There’s the usual thing about waiving and optioning to Iowa and trades and stuff, but since the trade deadline has passed and we are talking about David Bote, we can be fairly confident that this is the last we will see of our one-time legend in Cubs pinstripes for a while.
Per various sources (including the posts in the previous thread of comments), Luis Vázquez is going to be called up to replace Bote on the roster, while the open spot with the DFA will go to a claim for a pitcher from the Arizona Diamondbacks, Gavin Hollowell, who’s a pretty big boy with strikeout potential.
It kind of sucks for Bote, who gained his moment of Cubs fame with that ultimate grand slam and generally did his time in Iowa after that. He got one final shot with the Cubs this summer, and unfortunately he barely played, and when he did play, he couldn’t work enough magic to justify more playing time. At least he made his money and can either go back to Iowa (I feel that’s unlikely) or try to latch on with another team to play for his next job.
Fare thee well, Bote, and we will always have Wrigley.
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Tonight vs the fish
LF Happ
1B Busch
DH Suzuki
RF Bellinger
3B Paredes
2B Hoerner
SS Swanson
CF PCA
C Amaya
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The Bote extension was one of the more curious signings of the Epstein era.
PerkinsQuote Reply
/belated
berseliusQuote Reply
Sometimes I feel like I’m the only Cubs fan out there who wishes that Bote got more playing time than he did (dying laughing)
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berselius,
A victim of circumstance, also at some point Hendricks may find himself back in the bullpen 😟
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Throwing strikes is hard
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Seems Jordan Montgomery is still very displeased with Boras months after firing him
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You love to see it!
berseliusQuote Reply
Shades of
from PCA today
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Go Cubs!
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M^{-1}
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berselius,
(dying laughing)
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Kind of a tough day for rarity.
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Very few actual Giants MVPs
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Rice Cube,
I used Jeff Kent and even he’s up around 10%.
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Perkins,
I used some deadball guy named Hubbell or Hubbard I think
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AZ Phil seems to think Bote will forfeit his salary if he elects free agency so there’s a chance if he’s not claimed he will just go back to Iowa.
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Repeat but now Seiya in RF and Belli at DH with Shota pitching
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Seiya power show so far today
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LFG Seiya
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Marlins are 0 for 9, so that’s fun.
andcountingQuote Reply
Gah
Poor Happ
Suddenly can’t buy a hit again
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That was a disappointing inning but I hope that level of stress has shortened this guy’s day
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andcounting,
Way to jinx it , jackass.
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PCA, murder suspect.
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I’m only slightly disappointed that was outside the park
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I know they’re not facing Cy Young or any of his award recipients, but the possibility of Amaya and PCA emerging as legit offensive contributors is a really big deal, especially looking forward to next season.
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Yay run(s)
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Yay Shota
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Cubs didn’t really need those Marlin goofs so far but they sure help and are entertaining
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.500 baby
Now everyone else needs to lose
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Cards did lose, but everyone else is being lame right now
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It’s impressive how many people remembered that Pat Burrell was a Rays
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Avoided the landmines at least.
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In second place and the options of going over or under .500 when the 3rd wildcard spot sits at 11 over makes this game against the second-worst team in baseball an absolute must win.
Also, the Mets are kinda the lynchpin in the wildcard race. They have 3 against the Diamondbacks, one more against the Padres, 7 against the Phillies, and 3 against Atlanta. The Braves schedule is divided fairly evenly between really good and really terrible teams. The Diamondbacks look to have the toughest remaining schedule, as they have a grand total of 5 games remaining against teams under .500.
It’s also pretty fun that 5 NL teams have a super legit shot at a first-round bye, separated by just 4.5 games with a month-plus left. The West is still wide open.
andcountingQuote Reply
A new lineup emerges, Paredes gets a day off and so does Amaya
https://www.mlb.com/gameday/cubs-vs-marlins/2024/08/25/746023/preview
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andcounting,
I didn’t expect the Brewers to stay good (thanks a lot Counsell and Stearns) but that’s baseball for ya…also Willson Contreras is hurt again so that can’t be good for the Cards
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Assad needs to stop with the meatballs and the Cubs need to bat around several times next inning
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Rice Cube,
Hopefully slightly less painfully this time
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berselius,
HBP broke something in his hand methinks
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Can the Cubs borrow a few runs from yesterday’s game?
PerkinsQuote Reply
Welp, that’s a wet fart to end a very sweepable series.
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Bote remains
https://x.com/maddie_m_lee/status/1827809070746878418
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This seems a good in-game interview actually, especially since he’s not actually playing defense at the moment
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Promotion!
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