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  1. mul21
    I think net you're probably ahead if for no other reason that you're getting Steele as an addition to the rotation at some point and he's likely to be better than the back end of the rotation was in 2025.
  2. mul21
    Maybe you should start reading threads before you get in such a hurry to comment. 🤷‍♂️
  3. mul21
    Bringing Tucker back now would make so much more sense than Bregman or Bichette. Unfortunately, I think that ship has sailed but I'd love for Jed to surprise me.
  4. mul21
    It's been very explicitly stated by more than one credible journalist that Caissie is the lead piece, so I'm not sure what you're going on about.
  5. mul21
    "John, you didn't have the best RB in the game on the field in multiple situations where running for a first down would have won the game for us. Bye."
  6. mul21
    The 4 highest paid players on that team were Lester, Heyward, Lackey, and Montero who were 4th, 19th, 9th, and 14th respectively in fWAR on that team. The point is that the roster will always need to be supplemented with good players who are expensive but you almost have to get great value from homegrown talent unless you're going to spend like the Dodgers or Mets, and even then, that doesn't always end well. How far did the Padres, Mets and Yankees get with Soto?
  7. mul21
    Without looking, who was the highest paid player on the 2016 team?
  8. mul21
    Why is Bichette allegedly replacing Nico and not Shaw? I thought the intent of the offseason was to add a reliable RH bat because the lineup is so LH heavy, especially when you factor in Mo and Caissie.
  9. mul21
    First down was a run play that Caleb checked out of based on what the defense did according to what Brady said on the broadcast and I tend to believe him on something like that. I didn't love the decision with the clock where it was and that's a ball Caleb will learn to put a little more touch on in the future, but I take solace in the fact that he saw the right thing and made the right play even if it didn't work out. That's likely a 10-12 yard gain and you're sitting at the 35 yard line with a first down at the 2 minute warning with all 3 TOs still in your pocket.
  10. mul21
    Because there's just no way to get even near the CBT for 2027 with all the money they have coming off the books. Therefore, it makes sense to spend the money now on a longer term deal, be over the first level of the CBT in 2026 and then you drop back under in 2027 so you're not a repeat offender.
  11. mul21
    Because he's a high school kid without a fully developed prefrontal cortex.
  12. mul21
    Matt Shaw should embrace actual Christianity if he's so dedicated to his beliefs instead of the fake bigoted version he's adopted. He's free to do and say what he wants, but the consequences of that are him being called hateful, racist and overall a piece of horsefeathers by those of us who actually have a moral compass.
  13. mul21
    My Fan Duel and Draft Kings balances enjoyed all that offense last night. I grabbed Seattle at +4.5 when they went down early too. That game was just a fun watch.
  14. mul21
    Threatening to make them use their own billions to fund their stadium. It's very rude you know.
  15. mul21
    Based on how this whole thing has gone, the Bears have no idea WTF they're doing to get the state and local governments engaged in this process. The reporting all along has been about how ham fisted the communications have been between the two and the terrible timelines the Bears have had when they have initiated conversations (i.e. starting a dialogue the week before a legislative session ends and there's literally no time to do anything). The Bears should be embarrassed about this whole thing and it's all their own fault.
  16. mul21
    Yeah, between the contract he got and how relatively early it still is in the offseason, this feels like a situation where he wasn't getting the offers he wanted and chose something safe to rebuild value for next year. I think your assessment of the Cubs feeling good about Imai and/or not loving King for whatever reason is probably pretty spot on.
  17. mul21
    If they do this and it puts them close, I'll be very surprised if they don't go over the first level CBT.
  18. mul21
    I'm concerned about the impact not having those two will have o the running game. Both are good and willing blockers and I don't know how well OZ and Duvernay/Walker will fare in that phase of the game. I suspect we're going to see a lot of 3 TE sets with Kmet or Loveland split out wide.
  19. mul21
    Yeah, like Jersey said, this is an apples to oranges comparison being made. Baltimore and DC are an hour max apart and Chicago and Indy are about 3 hours apart. No shared TV stations or really anything else, unlike DC and Baltimore.
  20. mul21
    I'm okay with public money going to things like public transportation that people going to the games will actually benefit from, but zero dollars should go to the actual building of the stadium.
  21. mul21
    There's been some smoke down here about the Cardinals trading Donovan or Burleson (I don't recall which) and Romero to the Giants for Eldridge, which seems light from the Cards. No idea if that has legs or if t's something even reasonable, but the Giants are definitely after 2B help based on that.
  22. mul21
    Like squally said, if there's a year to do it, it's 2026. I'll be skeptical until it happens based on recent history, but it's certainly something that makes sense and shouldn't be dismissed out of hand.
  23. mul21
    Nice job moving the target there. That wasn't the original question. And when it comes to value vs contract given, Bogaerts was definitely at the bottom of the list for me.
  24. mul21
    You should go do a deep dive on baseball's anti-trust exemption before you talk about this any more. You're so wildly wrong and out of your depth it's not even funny, and that's coming from someone with just a rudimentary understanding of all the intricacies. The owners will never agree to a hard salary cap because they'd have to tell the players how much money they're actually making. Full stop. There is no further discussion.
  25. mul21
    You're the one exaggerating wildly to make a point that doesn't exist. There are plenty of reasons to criticize the way the Cubs run things, but their first round draft choices is pretty much bottom of the list.
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