Spring Training Chit Chats

[SOFNR]

22 minutes ago, Rcal10 said:

cubs are signing David Peralta. Didn’t mean to have this as a response to your post. Just wanted to get this news out there. 

Luckily it's a minor league deal.

[KCCub]

Jed heating up haha 

[Jason Ross]

1 minute ago, KCCub said:

Jed heating up haha 

That move has literally been years in the making.

[chibears55]

12 minutes ago, KCCub said:

Jed heating up haha 

He's been trying to get this guy for a couple years now 😅

[Tryptamine]

I expect Mervis to be traded any moment now.

[Rcal10]

32 minutes ago, 1908_Cubs said:

That move has literally been years in the making.

I think he might be that extra lefty bat they were suggesting they wanted to sign. This is who gets AB if Morel can handle 3rd. Guess JDM or Belt were not ever really an option. This really does suck. 

Edited February 20, 2024 by Rcal10

[Jason Ross]

7 minutes ago, Rcal10 said:

I think he might be that extra lefty bat they were suggesting they wanted to sign. This is who gets AB if Morel can handle 3rd. Guess JDM or Belt were not ever really an option. This really does suck. 

Dom Smith sucks. He's not breaking camp with the team. His incentives kick up to a mere $3.5m. The Cubs know this and his contract reflects it.

Smith is here as "break in case of emegency". Maybe they think there's a thing they can do with his swing in Iowa. But he won't be the left handed bat. He's just depth.

[SOFNR]

6 minutes ago, Rcal10 said:

I think he might be that extra lefty bat they were suggesting they wanted to sign. This is who gets AB if Morel can handle 3rd. Guess JDM or Belt were not ever really an option. This really does suck. 

It's minor league depth. Maybe it signifies there's a trade in the works and he wants to replace AAA depth. Maybe he knows its time to start finalizing the rosters. It shouldn't prevent any major league signings.

[Bertz]

Yeah Dom Smith's path to MLB is some Springfield Isotopes level of misfortune this spring.  Peralta feels more possible if he's looking spry and Morel seems viable at 3B.

[chibears55]

40 minutes ago, Tryptamine said:

I expect Mervis to be traded any moment now.

Was thinking the same

[Tim]

AAA time at 1B/DH is going to be tough. OF, too, for that matter. 

[Rcal10]

34 minutes ago, 1908_Cubs said:

Dom Smith sucks. He's not breaking camp with the team. His incentives kick up to a mere $3.5m. The Cubs know this and his contract reflects it.

Smith is here as "break in case of emegency". Maybe they think there's a thing they can do with his swing in Iowa. But he won't be the left handed bat. He's just depth.

I didn’t say I liked it. But I think he will be that 2nd left handed bat. Hosmer 2024. 

[Rcal10]

34 minutes ago, SOFNR said:

It's minor league depth. Maybe it signifies there's a trade in the works and he wants to replace AAA depth. Maybe he knows its time to start finalizing the rosters. It shouldn't prevent any major league signings.

I hope you are right. I am just very down in this front office and ownership right now, so I am not positive one of Peralta or Smith is in the team opening day. 

[SOFNR]

20 minutes ago, Rcal10 said:

I hope you are right. I am just very down in this front office and ownership right now, so I am not positive one of Peralta or Smith is in the team opening day. 

I feel ya man.

[Petrey10]

Honestly these deals I wish didn’t even get reported. All is does is make the sting worse.

 

 

[Rob]

People who get upset about minor league deals with spring training invites just confuse me. It's basically zero risk. Of course the odds aren't good they pan out, otherwise they wouldn't be available for essentially nothing. But every once in a blue moon you can fix something and find a contributor.

Theres literally no downside. Why the consternation?

[Rex Buckingham]

42 minutes ago, The20thK said:

if I hated the owner of Starbucks… I’d go to DD instead. 
 

not Cubs fans! lol 

What are you suggesting? I genuinely have no idea what you mean by this

[LBiittner]

3 hours ago, Rcal10 said:

cubs are signing David Peralta. Didn’t mean to have this as a response to your post. Just wanted to get this news out there. 

