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It's a great year for the Cubs because the White Sox suck, and the Cardinals will be under .500. Meanwhile "Wait until next year".
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Isn't that what they've been doing for months?
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That will be Hoyer's excuse. There's no way Hoyer/Ricketts gets anywhere near Soto's top bid.
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When wasn't the NL Central spectacularly average?
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Favorite all-time Cub is Ernie Banks obviously. Favorite current Cub is Nico Hoerner because of his work ethic and professionalism.
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Defensive replacement and pinch running won't give him the reps he needs if he's going to ever develop into a hitter. If they get one of those players, you mentioned, he won't be getting many ABs.
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You're treading in deep water by removing our future star CF. I do agree that it would be great to put some offensive players on the field though.
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I didn't miss anything. He's making adjustments, but they haven't changed much in his offensive numbers yet. His positive value comes entirely from his defense, which was never questioned by anyone. I get that he has tremendous potential, but he has to start hitting eventually to realize that potential. I'll be more than happy if he can become a .250 hitter with his defense and speed.
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Maybe, but if I'm right we're going to lose a lot of games waiting for him to turn into a ML hitter.
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The Padres had just traded for Yonder Alonzo to play 1B which means Rizzo was blocked. Also, the Pardes wanted Andrew Cashner.
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His OPS+ is now 56 after he has had a "hot streak". I just don't think he's going to become a decent, ML hitter and the more that he continues below the Mendoza line the more his trade value disappears.
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They could certainly add a bat in CF. Bellinger can play RF and Suzuki DH. If we're serious about offense, they ought to play Tauchman.
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Okay, then trade other prospects for Chisolm and send PCA down until he learns to hit.
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I don't think he's overrated, but offering PCA for Chisholm would have been a good deal too.
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PCA still has a lot of trade value. Trade PCA + for Robert and you solve all of the offensive woes.
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Paredes at worst gives us a solid bat and 3B for multiple years at a cheap price. At best, he's an All-Star slugger and 3B.
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That's like a weatherman saying, "It's going to rain or not".
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Jed's career peaked when he was getting coffee for Theo in 2016.
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Somebody with a .740 OPS and a 108 OPS+ would look great in this lineup of Mendoza line hitters.
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The same complaints about Bellinger and yet we see what happens to the Cubs lineup when he's not in it.
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Jeb will keep his job with mediocre, under budget team because that's all Ricketts needs.
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Why does it make you laugh? 2 bats and a closer for a team that doesn't want to spend money or trade prospects is a really tough hill to climb.
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Trading a bunch of prospects for Paredes solves a lot of offensive problems for years to come.
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Ding, Ding, we have a winner. Ricketts is horrible, Hoyer is just as bad, and Hawkins doesn't seem much better.
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They should have sent PCA down to the minors weeks ago (or trade him) and then Tauchman and/or Canario could play CF until Bellinger comes back.
