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  1. CubinNY
    No answer so far on defense
  2. CubinNY
    I totally agree with the last part. I love minor league baseball. It’s fun, lower cost, and supports a lot of midsize towns. There is excitement going to a SB Cubs game with the stands packed. Or even a Montgomery Biscuits game where you can sit practically anywhere. it’s bad for the long term interests of MLB to get rid of MiLB.
  3. CubinNY
    Basically, the same folks with different names. In the past, the John Henry group would go the distance, but they've changed significantly now that they've added more owners and probably PE folks.
  4. CubinNY
    I think team control is overblown by fans and "smart" people when it comes to a superstar not making superstar money (yet), although Skubal wants $32M in arbitration. The Yankees gave up RHP Michael King, RHP Jhony Brito, RHP Randy Vásquez, RHP Drew Thorpe, and C Kyle Higashioka. All I'm saying is that it would be more than that and more than Abrams, Hassell the 3rd, Wood, and Gore.
  5. CubinNY
    No, it really is not. We aren't talking about Edward Cabrera. You can have him for as long as you want if you're willing to pay what he's worth.
  6. CubinNY
    Team control is secondary to getting the best pitcher in baseball over the last five years.
  7. CubinNY
    No. See what the Nationals got from the Padres.
  8. CubinNY
    Well, he’s not very good at convincing. .i’ll say it again- The Ricketts are the heroes of every story when the Cubs don’t get a player.
  9. CubinNY
    Better than what the Nationals got for Soto
  10. CubinNY
    I mean why even try?
  11. CubinNY
    To quote John Candy in Stripes," But that's me, I'm an aggressive gambler, Mr. Vegas". I would sign Gallen and Bo and then strut around like Vince McMahon at the WWE compound whenever I saw another division rival's GM.
  12. CubinNY
    He cannot like baseball while playing for the Cubs as much as anywhere else.
  13. CubinNY
    Honestly, I'm a pretty harsh critic of the Cubs' entire administrative apparatus, but this trade is exactly the type they should be making at this point in time. They have an abundance of OF prospects at the higher levels, and Hernandez is no longer a "young guy" and has been playing professional baseball for a few years. I do think he may turn out ot have a better career than OWNKC, but even if Owen becomes a star, it's still a good trade b/c it fits the Cubs needs so well. I don't know how anyone can be critical, but to each his own.
  14. CubinNY
    Who are you two talking about?
  15. CubinNY
    Hernandez might turn out to be the better player. I think they also got another very low level IF.
  16. CubinNY
    Check that, great.
  17. CubinNY
    This is good
  18. CubinNY
    the best players
  19. CubinNY
    They won't go into ST without upgrading their starting pitching. I kind of love Zack Gallen for the Cubs. It may also come via a trade. They are chock-a-block full of outfielders all up. and down the system.
  20. CubinNY
    RF and LF in Wrigley are incredibly difficult to play because of the wind and the well. It takes time to learn. I'm not saying either is good or bad. Whatever issues are going to be exaggerated in specific conditions. Happ and, to a lesser extent, Soriano mastered the position. Fonzie mostly by just playing against the wall and using his cannon of an arm.
  21. CubinNY
    Yes!!! That's the point, isn't it? You generate value by underpaying rookies and preabritation players. and squeeze the arbitration lemon as hard as you can. Then you supplement them with "stars" or whatever and can't necessarily squeeze out value, because it's not there.
  22. CubinNY
    Clean books is Jed's calling card. I don't know what surplus value means, but to me it means you aren't sending money or taking trash when you want to do a trade. I know they put dollar values on WAR and I can't get behind that.
  23. CubinNY
    I don't need to. All you need to do is look at the number of games he's caught in AAA. His problem, if you want to call it that, is that his bat is so advanced. And of course, the elephant in the room (no pun intended) is his weight.
  24. CubinNY
    That's not remotely true.
  25. CubinNY
    The offer is "come back to us if the contract terms are around X dollars for X years and we will see what we can do."
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