Cubs 2025 Trade Deadline Thread

[Geographyhater8888]

1 minute ago, BKHoo said:

Not sure why people were good with the extension. What has the team done to earn it? 

Jed’s built a sustainable low-mid 80’s win ball club capable of striking lightening in a bottle with a fringe top 10 payroll and a no $200 million contract mandate. That’s what Tom Reinsdorf pays him for.

[ILMindState]

2 minutes ago, Jason Ross said:

So my thoughts, just to get them on paper (or internet paper) on the deadline:

In a vacuum, I really have no issues with any trade the Cubs made. You can quibble on a prospect here or there, but the highest-ranked prospect traded profiles like a backup, and your best upside is a kid who isn't even-18, so he'll almost assuredly fizzle out. The Cubs got a perfect bench bat in Castro, an undervalued SP in Soroka, and two arms to help the bullpen. The Cubs are unquestionably better than when we last saw them.

But...I think this is a failure of a deadline from Jed Hoyer. His best asset as a leader is that he holds strong to his valuations of players. I love that about him. It's why I liked every trade above; the Cubs didn't get fleeced once - they really don't get fleeced. Maybe you don't love a trade but they never get fleeced. But it's that same pigheaded valuation that means you never get irrational for needs. 

Jed Hoyer is a fine VP of Baseball Ops. He put together this roster, and the Cubs look like a team who can make the playoffs. They're better than yesterday. But sometimes you need to pay 15% more than you should just to have it and Jed's undying loyalty to the value means that while he won't get fleeced, he won't go big. 

One of our other writers, put it best in our slack today. "Jed always picks up his pizza, he never orders delivery" and I think that's the best analogy I've ever heard for Hoyer. He will never pay the delivery fee, he'll never pay for a tip if he can just drive seven minutes down the road and get it from Dominoes. I don't think he needs to Door Dash McDonalds every night like AJ Preller probably would, but sometime, he needs to treat himself.

 

I feel personally attacked. First of all the prices are cheaper if you call and order directly from the restaurant. Second, Door Dash takes most of the restaurants profits. And lastly, sometimes I just like the drive to get some peace and quiet away from the house, OK!??! Damn!

[Max Power]

Jed will be on Marquee in a few. 

The Marquee “talent” is really sugar coating the moves right now.

[gflore34]

Who couldn't see this coming?  Jed is a super conservative small market minded GM, there's no way in hell he was going to tear into his prospect capital.

[BKHoo]

Jordan Montgomery to the Brewers?

[Irrelevant Dude]

1 minute ago, Max Power said:

Jed will be on Marquee in a few. 

The Marquee “talent” is really sugar coating the moves right now.

Oh I'm sure Cole Wright is talking himself in circles using all kinds of fancy words.

[Jason Ross]

Listen folks, I drive down the road to get Big Kahuna Burger (yes, it's real, and yes it's a tasty burger) because it's one light away from my house too. 

But damnit, I ordered a pizza the other night and I paid that delivery fee. Jed needs to be more like me. (that said he did trade for Soroka...)

[Outshined_One]

TFW your division rival makes the moves you should have made at the deadline.

[BKHoo]

1 minute ago, gflore34 said:

Who couldn't see this coming?  Jed is a super conservative small market minded GM, there's no way in hell he was going to tear into his prospect capital.

If he knew we were going to put a really strong foot forward on Tucker, things are different. 

This sux. 

[17 Seconds]

how did the brewers get shelby miller for cash?

[Neuby]

Dejected. I'm embarrassed for this ownership team.

[KCCub]

Just now, 17 Seconds said:

how did the brewers get shelby miller for cash?

They took on Montgomery. 

[17 Seconds]

Just now, KCCub said:

They took on Montgomery. 

oh, we should have done that

[Irrelevant Dude]

Just now, 17 Seconds said:

oh, we should have done that

Tom doesn't have that kind of money.

[gflore34]

Does this mean at least one more bullpen game or Brown start?  Along with multiple Rea starts, great.

Edited July 31, 2025 by gflore34

[Max Power]

3 minutes ago, Irrelevant Dude said:

Oh I'm sure Cole Wright is talking himself in circles using all kinds of fancy words.

Even worse than I imagined it would be.

[Transmogrified Tiger]

4 minutes ago, gflore34 said:

Who couldn't see this coming?  Jed is a super conservative small market minded GM, there's no way in hell he was going to tear into his prospect capital.

The Cubs' prospect capital is the lowest it's been in a number of years specifically because Jed has eaten into it significantly over the last 12 months.

[Post Count Padder]

As has been said, I like the moves we made generally. But it sucks we didn't get a bigger SP. And our bench is better but still not great. We're a better team now, yes, but not remarkably so.

And it's annoying because if we're not gonna pay up with prospects, then what? Are we gonna call up Caissie as a big power bat or Alcantara to be a 4th OF or Triantos to handle infield duties or just let them all continue to marinate in AAA for time TBD? At some point you hold onto a prospect too long. Case in point, Curtis Mead was a decent prospect and the Rays gave him to the White Sox for Houser.

[BKHoo]

The Brewers curb stomped the Cubs the last few hours.  

[gflore34]

Just now, Transmogrified Tiger said:

The Cubs' prospect capital is the lowest it's been in a number of years specifically because Jed has eaten into it significantly over the last 12 months.

Okay, Jed sucks, are you good what that?

[Post Count Padder]

Seriously, someone make Ricketts cry at the Cubs Con.

[Max Power]

2 minutes ago, Neuby said:

Dejected. I'm embarrassed for this ownership team.

Yes. The extension is looking worse by the minute.

[Geographyhater8888]

1 minute ago, Jason Ross said:

Listen folks, I drive down the road to get Big Kahuna Burger (yes, it's real, and yes it's a tasty burger) because it's one light away from my house too. 

But damnit, I ordered a pizza the other night and I paid that delivery fee. Jed needs to be more like me. (that said he did trade for Soroka...)

Jed would order a Plain pizza with no toppings to offset the delivery fee, use a $5 off coupon to cover the tip for a full stomach at an acceptable price.

[Hortonhearsawho]

1 minute ago, Post Count Padder said:

Seriously, someone make Ricketts cry at the Cubs Con.

It's hard to make a soulless man who only cares about money cry. 

[Eeyore]

27 minutes ago, Geographyhater8888 said:

Tom Reinsdorf owns the cubs.

The difference between Ricketts and Reinsdorf is that Reinsdorf will tell you that he isn't signing any high dollar players and Ricketts will regale you, for hours, about all of the competitive offers that they made