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Post by Mike on Sept 16, 2021 22:13:45 GMT -5
He needs his own thread. Guy continues to mash. Can play all OF spots. I think Heyward gets to mentor him next year.
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Post by trav768 on Sept 16, 2021 22:29:58 GMT -5
He needs his own thread. Guy continues to mash. Can play all OF spots. I think Heyward gets to mentor him next year. hope he don't teach him to hit routine ground balls to 2nd. |
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Post by bryzzobrist on Sept 16, 2021 22:32:58 GMT -5
He needs his own thread. Guy continues to mash. Can play all OF spots. I think Heyward gets to mentor him next year. hope he don't teach him to hit routine ground balls to 2nd. Or his famous infield popups But i bet jhey will help him handle the pressure of the bigs. Its a good thing |
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Post by TheChico on Sept 16, 2021 23:16:10 GMT -5
hope he don't teach him to hit routine ground balls to 2nd. Or his famous infield popups But i bet jhey will help him handle the pressure of the bigs. Its a good thing Lol!! You are right, he is a good mentor but don’t listen to him when it comes to hitting. |
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Post by Mike on Sept 17, 2021 1:32:53 GMT -5
You know what I mean. Yes, being a leader. Cause we're going to get an influx of young talent soon.
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Post by batman66 on Sept 17, 2021 8:26:00 GMT -5
He hit another homer last night and went 2 for 4
In 3 games with Iowa he is 6 for 13 with a walk and he has 3 homers and 5 rbi's .
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Post by TheChico on Sept 17, 2021 9:47:31 GMT -5
You know what I mean. Yes, being a leader. Cause we're going to get an influx of young talent soon. Haha! We all knew what you meant. Heyward is a excellent mentor for Davis and these young player coming up, it is pretty much going to be Heyward's role going forward. |
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Post by batman66 on Sept 17, 2021 11:45:51 GMT -5
You know what I mean. Yes, being a leader. Cause we're going to get an influx of young talent soon. Haha! We all knew what you meant. Heyward is a excellent mentor for Davis and these young player coming up, it is pretty much going to be Heyward's role going forward. He is , can't find a classier guy and one who appreciates and totally gets the role a veteran has on young players and that's clearly evident of what he did for Ross and how he appreciates him and what he did for him . But let him mentor from the dugout . |
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Post by TheChico on Sept 17, 2021 18:53:20 GMT -5
Haha! We all knew what you meant. Heyward is a excellent mentor for Davis and these young player coming up, it is pretty much going to be Heyward's role going forward. He is , can't find a classier guy and one who appreciates and totally gets the role a veteran has on young players and that's clearly evident of what he did for Ross and how he appreciates him and what he did for him . But let him mentor from the dugout . The most expensive mentor in baseball. |
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Post by Reverency on Sept 18, 2021 23:13:41 GMT -5
And back to Davis -- in a losing effort, he was 2 fer 3 with 1 BB and 1 K. He's now hitting .450 with an other-worldly 1.472 OPS. They've moved him up to 2nd in the batting order. JHey may be an expensive mentor, but he may be guiding a VERY valuable future asset.
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Post by happtobehere on Sept 20, 2021 13:42:48 GMT -5
He needs his own thread. Guy continues to mash. Can play all OF spots. I think Heyward gets to mentor him next year. Well that is kind of a racist-ass opinion... why does Heyward mentor him? Because they are both black? I don't recall people saying Heyward could mentor Schwarber or Happ...
Go ahead and back track and say it's because Heyward is a veteran...
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Post by lajoiesghost on Sept 20, 2021 14:01:47 GMT -5
He needs his own thread. Guy continues to mash. Can play all OF spots. I think Heyward gets to mentor him next year. Well that is kind of a racist-ass opinion... why does Heyward mentor him? Because they are both black? I don't recall people saying Heyward could mentor Schwarber or Happ...
Go ahead and back track and say it's because Heyward is a veteran...
That wasn't directed at me but I feel compelled to ask: What's with the race card? Maybe the fact that Heyward is a great clubhouse guy and has been around the league and on the Cubs team since 2016 has something to do with suggesting him as a mentor? Since Schwarber was in Chicago BEFORE Heyward, and Happ brought up the year after Heyward, it might be reason for someone else to mentor them and that's why no one mentioned it at the time? Maybe because he is by far the most experienced outfielder on the team? Maybe the poster thinks JH would be a good mentor regardless of his ancestry, ever think of that? |
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Post by bryzzobrist on Sept 20, 2021 14:06:26 GMT -5
He needs his own thread. Guy continues to mash. Can play all OF spots. I think Heyward gets to mentor him next year. Well that is kind of a racist-ass opinion... why does Heyward mentor him? Because they are both black? I don't recall people saying Heyward could mentor Schwarber or Happ...
Go ahead and back track and say it's because Heyward is a veteran...
