Cubs add Chapman for Torres, et al. imb wishes we paid more

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If its Torres and Soler we better be getting more than just Chapman or we are getting majorly fleeced.

 

theo is not getting fleeced on a relief pitcher. i have complete faith.

[David]

still holding out hope that theo is like "lol lets get miller too"

 

i wouldn't mind eovaldi

[Brian]

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[Bryants Disco Ball]

I realize reports can get pretty crazy and most won't be true, but I'm starting to get scared and just want us to walk away. I mean, I think.

[dcvalpo]

Dicaro is just throwing something at the wall to see what sticks.

[cl smooth]

is there a chance we flip chapman for someone else?

[Butterscup]

still holding out hope that theo is like "lol lets get miller too"

 

i wouldn't mind eovaldi

 

me neither. also holy horsefeathers how is he still only 26.

 

i also have visions of beltran hitting lots of postseason dongs. let's get him too. horsefeathers it, let's get weird.

[Bryants Disco Ball]

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If its Torres and Soler we better be getting more than just Chapman or we are getting majorly fleeced.

 

name the last time theo epstein got majorly fleeced on a trade (without using hindsight - and even then all i can think of is ian stewart)

 

That's actually a great point. OK. Panic mode back down.

[Old Style]

is there a chance we flip chapman for someone else?

Bryce Harper

[cbbryan]

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If its Torres and Soler we better be getting more than just Chapman or we are getting majorly fleeced.

 

My thoughts exactly.

[Tryptamine]

Can we go back to where it was just Gleyber+something small for Chapman. I'm very worried about what is going to happen. I hate Eovaldi and Beltran cannot play in the NL.

[snoodmonger]

Wow some of you posting in this thread are making me real sad. Don't give me this "well some players are bad people and you don't know about it" horse [expletive]. That's such a piss poor excuse. When you DO actually know about it, that's when you make the conscious decision to not root for (or in the FO's case, acquire) someone. As for "Well Florida never charged him crap: hi have you ever seen an athlete sex/domestic abuse scandal? They are rich and famous and like most celebrities in their position, get away without any actual criminal charges most of the time. Even without the celebrity factor, stuff like this goes uncharged, un-ivestigated, untried, and unpunished the majority of the time. I'm out for the rest of this crap. Do better, people. You're smarter than that.

 

Did you root for Starlin the last few years?

 

Or sammy sosa?

[Ding Dong Johnson]

is there a chance we flip chapman for someone else?

Mike Trout

[Rob]

 

So you're saying that you didn't want to convict Milton Bradley until the evidence came out? And that was a mistake? That sort of seems responsible, no, i.e. the Duke lacrosse team?

 

What I'm saying is that I don't have to treat my opinions on an entertainment product the same as I do the strict rules of law and order. (For the record, Law & Order as an entertainment product was fantastic.)

 

Chapman may or may not be a turd. But he seems like a turd and some evidence suggest he's likely a turd. That's enough for me to not like him. I'm not going to go around screaming from the rooftops that he should be in jail instead of earning millions of dollars, but the fact of the matter is that he's probably a turd -- and that's going to impact my enjoyment of watching Cubs games.

 

I can totally respect that. I'll admit I'm probably weird when it comes to sports, because I never go that deep into it when watching my team. Do well, I like you. Suck for a long time, I don't like you. That's probably [expletive] of me.

 

Meh, I wasn't always this way. I used to be like you. Then I got burned hard by Milton Bradley. Made me reevaluate the off-the-field aspect to these guys I had been rooting for.

 

If you haven't read it yet, please do check out that article I linked. It's absolutely gutwrenching.

[imb]

pretty sure that whatever theo does here will be smart and good so im not even concerned

[Transmogrified Tiger]

I have as much faith in the front office as anybody, but if both Torres and Soler go to the Yankees, there's almost an 100% chance I'm going to be bummed. I will look as stupid as anyone if they get Eovaldi/Pineda and Bosio fixes them(for 1 year until they're a FA), but that seems like a reeeeeal inefficient use of resources, unless the extra assets are being flipped elsewhere, a la the Pomeranz rumor.

[Tryptamine]

still holding out hope that theo is like "lol lets get miller too"

 

i wouldn't mind eovaldi

 

FA after 2017. Does nothing to adress our SP need after that.

[Transmogrified Tiger]

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[Ding Dong Johnson]

still holding out hope that theo is like "lol lets get miller too"

 

i wouldn't mind eovaldi

 

FA after 2017. Does nothing to adress our SP need after that.

and likely nothing before that either

[Tryptamine]

I have as much faith in the front office as anybody, but if both Torres and Soler go to the Yankees, there's almost an 100% chance I'm going to be bummed. I will look as stupid as anyone if they get Eovaldi/Pineda and Bosio fixes them(for 1 year until they're a FA), but that seems like a reeeeeal inefficient use of resources, unless the extra assets are being flipped elsewhere, a la the Pomeranz rumor.

 

I don't mind Soler being dealt, but I agree with you. Give me some guys with years of control. You fix Eovaldi or Pineda and then you're sending them right to FA.

[Butterscup]

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well if that's the case i don't think we have to worry about soler going.

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I don't know what to believe anymore, I need a drink.

[minnesotacubsfan]

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Ugggggh

[Bryants Disco Ball]

 

What I'm saying is that I don't have to treat my opinions on an entertainment product the same as I do the strict rules of law and order. (For the record, Law & Order as an entertainment product was fantastic.)

 

Chapman may or may not be a turd. But he seems like a turd and some evidence suggest he's likely a turd. That's enough for me to not like him. I'm not going to go around screaming from the rooftops that he should be in jail instead of earning millions of dollars, but the fact of the matter is that he's probably a turd -- and that's going to impact my enjoyment of watching Cubs games.

 

I can totally respect that. I'll admit I'm probably weird when it comes to sports, because I never go that deep into it when watching my team. Do well, I like you. Suck for a long time, I don't like you. That's probably [expletive] of me.

 

Meh, I wasn't always this way. I used to be like you. Then I got burned hard by Milton Bradley. Made me reevaluate the off-the-field aspect to these guys I had been rooting for.

 

If you haven't read it yet, please do check out that article I linked. It's absolutely gutwrenching.

 

Yup, I've read it, and it's truly awful.

[Ding Dong Johnson]

I still want Lackey launched into the sun. get me a starter too!