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Pete better be on that BALCO if he wants to get paid next winter.

Kid needs to throw up like 40 bombs.
And he might if Juan Soto is always on base ahead of him.

 

[god shamgod]

I don't think Mark Prior had a season for the Cubs where he wasn't on one of my Fantasy teams.

I thought dude was going to be a GOAT

Yea prior was nice but injuries destroyed his career. Him and wood

I remember reading articles when the cubs had Dylan cease on the farm ,him and Justin Steele were gonna be the new prior and wood.drafted same year one round apart Steele became a #2 (cease woulda been #1) then theo dumb ass traded cease for Quintana

 

[blues_funk_reggae]

Isn't $90M/3 years more than what Pete just signed for?

Scott Boras: The Art of the Deal

 

[god shamgod]

Yea I definitely think cubs getting bregman after seeing that contract

 

[blues_funk_reggae]

So we basically got Pete on a contract opt out year?

This goofball better be on horse steroids next season, 55 dingers incoming, then opt out, Mets go for Vlad Jr

 

[Spidey Man]

Stearns played this perfectly. I would have gone 3 years or even 4, but that's why I'm not running the team. Perfect deal. Now let's get cease

 

[Trips]

Yea prior was nice but injuries destroyed his career. Him and wood

I remember reading articles when the cubs had Dylan cease on the farm ,him and Justin Steele were gonna be the new prior and wood.drafted same year one round apart Steele became a #2 (cease woulda been #1) then theo dumb ass traded cease for Quintana

One of my roommates in College was a diehard Royals fan, but man he was Kerry Wood Stan. Which I can't give him shyt cause of how high I was on Prior even though he wasn't on my Team.

 

[Spidey Man]

 

[Trust Me]

Pete better be on that BALCO if he wants to get paid next winter.

Kid needs to throw up like 40 bombs.
And he might if Juan Soto is always on base ahead of him.

Am I crazy for thinking Pete should bat in FRONT of Soto?

Stearns played this perfectly. I would have gone 3 years or even 4, but that's why I'm not running the team. Perfect deal. Now let's get cease

I think I’d rather have King. I think he’d cost a bit less than Cease. And I KNOW I’d like to see Yankee fans cry about us getting Soto AND King in the same offseason.

 

[blues_funk_reggae]

Was always seeing a pitcher hit a home run.

He hit the daylights outta that ball.



Maddux had a couple dingers back in the day.

Chicks dig the long ball

 

[god shamgod]

One of my roommates in College was a diehard Royals fan, but man he was Kerry Wood Stan. Which I can't give him shyt cause of how high I was on Prior even though he wasn't on my Team.

They both were nasty , unfortunately injuries derailed their careers. That’s why people use to say the cubs were “cursed” they couldn’t catch a break before 2016

Prior outdeueled greg Maddox in game 3 of the ‘03 nlds

Complete game 2 hits 1 run

2003 National League Division Series (NLDS) Game 3, Atlanta Braves vs Chicago Cubs: October 3, 2003 | Baseball-Reference.com

Chicago Cubs beat Atlanta Braves (3-1). Oct 3, 2003, Attendance: 39982, Time of Game: 2:43. Visit Baseball-Reference.com for the complete box score, play-by-play, and win probability

www.baseball-reference.com

 

[Trips]

They both were nasty , unfortunately injuries derailed their careers. That’s why people use to say the cubs were “cursed” they couldn’t catch a break before 2016

Prior outdeueled greg Maddox in game 3 of the ‘03 nlds

Complete game 2 hits 1 run

2003 National League Division Series (NLDS) Game 3, Atlanta Braves vs Chicago Cubs: October 3, 2003 | Baseball-Reference.com

Chicago Cubs beat Atlanta Braves (3-1). Oct 3, 2003, Attendance: 39982, Time of Game: 2:43. Visit Baseball-Reference.com for the complete box score, play-by-play, and win probability

www.baseball-reference.com

I was hoping Wood was going to be able to turn into a shutdown Closer the way Smoltz did for a period of time in his career. But, even that didn't happen.

 

[Spidey Man]

Am I crazy for thinking Pete should bat in FRONT of Soto?

I think I’d rather have King. I think he’d cost a bit less than Cease. And I KNOW I’d like to see Yankee fans cry about us getting Soto AND King in the same offseason.

Cease/King is 1 and 1a in my book. I think King might cost more cause he's more likely to sign an extension, but you can't go wrong with either

 

[holidayinn21]

I told ya Boras was washed. He's been so since 2007

It's easy to look like a genius when your clients are Bryce Harper and Juan Soto

 

[Trips]

I told ya Boras was washed. He's been so since 2007

It's easy to look like a genius when your clients are Bryce Harper and Juan Soto

Boras losing