Kris Bryant Boss please?
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@dcmo3_psn said in Kris Bryant Boss please?:
I'd rather have someone that actually deserves a 99.
So like Wander Franco?
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@vipersneak_mlbts said in Kris Bryant Boss please?:
@dcmo3_psn said in Kris Bryant Boss please?:
I'd rather have someone that actually deserves a 99.
So like Wander Franco?
I'm of the belief that 99s should be reserved for true greats of the game; someone that has proven themself over time. That Franco got a 99 is a joke, but I'm in the minority on that.
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@dr-mantis-tobgn_psn said in Kris Bryant Boss please?:
Dear SDS,
As a Cubs fan I am asking you to please give us a 99 MVP Kris Bryant card as an inning boss tomorrow. Reasons listed below:- The obvious, KB is getting traded in the next 24 hours. This devastates me and it will be our last chance to use him as a Cub moving forward with the exception of a rare flashback.
- We are also going to lose Rizzo in the next 24 hours, likely to Boston. Rizzo and more specifically Bryzzo, were the heart and soul of this team for the last 6 years.
- We are about to launch into a rebuild and if I know this team, it will be an unknown amount of time until they compete again. They are the lovable losers for a reason. Wrigley will always sell out, regardless of team talent, because it is the biggest bar in America.
For all of these reasons, please give us Cub fans one last hurrah. It will help ease the pain as our team is picked over by teams like a vulture and a carcass in the dessert.
And, the biggest point, if they can give Wonder Franco a 99 card batting about .200 and stinking. A guy that never batted more than 200, because he's only played 6 weeks or so. May never be more than a utility player. May get hurt and never play in the Bigs and 2021 be the high point of his career. A guy that has potential..just means they ain't done it yet.
So, yeah, I think that's the only argument you would need to get a 99 for anyone. Patrick Wisdom, David Bote, and Nico Hoerner included.
There surely is no science to it.
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@dcmo3_psn said in Kris Bryant Boss please?:
@vipersneak_mlbts said in Kris Bryant Boss please?:
@dcmo3_psn said in Kris Bryant Boss please?:
I'd rather have someone that actually deserves a 99.
So like Wander Franco?
I'm of the belief that 99s should be reserved for true greats of the game; someone that has proven themself over time. That Franco got a 99 is a joke, but I'm in the minority on that.
I'm not the biggest fan of the made up cards myself when there is such history to pull from. But, SDS knows that fans will go nuts for high ranked prospect and future stars cards from their favorite team so I don't see it changing.
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@dolenz_psn said in Kris Bryant Boss please?:
@dcmo3_psn said in Kris Bryant Boss please?:
@vipersneak_mlbts said in Kris Bryant Boss please?:
@dcmo3_psn said in Kris Bryant Boss please?:
I'd rather have someone that actually deserves a 99.
So like Wander Franco?
I'm of the belief that 99s should be reserved for true greats of the game; someone that has proven themself over time. That Franco got a 99 is a joke, but I'm in the minority on that.
I'm not the biggest fan of the made up cards myself when there is such history to pull from. But, SDS knows that fans will go nuts for high ranked prospect and future stars cards from their favorite team so I don't see it changing.
Can't argue that one.
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@dolenz_psn said in Kris Bryant Boss please?:
@dcmo3_psn said in Kris Bryant Boss please?:
@vipersneak_mlbts said in Kris Bryant Boss please?:
@dcmo3_psn said in Kris Bryant Boss please?:
I'd rather have someone that actually deserves a 99.
So like Wander Franco?
I'm of the belief that 99s should be reserved for true greats of the game; someone that has proven themself over time. That Franco got a 99 is a joke, but I'm in the minority on that.
I'm not the biggest fan of the made up cards myself when there is such history to pull from. But, SDS knows that fans will go nuts for high ranked prospect and future stars cards from their favorite team so I don't see it changing.
Unfortunately, that is true. Saw the writing on the wall when potm's came out initially, and knew this is where we were heading. I really don't like having to sit a hof because their card isn't as good, but I like to put my best cards forward so that's just the way it is. Maybe when we get the truly elite hof's, I can go ahead and sit the AS 21s, but who knows as they really blew the 21s up.
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For those annoyed by rookies with inflated ratings, I think it helps to look at them as actual real life baseball cards.
Live series wander is like a super common card that some kid stuck in their bicycle spokes and rode around town with, but the 99 version is like a mint condition limited edition rookie card that a hardcore collector stores in the best protective case money can buy.
