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  1. Irrelevant Dude
    Carolina has 5 games left. They only need 2 wins to tie the Patriots and Cardinals and then it comes down to strength of schedule. It is still far from a certainty.
  2. Irrelevant Dude
    They haven't, but I read something where Boras said Harper is seeking an extension and that they were open to listening on Alonso.
  3. Irrelevant Dude
    I don't know. Suddenly Boras seems open to extensions (with Alonso and Harper), so watch the Yankees immediately lock Soto up long term.
  4. Irrelevant Dude
    The most expensive of which being Jose Quintana, a desperate attempt to overpay in talent for a cost-controlled starter who wasn't very good and cost the Cubs a future ace plus a solid (albeit injury prone) outfielder.
  5. Irrelevant Dude
    I'm beginning to think the Bulls winning without LaVine isn't a coincidence.
  6. Irrelevant Dude
    If you horde all your prospects, most of them are going to turn into pumpkins. Some teams are really good at identifying the most likely future pumpkins and dealing them before they ripen, but the Cubs don't seem to have figured that part out yet.
  7. Irrelevant Dude
    Let's look at it another way. If I'm an opposing pitcher facing the Cubs, who do they have in the lineup that scares me? That isn't to say they don't have good hitters, but they are lacking a true threat in the middle of the lineup. MAYBE Seiya can be that guy, but otherwise it is a lineup with several good, but flawed, hitters. That is probably true of most lineups, but it would be nice to have someone who could be consistently relied upon to deliver in the 3 or 4 spot. Similarly, it would be great to have a dominant starting pitcher at the top of the rotation. The Cubs may have pitching depth, but they are seriously lacking at the top and are leaning heavily on Steele. I don't think it is realistic to expect him to repeat his 2023 performance, but hopefully any regression in his performance would be offset by an improvement by Taillon. If this team does make the playoffs though, who do we feel good about giving the ball to in a deciding game? I'm not sure how much of this really matters, and maybe the team can be just as good by accumulating value in other areas, but having a dominant hitter and/or pitcher in the mix would just make things FEEL so much better.
  8. Irrelevant Dude
    Seriously though, that was my glass half empty way of looking at the Counsell signing. People wanted to make it out to be a sign that the Cubs were going to spend big and be aggressive (and they still could), but what if instead they are just going to continue hovering around the luxury tax threshhold and simply saw Counsell as a way to buy a couple wins for "free".
  9. Irrelevant Dude
    I think a team with Glasnow and Hoskins is significantly worse than a team with Stroman and Bellinger. So how are the Cubs going to get better? It's going to take a lot more than those two to make me feel ok about next year's team.
  10. Irrelevant Dude
    Yeah, just get the next Ohtani. No problem.
  11. Irrelevant Dude
    That is an insane return for one year of Soto if in fact the deal gets done. How would those Yankees prospects compare to what the Padres gave up in the first place?
  12. Irrelevant Dude
    Whether or not that is the whole story, I can understand that one. Especially if Morel is being looked at as a key piece in a larger trade, you don't want him devalued by linking him to guys like Glasnow.
  13. Irrelevant Dude
    Taillon... Not quite a disaster, but not good.
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    Let's not forget the second and third tier guys Jed targeted last off-season and how most of those turned out. Obviously Dansby was a good signing, but Jed doesn't have the best track record identifying and signing lesser free agents.
  16. Irrelevant Dude
    And to some extent, to draw fans. Right now this is a boring ass team.
  17. Irrelevant Dude
    If the Cubs aren't willing to play in those waters with the big boys, I don't know what to say. I do know they raised ticket prices for the upcoming season. I guess someone has to pay for the mid-tier free agents they are going to sign.
  18. Irrelevant Dude
    Illinois looked really rough to start the season, but they are coming together now. After dominating Rutgers in Jersey, they just beat Florida Atlantic with an outstanding 98 point performance on a neutral court. If they can pull off a win at Tennessee this weekend, they could conceivably jump into the Top 10. Even if they lose, they are still a solid Top 25 team and seem to have much better chemistry than last year's group. Domask was a real find in the portal, and is everything we expected Matthew Mayer to be last year and more. Hopefully this is the year they finally make it past the first weekend in tournament.
  19. Irrelevant Dude
    Whatever the truth is, and whatever people think of Nightengale, coming out of the negotiations without Ohtani and also in a spitting match with a reporter isn't a great look.
  20. Irrelevant Dude
    I assume the whole "no leak" requirement is overblown. If Ohtani knows where he wants to play, it would be silly to have that impacted by whether or not someone in that organization made an off hand comment.
  21. Irrelevant Dude
    What does this mean?
  22. Irrelevant Dude
    That would be one lucky kid.
  23. Irrelevant Dude
    And we think that high-level Cubs sources are inexplicably sharing information with Bob Nightengale?
  24. Irrelevant Dude
    With that said, how much in-season free time at home do active players really get? These guys make enough money that they can do whatever and visit wherever they want in the offseason, regardless of where they play baseball.
  25. Irrelevant Dude
    It's like all these reporters are calling a live horse race, but the catch is the horses are invisible.
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