Random trade speculation

[Rcal10]

4 minutes ago, Jason Ross said:

With whatever small areas we may disagree with each other on this, I think we ultimately agree that the Cubs need to probably push some chips in at some point between today and whenever the 2027 season kicks off. They have prospect capital to do it. And frankly, they have enough overlapping capital that I think it borders on prospect hugging at the organizational level not to. It'd be one thing if it were a load of pitching prospects when you consider pitching attrition, but with hitting prospects? Cash some in. 

I am in total agreement with this. Even if you look at the prospects we have. How different are they then last year. Cubs added a lot of higher end prospects by guys having good years. And a lot of overlap. Buy big now. There will be a new group of prospect again next year. 

[ILMindState]

55 minutes ago, Rcal10 said:

This is easy to say now because of how well Cease is doing and how poorly Bregman is doing. And you may have said it then, too. I am not saying you didn’t. So now you look like you were right. But I would bet in last few years people also wanted Corbin Burnes, Snell, Fried, Valdez, Rodon, etc… And I will also say during Cease contract years there will be a time we will be happy we didn’t have him. I was fine with Bregman before and still am. He just isn’t playing well. I am not a fan of giving a 30 year old pitcher with a lot of innings on his arm a 7 year deal. Right now, yes, looks like a good deal so people can sit back with “I told you so”. And DID TELL US. Let’s see how it all plays out. To me the mistake was not trading Shaw+ for a young pitcher. I think something like Bregman and Soriano(as an example) would be just about as good as Cease and Shaw. And it would come with less risk of injury to the high priced guy. 

When the offseason started I wanted Cease, Imai, and Cabrera. I had no interest in Bregman because of his age, declining bat speed and he was coming off an injury. I probably completely overreacted when they missed on Imai haha. I was hopeful and willing to give them the benefit of the doubt when they signed Bregman but oof, he’s who I was worried about. I don’t think he’s gonna be much better than what you see now. A good defender who hovers around a league average bat with no pop.