2015 Cubs-Related Trade Deadline Rumor Thread

[Little Slide Rooter]

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Maddon: Relax, kid. You're not being traded. Now come on, it's time for suitcase packing drills. You're up first.

[ARCubsFan]

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What does this say about Joe's talk with Castro ? lol I hope Castro dont lose it and call his "friends" down in the Dominican.

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[Sammy Sofa]

I'd be fine with them only making a move or moves for pitching at this point. I'd like some kind of offensive upgrade, but by now there really isn't much out there that fits, and I'm willing to bet on things like Baez and Fowler being more like the old Fowler and Rizzo going back to being Rizzo and Bryant's recent monster WTP starting to go out and Russell and Soler continuing to trend in the right direction. Get a clear starting pitcher upgrade and maybe (but not necessary) and a decent reliever to bolster what's been strong for them this year and then see what happens.

[sontensei]

I'd be fine with them only making a move or moves for pitching at this point. I'd like some kind of offensive upgrade, but by now there really isn't much out there that fits, and I'm willing to bet on things like Baez and Fowler being more like the old Fowler and Rizzo going back to being Rizzo and Bryant's recent monster WTP starting to go out and Russell and Soler continuing to trend in the right direction. Get a clear starting pitcher upgrade and maybe (but not necessary) and a decent reliever to bolster what's been strong for them this year and then see what happens.

 

yeah i agree get a good pitcher, dump castro, call up baez and break the season record for K's while enjoying the wind blow in all the homers.

[sontensei]

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What does this say about Joe's talk with Castro ? lol I hope Castro dont lose it and call his "friends" down in the Dominican.

http://cdn1.theodysseyonline.com/files/2014/11/14/635515967163120478318194316_michaelscott.gif

 

c'mon we all know castro is a thug back home

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What does this say about Joe's talk with Castro ? lol I hope Castro dont lose it and call his "friends" down in the Dominican.

http://cdn1.theodysseyonline.com/files/2014/11/14/635515967163120478318194316_michaelscott.gif

 

c'mon we all know castro is a thug back home

 

These are the types of posts that are better left in your imagination. Please, stop and think before you hit submit.

[Sammy Sofa]

I'd be fine with them only making a move or moves for pitching at this point. I'd like some kind of offensive upgrade, but by now there really isn't much out there that fits, and I'm willing to bet on things like Baez and Fowler being more like the old Fowler and Rizzo going back to being Rizzo and Bryant's recent monster WTP starting to go out and Russell and Soler continuing to trend in the right direction. Get a clear starting pitcher upgrade and maybe (but not necessary) and a decent reliever to bolster what's been strong for them this year and then see what happens.

 

yeah i agree get a good pitcher, dump castro, call up baez and break the season record for K's while enjoying the wind blow in all the homers.

 

They don't need to "dump" Castro; if they can anything of any kind of value, great, but they shouldn't get rid of him just to get rid of him. Worst comes to worst he just becomes your primary backup IF and a good bench option.

[Guancous]

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What does this say about Joe's talk with Castro ? lol I hope Castro dont lose it and call his "friends" down in the Dominican.

http://cdn1.theodysseyonline.com/files/2014/11/14/635515967163120478318194316_michaelscott.gif

 

c'mon we all know castro is a thug back home

 

Proof sontensei and arCubsFan are the same person. Unless there's some symbiotic troll occurrence happening.

[Sammy Sofa]

Proof sontensei and arCubsFan are the same person. Unless there's some symbiotic troll occurrence happening.

 

I looked at it like, "if even ARCubsFan thinks your anti-Castro ranting is too ridiculous, then you should probably stop and take a deep breath and reassess."

[sontensei]

FIRST OF ALL I never been to Arkansas.

 

Secondly excuse me for being a hipster.

[Hunter]

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What does this say about Joe's talk with Castro ? lol I hope Castro dont lose it and call his "friends" down in the Dominican.

http://cdn1.theodysseyonline.com/files/2014/11/14/635515967163120478318194316_michaelscott.gif

 

c'mon we all know castro is a thug back home

 

These are the types of posts that are better left in your imagination. Please, stop and think before you hit submit.

 

Have you seen his other posts.....

