2022-23 Offseason Thread (non-Cubs)

[Sammy Sofa]

 

Well this is certainly going to have some implications

 

Damn right:

 

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[Transmogrified Tiger]

There's some non-journalist rumoring that this is a 3 way deal involving the Brewers/Adames, which would certainly be interesting.

 

EDIT: yep

 

[UMFan83]

[UMFan83]

There's some non-journalist rumoring that this is a 3 way deal involving the Brewers/Adames, which would certainly be interesting.

 

EDIT: yep

 

 

One Contreras in St. Louis, the other in Milwaukee. We live in hell

[17 Seconds]

so where's the rest of that murphy trade? right now it looks like milwaukee stole contreras and oakland gave away murphy for nothing

[17 Seconds]

 

this is getting ugly

[mias_tisg]

Brewers absolutely swindled everyone here

[17 Seconds]

we couldn't beat that for murphy?

[Transmogrified Tiger]

we couldn't beat that for murphy?

 

Lots of teams could, so the question is really why on earth the A's picked that one. They must really think Ruiz is a an all-star.

[17 Seconds]

i'm way too salty over this dead ass team

[Tryptamine]

i'm way too salty over this dead ass team

 

They're just finishing out what little lingering attachment I have left.

[Backtobanks]

The Cubs have had a good enough off season to solidify their hold on 3rd place in the NL Central.

[17 Seconds]

[Bertz]

 

lol Brett's gonna have an aneurysm

[champaignchris]

What am I missing on the Brewers’ side of the Murphy transaction? They get William Contreras, a bullpen piece, and another prospect and all they had to give up was Esteury Ruiz?

 

I see his ranking all over the map, but the consensus seems to be that he was about the Brewers’ 5th best prospect.

[Bertz]

What am I missing on the Brewers’ side of the Murphy transaction? They get William Contreras, a bullpen piece, and another prospect and all they had to give up was Esteury Ruiz?

 

I see his ranking all over the map, but the consensus seems to be that he was about the Brewers’ 5th best prospect.

 

Yeah there's some stuff to really like about Ruiz, and he's a guy the new rules might help even more, but he should be the other guy in return for Contreras not by far the most valuable piece.

[Andy]

What am I missing on the Brewers’ side of the Murphy transaction? They get William Contreras, a bullpen piece, and another prospect and all they had to give up was Esteury Ruiz?

 

I see his ranking all over the map, but the consensus seems to be that he was about the Brewers’ 5th best prospect.

Oh, you're not missing anything.

 

The Cubs need a catcher, a horsefeathering All-Star was available for a prospect and instead he goes to a division rival. Of course he probably doesn't pitch-frame well enough either or something.

[CoolHandLuke]

What am I missing on the Brewers’ side of the Murphy transaction? They get William Contreras, a bullpen piece, and another prospect and all they had to give up was Esteury Ruiz?

 

I see his ranking all over the map, but the consensus seems to be that he was about the Brewers’ 5th best prospect.

Oh, you're not missing anything.

 

The Cubs need a catcher, a horsefeathering All-Star was available for a prospect and instead he goes to a division rival. Of course he probably doesn't pitch-frame well enough either or something.

 

Don't forgot that there were TWO pretty darn good catchers available for prospects in this deal!

[Tryptamine]

What are the Orioles doing? They were surprisingly good last year, they'll be adding 2 of the top 10 prospects in baseball to next year's team and rather than spend some money to fill in the gaps, their lone fa signing is kyle Gibson. They're where the 2015 Cubs were, but instead of grabbing Their Lester they're doing basically nothing.

[CubinNY]

What are the Orioles doing? They were surprisingly good last year, they'll be adding 2 of the top 10 prospects in baseball to next year's team and rather than spend some money to fill in the gaps, their lone fa signing is kyle Gibson. They're where the 2015 Cubs were, but instead of grabbing Their Lester they're doing basically nothing.

Isn't the owner and his family in a fight over control of the team?

[Bertz]

What are the Orioles doing? They were surprisingly good last year, they'll be adding 2 of the top 10 prospects in baseball to next year's team and rather than spend some money to fill in the gaps, their lone fa signing is kyle Gibson. They're where the 2015 Cubs were, but instead of grabbing Their Lester they're doing basically nothing.

 

Based on Twitter vibes the Orioles and Red Sox seem to be the two fanbases having a tougher time than the Cubs

[17 Seconds]

[Cubswin11]

Damn that would’ve been a nice deal for us, even if we had to pay a little premium for not being in LA/a contender. Even though we have more opportunity for him to start.

[Derwood]

Thor is going to win the Cy Young for the Dodgers

[CubinNY]

Thor is going to win the Cy Young for the Dodgers

He's washed.