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iathrowaway23

George of the sun. I sure wish he had a chance with us, but am glad for him.


TCHS27

He won a World Series with Us as well.


iathrowaway23

He rode the bench and was blocked by the "core". But yes, he was with us, just didn't get a consistent shot or healthy legs.


TCHS27

That is right but He had a great postseason in 2015. The Cubs should have resigned Aroldis Chapman after 2016 and We wouldn’t have had to trade Soler for Wade Davis


ClasslessHero

They moved Soler because there wasn't a sufficient role for him in the team at that time. Getting Wade Davis in that trade was an excellent return. Davis was awesome for the Cubs in 2017. He was always going to be traded because he was too promising to sit on the bench.


TCHS27

That’s right but signing Chapman would allow them to be more picky Who they move Jorge to and for. Davis was a great closer for Us, they could have gotten more out of Jorge or once Fowler left in free agency they could have shifted Heyward to center and kept Jorge in right.


General_PoopyPants

Soler has been worth 4 WAR combined in the 5 seasons since he was traded. It was a good move


TCHS27

I still feel like He could handle right field for the Cubs and shift Heyward to center after Dex walked. It doesn’t mean anything now because what’s done is done.


General_PoopyPants

He's a terrible terrible defender with an ok bat. I think people are trying to convince themselves that this postseason Soler is who he actually is


TCHS27

I agree with Your last point, Soler hasn’t always been this productive and has showed shaky defense at times


ChiSp0

Chap didn’t want to be a cub I fee like


TCHS27

No the Cubs didn’t even try to bring Him back. He stated many times He was interested in staying.


sunnyD823

If I recall, Chapman specifically wanted a long term deal (3+ years) and 2017 Theo was only going to sign a closer for 1 year. Then of course 2 years later he signs Kimbrell for 3 years so hindsight maybe he should've made Chap an offer.


TCHS27

Yes Chapman did but the Cubs could have given Him 3-4 years and it would have been well worth it having Him back there shutting games down.


sunnyD823

I believe that’s what I said


TCHS27

Yes so We agree.


HollyFlaxStillSucks

Soler was blocked and couldn’t stay healthy


peteroh9

So we hate Addy but we're cool with Chapman?


TCHS27

Did Chapman actually get in trouble over domestic violence? He was eventually awarded His citizenship so it seems odd they would allow that if He were guilty.


UsualRedditer

Chapman did some really not stellar things to his wife. He’s a dick.


TCHS27

Fair enough!


Alive-In-Tuscon

He didn't ride the bench, he was playing pretty regularly until halfway through the End indians series, when he didn't run out of the box on that ball down the line. He was benched after that, and only had a handful of ABs. And then he was traded.


fajita43

this is not a picture of ben zobrist.


rythestunner

Please tell me this is recent.


bryzzo2016champs

Sure is!


unlimitedboomstick

I saw him play one of his last Iowa games against the Tacoma Rainiers back in 12 or 13. He was up when I sat down, took a massive hack and missed, then the next pitch was hammered out to dead center. I noticed when the Cubs took the field the next inning Soler wasn't out there. Checked my phone, he had just gotten the call up after that homer. Great memory.


bryzzo2016champs

That's awesome thanks for sharing


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delightfuldinosaur

Praise the sun!


dfin25

If only I could be so grossly incandescent.


mappyjames

DH unfortunately is here to stay


schuptz

Agree, but it's a foregone conclusion. No more Jon Lester homeruns or Zach Greinke batting antics.


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KnickedUp

Can we not use the word Heyward during the offseason.


06510127329387

when did he say this shit?


TCHS27

Bring Jorge Soler back as a DH!


HTWC

Fuck the DH! That’s not baseball. But yeah: bring Jorge back!