Cubs trading for Michael Busch & Yency Almonte (for Ferris & Hope)

[gocubs218]

Don’t let Jed get hot.

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looks like he bought some even year magic from san fran

[Backtobanks]

6 minutes ago, gocubs218 said:

Don’t let Jed get hot.

Who?  And why?  I think the answer to the second question is that he's cheap.

 

[Bertz]

Sinker/slider guy with good extension, Tommy will love him

 

[Rob]

2 minutes ago, Backtobanks said:

Who?  And why?  I think the answer to the second question is that he's cheap.

 

With all cheap arms, the real answer to #2 is going to be "we see something that we think we can tweak to turn him into an effective reliever."

[Hunter]

Dodgers can't figure out how to defer his contract so they are willing to trade him.

[gocubs218]

Woooo boy

[Transmogrified Tiger]

So the Almonte timeline seems to be:

• Languishes in the Colorado wastelands as an unremarkable reliever
• Dodgers get him, he immediately pitches lights out in 2022(including a velo bump), then gets shut down with elbow tightness that doesn't require surgery
• 2023 he's still at least somewhat impacted by the elbow in ST, has a terrible April and a bad May, turns it around afterwards and then runs into a knee injury in August that ends his season

So the optimistic case is that if the elbow was what was behind his early 2022 struggles, then the Almonte you get for 2024-2025 is likely to be the better version he was in the other ~55 IP he threw as a dodger.

[CubinNY]

7 minutes ago, gocubs218 said:

Woooo boy

and there is our 3B

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[chibears55]

 

Jed looking for any new players to bring to the convention. 

I'm more concerned about who he gave up for him 🙄

[Jason Ross]

2 minutes ago, CubinNY said:

and there is our 3B

Has his defense improved? I'm not sure he's  capable 3b.

[Transmogrified Tiger]

There are jokes to make here(Busch and Morel gonna platoon at 3B and commit 84 errors, we will buy a 3B from the Dodgers every year until morale improves), but Busch is a really interesting target.  Part of me wonders if there's a challenge trade here with Mervis going the other way.  EDIT:  Guess not on the Mervis part!

[Jason Ross]

I wonder if this means Morel will be moved. Busch is probably more DH than 3b.

[Hunter]

Dodgers have elected to defer picking the 2 minor leaguers until 2035.

[Tryptamine]

I love and have always loved Busch's bat, his glove is frankly really really bad.. 

[Tryptamine]

1 minute ago, 1908_Cubs said:

I wonder if this means Morel will be moved. Busch is probably more DH than 3b.

Yes, DH was my first thought

[Rob]

Just now, Transmogrified Tiger said:

There are jokes to make here(Busch and Morel gonna platoon at 3B and commit 84 errors, we will buy a 3B from the Dodgers every year until morale improves), but Busch is a really interesting target.  Part of me wonders if there's a challenge trade here with Mervis going the other way.  EDIT:  Guess not on the Mervis part!

I like Busch more than Morel, if only because we need some more left-handed bats. And Busch certainly has that.

But honestly, I wondered if acquiring him meant we expect Hoskins to sign elsewhere. I kinda figured Busch was ticketed for 1B/DH rather than trying to play him at 3B.

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so it's a top cubs pitching prospect who is a lefty, according to cerami

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it's ferris

[JD94]

Ferris is in the deal? Wtf?

[Tryptamine]

I'm guessing,  but I bet one of the prospects is Ferris.

[chibears55]

1 minute ago, Rob said:

I like Busch more than Morel, if only because we need some more left-handed bats. And Busch certainly has that.

But honestly, I wondered if acquiring him meant we expect Hoskins to sign elsewhere. I kinda figured Busch was ticketed for 1B/DH rather than trying to play him at 3B.

Busch looks like he still needs time in AAA.

I wouldn't ink him onto the opening day roster just yet.

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Just now, chibears55 said:

Busch looks like he still needs time in AAA.

I wouldn't ink him onto the opening day roster just yet.

he's 26 and has over 200 games in triple a. if he's not ready that means he sucks

[Transmogrified Tiger]

I did my best to consolidate the conversation, but there may still be an orphaned post or two somewhere.