2016 Trade Deadline

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Something based around Soler/Odorizzi makes a lot of sense to me and seems to pretty fairly weight current performance/team control/future upside. That of course means the asking price is probably Schwarber and Baez.

[davell]

Something based around Soler/Odorizzi makes a lot of sense to me and seems to pretty fairly weight current performance/team control/future upside. That of course means the asking price is probably Schwarber and Baez.

 

I figure it'd take Happ as the lead piece. My guess is Soler has lost quite a bit of value over the last season. But I'd move either for Odorizzi.

[KingCubsFan]

Something based around Soler/Odorizzi makes a lot of sense to me and seems to pretty fairly weight current performance/team control/future upside. That of course means the asking price is probably Schwarber and Baez.

 

I figure it'd take Happ as the lead piece. My guess is Soler has lost quite a bit of value over the last season. But I'd move either for Odorizzi.

That's probably closer to what they're asking for Moore. Weren't they asking for Baez for Odorizzi in the offseason? I have to imagine the price has only gone up.

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Something based around Soler/Odorizzi makes a lot of sense to me and seems to pretty fairly weight current performance/team control/future upside. That of course means the asking price is probably Schwarber and Baez.

 

I figure it'd take Happ as the lead piece. My guess is Soler has lost quite a bit of value over the last season. But I'd move either for Odorizzi.

That's probably closer to what they're asking for Moore. Weren't they asking for Baez for Odorizzi in the offseason? I have to imagine the price has only gone up.

 

Soler for Matt Moore seems fair enough to me. If they want a litle more that's fine as well. If they want a lot more then I'm an not so sure.

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I mean what the horsefeathers does that even mean?

[David]

Lucroy suffered a broken toe early in the season that caused him to miss a little under a month and a half of play and a concussion last year which is why his play suffered. I have to imagine having to recover from a broken toe is difficult for a catcher, much less a hitter in general.

 

Lucroy is arguably the 2nd best catcher in baseball behind Buster Posey when he's healthy. He's a great defensive backstop and a legitimate threat with the bat. I like Willson and what he can do for us in the future, but I like winning World Series Championships more than sitting around and holding out hope that Contreras even sniffs the type of production that Lucroy is putting up right now, and there is no guarantee that he will. Some are willing to forego Lucroy's history and proven track record in favor of a catching prospect who, up until last season, was a guy most of us didn't even know existed?

 

Sorry, but I'll take Lucroy, thank you very much. I understand if not wanting Lucroy from a financial and/or player cost perspective is someone's hold up and that's perfectly acceptable, but to think Lucroy doesn't make the best team in baseball even better in multiple ways and helps them win a world series this year and next more than Contreras is just being plain biased.

 

By how much would you say you think the Cubs odds of winning a world series this year improve by replacing our current catching situation with Lucroy? Serious question.

 

this is the dumbest stance

 

actually, opposing this objectively dumb but hey

 

the funny thing is there was no stance in that post, but you knew anyway what the actual right answer was. adding to this team in the hopes of somehow cementing (or, honestly, even significantly improving the odds of) a world series is a fool's errand and any significant long term sacrifice is ill advised.

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I mean what the [expletive] does that even mean?

Nightengale tweeted that the Reds had found a match and are supposed to trade Bruce to an NL team this morning. Heyman's saying that the Giant's haven't heard anything or been informed that Bruce has been traded.

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I mean what the [expletive] does that even mean?

Nightengale tweeted that the Reds had found a match and are supposed to trade Bruce to an NL team this morning. Heyman's saying that the Giant's haven't heard anything or been informed that Bruce has been traded.

 

Thanks. Heyman should stop subtweeting his peers.

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Mets.

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But our 6th starter sucks

[Ding Dong Johnson]

Phil was super busy last night and couldn't be bothered to watch baseball

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Matusz waived. So much for flipping him for Sale.

 

 

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By how much would you say you think the Cubs odds of winning a world series this year improve by replacing our current catching situation with Lucroy? Serious question.

 

this is the dumbest stance

 

actually, opposing this objectively dumb but hey

 

the funny thing is there was no stance in that post, but you knew anyway what the actual right answer was. adding to this team in the hopes of somehow cementing (or, honestly, even significantly improving the odds of) a world series is a fool's errand and any significant long term sacrifice is ill advised.

 

No seriously it's very dumb

[Tedward]

Olney just said Mets are close to completing deal for Bruce.

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Give me some Blister Boy. He's a great fit at this point, if Candelario and/or Zagunis can lead a deal for him.

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An OF of Cespedes/Granderson/Bruce is going to be awful defensively