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It's a question of priorities, at the time did it make more sense to empty the org of its trade assets and some payroll flexibility to get Yelich when the team had plenty of offense even when you don't count on the outfielders(Bryant, Rizzo, Contreras, Baez, Zobrist)? Or did it make more sense to focus on replacing Arrieta, Lackey, and Davis from the pitching staff where the incumbents were much less strong? I get the idea around trading Yelich(again, I voted for it), but the idea that the alternative was inexcusable is revisionist history. We also don’t know what the ask was, it’s entirely possible there just wasn’t really a fit or the ask was like Javy, Happ or Willy and other stuff (which I can understand not doing that). I absolutely wanted him too, I think I even started the thread on making him our main target last offseason before he was even known to be available. I would’ve been fine doing just about any trade to get him. Post 2017, any of those 3 guys should have been easily, EASILY (IMO) on the table for someone like Yelich. Again, even pre-God mode Yelich had already shown he was much more of a sure bet (again, IMO) than any of those guys. Hell, Yelich had already essentially had 2 of Baez's 2018 season without having to be some kind of bizarre baseball freak amalgamation. Plus I guess I don't understand the "focus on replacing the pitching staff part" via significant trade instead of trading for Yelich, since they didn't.

This OF is such an inexcusable nightmare. The pitching is stealing its shitty thunder, but it is damn debatable which part of the team the FO has fucked up worse.

La Stella did a performance art piece about how downhill is actually bad for his old team:

Not a gaping hole necessarily, sure, but enough of a clear and obvious upgrade, IMO, that it was the kind of move a so-called wonderkid FO or whatever the horsefeathers should be all over. I mean, just for not having to manage the whole thing optimally between 6 guys regularly for not THAT much more money alone it seems so obvious. Preferring to go with that over Stanton? I get it; I don't like it, but I get it. Preferring to go with that over getting Yelich? Sorry; that just seems pointlessly dumb and stubborn, even prior to God mode Yelich.

I honestly can't tell if TT's assessment of that platoon is supposed to be praising them or a knock against them.

In hindsight I unfortunately get why they didn't even try with Stanton; I don't believe for a second that the budget issues were any kind of surprise for anyone running the team. But, man, even pre-worldbeater Yelich was SO perfect with his contract and the position he played and how valuable he was with the bat. That's where I start veering into getting annoyed along the lines of the FO being too enamored with "their guys" or being too in love with the idea of a cheap, clever platoon that MIGHT work.

I mean, Ozuna to the Cardinals is technically annoying, but it just doesn't even compare to how much it sucks that Yelich ended up with the Brewers. Even without him stepping up to what he is now, he was absolutely perfect on so many levels for what this Cubs team needed (and still desperately needs). They should have been willing to give up anyone short of Bryant to get him.

Oh, that's right; baseball can bring something other than madness and fury.

"Guys, I'm retiring!"

They have consistently, bizarrely sucked at getting guys home sans dong with this core...except for 2016, when they were firmly middle of the pack.

Kind of weird to keep the platoon OF over Bryant and Rizzo, but whatever It's all about the return. I think Schwarbs can still be a 40 dong dude and he won't fetch that much right now. Or ever.

I can't believe I stayed up to watch these clods, when I am so tired from having to get up early this week to offset the days I am taking off...to see these clods in person no doubt horsefeathers up the Home Opener in miserable weather. I am truly Clod Prime.

What in the horsefeathering world.

Outhitting yet outscored by the opposing team seems like something we are gonna see a lot. I predict more dongs, but yet again generally garbage with RISP.

He’s not great at pitchers but he used to be ok (Strop, Arrieta, Hendricks and to a lesser extent guys like Monty, Grimm, Cahill) but since his untimely demise his lookalike replacement has just been awful with almost everything he has done He's decent at trading for them. He is horsefeathering wretched at drafting and signing them.

Another walk.

Hahaha! Theo is SO horsefeathering TERRIBLE at pitchers.

Another walk.

I'm betting good money these dorks still just have 1 win when I see them on Monday.

How cute; Almora thinks he has an arm.

Get ready for some more tanking. It's really all the FO knows how to do.

So fucked. This is gonna be a long, sorry season.

Mostly no.

Check out this fresh horsefeathering hell.

Heyward is reaching critical mass of uselessness.