2018 Chicago Cubs

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Quote: Originally Posted by CBoller1331

http://www.chicagotribune.com/sports...5862-132.html# I don't know what to make of this....seems rather sudden for just throwing 23 pitches today

Wishful thinking. I think it's starting to eat at him that his 1st year in Chicago has been an abject and complete failure.

No chance in hell that a fragile pitcher of his ilk, with a TJ surgery already on his resume and more than $100MM still owed, goes out of commission for 2.5 months, then STILL has some pain and discomfort and now all of a sudden getting activated just a week later with maybe one rehab start. Not a chance.

It was a weird scene and a wild explanation after his session today. Not sure if the language barrier or the interpreter was an issue, but basically the story as I understand it was...he made a few pitches and still had some discomfort. THEN, a Cubs trainer mimed out a different motion and said "remember, THIS is how you were doing it in Spring Training." Darvish altered his mechanics for the rest of the session and said he felt good. And now he wants to get activated soon? LOL. This whole situation (going way back to Darvish and Jim Hickey not seeing eye to eye on pitch selection) has been like watching for the next clown climbing out of the tiny car.

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Pretty good headline game from Jesse Rogers:

Tyler Chatwood takes walk to Cubs bullpen after Cole Hamels trade

http://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/2...ng-cole-hamels

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Interesting to see a rather weak rebuttal of A-Rod hammering Yu Darvish on last night's broadcast. Joe Maddon isn't exactly going all "rah rah" for Darvish here...

https://www.mlb.com/cubs/news/joe-ma...ks/c-288049618

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Kinda sound like he did.

https://chicago.suntimes.com/sports/...ent=1533063062


Almora and Rizzo also backed Darvish pretty hard.

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Quote: Originally Posted by BleacherBum2310

Kinda sound like he did. https://chicago.suntimes.com/sports/...ent=1533063062 Almora and Rizzo also backed Darvish pretty hard.

Didn't see what Rizzo and Almora said, but those Maddon comments are extremely milquetoast and seem to completely dance around the issue. He doesn't contradict anything factually (about Darvish not fitting in, about him being a distraction or a source of antipathy, about him controlling his rehab and exasperating the training staff), and he's only offended by A-Rod's methods and that "an outsider" came in and messed with the clubhouse feng shui that he prides himself on.

Also telling is that, as far as I know, Theo and Jed have been completely absent from this discussion. Following up on Theo explaining Darvish's "severe pain" as "some discomfort" a week ago, it certainly seems conspicuous for a club's front office to not back its $126M man at all.

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Darvish, KB, Morrow, Smyly returns from injury all still listed as "????." It would be nice to have our best offensive player, 2nd most expensive starting pitcher, and closer available at some point again this season.

Duensing back to the DL also. Not that we'll miss him with how he's been pitching.

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Quote: Originally Posted by WaitTilNextYear

Darvish, KB, Morrow, Smyly returns from injury all still listed as "????." It would be nice to have our best offensive player, 2nd most expensive starting pitcher, and closer available at some point again this season. Duensing back to the DL also. Not that we'll miss him with how he's been pitching.

The Cubs had been pretty lucky the last few years when it came to injuries. We're really getting a good sense of the lack of pitcher development through the organization this season

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Albert Almora might need a stint at AAA if this keeps up. Pains me to say it 'cause he's my boy, but he's 1 for his last 27 and swinging at everything.

Besides, Bote could play CF, right?