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@dr-mantis-tobgn_psn said in Kris Bryant Boss please?:
Dear SDS,
As a Cubs fan I am asking you to please give us a 99 MVP Kris Bryant card as an inning boss tomorrow. Reasons listed below:- The obvious, KB is getting traded in the next 24 hours. This devastates me and it will be our last chance to use him as a Cub moving forward with the exception of a rare flashback.
- We are also going to lose Rizzo in the next 24 hours, likely to Boston. Rizzo and more specifically Bryzzo, were the heart and soul of this team for the last 6 years.
- We are about to launch into a rebuild and if I know this team, it will be an unknown amount of time until they compete again. They are the lovable losers for a reason. Wrigley will always sell out, regardless of team talent, because it is the biggest bar in America.
For all of these reasons, please give us Cub fans one last hurrah. It will help ease the pain as our team is picked over by teams like a vulture and a carcass in the dessert.
I have faith in Jeb Hoyer. Farm system is in better shape now than when they took over the last rebuild.
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@ironeyes_cody_psn said in Kris Bryant Boss please?:
@dr-mantis-tobgn_psn said in Kris Bryant Boss please?:
Dear SDS,
As a Cubs fan I am asking you to please give us a 99 MVP Kris Bryant card as an inning boss tomorrow. Reasons listed below:- The obvious, KB is getting traded in the next 24 hours. This devastates me and it will be our last chance to use him as a Cub moving forward with the exception of a rare flashback.
- We are also going to lose Rizzo in the next 24 hours, likely to Boston. Rizzo and more specifically Bryzzo, were the heart and soul of this team for the last 6 years.
- We are about to launch into a rebuild and if I know this team, it will be an unknown amount of time until they compete again. They are the lovable losers for a reason. Wrigley will always sell out, regardless of team talent, because it is the biggest bar in America.
For all of these reasons, please give us Cub fans one last hurrah. It will help ease the pain as our team is picked over by teams like a vulture and a carcass in the dessert.
And, the biggest point, if they can give Wonder Franco a 99 card batting about .200 and stinking. A guy that never batted more than 200, because he's only played 6 weeks or so. May never be more than a utility player. May get hurt and never play in the Bigs and 2021 be the high point of his career. A guy that has potential..just means they ain't done it yet.
So, yeah, I think that's the only argument you would need to get a 99 for anyone. Patrick Wisdom, David Bote, and Nico Hoerner included.
There surely is no science to it.
I recall Vlad (and numerous others) struggling early in their careers too.
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@bob_loblaw1984 said in Kris Bryant Boss please?:
@dr-mantis-tobgn_psn said in Kris Bryant Boss please?:
Dear SDS,
As a Cubs fan I am asking you to please give us a 99 MVP Kris Bryant card as an inning boss tomorrow. Reasons listed below:- The obvious, KB is getting traded in the next 24 hours. This devastates me and it will be our last chance to use him as a Cub moving forward with the exception of a rare flashback.
- We are also going to lose Rizzo in the next 24 hours, likely to Boston. Rizzo and more specifically Bryzzo, were the heart and soul of this team for the last 6 years.
- We are about to launch into a rebuild and if I know this team, it will be an unknown amount of time until they compete again. They are the lovable losers for a reason. Wrigley will always sell out, regardless of team talent, because it is the biggest bar in America.
For all of these reasons, please give us Cub fans one last hurrah. It will help ease the pain as our team is picked over by teams like a vulture and a carcass in the dessert.
I have faith in Jeb Hoyer. Farm system is in better shape now than when they took over the last rebuild.
They weren't accomplishing a whole lot with what they had. The core guys, as much as I liked them, failed when the big series were on the line. 2016 was legendary obviously, an impossible encore. But after that they just started a slow tumble downhill. You would have expected the opposite from a young talented group like they were coming out of the 2016 WS.
Can't blame front office for just pulling the plug all things considered. They got a heck of a injection in their farm system.
There are free agents that will be available to upgrade these guys.
Baez, again, a pretty exciting player was horribly flawed. Cubs offered him $180 million and he turned it down. He won't be worth that the rest of his career. And, I don't expect he'll get half of that this winter. Perhaps the Cubs can get him on the cheap. Maybe Rizzo as well. But, there was something not working with that chemistry and they might be best concentrating on other players. Castellanos would be a good start.
If they don't spend like they got it this winter...and they are a big market club with limitless reserves..they won't be getting any more of my money for a couple seasons.
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