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  1. Backtobanks
    This seems like an underrated part of the whole narrative. He's making $19.5 this year, hardly a huge gap between what he'll get in an unfriendly FA market He should be able to get a higher average salary for FA, but it won't be for a longer number of years.
  2. Backtobanks
    Any team that's trading for a rental as good as Bryant should certainly be near contention with the hope Bryant will make the difference (which he probably will).
  3. Backtobanks
    Reinsdorf, LaRussa, and Pujols can sit around and talk about "the good old days" together.
  4. Backtobanks
    We'll see him get healthy after trading him and he'll have multiple MVP-type seasons and win a few WS rings.
  5. Backtobanks
    Totally agree. I think if things stay on their current trajectory he's the most likely guy to be traded after KB. They should extend KB because they aren’t getting a better player back or likely getting one anytime soon and his price is still probably decent. His comp for a trade is probably Machado to the Dodgers a few years back? That was a garbage return. I’d rather do everything to extend him and if not get the comp pick. It won't happen, but trade Baez, Kimbrel, and Pederson and use the savings plus whatever they were going to offer Baez to extend Bryant. Hoerner plays short, Bryant in LF, re-sign Duffy for 3B, and keep Marisnick as 4th OF. That may not be a WS winner for next year, but they would be watchable.
  6. Backtobanks
    What are they going to do when they've DFA all the projects? Go to the Dollar Tree and sign some more.
  7. Backtobanks
    I’m encouraged by the start too, but it’s 71 plate appearances. As long as he’s healthy this is what he is. A very good baseball player. Every stretch of him being bad was always tied to an injury. I want him extended more than anyone. He'll be traded for a couple of 18-year-olds in rookie ball, but it won't be because of money.
  8. Backtobanks
    From MLBTR: The Reds announced Wednesday that right-hander Cam Bedrosian has rejected an outright assignment to their alternate site after clearing waivers. He’s now a free agent and is free to sign with any team. He might be an interesting pickup to help out in the bullpen.
  9. Backtobanks
    It was really interesting to watch the Braves offense. Acuna being Acuna at the plate and on the bases, their slugger Freeman going to the opposite field, a perfectly executed hit and run, a bases loaded sacrifice fly (instead of a strikeout), etc. It was like watching "real" baseball.
  10. Backtobanks
    If the team gets worse, he might not have people to put in the seats.
  11. Backtobanks
    I never said he wouldn't be tradeable, but that certainly not the same as receiving a "solid return" for him. A currently dominating high leverage reliever is going to net a "solid return" or dare I say, an overpay. He has been a "dominating high leverage reliever" for 4 games and 4.2 innings so far this year. If he continues that until the trade deadline, he may draw enough interest for a "solid return". Of course, if he continues to pitch like this, the Cubs might be in a position where they decide they need to keep him.
  12. Backtobanks
    Do you know how baseball works? Did Ernie Banks ever make 16 MM in one year?? To answer your question, Banks made a total of $680,000 total over his whole career.
  13. Backtobanks
    Do you know how baseball works? Yeah, I don't see his contact as being untradable or anything of the sort. 33 is still relatively young in the grand scheme of things, and we can eat money if we need to. We are also talking about one of the legendary closers in baseball even with his struggles on our team. If he is looking like he has regained his past dominance, teams will be lining up out the door asking for him. Granted, these trades are harder than they used to be because he actually has to be pitching well. He can't just luck into a good ERA and get that level of interest. The underlying metrics have to match up, his velocity needs to be appropriate, etc... But yeah, if he's pitching well he's extremely tradable. I never said he wouldn't be tradeable, but that certainly not the same as receiving a "solid return" for him.
  14. Backtobanks
    I'm sure teams will be lined up to give a "solid return" for a 33 year old reliever who hasn't pitched well since 2018 and is earning $16 million.
  15. Backtobanks
    They're getting ready to sign Baez to get even for us getting Sogard.
  16. Backtobanks
    https://www.forbes.com/sites/mikeozanian/2021/03/26/baseballs-most-valuable-teams-new-york-yankees-on-top-at-525-billion/?utm_campaign=sprinklrSportsMoneyTwitter&utm_content=4693497369&utm_medium=social&utm_source=TWITTER&sh=5f7c7436d5ef Cubs value went up 5%, average for all teams was about 3%. So much for the staggering effect of COVID.
  17. Backtobanks
    He'll fit right in then. Who knows they might work better than the team's bats.
  18. Backtobanks
    Unfortunately, it may balance out with a poor offensive showing.
  19. Backtobanks
    Yeah, the league min salary is a little less than 600K so yes, millions, in savings and just for that one year alone. That arb salary would influence the next and so on By the time Nico is ready for a modest payday, the Cubs will trade him to save money and play the guys we got in the Darvish trade.
  20. Backtobanks
    With Romine as the backup catcher, that bench is pretty pathetic offensively too.
  21. Backtobanks
    Interesting Story: From MLBTR: Jake Arrieta signed a one-year, $6MM deal with the Cubs last month, returning to the site of his Cy Young Award-winning prime years. Arrieta’s initial great run in Chicago could have been cut short, however, had the Marlins been willing to include J.T. Realmuto as part of a trade package with the Cubs in 2014, The Athletic’s Ken Rosenthal writes. The Marlins weren’t in contention in 2014 but were looking ahead to build for 2015, eyeing Arrieta as a big rotation piece. It was known at the time that the Cubs were floating Arrieta on the trade market, perhaps looking to sell high after Arrieta had turned his career around after previously being dealt from the Orioles to the Cubs. Interestingly, Realmuto was not regarded as a blue-chip minor leaguer at the time, as he didn’t appear on top-100 prospect lists from either MLB.com or Baseball America until after the 2014 season. After middling numbers in his first four pro seasons, Realmuto emerged in 2014 while playing for Miami’s Double-A affiliate and even bypassed Triple-A that year to make an 11-game MLB cameo on the Marlins’ active roster. Still, the Marlins obviously believed in Realmuto’s potential, and the trade negotiations fizzled out
  22. Backtobanks
    He's a prospect at "HIGH" A ball - South Bend.
  23. Backtobanks
    From MLBTR: The Pirates have signed righty Trevor Cahill to a one-year, $1.5MM deal, USA Today’s Bob Nightengale reports (Twitter link). Cahill can earn up to another $1MM in bonuses. I was hoping the Cubs would have signed him this off season. Cheap and effective as a swingman in a year full of question marks, reduced innings, etc.
  24. Backtobanks
    He'll be the new Rizzo (the old guy) when all of our 18-year-olds make the team.
  25. Backtobanks
    They were desperate to make a move after we signed Sogard.
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