[KrisBryantisaBeast]

Does anyone else just hit mark topic as read when they see Sontensei is the last poster?

[ctcf]

Don't worry you guys, I'm going to an 8 pm showing of Mission Impossible. I'm sure as soon as I head into that theater, the Cubs trade craziness will start.

Mission Impossible?!? Talk about taking one for the team.

I was thinking the same thing and then went on to Rotten Tomatoes and it has a 92%! What the [expletive]?

 

The Mission Impossible movies are generally pretty solid, stand alone affairs with not much story and about the best stunts you can expect to see on screen. Certainly beats another Bourne movie or some crap.

[UMFan83]

Oh man, can you imagine the Chicago media getting all righteous about Castro if they trade him now, after Maddon told him he wasn't being traded?

 

I could easily see that quote from Maddon being taken as "Relax, you aren't sitting today because your being traded, its just a day off"

[UMFan83]

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Not sure if that's just Phil speculating or something he heard

[ctcf]

Oh man, can you imagine the Chicago media getting all righteous about Castro if they trade him now, after Maddon told him he wasn't being traded?

 

I could easily see that quote from Maddon being taken as "Relax, you aren't sitting today because your being traded, its just a day off"

 

Which is almost certainly what he meant.

[Hairyducked Idiot]

Oh man, can you imagine the Chicago media getting all righteous about Castro if they trade him now, after Maddon told him he wasn't being traded?

 

I could easily see that quote from Maddon being taken as "Relax, you aren't sitting today because your being traded, its just a day off"

 

Which is almost certainly what he meant.

 

Too late, the narrative is out there.

[BigSlick]

One one hand I understand why the Cubs FO is 'aggressively shopping' Starlin Castro, on the other hand, I understand why no team is particularly interested in one of the worst players in the league right now

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Not sure if that's just Phil speculating or something he heard

 

The Jerk Store!

[nolanwood]

One one hand I understand why the Cubs FO is 'aggressively shopping' Starlin Castro, on the other hand, I understand why no team is particularly interested in one of the worst players in the league right now

 

The media hasn't helped his image at all, either. Otherwise, I think there would be a handful of teams willing to take a flier on him...especially being so young and only one year removed from having a solid season.

[Sammy Sofa]

Don't worry you guys, I'm going to an 8 pm showing of Mission Impossible. I'm sure as soon as I head into that theater, the Cubs trade craziness will start.

Mission Impossible?!? Talk about taking one for the team.

I was thinking the same thing and then went on to Rotten Tomatoes and it has a 92%! What the [expletive]?

 

The Mission Impossible movies are generally pretty solid, stand alone affairs with not much story and about the best stunts you can expect to see on screen. Certainly beats another Bourne movie or some crap.

 

The MI movies turned out pretty damn good after the first two were so lackluster; what's your beef with the Bourne movies? Never saw the spinoff one, but the actually trilogy was good as hell.

[Deeg]

You have to wonder if Theo is worried that a long-term benching of Castro is problematic - concerns that he could be a cancer if he's not starting. Otherwise not much incentive to dump him for scraps now.

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You have to wonder if Theo is worried that a long-term benching of Castro is problematic - concerns that he could be a cancer if he's not starting. Otherwise not much incentive to dump him for scraps now.

 

Well if you plan on benching him post-deadline, his value is only going to dwindle further, so if you know Baez is taking over for the good of the '15 team, then trading him now makes sense.

[sontensei]

Don't worry you guys, I'm going to an 8 pm showing of Mission Impossible. I'm sure as soon as I head into that theater, the Cubs trade craziness will start.

Mission Impossible?!? Talk about taking one for the team.

I was thinking the same thing and then went on to Rotten Tomatoes and it has a 92%! What the [expletive]?

 

The Mission Impossible movies are generally pretty solid, stand alone affairs with not much story and about the best stunts you can expect to see on screen. Certainly beats another Bourne movie or some crap.

 

The MI movies turned out pretty damn good after the first two were so lackluster; what's your beef with the Bourne movies? Never saw the spinoff one, but the actually trilogy was good as hell.

 

The Bourne movies were great there is more coming too

 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bourne_(film_series)

[nolanwood]

Makes you wonder if they'll even be able to dump him, given the headlines now read "aggressively shopping" him.