2016 Trade Deadline

[Vinestal]

Gleyber Torres was just scratched from the Myrtle Beach lineup..

 

EDIT: Rian Watt isn't really a news-breaker, but he also had this earlier today:

 

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He is in the dugout though

[minnesotacubsfan]

Sale

[Ding Dong Johnson]

within the next week I want to be able to say "holy horsefeathers, I can't believe we got this guy/these guys" and be happy about it

[CubinNY]

within the next week I want to be able to say "holy [expletive], I can't believe we got this guy/these guys" and be happy about it

Prepare to be disappointed.

[Old Style]

Admittedly I'm not up on all the minor leaguers but wouldn't Torres be too much for a Chapman rental?

[shnsajax]

Admittedly I'm not up on all the minor leaguers but wouldn't Torres be too much for a Chapman rental?

 

If they win the WS this year nope. If not, then yep.

 

 

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[Derwood]

Assuming we don't trade Torres and he works his way up, where does he play? Isn't he blocked by a 22 year old at the same position? Does one of them go to 2B? Isn't he years away?

[Gmoney08]

Admittedly I'm not up on all the minor leaguers but wouldn't Torres be too much for a Chapman rental?

 

Talks are a 4 year extension for Chapman.

[Ding Dong Johnson]

Assuming we don't trade Torres and he works his way up, where does he play? Isn't he blocked by a 22 year old at the same position? Does one of them go to 2B? Isn't he years away?

he Russells his way to 2B then takes over at SS when they bench Addison for sucking who then comes back and mashes his way through the end of the season and into October

[Derwood]

Assuming we don't trade Torres and he works his way up, where does he play? Isn't he blocked by a 22 year old at the same position? Does one of them go to 2B? Isn't he years away?

he Russells his way to 2B then takes over at SS when they bench Addison for sucking who then comes back and mashes his way through the end of the season and into October

 

in 2020?

[Ding Dong Johnson]

2020, 2021. whatever it takes

[Post Count Padder]

Well, then

 

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[David]

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[David]

Assuming we don't trade Torres and he works his way up, where does he play? Isn't he blocked by a 22 year old at the same position? Does one of them go to 2B? Isn't he years away?

 

it's not about not trading torres ever. it's about getting more for torres.

[Bryants Disco Ball]

Assuming we don't trade Torres and he works his way up, where does he play? Isn't he blocked by a 22 year old at the same position? Does one of them go to 2B? Isn't he years away?

 

it's not about not trading torres ever. it's about getting more for torres.

 

Plus, technically, Russell could always leave as a free agent (Boras)in six seasons and we have maybe four years of control on Torres at that point, who then moves to SS after being an everywhere guy his first two seasons.

[SRQCub]

Assuming we don't trade Torres and he works his way up, where does he play? Isn't he blocked by a 22 year old at the same position? Does one of them go to 2B? Isn't he years away?

 

it's not about not trading torres ever. it's about getting more for torres.

 

Plus, technically, Russell could always leave as a free agent (Boras)in six seasons and we have maybe four years of control on Torres at that point, who then moves to SS after being an everywhere guy his first two seasons.

 

We're talking about what *could* happen in SIX seasons, when we're likely making our bullpen the best in the NL in a season where we have a real chance at our first World Series victory in over 100 years?

 

I just can't go there.

[Bryants Disco Ball]

 

it's not about not trading torres ever. it's about getting more for torres.

 

Plus, technically, Russell could always leave as a free agent (Boras)in six seasons and we have maybe four years of control on Torres at that point, who then moves to SS after being an everywhere guy his first two seasons.

 

We're talking about what *could* happen in SIX seasons, when we're likely making our bullpen the best in the NL in a season where we have a real chance at our first World Series victory in over 100 years?

 

I just can't go there.

 

Yeah, that was more just an example of how Torres isn't necessarily blocked here forever. Like some others, I don't even mind trading him and endorse it. I just thought he'd be the centerpiece for a guy with years of control rather than months.

[Airmandave]

2020, 2021. whatever it takes

 

 

I just need you to know that the Mr. Mom reference didn't go unnoticed.

[NOLA]

2020, 2021. whatever it takes

 

 

I just need you to know that the Mr. Mom reference didn't go unnoticed.

Blasphemy! This was a Fletch reference.

[Ding Dong Johnson]

2020, 2021. whatever it takes

 

 

I just need you to know that the Mr. Mom reference didn't go unnoticed.

Blasphemy! This was a Fletch reference.

[biittner77]

It's actually in Mr. Mom twice IIRC, right after Michael Keaton gets shot and says "I loved this shirt".

[Ding Dong Johnson]

It's actually in Mr. Mom twice IIRC, right after Michael Keaton gets shot and says "I loved this shirt".

"what'd you use, a .38?"

 

"uh, .38, .39, whatever it took"

[Andy]

Probably belongs here and not in Chapman thread, and nothing we didn't already suspect

 

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[davell]

Gooney's Hill/Reddick for Soler idea needs more attention now.

[Cubswin11]

Apparently the Royals asked for Giolito for Wade Davis