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They may have to sell to pay the estate taxes.
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Alex Cohen hired as full time backup PBP guy
CubinNY replied to Irrelevant Dude's topic in Chicago Cubs Talk
Might be cost cutting to let Boog’s contract expire -
always side with the players.
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I'd also prefer not to trade anyone. Hold everyone until the season shakes out, and then see what you need. Don't be afraid to trade before 11:59 PM on 8/31.
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It's the Sporting News so take it with a pinch, but there is speculation that instead of Nico the Cubs would put Suzuki on the block to trade. I think I like that better.
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Yes, You can explain Bregman’s aggressiveness on an attempt to put up numbers that translate into dollars. Now I don’t know if he’d use the same approach this season too. But it’s understandable.
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If they sign Bergman and trade Nico, it shows how much they believe in Shaw. I'd like them to keep Nico too, but I understand the limitations of the Ricketts budget.
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Is Rizzo gonna get a contract?
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One would think this has to come to a head pretty soon. I still think he goes back to Houston.
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Not a great comp agreed, but he's sort of like Happ who came up as an infielder, and sort of like Nico in that he has bat-to-ball but not much in the way of power.
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I don't know what the Cubs' plans are for Kilian or Brown, but before he got hurt, Kilian was dealing. He has the pitching repertoire to be a starter if he can throw strikes and has the potential to be a good one. I think Brown's repetitive movement neck injury thing or whatever makes him very unlikely to become a starter, but if he could... Needless to say, he also has the makings of a late inning guy, so if he is healthy, they have a pretty strong pen with all the other additions. I do tend to worry more about Shota and Steele taking a step back and putting more pressure on the pen. And I also worry about the brutal April and early May schedule taxing the pen until the ASB.
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Bergman right now.
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A very poor man's Nico/Happ.
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last year he pitched 39 innings, the year before that 71, the year before that 12. You be the judge.
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Boyd's redflags are large and loud. Maybe Flarhety's are as well. I don't think being decisive and snatching him up is a mark of genius. Hopefully, it pans out, but the best they can hope for is 100 innings. Something he hasn't done since before the pandemic and only accomplished four times in his career (giving him a 97 innings year b/c it's close enough). I think grabbing him has more to do with Cleveland than Chicago. Whatever, maybe Flarhety was never a target for them, only for fans and some people here, it appears.
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I can accept that. The point I was trying to make, but maybe not well, is that Boyd is not in the same class as Flarharty as a pitcher in terms of health or quality. Other underlying factors that may partially account for the contract may not have to do with health but perhaps declining performance over the course of last year. He has a history of oblique and shoulder issues. His problem last year was his lower back. He didn't miss significant time last year, but injury is part of his history. Boyd is held together with spare parts and is in his mid-30s. They are not alike.
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because they can.
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nice selective quoting too, horsefeathers.
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look at their innings pitched in the last four years.
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This medical stuff is a red herring. The teams used his injury history to lower his value regardless of its validity because they could. We don't know what his "medicals" look like, but he's produced at a high level for long enough that injuries are part of his resume. He missed a few starts and needed injections in July. His risk of injury is higher than a pitcher without his history, but who would that be? Boyd's injuries are much more concerning as is his age. Saying he's likely to bounce back more healthy is just an opinion. And not one founded on evidence given Boyd's history.
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I kinda think it’s “the Cubs still have not spent”, “the agent(s) are leaking”, there have been talks but nothing serious. They can’t fit Bergman under their budget, the Padres want a lot for Cease, and their closer is expensive and 36. it’s the tail end of the silly season. If they get Bergman I expect they will trade Shaw for Cease, but not before. But I don’t think either has a high likelihood of happening. And we will get a one or two year WS or bust team and reset after the new CBA.
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Law also say Rojas will like not make it as a SS. I didn’t know he had so much trouble on defense. He did say there is a lot of potential in the bat.
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Law took a big swipe at Breslow for firing scouts while ranking their system #2. Cubs #6
