Whaddaya Seiya Suzuki (Signed with Cubs, 5/$85m)

[David]

[Transmogrified Tiger]

Jed answering the age old question of 'why don't they make the whole plane out of right handed hitters'

[Andy]

Jed answering the age old question of 'why don't they make the whole plane out of right handed hitters'

Someone check to make sure Jed isn't still receiving 17-year-old complaints about "Why can't we hit soft-tossing lefties"

[CubinNY]

Jed answering the age old question of 'why don't they make the whole plane out of right handed hitters'

Someone check to make sure Jed isn't still receiving 17-year-old complaints about "Why can't we hit soft-tossing lefties"

Why do you think he signed Miley?

[UK]

Hopefully the racists held onto their horry kow shirts

[Transmogrified Tiger]

[17 Seconds]

must be nice to get guys

[Gilby]

I'm really bummed if that's true. There is so much room on the payroll to beat 5/70. Now it'll be interesting to see where the good prospects attached to Hosmer go

[CubinNY]

The Ricketts

https://www.facebook.com/SwimmingInTheMoneyLikeScroogeMcduck/photos/a.1265780406774801/1265780393441469/

[David]

[Banedon]

 

[Transmogrified Tiger]

[17 Seconds]

if we can't get this guy then what are we even doing

[Sammy Sofa]

if we can't get this guy then what are we even doing

 

Slowly dying.

[Cubswin11]

if we can't get this guy then what are we even doing

Bringing back Almora, hopefully

[Bertz]

[Transmogrified Tiger]

Maybe a good time to check on expectations for Suzuki: https://blogs.fangraphs.com/projecting-seiya-suzuki/

 

 

That's basically Bryant's line from last year(same OBP & SLG, more AVG/less walks & power) for comparison.

[Transmogrified Tiger]

[CubinNY]

Excellent!

[cl smooth]

good stuff!

[ChiCubsFan]

Is he strictly a corner outfielder? I see he’s won some gold gloves in RF

[minnesotacubsfan]

Is he strictly a corner outfielder? I see he’s won some gold gloves in RF

Also, does this make Heyward expendable, or our new CF?

[David]

Is he strictly a corner outfielder? I see he’s won some gold gloves in RF

Also, does this make Heyward expendable, or our new CF?

 

dude heyward is like the definition of expendable even without this move lol

[David]

[Bertz]

While I'm certainly glad PTR undid the velcro on his wallet, this isn't my favorite signing we could have made with this money. I'm a little worried about Japanese hitters currently. With the very large exception of Ohtani, it's been a really rough go the past 5-10 years. I sort of worry that's tied to the explosion of velocity in MLB. At the same time, aside from Ohtani I don't think there's been a guy this well thought of since Fukudome, so hopefully that's all? Also, more medium to longer term, I'm not sure RHH corner outfielder is something the org was hurting for, though that's a secondary concern as particularly in the outfield you don't turn down a good player in hand for prospects on the farm.

 

On the other hand, he helps the roster a ton in the short term. Those ZiPS projections are the exact type of bat the lineup needs. He also makes the roster much less messy with platoons and such. I assume he's the full time RFer, which means we probably see a CF platoon with Ortega and the winner of a Ramirez/Hermosillo ST battle (with some Hoerner sprinkled in). And then come July or so Davis takes that spot full time.

 

I wonder what this means for Heyward? They don't have to do anything, but by bringing in a full time RFer we might be at the point where it's time to cut bait? Or does he spend frequent time on the phantom IL and function as sort of a player-coach?