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This feels way off with regard to the Cardinals. They have 2 36+ year old pitchers slated for their rotation coming off bad years and very little depth. Sure, they added a bunch of pen arms but their rotation last year was bad and they basically replaced Montgomery with Gray and Wainwright with Lynn, which should be about comparable overall. I find it really hard to believe this part of the projections ends up accurate, especially with Counsell managing the Cubs pen and Marmol still a significant question mark.
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2023-24 Offseason Prospect Lists
mul21 replied to CaliforniaRaisin's topic in Cubs Minor League Talk
Cubs ranked #2 behind the Orioles in farm systems by Kiley McDaniel at ESPN. Anybody have a BA membership and can share the Cubs ranking there? -
I have too many Chiefs fans in my social media feeds and I want them to lose badly so I don't have to see any more of their BS for a while.
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I would bet a large sum of money against this. If it's not Alzolay and ends up as one of the young guys, Brown would be my bet. But if they're in contention I half expect a band aid solution at the back of the pen from the trade deadline.
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He didn't win. horsefeathers that guy and his anti vax horsefeathers.
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I think the biggest thing here is that the depth this year is much more significant. You had a very small number of guys you were relying on, plus how unsettled all the roles were. I think there's both more certainty to roles this year and a lot more viable options to explore if someone isn't performing out of the gate. Plus, I think Counsell will likely be better at managing/anticipating than Ross was.
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Northwestern shot 61% from 3 and 55% overall from the floor last night. They hit a few ridiculous shots but the Illini defense was disorganized and mostly trash all night. Frustrating to see after how good they've been the last several years and so far this year.
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I think there are entirely too many variables to render any kind of accurate opinion on that at this point. Health (Stro vs Imanaga IP for instance), Steele coming off a career high IP, will Suzuki be the guy he was in the 2nd half all season, is Busch the vast improvement over the 1B amalgam we had last year, does Morel develop more, is Taillon more in line with expectations of when he signed. I think that's a process you can go through at the end of the season and given a similar set of circumstances, I'll be surprised if this team (assuming a Bellinger signing happens) isn't 4-8 games better than last year.
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Beltre, Helton, and Mauer elected to HOF
mul21 replied to Irrelevant Dude's topic in General Baseball Talk
I'm fine with those guys getting in but absolutely agree with you on the other 3. I also don't get all the love Jimmy Rollins is getting from guys like Rosenthal. Hall of Very Good for certain, but not HoF for me. -
I think you're wildly underestimating how dumb 18-22 year olds (especially privileged white guys from the Chicago suburbs) are and how easy it is to fall into the "these are my colors and nobody can mess with them" mentality.
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Listen, I think most of us here have enough of a track record that we're at best uncomfortable with this whole situation so to call him anyone's "hero" is kinda ******. I hope he didn't do it, the evidence he did is specious, but things like this have gone unreported and unpunished all too often. The standing ovation was I wish wouldn't have happened but a lot of college students haven't gotten enough life experience and perspective to keep them from feeling that way. I obviously have no idea what happened in Lawrence that night but if he did what he's accused of, send his ass to jail.
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Overpaying in terms of years or AAV. Player options, opt outs, etc. don't usually cost you anything real.
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Nah, I think Boras is still trying to find a sucker and if he can't they'll come back to the Cubs and take whatever Jed is offering. Due diligence on both sides.
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That is the case, but it's still likely to result in a strike because the players aren't getting paid in a commensurate manner for the years when they are productive. If the owners aren't going to pay for past production, then they're going to have to pay for current production.
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Now if the Bears owner would just die already too.
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He got a full NTC included.
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A. I don't think there's any way in hell this is a realistic trade. It's over by probably a 1st and 2nd. B. It would be insane to turn that down when you can go to #2 and draft Maye and still trade Fields for whatever and at that point it doesn't matter because you have all the draft picks for the next 2 years.
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My thought process on Bellinger over Chapman is kind of 2 pronged. First, the offensive downturn from Chapman last year is a bit scary and while Belli may not have great projections (I'll be surprised if he's not closer to 3.5 assuming health in 2024) and some concern with the hard hit rate etc., he's still likely to get more of his total WAR from offense than defense and offense is really where the team is deficient at the moment. I think the other piece is that the offensive gap between what the Cubs may get from the current 3B options vs Chapman held up against Belli vs PCA is much smaller as well.
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That's not going to go well for you.
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@Brock Beauchamp can you have a word with this guy? He's having trouble fitting in is the most polite way I can put it.
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So we've established that Chapman was never going to re-sign with the Cubs whether you're willing to admit that or not. The other top relivers who were FA before the 2017 season: Greg Holland: turns out this would have been a great signing but he was coming of TJS and no sure things. Mark Melancon: was bad on the 4 year deal he signed with the Giants. Kenley Jansen: was never leaving LA Neftali Feliz: not a closer Brett Cecil: not a closer Brad Zeigler: not a closer There was legit one guy who was an unknown quantity at the time who would have been a worthwhile signing that offseason who may have come to Chicago.
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A. Do you know they didn't offer him a contract? B. You can't make a player sign with your team when he clearly wants to be elsewhere. C. You're new here, maybe back off on the attitude a bit and get a feel for the board before you come out swinging and belittling people.
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What are you talking about? Everyone agrees, including Tommy Hottovy, that they need more pen help. I'm not sure what your cryptic post is getting at.
