CONFIRMED: CUBS GET SOLER!!! 9yrs/30 mill

[MWV]

...And the charges agains Mercedes have been thrown out.

[XZero771679666304]

Soler's a FA now, apparently.

[Hairyducked Idiot]

Soler's a FA now, apparently.

 

gimme gimme gimme gimme gimme gimme gimme gimme gimme gimme gimme gimme

[ctcf]

Soler's a FA now, apparently.

 

Ken Rosenthal ‏@Ken_Rosenthal

Let the bidding on Soler begin. He had been waiting to be cleared by the U.S. Treasury Department's Office of Foreign Assets Control.

[ctcf]

Go Theo/Jed goooooooooooooo

[rawaction]

The farm system could be drastically improved by the end of June. If the Cubs get Soler, draft as well as we all expect, and trade a couple guys.....they could have a top 10 farm system.

[Hairyducked Idiot]

The farm system could be drastically improved by the end of June. If the Cubs get Soler, draft as well as we all expect, and trade a couple guys.....they could have a top 10 farm system.

 

Then Rizzo gets promoted and it drops significantly.

[javy knows my name]

Ctrl + F5 on this bitch all day. This is going to be unhealthy.

[Garwilly]

Ctrl + F5 on this bitch all day. This is going to be unhealthy.

 

F5 will suffice.

[Sammy Sofa]

Get it done or else.

[CyHawk_Cub]

Come on Hoystein, sign Big Foot, err, I mean Soler.

[Old Style]

Why haven't we signed him yet???????

[Little Slide Rooter]

Jed and Theo better get this done unless they want an entire fan base going Veruca Salt in his ass.

[javy knows my name]

Ctrl + F5 on this bitch all day. This is going to be unhealthy.

 

F5 will suffice.

 

WOOHOO!

[davell]

Claim your prize, Theo.

[Guest]

I hope we are ready to use a pile of that money we saved during this offseason.

[Have a seat, Neifi]

Kevin Goldstein ‏@Kevin_Goldstein

Top 10, and that's conservative. RT @ChiMike702: @Kevin_Goldstein If Soler is in next weeks draft, about how high does he go?

[Guest]

Surprised cubs fans haven't bombarded his twitter yet.

[rawaction]

The farm system could be drastically improved by the end of June. If the Cubs get Soler, draft as well as we all expect, and trade a couple guys.....they could have a top 10 farm system.

 

Then Rizzo gets promoted and it drops significantly.

 

Eh. Soler, Jackson, Baez, Lake, a now hitting Vitters, 3 top 70 picks selected by guys that know how to draft is still a pretty strong system with high end talent.

[Hairyducked Idiot]

The farm system could be drastically improved by the end of June. If the Cubs get Soler, draft as well as we all expect, and trade a couple guys.....they could have a top 10 farm system.

 

Then Rizzo gets promoted and it drops significantly.

 

Eh. Soler, Jackson, Baez, Lake, a now hitting Vitters, 3 top 70 picks selected by guys that know how to draft is still a pretty strong system with high end talent.

 

I don't want to get into the semantics of what counts as "high-end" talent, but I don't see a top-25 prospect anywhere on that list. Depth is nice, but give me some true impact talent.

[davell]

If things work out right, Baez or Soler could either one, or both, be a top 25 type guy next year. Szczur wasn't mentioned, but is fairly likely to be a top 100 guy. Vitters and Lake are wild cards obviously, that could potentially work themselves into the top 100ish area . I'm not mentioning Brett, because in the end, I expect him to lose his rookie status before the end of the season.

 

However, along with Baez and Szczur(hopefully Soler), you've got the 6th pick moving into the top 100, probably 50, possibly even higher. You also have the 43, 56, 67, and 101 picks out there, that I'll be shocked if we don't get at least one more 1st round talent that fell for whatever reasons.

 

Plus, as we're going over in a different thread, you have Dempster and Garza returns to possibly factor in. Not to mention, we're absolutely stacked in Boise this year and it wouldn't surprise me in the least to get someone from there put onto the national scene either.

 

If we sign Soler and trade Demp and Garza, there's no doubt in my mind that we're a top 7-10 system heading into next season.

[Guest]

With all those other additions, if the return on trading Garza doesn't put us in the top 2 or 3, we shouldn't be trading him.

[KaiserCesar]

Some of that would have to be elite pitching talent since everyone who has been named to this point is a position player.

[Hairyducked Idiot]

If things work out right, Baez or Soler could either one, or both, be a top 25 type guy next year. Szczur wasn't mentioned, but is fairly likely to be a top 100 guy. Vitters and Lake are wild cards obviously, that could potentially work themselves into the top 100ish area . I'm not mentioning Brett, because in the end, I expect him to lose his rookie status before the end of the season.

 

However, along with Baez and Szczur(hopefully Soler), you've got the 6th pick moving into the top 100, probably 50, possibly even higher. You also have the 43, 56, 67, and 101 picks out there, that I'll be shocked if we don't get at least one more 1st round talent that fell for whatever reasons.

 

Plus, as we're going over in a different thread, you have Dempster and Garza returns to possibly factor in. Not to mention, we're absolutely stacked in Boise this year and it wouldn't surprise me in the least to get someone from there put onto the national scene either.

 

If we sign Soler and trade Demp and Garza, there's no doubt in my mind that we're a top 7-10 system heading into next season.

 

You're right, of course. I'm being super nit-picky, especially when I'm complaining about the lack of top-25 prospects in an organization that would (in this discussion) have a pair of 22-year-olds in the majors who would be no-doubt top-25 if they were still in the minors.

 

The only place I'd quibble is that I think that's a bit too optimistic on Baez and Soler. Both have quite a bit to prove before they become top-25 guys.

[Splendid Splinter]

With all those other additions, if the return on trading Garza doesn't put us in the top 2 or 3, we shouldn't be trading him.

 

Not sure about that... Where are the Cubs at right now? mid-teens? That's a HUGE jump to get to top 3. It's possible, but it means everything gotta go Cubs way really (Baez/Szczur/Lake/etc... all hit for the rest of the season/signing Soler/Dempster traded for a legit top 10 guy (after everything is done)/Garza traded to Blue Jays/Diamondbacks for pitching prospects/a couple pitchers stepped up/having a great draft/etc).

 

If that happens, then I can see Cubs having top 3 system...