Cubs May Meltdown - Beautiful to Witness

[Thurston Fluff]

58 minutes ago, Fear The Chorizo said:

While true, the Ricketts did take on a bunch of additional debt soon after purchasing the club with the stadium renovations and surrounding venue upgrades/property purchases - and then went through multiple seasons with it generating minimal revenue because of COVID....they can't cry poor by any stretch, but I'm sure the balance sheet needs a few years to unwind from all of that.

 

I also happen to think their payroll is plenty high right now to be the big market bully of this division, but I think they've spent that money poorly.  Giving Hoyer another $50-75m a season to spend on payroll isn't the auto-improvement it should seem to be.

He'd probably spend it all on a pitching coach.

[homer]

18 - 8 since Aug 1 which has gained them exactly 1/2 game in the standings :)

They are in the thick of the wild card race now though.

[sveumrules]

21 minutes ago, homer said:

18 - 8 since Aug 1 which has gained them exactly 1/2 game in the standings :)

They are in the thick of the wild card race now though.

Yeah, was just looking at the last time a non-Brewers team had a share of first in the NLC and it was the Cubs at 22 W - 16 L on May 8th.

Then they went 17 W - 32 L through July 3rd while the Brewers went 31 W - 20 L over that same stretch. That thirteen game swing is the division at the moment.

Since then the Cubs are 32 W - 18 L, making up a couple two tree games on the Mets at 31 W - 22 L and half a bakers dozen on the Braves at 27 W - 26 L for the third WC.

Also looks like the Cubs lost the head to head with both NLE teams so they’ll have to clear them outright.

[Dragonbait]

Maybe the new Candle wint be as lucky for the cubs

[young guns]

[wallus]

Few things would make me happier than the Cubs just missing the playoffs.