BREAKING: Cubs Sign Third Baseman Alex Bregman to Five-Year Deal

[We Got The Whole 9]

Just now, KCCub said:

This has been floated around here quite a bit and I believe 1908 was the one who pointed out Shaw made huge mechanical changes with his swing (Around his leg kick) this season, so that piece doesn't really add up. 

Yeah but he could have been resistant in Spring Training and we were like ok, do your thing, and he only started working in concert when he was demoted and had a 60 going into the ASB. 

[CubinNY]

I really wanted to like Shaw the person when he was drafted. He said all the right things. But he is a douchebag's douchebag. Be that as it may, he's a useful baseball player who will likely get better. The Cubs have a perfect "waves" scenario with him and Nico. There is no reason to trade him or Nico. Let the season play out, give him reps, and see what happens. If they find they need someone at the deadline, he or Nico could be traded. But it would be foolish to trade either one right now. 

As long as nobody else he idolizes who is also a neo-Nazi gets shot, we will be good. 

[Radar3454]

I'm a liberal, but his batting stance out of spring training bothered me more than going to a memorial service that turned into a political rally that he was invited to by the widow. Pretty sure most mlb players have very different political and moral values than I do. 

[Bertz]

This is surprisingly mortal, especially when you account for the fact that FG's depth chart tend to be very generous with pitcher playing time.

Andrew Friedman has mentioned getting younger this offseason, I'm curious if that means taking a step back this year and keeping lanes open for prospects to fill in before this turns into a late era Dombrowski roster, or if it the pedal stays firmly on the metal and they simply add a young FA like Bichette.

[Post Count Padder]

I don't know if it was mentioned here yet but Fangraphs did a write-up of the Bregman deal and included a shout out to NSBB and Matt Trueblood.

 

https://blogs.fangraphs.com/cubs-land-alex-bregman-on-five-year-deal/

[ToolDRT]

7 hours ago, Andy said:

Top right corner of the page there are three horizontal lines, click that, then click 'account' which will bring up a sub-menu from which you can click 'ignored users,' then type in the username you wish to ignore

Thank you, sir! 

[Rcal10]

54 minutes ago, ToolDRT said:

Thank you, sir! 

I had to do the same thing a few weeks back with someone. I still have him ignored, but I am not sure he posts any longer. Pretty sure Banks will go away any day now. Might even be gone. 

[jersey cubs fan]

6 hours ago, Radar3454 said:

I'm a liberal, but his batting stance out of spring training bothered me more than going to a memorial service that turned into a political rally that he was invited to by the widow. Pretty sure most mlb players have very different political and moral values than I do. 

It didn’t turn into a political rally. It explicitly was one from the start. 

[Brian707]

6 minutes ago, jersey cubs fan said:

It didn’t turn into a political rally. It explicitly was one from the start. 

The grift doesn't die when the grifter dies

[Dfan25]

Bregman’s expected to become oficial tomorrow , with a press conference on Thursday ( Nightendale ) 

[chibears55]

1 hour ago, Rcal10 said:

I had to do the same thing a few weeks back with someone. I still have him ignored, but I am not sure he posts any longer. Pretty sure Banks will go away any day now. Might even be gone. 

He's gone, everything he posted says guest now.

[Stratos]

9 hours ago, Post Count Padder said:

I don't know if it was mentioned here yet but Fangraphs did a write-up of the Bregman deal and included a shout out to NSBB and Matt Trueblood.

 

https://blogs.fangraphs.com/cubs-land-alex-bregman-on-five-year-deal/

Here's what they say about the Cubs rotation:

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Even with Cabrera and the eventual return of Justin Steele, our depth charts have the Cubs’ starting pitching projected for just 11.2 WAR, which ranks just 19th even though it would be an improvement of nearly a full win over the 10.3 mark they put up in 2025.

 

[Geographyhater8888]

10 hours ago, Stratos said:

Here's what they say about the Cubs rotation:

 

That’s with steamer projecting Horton to post a 1.2, a full win less than last season. Ben Brown posted a 1.1 fWAR last season. So if he’s worth 1 less win then that means injuries, because you can’t convince me Ben Brown was worth over a win in 15 starts last year because of his respectable FIP. He flat out sucked.

I know they’re conservative with their projections but what we hope will be a full season of Horton vs 15 starts from Brown won’t be close a wash like their model says. The rotation will be more more than a win better unless they’re devistated by injuries.
 

Edited January 14 by Geographyhater8888