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  1. Rob
    Steele is worth what, 5 wins on this roster? Maybe? It's not that far out of the realm of possibility that in exchange for Steele we could get a 3 WAR and 2 WAR guy in positions where we're currently running out complete trash. His production is important, but it's not utterly irreplaceable. There's risk, yes. But I think selling it as a necessity to nuke the roster is a bit melodramatic.
  2. Rob
    Don't get me wrong, I'd need to be blown away. But Steele isn't prime Clayton Kershaw or Max Scherzer. He's incredibly valuable, but he's not dragging this ****** team into contention. I'm always inclined to listen on players like that. I'll admit it though. I have little idea how to approach this deadline. We suck, which usually indicates a sale. But we have no significant assets on expiring contracts which might actually drum up interest. Buying short-term guys doesn't make much sense, as it probably doesn't get us anywhere. And there's not a lot of great options available at the spots where we need them. Buying long-term guys might make some sense, but I'm not seeing much available. So what's left is sell long-term guys or stand pat. Both options suck. And I'm bored. So I'll talk about trading Steele.
  3. Rob
    In the infamous words of Branch Rickey, I'd always rather trade a player a year too early than a year too late. Steele is great. But he's 29 and he's already operating at the peak of what his skillset has to offer. The simple fact of the matter is that he's got a lot more downside remaining than upside. If the offers are there, the Cubs would be fools not to consider it.
  4. Rob
    I wanted to sell high on Morel over the offseason and let some other team try to turn him into a fielder. Selling now would be stupid. His value is at an all-time low. His current production is worthless, and the only value we'd get is based on him potentially rebounding. Trading him now gets us what, maybe a 40 FV prospect or two? Some low minors lotto tickets? Morel's upside represents more than we'd get for him. We aren't really playing for anything. So let's just ride this out and see where it takes us.
  5. Rob
    I mentioned Baty as a potential return for Tauchman a week or so back. I'm still not sure I pull the trigger, but it's reasonable.
  6. Rob
    With the rise of two-way players, I'd love to see the Cubs start letting more people attempt to develop simultaneously as a hitter and pitcher.
  7. Rob
    I'm really only interested in how Day 3 begins. Thanks to the way the draft is structured, the 11th rounder remains interesting. But the odds of getting anything from anybody after that is close to zilch.
  8. Rob
    Depends. Wetherholt could have been asking the moon. He was in consideration at 1.1, after all.
  9. Rob
    Well, the Cubs seem to have a type for this draft.
  10. Rob
    By the time he makes it to the show, I'm pretty certain that framing will matter a whole heck of a lot less than it does now.
  11. Rob
    I hadn't decided whether Fenwick Trimble was a helpful or meddlesome hobbit. I think Cobb Hightower would be helpful, and Fenwick Trimble would have been assisting Lobelia Sackville-Baggins to walk off with the cutlery.
  12. Rob
    I was thinking of him more as a hobbit with a penchant for ancillary involvement in the adventures of others.
  13. Rob
    Well, that's a confusing pick. Not necessarily wrong -- just surprising to see it in round 3.
  14. Rob
    I'd have some interest in Sirota depending on what he's asking for. But I sincerely doubt the underslot savings on Mathis are anywhere near enough to make that viable.
  15. Rob
    Yesavage or Smith is fine.
  16. Rob
    I don't see the point of an underslot in a draft like this.
  17. Rob
    Rainer off the board. Works for me -- Cubs probably weren't in on a HS SS anyway.
  18. Rob
    Doesn't seem like a huge reach. Wonder what kind of underslot he's getting.
  19. Rob
    With the teams in front of us, I don't see that happening.
  20. Rob
    Seems like we're exactly where people thought we'd be after 7 picks. But very few of those first 7 picks went where people expected.
  21. Rob
    Well, that'll mess up some mocks.
  22. Rob
    No. Keep doing it. Just put it in spoiler tags.
  23. Rob
    FFS Manfred, shut up and let teams pick.
  24. Rob
    Bazzana is listed #1 on the MLB Draft tracker. [Not as a pick, but as they rank prospects.] Am I imagining it, or was he lower earlier?
  25. Rob
    Thanks for the quick primer, fellas. I look forward to us redrafting Hayden Simpson.
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