Cubs (TBD) vs Mets (McLean/Manaea): 6/24/26, 12:10pm/6:10pm

[Geographyhater8888]

7 hours ago, Outshined_One said:

Can we play the Mets all the time? That was fun.

Especially without Juan Soto.

[Bertz]

Dansby Swanson's at 2.1 WAR after yesterday's outburst.  He's tied with Aaron Judge, Gunnar Henderson, and William Contreras.

[Jason Ross]

1 minute ago, Bertz said:

Dansby Swanson's at 2.1 WAR after yesterday's outburst.  He's tied with Aaron Judge, Gunnar Henderson, and William Contreras.

I fully admit to being wary of his contract when signed and I didn't know what to expect from it, but Swanson has been a banger of a contract. He's streaky at the plate, but he has done nothing but add positive value at the end of the day.

[CubUgly]

12 hours ago, chibears55 said:

Boog.. PCA has stopped chasing pitches

Very next pitch he chases one down and away for strike 3 😂😂

Ha...yeah the K's have started to tick up lately, it was inevitable.  But I'm comfortable Pete has proven who he is. there will be hills and valleys but he's a star. 

[Geographyhater8888]

6 minutes ago, Jason Ross said:

I fully admit to being wary of his contract when signed and I didn't know what to expect from it, but Swanson has been a banger of a contract. He's streaky at the plate, but he has done nothing but add positive value at the end of the day.

Who did you want out of curiosity? 

[Jason Ross]

6 minutes ago, Geographyhater8888 said:

Who did you want out of curiosity? 

I'd have signed Correa, but also I didn't have any of his medicals at the time, so I'll give myself a break. 

I wrongly focused too much on arm-strength when it came to SS defense - should have learned a lesson from the plus-plus defensive season Hoerner posted at short with a weak arm. My fear was that his best years would be with mediocre Cubs teams and by the time the team was winning 90-games he'd have been looking at a shift to second. 

We're 3-years in and he's once again on a 4-win pace with no signs of needing to move off short yet. He's been incredibly consistent in value (even if streaky at the bat). And he's been absolutely excellent value. He' have to entirely faceplant the rest of his contract post-2026 for him not to be a break-even player. Considering he's being paid just south of $200m, that's really impressive. It's hard to get surplus out of a contract that big.

[Geographyhater8888]

26 minutes ago, Jason Ross said:

I'd have signed Correa, but also I didn't have any of his medicals at the time, so I'll give myself a break. 

I wrongly focused too much on arm-strength when it came to SS defense - should have learned a lesson from the plus-plus defensive season Hoerner posted at short with a weak arm. My fear was that his best years would be with mediocre Cubs teams and by the time the team was winning 90-games he'd have been looking at a shift to second. 

We're 3-years in and he's once again on a 4-win pace with no signs of needing to move off short yet. He's been incredibly consistent in value (even if streaky at the bat). And he's been absolutely excellent value. He' have to entirely faceplant the rest of his contract post-2026 for him not to be a break-even player. Considering he's being paid just south of $200m, that's really impressive. It's hard to get surplus out of a contract that big.

I’ll give Jed this, you could be stuck paying for high $ vets on the backend of their deals with limited financial flexibility and diminishing returns after the window closes like the Padres and clock is ticking for Philly too. Machado, Boggarts and Tatis look like complete duds. Although the Dodgers have pulverized the competitive balance of baseball to be fair but the Cubs will have over $100 million to spend and only the corner outfielders will be missed.
You can criticize the timing of his free agent signings but that’s for another topic. 
 

 

Edited 7 minutes ago by Geographyhater8888

[Bertz]

27 minutes ago, Jason Ross said:

I fully admit to being wary of his contract when signed and I didn't know what to expect from it, but Swanson has been a banger of a contract. He's streaky at the plate, but he has done nothing but add positive value at the end of the day.

I liked Swanson at the time, but even my enthusiasm was "he's better than Bogaerts straight up, and has a decent chance at beating out Correa and Turner on efficiency".

Being easily the best contract and arguably the best player straight up 3.5 years in was not on my bingo card.