The Mets, Dodgers, and Cardinals can be lumped in with that group, but you're right. This was also predicted by every MLB writer/pundit with so many NL teams following the Cubs/Astros/NBA tanking for future success strategy.

7/5/2016 11:20:03 AM

The Sox have stuck with their tried and true "buy leftover players from a garage sale and hope it works".

7/5/2016 12:04:43 PM

^
Sounds like the Cubs approach to bullpen help.

7/5/2016 2:21:07 PM

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"Man besides the Cubs, Giants and Nats the NL is a garbage fire this season. 7 teams 8+ games under 500. Dayum."

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"The Mets, Dodgers, and Cardinals can be lumped in with that group"

This is a great way to see how teams are trending: https://erikberg.com/mlb/charts

The Dodgers and Mets are currently climbing, but the Cardinals have been stagnant. Pirates can easily leapfrog them soon. The Giants are the most impressive NL team right now, since the Cubs peaked a couple of weeks ago and are starting to come back down to earth. The Giants didn't start rising until mid-May while the Cubs have been up since day 1, and yet the Giants are practically in the same position (21 wins over .500 vs the Cubs 22).

7/5/2016 3:27:54 PM

^ That's a very cool visualization of the standings, thanks for sharing.

7/7/2016 11:16:49 AM

Baseball America MidSeason Top 100 Prospects List

1. Yoan Moncada 2b Red Sox
2. Alex Reyes rhp Cardinals
3. J.P. Crawford ss Phillies
4. Lucas Giolito rhp Nationals
5. Trea Turner ss Nationals
6. Tyler Glasnow rhp Pirates
7. Dansby Swanson ss Braves
8. Alex Bregman ss Astros
9. Andrew Benintendi of Red Sox
10. Austin Meadows of Pirates

http://www.baseballamerica.com/minors/midseason-top-100-prospects/#2XH2bjGfuPyioogR.97

[Edited on July 8, 2016 at 1:25 PM. Reason : link]

7/8/2016 1:25:03 PM

Stanton

7/11/2016 8:39:40 PM

Who is the nerdy guy talking about "runs"? I think Stanton will probably win this derby.

Dude Stanton is killing it.

7/11/2016 10:13:58 PM

Brett Boone maybe?

7/11/2016 10:15:35 PM

Figures. He's the Jordan Rodgers (Bachlorette 2016) of the MLB.

7/11/2016 10:30:07 PM

Bret was better than Aaron.

7/11/2016 10:41:21 PM

It was Aaron not Brett in the booth, my bad.

7/11/2016 11:19:05 PM

No Mets players had an appearance in the all-star game. Really sucks for Terry Collins to not have Cespedes or Syndergaard at full health moving forward in the season, but why didn't Bartolo Colon pitch? Probably was his last chance.

7/13/2016 1:19:17 AM

Just found out Gates brown died in 2013. Sad. Best baseball story ever

7/14/2016 9:54:05 AM

^ hot dog story is awesome.

This might be the most boring baseball season I can remember and I'm a baseball fan. Maybe I'm jaded as a Braves fan, but I haven't really cared about anything happening other than Odor punching Batista MMA style and the Cubs playing amazing ball for the first 6 weeks or so.

7/15/2016 8:11:39 PM

http://m.mlb.com/video/topic/8743756/v950301683/?partnerId=as_mlb_20160721_64026746&adbid=755938262028398592&adbpl=tw&adbpr=18479513

Trea!



[Edited on July 21, 2016 at 9:13 AM. Reason : Shit embed wont work]

7/21/2016 9:12:21 AM

Man, throwing out the runner at second with a runner on 3rd was risky even in pony league.

7/23/2016 9:35:45 AM

that was a pretty terrible defensive play

7/23/2016 2:01:16 PM

Chris Sale was pulled from his start tonight...not because he's being traded as rumored....but....

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"Not a joke. Source says Sale blowup was because he didn't want to wear throwbacks, so he cut the jerseys up so no one could wear them. @stokketommy"

[Edited on July 23, 2016 at 8:08 PM. Reason : shit franchise ]

7/23/2016 8:07:07 PM

^ Just got back from that game. They were wearing 83 unis and the scoreboard had 77 (original planned uni) facts with pictures from the players wearing the 77 jerseys too. This is fucking bizarre. Trade that redneck now.

7/23/2016 11:07:37 PM

This is what happens when you give up chewing tobacco for your kid's sake. He needs to chill the fuck out and have a dip.

7/23/2016 11:39:13 PM

Yeah, deal him for prospects.

In lighter news, the men's medium White Sox 1976 jersey looks good on my wife. Win/win.

7/24/2016 12:02:22 AM

He is probably pissed from his last start when he was pulled after 8 with a 1-hitter against Seattle and then Robertson proceeds to implode the save and yank another win from him.

