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

[jewbacca2]

did Tulo get a new glove yet?

He's actually just using a pancake from IHOP now. Same thing as his old glove.

 

[a-friend]

Archer did not have this in mind for opening day.

 

[dmxfury]

Raise it, that's one!

 

[8pm at msg]

Clear out

 

[d3si]

He's safe!

 

[arstyle27]

Are the Cubs the only team (besides the Angels) playing a spring training game on Opening Day??!!????? Makes no damn sense.

 

[EddieDoyers]

Out

 

[d3si]

Yeah, he's out. Good effort though.

 

[macbk]

That Archer slider :x .

Stroman had the Beckham cut first or nah?

 

[nick.]

Are the Cubs the only team (besides the Angels) playing a spring training game on Opening Day??!!????? Makes no damn sense.

those 2 teams need more practice while the rest of the league is ready

Raise it, that's one!

Cardinals have the worst record in the league

 

[dland24]

Dave Fleming on the ESPN broadcast.

One of the best in the business.

 

[jewbacca2]

Are the Cubs the only team (besides the Angels) playing a spring training game on Opening Day??!!????? Makes no damn sense.

Happens every year.

Makes no sense cause the Cubs and Angels play a real game tomorrow

 

[nomnom]

Time to rename this "2015-2016 MLB Season Thread"

 

[dman14]

Are the Cubs the only team (besides the Angels) playing a spring training game on Opening Day??!!????? Makes no damn sense.

Happens every year.

Makes no sense cause the Cubs and Angels play a real game tomorrow

isn't it the minor league guys that are usually involved during the last few gms of spring training

 

[nick.]

Time to rename this "2015-2016 MLB Season Thread"

P proshares

 

[jpzx]

The Pirates order is damn impressive, I brought up Freese's contract last year with the Angels and dude sort of continues to get underserved in terms of $ and production (not unique it's everywhere you just gotta look). He had his fourth straight year of 100+ hits last year, a career-high for doubles (27), second-most HR of his career (14 - 10 in 2012, 20 in 2013, 10 in 2014). But for some reason he had to accept a paycut from 1-year, $6.5 million with LAA in 2015 to the 1-year, $3 million deal he now has from PIT.


He's still an asset, stop this conservative BS with players like this and then giving giant deals to dudes like Pablo Sandoval who a couple years in doesn't even care that a complete no-name took his starting position at third. Meanwhile, Freese is manning the hot corner and hitting the same dartboard at the plate as past seasons and he's unable to get a hardline two-year deal with a team. It's sad people are just waiting for his fall-off.


Really excited for Starling Marte's next step whatever it is. He just turned 27; it's the year you'd think.


Anyone want to look back and find the last occurrence of a pitcher recording the entire league's first RBI of a season? I remember a lot of NL games as the league's Opening Game in the past decade so absence of a DH in those means it could have certainly happened before.

 

[nick.]

Bautista

 

[CHAOSE57]

Bautista

That was brutal

 

[jewbacca2]

Bautista

The argument between Schilling and the other dude on whether Bautista lost in the lights was funnier than the drop.

I honestly cannot stand the BS that spews out of Schilling's mouth

 

[d3si]

Archer with 11 k's so far

 

[dland24]

Time to rename this "2015-2016 MLB Season Thread"

P proshares

Why the need for 2015, period?

 

[red is on nt]

Meredith.

 

[d3si]

Tulowitzki!

 

[nomnom]

Stroman doing a nice job of replacing Price

 

[a-friend]

Damn, that sucks for Stro. CG was right around the corner.