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  1. Irrelevant Dude
    Ok, so it's not that the Cubs can't be involved with players at the top of the market. But instead they simply decided, "Nah, we don't want this guy who would be the best Cubs player in, perhaps, ever."
  2. Irrelevant Dude
    The Venn diagram of Cubs budget and need does not intersect.
  3. Irrelevant Dude
    As down as I have been on the Cubs and their entire front office approach, I don't know how much blame I can really assign if they miss out on Sasaki. There is just so much outside of their control in this process and it mostly comes down to the personal preferences of Sasaki. There isn't a single team who wouldn't want him for the amount of money that will be required. If he wants to play somewhere else for whatever reason, there isn't much that can be done to convince him otherwise. But let's just hope that he is open to playing in Chicago.
  4. Irrelevant Dude
    Not Tom. Cohen giving Soto huge money gives Tom more cover to hide behind and justify why the Cubs were never even involved in the conversation.
  5. Irrelevant Dude
    Anything can happen, but it's hard to imagine Soto being able to beat a $51M AAV from age 31-40. But I guess the escalator clause gives the Mets a LITTLE bit of security that they control their own destiny to keep Soto for the rest of his career if they choose to do so.
  6. Irrelevant Dude
    Who are these people and why do I keep seeing them everywhere? I mean I sort of know who they are, but I completely don't "get" their schtick and why they are relevant at all.
  7. Irrelevant Dude
    Yeah, they probably should have just signed a few mid level guys instead and tried to wish themselves into the playoffs. Why go out and get the best player available in his absolute prime?
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  9. Irrelevant Dude
    The same Yankees who just played in the World Series?
  10. Irrelevant Dude
    The joke's on them! Losing their 2nd AND 5th round picks. Good luck winning any games next year without those!
  11. Irrelevant Dude
    What is the actual spend on that $51M annual salary considering the Mets luxury tax position?
  12. Irrelevant Dude
    It's gonna be hilarious in 10 years when the Mets still can't sign any more free agents because they have money tied up on Soto. Oh, wait. It's only the Cubs who operate like that.
  13. Irrelevant Dude
    Is it though? When is the next time a player like Soto is going to be available at his age? If you want to play with the big boys, you have to spend the money. Meanwhile, we sit back and hope that we hit on second and third tier lottery tickets.
  14. Irrelevant Dude
    The same could be said for about 5 or 6 other teams as well. There are some really bad teams across the NFL this year.
  15. Irrelevant Dude
    I fully expected a dead cat bounce this week. Boy, was I wrong.
  16. Irrelevant Dude
    This book is likely still on a bookshelf in my parents' basement.
  17. Irrelevant Dude
    I don't remember who the 5th starters were, but for my money it doesn't get much better than Maddux, Smoltz, Glavine, Avery + It is still hard to believe that group only won a single World Series.
  18. Irrelevant Dude
    Can someone explain why we have all these "payroll blueprint" threads? What is a payroll blueprint? And why do we have 2023 threads being created a month or from 2025? Is there some sort of inside joke I'm missing out on?
  19. Irrelevant Dude
    This is an incredibly stupid proposal, but a small part of me wants them to implement it to further expose Jed and his boring "good but not great players" roster construction. The Dodgers can get Shohei Ohtani an extra at bat per game while the Cubs are sending up... Ian Happ?
  20. Irrelevant Dude
    Passing Game Coordinator to Offensive Coordinator to (Interim) Head Coach, all in less than three weeks. Thomas Brown is going to own the team by the end of the season.
  21. Irrelevant Dude
    Welp, Eberflus took questions today, so I guess he's staying. If he was going to be fired, why allow him to hold his press conference? The answer is, he's not going to be fired because this organization is a horsefeathers show being held back by ownership.
  22. Irrelevant Dude
    "I opened the jar perfectly and would do it the same way again."
  23. Irrelevant Dude
    This is it. If you don't acknowledge your mistakes, you will never improve. And he doubles down on every single mistake he makes.
  24. Irrelevant Dude
    Pretty much. But the Cubs are also printing money. Just not at nearly the same level.
  25. Irrelevant Dude
    Speculation on the radio earlier was that the Bears have been trying to limit the number of voices in Williams' ear, so maybe Brown was operating more behind the scenes on the overall passing scheme and not communicating directly with him.
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