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Re: Cubs in '18
By: CurtOne Date: October 25, 2017, 11:42 pm
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Looking at guys who could fill those 4 and 5 spots in the FA
class: Alex Cobb, Jeremy Hellickson, Francisco Liriano. I still
think you go after Yu Darvish and Lance Lynn not only to better
yourself but to make your closest competitors have to find
replacements.
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Re: Cubs in '18
By: CurtOne Date: October 25, 2017, 11:42 pm
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Also surprised to see that Jaime Garcia is only 31. Too bad his
middle initials are DL.
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Re: Cubs in '18
By: Ron Date: October 26, 2017, 12:19 pm
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More coaching changes for the Cubs:
Patrick Mooney‏Verified account @MooneyNBCS 1m1 minute
ago
#Cubs hire Chili Davis as hitting coach and add Brian
Butterfield as new third base coach. Andy Haines promoted to
assistant hitting coach.
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Re: Cubs in '18
By: ticohans Date: October 26, 2017, 12:19 pm
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Cobb would make a great addition as a 4th starter.
I'd be surprised if they go after Darvish - our core is going to
get really expensive sooner rather than later, and I'd be
surprised if Theo wants to commit +$50M/yr to 2 starters (Lester
+ Darvish), unless the purse strings are much looser than it
seems. I think it's much more likely they try to acquire a guy
like Archer, etc.
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Re: Cubs in '18
By: ticohans Date: October 26, 2017, 12:19 pm
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[quote author=Ron link=topic=496.msg329048#msg329048
date=1509038341]
More coaching changes for the Cubs:
Patrick Mooney‏Verified account @MooneyNBCS 1m1 minute
ago
#Cubs hire Chili Davis as hitting coach and add Brian
Butterfield as new third base coach. Andy Haines promoted to
assistant hitting coach.
[/quote]
So is Mallee out? Did I miss something?
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Re: Cubs in '18
By: Ron Date: October 26, 2017, 12:25 pm
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So it appears that there will be many changes among the coaches.
Bosio out, with no replacement yet.
Mallee replaced by Davis.
Hinske left to become hitting coach with the Angels, replaced by
Haines.
And apparently Gary Jones must be out as 3rd Base Coach, since
Butterfield has been named to that position.
So much for Joe's statement about how much he wanted all his
coaches back.
(And Dave Martinez could be gone as well)
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Re: Cubs in '18
By: craig Date: October 26, 2017, 12:29 pm
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Wow wow wow wow.
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Re: Cubs in '18
By: Playtwo Date: October 26, 2017, 12:34 pm
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From what I have heard, Chili Davis will be a great addition.
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Re: Cubs in '18
By: JeffH Date: October 26, 2017, 12:40 pm
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You have to wonder how much the player exit interviews play into
these coaching changes. If there's frequent anti-"Coach X"
sentiment, that could at least partially drive decision making.
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Re: Cubs in '18
By: CUBluejays Date: October 26, 2017, 12:47 pm
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Twitter doesn't lie!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Story on Butterfield
HTML http://m.mlb.com/news/article/69713750/attention-to-detail-red-sox-third-base-coach-brian-butterfields-calling-card/
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