Um, what? Heyward is the mentor and leader type, and that's very well known amongst baseball and especially Cubs fans. He's said before that part of the reason he signed with the Cubs is so he could have the opportunity to mentor the younger players. Heyward sucks now, so his value at the moment is his ability to mentor young players- and with an upcoming (hopefully) star coming up, this is how Heyward can continue to make sense on the roster. Davis has a lot of expectations and there will be a lot of pressure - Jhey can help him with that. It makes sense, doesn't it? What a unexpected response to Mike's post. |
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Post by trav768 on Sept 20, 2021 14:41:19 GMT -5
all I know is I am excited for Davis.
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Post by fine09 on Sept 20, 2021 14:45:03 GMT -5
He needs his own thread. Guy continues to mash. Can play all OF spots. I think Heyward gets to mentor him next year. Well that is kind of a racist-ass opinion... why does Heyward mentor him? Because they are both black? I don't recall people saying Heyward could mentor Schwarber or Happ...
Go ahead and back track and say it's because Heyward is a veteran...
I don't think that his comment was even slightly racist. He is a well respected veteran & the absolute best outfielder on the team. |
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Post by fine09 on Sept 20, 2021 14:45:27 GMT -5
all I know is I am excited for Davis. Big time. |
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Post by trav768 on Sept 20, 2021 14:46:07 GMT -5
He needs his own thread. Guy continues to mash. Can play all OF spots. I think Heyward gets to mentor him next year. Well that is kind of a racist-ass opinion... why does Heyward mentor him? Because they are both black? I don't recall people saying Heyward could mentor Schwarber or Happ...
Go ahead and back track and say it's because Heyward is a veteran...
please keep race out of it. thank you. |
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Post by batman66 on Sept 20, 2021 15:42:18 GMT -5
Well that is kind of a racist-ass opinion... why does Heyward mentor him? Because they are both black? I don't recall people saying Heyward could mentor Schwarber or Happ...
Go ahead and back track and say it's because Heyward is a veteran...
That wasn't directed at me but I feel compelled to ask: What's with the race card? Maybe the fact that Heyward is a great clubhouse guy and has been around the league and on the Cubs team since 2016 has something to do with suggesting him as a mentor? Since Schwarber was in Chicago BEFORE Heyward, and Happ brought up the year after Heyward, it might be reason for someone else to mentor them and that's why no one mentioned it at the time? Maybe because he is by far the most experienced outfielder on the team? Maybe the poster thinks JH would be a good mentor regardless of his ancestry, ever think of that? And on top of everything you said , at this point Heyward only seems useful as a mentor. |
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Post by happtobehere on Sept 20, 2021 15:52:16 GMT -5
Well that is kind of a racist-ass opinion... why does Heyward mentor him? Because they are both black? I don't recall people saying Heyward could mentor Schwarber or Happ...
Go ahead and back track and say it's because Heyward is a veteran...
That wasn't directed at me but I feel compelled to ask: What's with the race card? Maybe the fact that Heyward is a great clubhouse guy and has been around the league and on the Cubs team since 2016 has something to do with suggesting him as a mentor? Since Schwarber was in Chicago BEFORE Heyward, and Happ brought up the year after Heyward, it might be reason for someone else to mentor them and that's why no one mentioned it at the time? Maybe because he is by far the most experienced outfielder on the team? Maybe the poster thinks JH would be a good mentor regardless of his ancestry, ever think of that? Got it... I'm sure that was the case...
This has nothing to do with race but maybe we can sign Johnny Cueto to mentor Braylin Marquez and Correa to help mentor Hernandez and Preciado.
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Post by happtobehere on Sept 20, 2021 15:59:53 GMT -5
That wasn't directed at me but I feel compelled to ask: What's with the race card? Maybe the fact that Heyward is a great clubhouse guy and has been around the league and on the Cubs team since 2016 has something to do with suggesting him as a mentor? Since Schwarber was in Chicago BEFORE Heyward, and Happ brought up the year after Heyward, it might be reason for someone else to mentor them and that's why no one mentioned it at the time? Maybe because he is by far the most experienced outfielder on the team? Maybe the poster thinks JH would be a good mentor regardless of his ancestry, ever think of that? And on top of everything you said , at this point Heyward only seems useful as a mentor. Personally, I don't think Heyward has any usefulness. If Davis needs advice, mentor-ship, it should come from Happ considering all the adverser he has dealt with and seems to be righting the ship.
Lets see... Happ was a highly regarded prospect, came up and had a reasonable run of success, then took a step back, then struggled so bad he was sent down, reworked his swing and came up, had a great run of MVP level success, struggled again and has now righted the ship. Seems like a guy I would seek advice from, a guy who knows adversary, how hard you have to work to get to, stay in and succeed in the league.
Heyward.... be really good, sign a big contract and start sucking. But he gave a really good speech once apparently.... and I actually like Heyward...
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