense....Baez has the power, the BA is a low bar...

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“Been that way since one monkey looked at the sun and told the other monkey ‘He said for you to give me your fuckin’ share.’”

What about hard ground ball singles?

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I'll have to consult the Ground Zero databases to see how the Astros had him rated

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His approach at the plate reminds me of a lefty Jeff Bagwell

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He is beefy, I will say that. 1st time I saw him was last night as he was trotting around the bases. I am sure IMU was overjoyed!!

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porky?

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I'd be more overjoyed if 2-3-4 had more than one single and a walk in 12 PA. Cubs were +121 last night and I gave the pick as a lock to one of my colleagues.

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he looks a little like Ruth rounding the bases on those stubby legs.

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My Guy!!!

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Did the rain delay cool the weather down?

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you shouldn't have gotten greedy and made it 1K

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Hmmmmmm?

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"That's what the internet is for. Slandering others anonymously." Banky
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It was a group wager, syndicate that shit out....

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"That's what the internet is for. Slandering others anonymously." Banky
“Been that way since one monkey looked at the sun and told the other monkey ‘He said for you to give me your fuckin’ share.’”

the way the ball flies off the bat is like him but Bagwell had a very tight, aggressive stance. Kyle looks loose at the plate and he sets up way off the plate, which mystifies me a bit. They were starting to try and get him out on outside pitches by the end of the night.

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That is a good point. With Castro's BA being so low, what does he really have on Baez? Baez has the better defense, more power and speed. Now with the batting averages both being low, might as well go with Baez and enjoy greater run production and defense.

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