Matt Shaw gets some hate because of his early season struggles and his...let's call them extracurricular interests, but he was a legitimate force in the second half (4.5 WAR/600 PA pace)

My youngest just hit 6 months. At his pediatrician appointment I practically started weeping for joy when the nurse said "and of course you can give him Motrin now"

He's also pretty unlikely to turn down a qualifying offer, so even if you're optimistic about him it was always going to come down to his player option vs. the QO, not the team option

It won't be actively raining during the game but Soldier Field is going to be super soggy as well

Isn't there a point where even if you're certain it will be overturned it's not worth it?

Is there a place on the site to find minor league sprint speed? Because if he's still fast I don't hate it

Is it still Hoerner? I know he was at 100% for a shockingly long time to start the year

I have generally emphasized a learning mindset. "I want to learn new tools/platforms/workstreams/etc."

For avoiding moving into a managerial track I think just be honest and don't tiptoe around it. You want to stay hands on keyboard and working directly on projects

Matt Shaw since he was called back up has a .359 wOBA and a .360 xwOBA

They did one last week against the Cubs in a week where they were off on both Monday and Thursday!

Wrigley has trended more and more pitcher friendly the last few years. Perhaps it's an acknowledgement that change is permanent?

There are some rumblings that the Cubs may be doing this with Nate Pearson

Any theories why so many of these are so recent? Post rookie wage scale parity? Increased per-game randomness because of things like 2pt/4th down conversion attempts?

The latter episodes of the show fall off but that first season of Dickinson is so so so fun

With Bellinger and his ability to backup both CF and 1B gone, any chance Tucker covers either? He does have a little bit of experience at each.

They don't need a bench guy or two, they need a whole bench. And you'd probably like to nab additional pitching depth beyond two more guys.

It's not impossible to do at current levels, but it's tight. Jed *needs* to either free money or trade prospects, and I understand why he's exploring #1 first

Because approximately $50M to address the rotation, the. bullpen, and the bench isn't actually a lot?