Rcal, I was predicting Tommy Pham a week or so back.

LMAO I guess Jed did better?

[LBiittner]

Can't wait til they christen Drew Smyly the 5th starter

[LBiittner]

1 hour ago, Petrey10 said:

Honestly these deals I wish didn’t even get reported. All is does is make the sting worse.

 

 

Hey, intelligent spending 

[LBiittner]

59 minutes ago, Rob said:

People who get upset about minor league deals with spring training invites just confuse me. It's basically zero risk. Of course the odds aren't good they pan out, otherwise they wouldn't be available for essentially nothing. But every once in a blue moon you can fix something and find a contributor.

Theres literally no downside. Why the consternation?

I wish Jed would've signed them earlier so he could've had them at the cubbies convention

[Transmogrified Tiger]

55 minutes ago, Rob said:

People who get upset about minor league deals with spring training invites just confuse me. It's basically zero risk. Of course the odds aren't good they pan out, otherwise they wouldn't be available for essentially nothing. But every once in a blue moon you can fix something and find a contributor.

Theres literally no downside. Why the consternation?

For a certain percentage of people all news and rumors gets viewed through the lens that it is confirming their worst fears about the team.

[Rcal10]

14 minutes ago, The20thK said:

Simply saying that if I don’t like the owner of a business… I don’t give that owner my money. 

others on here like to give their view on ownership… I’m simply giving my view on it as well. At the point that I feel TR is a bad owner… I’ll stop supporting the Cubs. 
 

Why? If you are a fan of the team and grew up a fan of the team why wouldn’t you still support the team? I don’t like a lot of people who own corporations. But I still use products from that corporation. If I only frequented places owned by people I like I wouldn’t get out much. Anyone who is a fan of the Cubs, enjoys seeing baseball live and has the ability to go to games shouldn’t stay away from the game just because of the owner. You don’t just switch allegiance of a baseball team like you do a coffee shop because you don’t like the owner. Those who do, that is fine for them. But for those who don’t that is ok too. It is fine to spend money on the team and not like the CEO. 

[SOFNR]

26 minutes ago, Rex Buckingham said:

What are you suggesting? I genuinely have no idea what you mean by this

He's been in love with the Ricketts for many years. Mainly because they support his causes. He used to always claim they'd be big spenders again, but after they kept proving him wrong he gave up and just started telling other Cubs fans they should go elsewhere if they dared to criticize ownership. He'll occasionally talk about the baseball team too.

[SOFNR]

1 minute ago, Rcal10 said:

Why? If you are a fan of the team and grew up a fan of the team why wouldn’t you still support the team? I don’t like a lot of people who own corporations. But I still use products from that corporation. If I only frequented places owned by people I like I wouldn’t get out much. Anyone who is a fan of the Cubs, enjoys seeing baseball live and has the ability to go to games shouldn’t stay away from the game just because of the owner. You don’t just switch allegiance of a baseball team like you do a coffee shop because you don’t like the owner. Those who do, that is fine for them. But for those who don’t that is ok too. It is fine to spend money on the team and not like the CEO. 

I can honestly see it both ways. Fandom is weird. I still support pretty much every team I grew up on in someway. But if ownership is crappy I'll do it a little less or even contemplate the idea of watching a second team. It's yet to ever stick though. I grew up going to Cubs games with a grandfather and father who are now deceased. Lots of great family and friend memories. I'll never quit them. I've got full respect for anybody who does though. Make sure you enjoy your fandom or whats the point. Personally I can enjoy being a Cub fan and still criticize situations that annoy me. Its pretty easy. But I'm not getting season tickets again until they get a better product on the fieldconsistently. And I'll grab a cheap mlb tv subscription and a VPN instead of paying for Marquee. It doesn't really mean horsefeathers to them, but it's a compromise that works for me.