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Mooney inferring that we're likely not meaningfully spending this winter https://theathletic.com/2946459/2021/11/10/the-next-free-agent-to-sign-a-megadeal-with-the-cubs-is-to-be-determined/ Miley deal is probably the mold (best i can tell, we have a whole $7m earmarked for 2026 [bote]) some patented Jed gobbledygook
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lol
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https://theathletic.com/2947765/2021/11/10/how-jed-hoyer-can-stay-nimble-and-leverage-the-cubs-financial-flexibility-in-his-favor?source=user-shared-article
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Davies replacement
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it's nice in a way that the Lions are so futile i don't have to expend so much mental energy to imagine how they might be able to somehow become competitive
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nature is healing
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Cleveland AGM Carter Hawkins is the new Cubs GM
sneakypower replied to UMFan83's topic in Chicago Cubs Talk
eh Cleveland isn't really one of the first teams i'd want to poach FO talent from, especially considering their most notable recent standout successes likely just stemmed from doctoring the ball -
the more you explained this, the less i understood it
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tbh i'm still annoyed Arriola lost all motor control from being tapped on the shoulder, with VAR they might've reversed the booking
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..it is? teams that paid money for proven talent last winter seemed to somehow do pretty well generally, in spite of their lack of restraint [attachment=0]Capture.PNG[/attachment]
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when they openly aspire to specifically replicate the successes of the Rays or Giants, instead of Dodgers/Yankees for example, they are pretty explicitly suggesting that the budget will remain artificially restricted and we as fans can fairly realize that their recent total failure to build from within or actually hit on any budget FAs portends pretty certain doom for the next couple seasons, at the very least this team is currently so devoid of upper-levels talent that 'winning the offseason' is the bare minimum precursor for any kind of relevance in the near future
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This past year's market is not going to be a great comparison point for obvious reasons, but looking at the ESPN FA tracker, only 10 SP got more AAV in free agency than Arrieta. 2 were very good in a full season(Morton, Ray), 2 were very good in half a season(Bauer, Kluber), and of the remaining 6 the only one who exceeded 1 fWAR was Mike Minor and his 5.05 ERA. Trevor Williams had 1.2 fWAR in 91 IP. This is the point, the unspoken inference to 'if only they weren't so cheap' is that they'd have done better if they had just spent more money, when the guys further up the ladder are a pretty big minefield themselves.
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i guess he's made amends
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when you sign Eric Sogard as your big-ticket acquisition, nobody will think that you have "won the off-season", which, is a good thing, i am told, by the GM
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trying to do what the Rays and Giants did is a really cool and novel idea until you think about it for precisely one second and remember oh yeah we tried to do what the Rays and Giants did and that simply became Trevor Williams and Zach Davies and Jake Arrieta conducting personal HR derbys
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thankfully he won't have to contend with Michail Antonio
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Lions D very surprisingly kinda kept Ravens offense in check but there was also this
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ah the HardcoreCubFan mantra..
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idk only mustering a .780 OPS in your absolute best possible subset on the strength of a .412 babip is not the strong endorsement it seems
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Minor League Discussion & Boxes, 9-22-21
sneakypower replied to CaliforniaRaisin's topic in Cubs Minor League Talk
Brennan gives me Mike Cameron flashbacks -
2021 HR Derby [Discussion & Transaction Thread]
sneakypower replied to Southpaw19's topic in Chicago Cubs Talk
nice, just 8 more weeks like this one and i'll take over 1st -
Minor League Discussion & Boxes, 9-9-21
sneakypower replied to CaliforniaRaisin's topic in Cubs Minor League Talk
seeming a lot like a top-50 prospect to me -
keep rewatching this one, Robinson's speed is so bonkers
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make that 2-6-33 when trailing at the half