7/24/2016 12:29:19 AM

105mph

7/24/2016 10:13:14 PM

Chapman to the Cubbies

7/25/2016 12:37:59 PM

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" 105mph "

7/25/2016 1:08:17 PM

Cubs giving up an awful lot for a guy that will only play like 3 months for them.

7/25/2016 1:55:27 PM

Not really. That's a popular narrative though.

Torres is the only real value leaving the Cubs and Addison Russell plays the same position, is in the same age bracket, and is already an MLB All-Star. Hell, the Yankees will be ecstatic if Torres ends up being as good as the Cubs' Javy Baez, who is basically Russell's backup.

Great trade for both teams. The Yankees really aren't much different without Chapman because Miller/Betances are so nasty.

[Edited on July 25, 2016 at 2:16 PM. Reason : d]

7/25/2016 2:15:14 PM

Russell is definitely a Cub. Not sure if he's really all-star caliber; he's hitting .249 with a <.800 OPS.

7/25/2016 10:58:19 PM

That Cub/Mariner game was absurd.

8/1/2016 12:52:56 AM

Trea is putting up ridiculous numbers so far. Hit another triple last night for his 6th of the year in only 127 ABs. Cesar Hernandez is leading the majors with 9 in 405 ABs. He's also got a stolen base for more than a third of the times he's reached first or second.

8/18/2016 10:23:51 AM

The NL wild card race is already a good one, but if the Cardinals beat the Giants today there will be a 3-way tie plus Miami only 3.5 back with 16 games to go.

9/15/2016 2:08:27 PM

RIP Jose Fernadez

Killed in boating accident

9/25/2016 10:03:15 AM

saw this on bleacher report first thing when i woke up. devastating loss. guy was so young and had a great career ahead of him.

9/25/2016 10:07:02 AM

yeah that's terrible

9/25/2016 10:11:00 AM

Damn

Fernandez was one of my favorite pitchers to watch. Just filthy when he was locked in. Really sucks for his family and the Marlins. Dude had a LONG career ahead of him and was on a HOF track if he stayed healthy.

Don't drink and boat...

9/25/2016 10:28:28 AM

Just announced last week that he was going to be a father. How absolutely terrible

9/25/2016 10:52:00 AM

9/25/2016 12:46:48 PM

9/26/2016 2:39:38 AM

crazy canucks throwing beers at outfielders

10/4/2016 10:20:00 PM

Bump for the playoffs (late bump).

I'm on the Cubs/Indians bandwagon in hopes one breaks their curse this year. Very glad to see the fucking Giants eliminated. Screw those guys. I'll root for the Nats too if they end up playing the Jays in the WS since Trea is a big part of their success.

10/12/2016 10:29:25 AM

So glad the fucking Giants lost. Traffic coming home from work was eerily silent- hopefully because all those bastard Giants fans jumped off the Bay Bridge Pulling for either the Cubs or Nats. Don't give a shit about any of the AL teams this season, but if the Jays won I wouldn't really mind.

[Edited on October 12, 2016 at 11:52 AM. Reason : .]

10/12/2016 11:51:47 AM

Dave Roberts with some huge balls....Dodgers moving on. Trea is not.

10/14/2016 12:48:41 AM

Sucks for Trea. Go Cubs. Also lol at people saying Kershaw has solved his playoff issues. Dude still had a 5-plus ERA in that series. Yeah he pitched pretty well in game 4, but he left with base loaded and everyone scored.

Also Dusty Baker should get heat for taking out Scherzer after he gave up the HR to start the 7th. Scherzer was working on a gem, was at 99 pitches which is nothing for that guy, and is supposed to be your stud. He made one mistake, game was tied. Stupid decision that blew up in his face.

10/14/2016 8:08:59 AM

Dusty Baker is a shitty manager. This is not news.

10/14/2016 12:29:32 PM

Hypotheticals are hypothetical, but I think the Mets would have beaten any other stater than Bumgarner, even if Syndergaard didn't start. They would have won a 3 game series if that was the WC format. And not sure they would have won a series with the Cubs, but I think they push it to 6 or 7 games.

Giants shouldn't have even been there as shitty as their 2nd half was.

I know I'm just being salty, but the Mets were pretty fantastic down the stretch and I'm looking forward to next season with hopefully healthy pitching (and please please please to have Cespedes back)

10/14/2016 2:42:11 PM

Go Tribe!

10/14/2016 10:54:39 PM

Amazing game tonight, Cubs-Dodgers. I didn't like the way Maddon used his bullpen. He should have let Lester go one more inning. Montero with a legendary HR that will forever be in Cubs lore. He bailed out both Maddon and Chapman.

10/15/2016 11:53:29 PM

Baez stealing home early in the game. Wow.

The grand slam was clutch and awesome too.

10/16/2016 11:09:01 AM

Pedro's neck got fat

10/18/2016 7:43:20 PM