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  1. Backtobanks
    Defense is great, but they seriously need some offense too.
  2. Backtobanks
    Bellinger and Hoskins gives you enough offense to play Madrigal (or whoever) at 3B. After that Jed can concentrate on pitching.
  3. Backtobanks
    There seems to be a lot of new rumors about other teams interest in Glasnow and Hoskins. Jed had better start moving.
  4. Backtobanks
    Jed's not talking because the fans would realize that they were duped into believing that the Cubs were really "in on Ohtani".
  5. Backtobanks
    Assuming they can talk Bellinger down from the rumored amount he was asking, this would be amazing for solving the offensive side. Far too many people are assuming PCA will be okay in the ML, but I still have my doubts.
  6. Backtobanks
    Don't underestimate Cub fans.
  7. Backtobanks
    The $550 million could sign legitimate STARS, instead of one unicorn super star. There are many paths to making the Cubs into perennial WS contenders with or without Ohtani and all of us better be prepared for a path without him if/when he picks another team. There's no reason the Cubs shouldn't be contenders every year with their market size.
  8. Backtobanks
    I'd love to have Ohtani, but that $500 million sure would go a long way toward filling all of the holes that the Cubs have. As for Soto, use all of those prospects to acquire a TOR starter or two. Any money left over from not signing Ohtani can go toward signing Soto next year.
  9. Backtobanks
    I'm sure he's not making a decision for the next decade or the rest of his career because his agent will make sure there are opt outs in the contract. If he realizes he made a mistake, he can take the $100 - $150 million after 2-3 years and try to correct his mistake.
  10. Backtobanks
    He didn't live up to the hype, but he ended up with a 11-year career and made over $70 million while making a few all-star games.
  11. Backtobanks
    Saw a story linking Madrigal to the Yankees to play 3B.
  12. Backtobanks
    I'm not sure I would pay all of that money if he can opt out before recovering from TJS.
  13. Backtobanks
    I just hope they didn't hire him because he's great at handling a low budget team.
  14. Backtobanks
    Wicks or Wesnecki could be part of a package for a TOR starter.
  15. Backtobanks
    And you don't believe that hitters changing their launch angles at the cost of more K's has nothing to do with it. Batters have figured out that you make more money hitting .220 with 20 HRs and lots of Ks than hitting .280 with 10-12 HRs and fewer Ks.
  16. Backtobanks
    The whiff rate is higher because hitters concentrate on launch angles instead of contact.
  17. Backtobanks
    Ryan, Gibson, Koufax, Seaver, McDowell, etc.??????????
  18. Backtobanks
    I guess it was more like the 60's when all of the greats were hitting HRs and the pitchers were throwing more innings, but the point remains the same - back then hitters could not only hit HRs, but also manage a good BA and starting pitchers could work in a 4-man rotation and could consistently pitch deep into games for the whole season.
  19. Backtobanks
    Our bullpen consists of Leiter, Alzolay, Fulmer, Smyly, and Wesneski who all were guys just not good enough to start. The same could be said about today's hitter who are facing mediocre/poor starters for 3 or 4 days out of a six-man rotation. Now teams have 2 good starters, 3-4 good position players, and 2=3 good relievers.
  20. Backtobanks
    Baseball isn't going to be like the 70's, but the 70's had hitters that batted .300 with 35-40 HRs and they played full seasons along with the pitchers who threw hard, pitched every 4th day, and pitched at least into the 7th inning for the whole season.
  21. Backtobanks
    It's not going to happen, but there's no way it can't happen. Guys like Ryan, Jenkins, Gibson, etc. were throwing really hard and they threw complete games and over 200 innings year after year.
  22. Backtobanks
    Instead of moving Soto to 1B, put him in LF and move Happ to 3B.
  23. Backtobanks
    Chapman for a moderate deal? He'll probably sign a multiple year contract at about $20 million per year.
  24. Backtobanks
    I'm not sure how you can say the offense stepped up even with Bellinger. Bellinger carried this team for most of the season. We've got some major holes to fill, if we lose Bellinger and Candelario.
  25. Backtobanks
    The Cubs ought to send Canario to winter ball to learn to play 1B. If he is successful, we might not have to spend to fill that spot.
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