mul21
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Caleb is shell shocked right now. The protection last night wasn't great, but there were plenty of plays where he had protection and just flat out missed wide open receivers, Rome in particular. I think he'll be fine but the whole offense is just a mess right now.
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The reduced playing time may help with the injury part and I do like the fact that he can be a handcuff for both 1B and 3B with his ability to switch hit. You can play him against tough RHP and give Shaw a day off and play him against tough LHP and give Busch a day off, plus he becomes the top bench bat. He gets 2-3 starts a week depending on matchups and he's injury/failure insurance.
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Yeah, hanging as tough as they did while shooting under 20% from 3 and being led by a freshman 10 games into his college career is a very encouraging result. It would have been awesome if they could have pulled it out but, overall, a great result if they're taking an L.
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They don't have to. They want to, and it certainly makes filling out the rest of the roster easier, but they don't have to.
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Potential Landing Spots For A Cody Bellinger Trade
mul21 replied to Brock Beauchamp's topic in Chicago Cubs Talk
6 guys for 5 positions is 135 starts each, and that's without any injury time factored in. To TT's point, Belli, Seiya, and PCA have all spent time on the IL and are likely to end up there again just based on history. I'll absolutely concede they need to move Belli to make payroll work for the pitching staff additions we all think they need, but this isn't some untenable situation they're desperate to get out of. -
I don't have access to this but allegedly it says that there were in-house warnings to Poles (from his Tennessee days) about the Nate Davis signing being problematic and he ignored them. I've been in favor of keeping him but that level of blatant disregard for advisors who clearly knew something makes me think he needs to go. https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/12/13/chicago-bears-ryan-poles-future/
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Perhaps worth revisiting at this point with the new vacancy at 3B.
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What's the story on Bohm's defense? Bad and then turned a corner last year? Still bad and it was a metrics blip (last year is the first year he's not had a negative defensive WAR per BR)?
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Yeah, I definitely want a LHH handcuff for Shaw if he were to be the OD 3B.
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Both. Felt like a lot of business decisions being made last week and for all his faults, Flus can call a defense and knew what the other team was going to try to do to them. I also think the rain and field conditions caused a lot of problems for both teams last night that significantly affected the scoring totals.
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I think people are hoping for a 2 WAR season from Shaw, and if he's handcuffed with a LHH option to face some of the RHP he may struggle against, that seems like a reasonable expectation from the position as a whole. It feels like people are cautiously optimistic about his prospect profile from a hitting standpoint and we haven't heard any deal breakers defensively, so while not in love with that plan, the net WAR gain from a Tucker/Shaw combination vs a Cody/Paredes combination feels like a pretty significant upgrade.
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Here's you (in that thread) agreeing that someone else's numbers are right and you hadn't added in money for injuries. Please stop.
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Stop trying to use logic with Tom. 🤣
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People. Have. Done. The. Math. For. You. On. This. Message. Board. They showed you all the numbers and explained why they were what they were, yet you insist on claiming their sources are magic and witchcraft for what reason I don't know. As was said earlier, you have a preconceived notion about things and absolutely refuse to accept any new information other than things that confirm those.
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Ignorant? People have done the math for you ad nauseum. You're the ignorant one.
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I'm exactly the opposite. There's so much OF depth in the minors (and about to be ready for prime time) plus I think Smith has a higher ceiling and is a little lower risk than Caissie with all his swing and miss.
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Yeah, getting Paredes and Smith seems redundant unless the Astros already have a plan to move one of them elsewhere. I mean, speculation pre-draft was Smith may be destined for RF and maybe that's where the Astros see him long term anyway.
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They're doing that because they had Heyman on, so same source.
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I think Smith has the highest ceiling of any of the Cubs prospects and that's not shiny new toy infatuation. The power, average, K%, and ability to play 3B combination make for a very exciting potential. No idea if he reaches it, but that's where I see him and I'd hate to lose him. Two other things not necessarily directed at you but: 1. It's Paredes, one A, two Es. 2. Heyman is the only person who has even considered that the Astros are asking for BOTH Paredes and Suzuki and I really wish people would stop reposting what looks to be obviously erroneous reporting at this point.
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What are the rules around the minor league portion of the Rule 5? Do those guys ever go back to their original team?
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It's hilarious how many people are definitively saying the Cubs won't even attempt to sign him to an extension if they trade for him. I'm all about bashing them for being cheap asses, but the certainty some of you have in saying they won't even make an attempt is comical and just plain dumb.
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Sure, at a $10 million premium and half the WAR.
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I was capped at $125 when I worked for Pepsi. It was tough to find anything decent under that without our corporate agreements and I left that job in 2019. That's just crazy when the budget for everything else is so astronomical. But hey, the rich get richer and everyone else can get horsefeathered I guess.
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Somehow Amaya was worth 1.9 bWAR last year and the combination of Gomes, Nido and Bethancourt were worth -0.4. If Kelly gives them the 0.7 he did for the 60 games in Detroit last year, that's a net 1.1 bWAR. Seems like an important move to me for those who are less than excited about it.
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I thought it was either that or a labrum when I saw it happen and based on how he was carrying the arm when he came in for the injury play, UCL is a good bet.
