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  1. Backtobanks
    With Grandal out, does Chironos become trade bait? Ya gotta wonder, that’s for sure The WS should be interested in a Joc and Chironos package to put a band-aide on some of their temporary injuries.
  2. Backtobanks
    With Grandal out, does Chironos become trade bait?
  3. Backtobanks
    While we were in Cincy, Hoyer should have checked to see if Johnny Bench was willing and available.
  4. Backtobanks
    Yeah, maybe he can teach some of the veterans how to take a ML at bat.
  5. Backtobanks
    Gesundheit
  6. Backtobanks
    From MLBTR: Oakland designated right-hander Cam Bedrosian for assignment. If he elects FA, he might be worth taking a ml chance on him to see if he can regain what he used to have.
  7. Backtobanks
    If only PTR could close his financial hole.
  8. Backtobanks
    But we saved $3 million.
  9. Backtobanks
    Some "cheap" players that should be readily available that would help the team now are Gray, Pineda, Grossman, and Asdrubal Cabrera.
  10. Backtobanks
    Well, per FG, we have the lowest line drive rate, 5th highest FB rate, and 9th highest infield fly ball rate. We also, concerningly, have the highest HR/FB rate, which hurts BABIP as well. 13th in average exit velocity and 9th in barrel %, so that doesn't really support it, but everything else would lead you to conclude we should be near the bottom based on batted ball profile. Bottom by 40 points is obviously a little unlucky and will turn around. But with the highest K rate in the league by almost 2 points, we're going to have less balls in play and our results are more likely to be fluky in a small sample. What did we really expect when PTR and Hoyer conspired to add the likes of Sogard, Alcantra, Ortega, Wolters, Higgins, Lobaton, Vargas, Romine, etc. to a team with a serious hit-or-miss offense to start with.
  11. Backtobanks
    He is channeling his inner Patrick Wisdom.
  12. Backtobanks
    The pastor wrote a book: "What every man wishes his father had told him"
  13. Backtobanks
    Wishful thinking.
  14. Backtobanks
    Who needs Vic when we have Heyward, Sogard, and Lobaton?
  15. Backtobanks
    He will be great because he's an Untouchable.
  16. Backtobanks
    We are at a point in time where comments can be interpreted as racist, sexist, Anti-semitic, etc. depending on the circumstance and the listener.
  17. Backtobanks
    We gave up our #1 and #7 prospects to get Quintana who was 28 years old with ERA+ of 115 and making $7 million. Means is 28 years old with an ERA+ of 132 and is making next to nothing with 4 years of control left. He won't come cheap.
  18. Backtobanks
    Castellanos was great for the whole time he was a Cub. Darvish was recovering in 2018, our 2nd best starter in 2019, and amazing in 2020. So except for Darvish recovering in 2018, I would say they were great the whole time. "the whole time he was a cub" They acquired him for part of a season to add to the offense and he not only delivered, but was outstanding. That's what Tom was talking about.
  19. Backtobanks
    As soon as word gets out that Means is available, there would be a bidding war among 10-12 teams, so you would have to really up the ante.
  20. Backtobanks
    In that case are we talking the combined 4-5 months it went great or the whole time? Castellanos was great for the whole time he was a Cub. Darvish was recovering in 2018, our 2nd best starter in 2019, and amazing in 2020. So except for Darvish recovering in 2018, I would say they were great the whole time.
  21. Backtobanks
    I don't think people were miserable with their performances.
  22. Backtobanks
    The Cubs will be the ones trading one of the best third basemen in the game and a Cy Young finalist in the same year for prospects and cah.
  23. Backtobanks
    Some of those guys make way too much money for PTR. Bieber is young and cheap, so I don't see why they would trade him. If Bryant is set for the OF, we can just re-sign Duffy as a much cheaper option than spending a lot on prospects and cash for Ramirez (I agree Ramirez is great, but unrealistic).
  24. Backtobanks
    Obviously it's hard to predict what's going to happen in the next 6 weeks, but I don't expect anything definitive happening with the Cubs. The Cubs can certainly compete with most of those teams. Playing .500ish keeps them squarely in contention and doesn't scream "buy" or "sell".
  25. Backtobanks
    No big surprise because this is Bryant when he's healthy. It will be interesting to see what the Cubs do at the deadline because it looks like they will be right about where everyone figured they would be - in contention in a crowded NL Central. I do wonder if it just makes sense to keep all 3 of them and let them go into FA. Make an honest effort to resign them but if they walk, the possibility of getting a 2nd and 5th round pick for each of them isn't terrible compared to the return they might get at the deadline. I just don't want Bryant to go to the Padres who, as a revenue sharing team, would only net the Cubs their 3rd best pick instead of 2nd and 5th. Keep all 3, trade Kimbrel (saving app. $8 million) for a solid package and then see what happens with negotiations after the season.
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