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Re: Cubs in '18
« Reply #3435 on: July 31, 2018, 01:59:49 pm »
Cubs close to gettIna Brandon Kintzler per Rosenthal. That’s underwhelming.

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Re: Cubs in '18
« Reply #3436 on: July 31, 2018, 02:01:27 pm »
Maybe he's bringing Harper with him!

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« Reply #3437 on: July 31, 2018, 02:01:36 pm »
On the plus side, he is a strike thrower.

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« Reply #3438 on: July 31, 2018, 02:05:13 pm »
Looking to keep the top of the pen as rested as possible for the postseason, I imagine.

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Re: Cubs in '18
« Reply #3439 on: July 31, 2018, 02:25:09 pm »
Hahahahahahaha

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Re: Cubs in '18
« Reply #3440 on: July 31, 2018, 02:25:31 pm »
From Carrie Muskat:



"Nats will get RHP Jhon Romero from @Pelicanbaseball for Kintzler. #Cubs"

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Re: Cubs in '18
« Reply #3441 on: July 31, 2018, 02:26:46 pm »
Heh!

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Re: Cubs in '18
« Reply #3442 on: July 31, 2018, 02:30:17 pm »

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Kintzler, who turns 34 on Wednesday, has a 2.03 ERA in 13 games in July. He has a mutal option for 2019. #Cubs

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Re: Cubs in '18
« Reply #3443 on: July 31, 2018, 02:40:49 pm »
$10 million club or $5 million player option on Kintzler

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Re: Cubs in '18
« Reply #3444 on: July 31, 2018, 02:41:15 pm »
To make room for Kintzler on the 40-man roster, RHP Justin Hancock has been transferred to the 60-day DL.

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Re: Cubs in '18
« Reply #3445 on: July 31, 2018, 02:57:25 pm »
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Cubs new pitcher Brandon Kintzler has allowed just 3 runs in  his last thirteen outings .

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Re: Cubs in '18
« Reply #3446 on: July 31, 2018, 02:59:17 pm »
But as a Cub he will completely forget how to throw strikes and he'll allow runs like a sieve.

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« Reply #3447 on: July 31, 2018, 03:22:35 pm »
Ugh, that $5 million option is a little more than I’d want to be paying Kintzler next season.  I was wondering why Washington would want to trade him. 

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« Reply #3448 on: July 31, 2018, 04:25:37 pm »
Im glad another deadline has passed in which we held on to our core.

People want reinforcements yet they bitch when the farm system is weak and we added 3 usable arms without giving up anything worth a shit.

Hamels can be a tremendous boost to our rotation.

Chavez adds versatility and has already won over a lot of folks.

Kintzler is one year removed from being an all star and even though he doesnt have strikeout stuff he's always been good.

If we had traded Amaya,Happ,Russell,Almora or whoever and  even got DeGrom in return somebody here would have bitched.

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Re: Cubs in '18
« Reply #3449 on: July 31, 2018, 05:20:35 pm »
No indication of any $$$ from Washington in that deal?  Seems odd we'd put ourselves on the hook for $5 million for Kintzler - I'd sooner have done nothing and rolled with what we had.