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Don't forget Bellinger played 6 years in LA, so it's not like he might pick a completely foreign city without knowing anything about it. Of course playing for the Angels is exactly like playing for the Dodgers, but the living arrangements and lifestyle would be the same.
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It depends, but if the difference in money is something like $25 million most people can deal with weather, new schools, traveling to see family, etc. People take new jobs for a lot less money with those same circumstances and they acclimate and make it work.
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But what if it's the difference between $78 million over 3 years or $150 over 7 years?
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You make that sound like a bad thing. Why wouldn't a good player hire Boras with his track record. You have a limited number of playing years in your career and you might as well get the most money you can.
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Not even close according to MLBTV. Morel/ Wicks gets you about 2/3 of the way to Luzardo.
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Yeah as reluctant as Jed has been about trading prospects, the third proposal is certainly the least likely to happen. I would still like to swing a deal for Bell and Scott (and maybe Cabrera) using non-Morel prospects.
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3 random trade proposals from MLBTV today: Scott for Madrigal + Mervis Scott + Meyer for Morel Luzardo for Morel + Wesneski + Ballesteros + Mervis
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Somehow the "bs" after the CF instead of after the "Cu".
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The Cu in CF.bs need a power/middle of the order bat. Bellinger is that, but I don't think PCA will ever be. PCA will have value with his skill set, but not in the power department. Now if the Cubs had 2-3 real power bats, then PCA makes a lot of sense
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But we don't have Zobrist, Fowler, Heyward, Lester, Arrieta, Wood, Lackey, and Chapman providing support in case they don't succeed.
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50th best offensive player means they are probably the 2nd best offensive player on the team.
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Posters keep mentioning becoming perennial contenders like the Braves/Dodgers/Astros, but first you have to win in 2024 and 2025 and then worry about 2026 and beyond.
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Trades can be made at any point, but Jed doesn't seem to be willing to trade any of our prospects. I'm not sure we will necessarily be 2024 favorites (especially if we don't sign Bellinger). The farm system is good and deep, but that doesn't help in 2024 unless we use some of them to acquire what the ML roster needs. It's great to have high potential prospects, but they're still "just prospects" until they prove themselves at the ML level.
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Yes I have which is why so many people are frustrated with what the Cubs off season. The NL Central is really weak and we have the assets in money and prospects to be perennial favorites like the Braves, Astros, and Dodgers for the next 5 years. Instead we seem to be on a mission to be "fiscally responsible", not make trades, and squeak into the playoffs.
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Going into the seas on with question marks at 1B, 3B, CF, unproven SP, etc., does not bode well for winning a weak NL Central.
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Morel certainly has more swing and miss since Clemente only averaged 12% strikeout rate over his plate appearances. Obviously Clemente also was a .300 hitter. As for power, they may be similar.
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Yeah according to MLBTV Morel is a huge overpay for Bieber alone and adding Naylor would be great (and still an overpay), but convincing the Guardians to give up one of their offensive stars could be a problem. Try Wisdom, Mervis, and Morel for Naylor and Bieber as a basis and then tweak each side with prospects.
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Except we're not sure what we're going to get from Busch offensively and defensively. As for a #2 starter, Bieber has been available for quite a while and shouldn't cost too much in the way of prospects.
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He got elevated to "He" when Theo promoted him from coffee gopher to a real title.
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It's obvious the front office has given up on him too. The only reason it's a mystery team with a mystery plan for a mystery player is because Jed is asleep at the wheel. There are (were) trades to be made, but He's going to wait out the pre-season trying to get to 82 wins and hoping to squeeze out 85 and sneak into the playoffs.
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The trade would have to be a package deal with Mervis probably being the third piece.
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Mervis has a trade value of 4.9 @ MLBTV which means he could easily be a 3rd player in a package deal to a team needing a potential power bat. Obviously he's not going to be the primary piece in any trade for something we need.
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The best thing for him would be to be traded in a package deal where he goes to a team that might have a path for him.
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Who needs solid defense, when you have Judge and Soto offensively to counteract it.
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I like Crochett from the WS, how about Crochett + Moncada + $10 million for Madrigal + Palencia? Hope for a bounce back year from Moncada (costing $11 million) and then either trade him or DFA ($5 million next year) and add a hard throwing lefty RP. WS get a cheap replacement @3B and a hard throwing RP while saving $16 million over 2 years.
