Jump to content
North Side Baseball

KingCubsFan

Verified Member
 View Profile  See their activity

  • Posts

    3,588

  • Joined

  • Last visited

 Content Type 

Profiles

Joomla Posts 1

Chicago Cubs Videos

Chicago Cubs Free Agent & Trade Rumors, Notes, & Tidbits

2026 Chicago Cubs Top Prospects Ranking

News

2023 Chicago Cubs Draft Picks

Guides & Resources

2024 Chicago Cubs Draft Picks

The Chicago Cubs Players Project

2025 Chicago Cubs Draft Pick Tracker

Blogs

Events

Forums

Store

Gallery

Everything posted by KingCubsFan

  1. KingCubsFan
    Is there any concern Cutler may be seen as a bit of a coach killer at this point?
  2. KingCubsFan
    This sucks, but I'll wait to see what they get for Castillo before completely judging it.
  3. KingCubsFan
    Dexter Fowler is still still available...
  4. KingCubsFan
    Maybin is an easy choice for me of those 3. Though Bourn's leadoffiness does intrigue me. Maybin isn't a good hitter, though.
  5. KingCubsFan
    Stanley is the read deal. Tough to pass him up. Really starting to like the thought of going 3-4 and taking Fowler and then trying to get a S in the 2nd. I don't know about Collins in the top 10, plus I think the Bears need a S than can really cover. Wait, Ronnie Stanley is a top 10 pick? As a Notre Dame fan, that blows my mind.
  6. KingCubsFan
    uh, can we jump in on that? Unless they'd take Baez, I don't know if it would make sense for us. Uhhhhh, why the hell not? Because Myers is strictly a LF and, as someone mentioned below, has some question marks following a wrist injury. Given that it's still unclear whether Bryant is a LF or 3B long-term, I'd rather not give valuable assets to get a guy who is strictly a LF. At the same time, since Bryant has the potential to be a third baseman, I'd favor keeping him over trading him for Myers.
  7. KingCubsFan
    uh, can we jump in on that? Unless they'd take Baez, I don't know if it would make sense for us.
  8. KingCubsFan
    Wonder if the Cubs are one of those teams.
  9. KingCubsFan
    That's the sense I get. They all seem bitter except Mooney.
  10. KingCubsFan
    What about Fowler? Can play CF (perhaps not well) or LF, only signed for 1 year, and provides some OBP.
  11. KingCubsFan
    It's interesting that all of the local guys seem pretty certain that the Cubs are basically done at this point outside of adding Gomes and Ross. The national guys, on the other hand, have been fairly consistent with the reports that the Cubs are still looking for a big outfield bat. Hopefully the national guys are right.
  12. KingCubsFan
    I'm not really sure what the Braves are doing, but Valbuena and Wood both have years of relatively cheap team control so it seems like they would be interested in them. Cubs would have to give them a legit prospect as well.
  13. KingCubsFan
    That quote really tilts me. I really, really hope that if we hadn't landed Lester it wouldn't have been straight to Operation Shutdown Part 4. But it's moot, so woo-hoo! I'm looking at it going forward. They had said they wanted a "veteran presence" type leader. That very well may wind up Ross and/or Gomes. But the FO knows those guys aren't moving the needle on win projections either. It's not likely another FA SP would either. So it does have me hopeful of one more rather meaningful move this offseason. Granted, we'll be buying at the deadline, so it's definitely plausible to see us holding off on anything big for now. And Im fairly certain if we had been told on November 1st we could skip to April 1st and be given Lester, Hammel, and Montero, the vast majority of us would have jumped at it. That said, it really seems like they're not ready to deal our top prospects yet. Could we get a very good rental guy using some combo of Castillo, Wood, Valbuena, and Vogelbach? Because I think that's honestly the ammo I think we'll be using if we DO find a nice upgrade somewhere. Braves should be interested in Valbuena in an Upton trade. They're currently starting Chris Johnson at 3B.
  14. KingCubsFan
    Wittenmeyer just posted an article saying that the Lester signing doesn't mean the Cubs are on a "spending spree" and they're likely done with any impact moves for the rest of the offseason. And with that, I fully expect the Cubs to acquire Justin Upton tomorrow. http://chicagosuntimes.com/sports/signing-lester-isnt-a-sign-that-cubs-are-on-spending-spree/
  15. KingCubsFan
    I think Anderson would be a good gamble based on our pitching depth. It's unlikely he makes it through a whole season, but we'll have Wada, Turner and hopefully someone like Pierce Johnson ready to step in when needed.
  16. KingCubsFan
    Correct.
  17. KingCubsFan
    I'd rather have Brett Anderson anyways.
  18. KingCubsFan
    The days of hoping for guys like Junior Lake to contribute are over. It's time to focus on real baseball players.
  19. KingCubsFan
    And it did.
  20. KingCubsFan
    Only if they're not smart. Just by waiting a month, you gain an entire year of control. Even if Bryant is worth 2 more WAR (he won't be) than Valbuena, that's about 1/3 of 1 win. Just wait the month. Angering Boras could cost you more long-term, especially if Bryant had a great ST. Boras understands the system. And either way, Bryant is going to be a free agent and go to the highest bidder.
  21. KingCubsFan
    Sounds like a job for Kyle.
  22. KingCubsFan
    Lol. Incarcerated Bob is getting in on the fun too.
  23. KingCubsFan
    No matter what, he'll belong in the board hall of fame.
  24. KingCubsFan
    So basically Lester is still holding out for the Red Sox to match the other offers.
  25. KingCubsFan
    http://i129.photobucket.com/albums/p228/irish1289/Olney.jpg
×
×
  • Create New...