Wong Time in Beer Town

[Brian]

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[Bertz]

So I don't love Wong, but this basically kills the thought of any substantial improvement on the position player side.

 

There's now only 3 first division starter types left in FA: Marcella Ozuna, Jackie Bradley, and Justin Turner. Bradley would have made sense pre-Joc, but at this point none of those three are happening. I still expect a LH IFer and a RH OFer, but we're talking platoon/bench types like Brad Miller and Jake Marisnick rather than real needle-movers.

 

This also means that Kaplan was likely full of horsefeathers. My rough expectation going forward is that we add those two bench bats and bring back Jake or Shark. That only brings payroll back to where it was before we cut Schwarber and traded Darvish. Sure, maybe PTR had set payroll lower than that prior and bumped it up, but Occam's Razor says the situation hasn't been that fluid and Kaplan's just a know-nothing douche.

[Cubswin11]

Liked the fit to diversify the offense and go super defense on the infield. Pivot and trade for Adam Frazier now.

[jersey cubs fan]

Guys, they traded their best player by far and got nothing in return. They aren't trying to win in 2021. Give it up already.

[Post Count Padder]

We're gonna just end up bringing back Kipnis on a minor league deal and call it a day at second base. Did you guys know he's from the Chicago area?

[Backtobanks]

Guys, they traded their best player by far and got nothing in return. They aren't trying to win in 2021. Give it up already.

 

 

Especially in the woeful NL Central.

[Backtobanks]

Liked the fit to diversify the offense and go super defense on the infield. Pivot and trade for Adam Frazier now.

 

Trading for Frazier has made a lot of sense for the last couple of years. The Pirates are selling off everybody, so let's take advantage of the situation. How about Frazier + one of their other "expensive" players (Kuhl, Rodriguez, Brault) for Vargas + Norwood/Underwood + Short?

[champaignchris]

Marwin Gonzalez and Jonathan Schoop are both probably upgrades at 2b. Maybe. I guess.

[UMFan83]

Guys, they traded their best player by far and got nothing in return. They aren't trying to win in 2021. Give it up already.

 

You’ll regret saying this when the pitch lab churns out 5 cy young candidates