2020 Cubs - End of Era

Here are my predictions. I think it is safe say to these individual will probably not be with the Cubs in 2020:


Pedro Strop - worst year yet in relief and closing. He is a free agent. With a 4.99 ERA in his contract year he is as good as gone.

Steve Cishek - 13 million contract price vs mediocre production. The Cubs will gladly let him enter free agency after his performance over the last two years.

Jon Lester - Continuously declining in performance. His record in 2019 does not show how horrible he truly was. Offense has bailed him out many times.

Brandon Morrow - Nobody cares why he will be gone and will soon forget he played for the Cubs.

Cole Hamels - He was to improve the overall pitching rotation. Cubs will part ways with him.

Nicholas Castellanos - the only player on this list the Cubs should fight for, but probably will not.

Ben Zobrist - Extremely reliable as player, but aged, becoming slow on the bases, and will not fit in future plans.

Ian Happ - 2019.... 'nuff said :(

Addison Russel - too much of a headache for the Cubs with too little results. I think the Cubs are willing to eat some money to wash their hands.

Almora Jr - fallen out of favor with Cubs because of his bat.

Joe Maddon - End of contract. Did not deliver playoffs in 2019. Cubs will want to change things up. I feel this is still 50/50 chance.
[Updated 9/29/2019] Gone!

Tony Kemp - most likely a pit stop with the Cubs. A few years from now nobody will remember he played for the team.

Robel Garcia - another player I feel the Cubs think of as disposable.

Daniel Descalso - with little performance, I don't think he will find a place with the Cubs.

Kimbrel - A frustrated fan's favorite to get rid of.

Lester

Can you believe Lester got a win today?
Lester gave up:

5 Single
4 Double
2 Walks
1 Triple

This was over 5 innings. Total of 7 runs given up while Lester was pitching, yet he still go the win. Two of the runs were because of errors, but that is not how anyone got on base.  Think if the Cubs had faced a good pitching team and go blanked like so many times have happened this year.  The Cubs just can't afford to have Lester pitch anymore.

We are social media lab rats

Why we are addicted to social media and people are leaning farther left and right. All by design. “The polarization of our society is actually part of the business model.” -Tristan Harris on the power of Social Media companies.

https://youtu.be/WQMuxNiYoz4

Cards vs Cubs

As of Sep 5th, 2019 11:30PM. Top hitters between Teams

RK  Player         Team  Pos  G    AB  R  H   2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB  CS AVG OBP   SLG  OPS
12  Castellanos, N  CHC   RF  132  536 83 155 47 3  23 61  37 127 2  2 .289 .338 .517 .855
15  Baez, J         CHC   SS  133  530 88 149 38 4  29 85  28 155 11 7 .281 .316 .532 .848
24  Bryant, K       CHC   3B  131  489 96 137 34 1  26 64  66 126 3  0 .280 .379 .513 .892
29  Goldschmidt, P  STL   1B  139  520 85 135 18 1  29 79  60 142 2  1 .260 .337 .465 .803
32  Rizzo, A        CHC   1B  129  455 81 133 26 2  25 83  64 78  5  2 .292 .407 .523 .930
40  DeJong, P       STL   SS  138  505 88 124 28 1  26 70  54 123 6  5 .246 .327 .459 .786
42  Wong, K         STL   2B  135  429 54 123 23 4  10 55  44 73  20 2 .287 .367 .429 .796

Top power hitters between Teams

RK  Player         Team  Pos  G    AB R   H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB CS AVG OBP SLG OPS
9   Schwarber, K    CHC   LF  133  448 69  107 22 2 34 81 61 129 1 3 .239 .332 .525 .857
21  Baez, J         CHC   SS  133  530 88  149 38 4 29 85 28 155 11 7 .281 .316 .532 .848
21  Goldschmidt, P  STL   1B  139  520 85  135 18 1 29 79 60 142 2 1 .260 .337 .465 .803
29  Bryant, K       CHC   3B  132  492 97  138 34 1 26 64 67 128 3 0 .280 .380 .512 .893
29  DeJong, P       STL   SS  138  505 88  124 28 1 26 70 54 123 6 5 .246 .327 .459 .786
31  Ozuna, M        STL   LF  109  405 69  104 20 1 25 78 45 95 12 1 .257 .332 .496 .828
31  Rizzo, A        CHC   1B  130  458 81  134 27 2 25 86 65 78 5 2 .293 .407 .524 .931
39  Contreras, W    CHC   C    89  303 48  87 17 1 21 60 35 85 1 2 .287 .375 .558 .933

Mustang GT500 track video

Here is Footage of the 2020 GT350 and GT500 Mustangs at Grattan. The GT500 was timed on the Grattan race track beating the previous track record by the Dodge Viper ATR with a 00:01:21:66 time. This is raw unedited video.
https://youtu.be/MDIP59Hn4Z4

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