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I'm still skeptical of Bauer. He was great in 2018, and he's been great so far this year. But he also has his suspicious jump in spin rate this year (a jump he has previously said could only be achieved by using pine tar). Outside of 2018 and 2020, he's been a pretty mediocre pitcher. And he does not come across as a good guy on Twitter--I would expect him to be a pretty hard guy to root for.

But talk about Bauer is moot anyway. There is a 0% chance the Cubs are going to be in on the most expensive pitcher on the market this offseason. It'll be shocking if they're in on anyone other than a couple Gausman/Quintana types.

Chicago Cubs  @Cubs  28m
The #Cubs today selected the contract of LHP Matt Dermody from the club’s South Bend Alternate Site. 

RHPs Adbert Alzolay and Tyson Miller were optioned to South Bend.

Boy, this franchise could be in real trouble.  Bryant and Baez have torpedoed their trade value with this terrible season.  There's 3/5 of the rotation to replace and the bullpen will be a clusterfrick as usual.  The offense has the same fundamental flaws which have never been addressed, and ownership is clearly in shutdown mode.  Even if they wanted to tear it down and rebuild, who would they trade?  Darvish and Happ maybe, but not much else.

We'll always have 2016. May have to settle for that for some time to come.

Yeah, but it took less than a month for the universe to punish us for that.

Tony Andracki @TonyAndracki23
Heyward was experiencing shortness of breath and feeling light-headed in Sunday's game, so Cubs sent him to the hospital to get tests and make sure everything's alright.

Breathing trouble is a Covid-19 symptom.  Please, let it be something else.


I'm guessing it is something else as the game probably would have been stopped immediately if that was suspected.

Mark Gonzales  @MDGonzales  3m
Billy Hamilton claimed off waivers from METS

Mark Gonzales  @MDGonzales  34s
INF Ildemaro Vargas added to roster, will wear No. 16. Hamilton yet to report to major league team. LHP Matt Dermody optioned after Sunday's game, DFA'd to make room for Hamilton. RHP Duncan Robinson added to 60-man pool, headed to South Bend (with Strop). C Jose Lobaton released

Dermody was optioned or DFAed?  Unclear from the sentence.

Both