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  1. Backtobanks
    Sharma took some swings? Can he play 2B or CF and will he be cheap?
  2. Backtobanks
    Because if a 22 year-old hit 31 HR in his rookie season for the Cubs, you would be gushing about how great he is. If he literally brought nothing else of value to the table to being a good baseball player I doubt it. Especially in an environment everyone with a pulse and and couple hundred PAs hits in the 20s to 30+ HRs. He’s kinda capped as a 2-3 win player with his profile, maybe he has a peak 4+ head as an outlier. For example, JD Martinez hit .304/.383/.557 with 36 HRs with double the walk rate and about 1/3rd fewer Ks than Eloy last year and was only worth 3.2 WAR. As I posted before, I never said he was a great player and MLB has become a place where one-dimensional players are on every team. The AL has paid them a lot of money and extended their careers by having the DH. At 22 years old, it's kind of hard to predict what he'll do in the future.
  3. Backtobanks
    HR at age 22: Bonds 25 Griffey 27 Frank Robinson 31 Mantle 27 ARod 42 Jimenez 31 Pujols 34 Aaron 26 why do you do this Because if a 22 year-old hit 31 HR in his rookie season for the Cubs, you would be gushing about how great he is.
  4. Backtobanks
    HR at age 22: Bonds 25 Griffey 27 Frank Robinson 31 Mantle 27 ARod 42 Jimenez 31 Pujols 34 Aaron 26 Lol, now compares eras. In Aaron's age 22 year (1956), 12 players hit 30+ HR's. In 2019, 58 players hit 30+ HR's But not in their first season and as a 22 year old. I never said he was a great player, but in this era where MLB is like arena football combined with the DH, he has a great start as a slugger.
  5. Backtobanks
    Anderson had a fantastic season last year, but seems to be reasonably adequate if he does come back to earth. Eloy looks to be a superstar slugger at 22 years old assuming injuries don't get in his way. Madrigal looks like the old-fashioned gritty 2B (certainly more Nellie Fox than Ryne Sandberg), but he could have a decent ML career. Not sure why you don't like them. Anderson had a good year at the plate but I don't like him defensively. In fact I think they have a number of defensive liabilities. They're going to have to out-slug their competition, which they might be able to do. They've definitely improved but I don't think they're scaring the elite AL teams. They're certainly not going to win strictly on defense, but young pitching and slugging certainly gives them a good chance in the AL Central. After that, the playoffs are a crapshoot.
  6. Backtobanks
    Anderson had a fantastic season last year, but seems to be reasonably adequate if he does come back to earth. Eloy looks to be a superstar slugger at 22 years old assuming injuries don't get in his way. Madrigal looks like the old-fashioned gritty 2B (certainly more Nellie Fox than Ryne Sandberg), but he could have a decent ML career. Not sure why you don't like them. Eloy is a superstar slugger? Eh HR at age 22: Bonds 25 Griffey 27 Frank Robinson 31 Mantle 27 ARod 42 Jimenez 31 Pujols 34 Aaron 26
  7. Backtobanks
    Anderson had a fantastic season last year, but seems to be reasonably adequate if he does come back to earth. Eloy looks to be a superstar slugger at 22 years old assuming injuries don't get in his way. Madrigal looks like the old-fashioned gritty 2B (certainly more Nellie Fox than Ryne Sandberg), but he could have a decent ML career. Not sure why you don't like them.
  8. Backtobanks
    It's hard to know what we want between Theo sitting around waiting for the KB decision and PTR crying about how poor he is. I suppose any superstar-in-the-making that's available for next to nothing would be on our shopping list.
  9. Backtobanks
    Lot's of other options: Contreras + Quintana to the Angels for Patrick Sandoval + Noe Ramirez Kimbrel (plus $7 million per year) + Bote for Leclerc Chatwood + Almora for Margot + prospect
  10. Backtobanks
    The other question is whether Zobrist would accept a lowball offer.
  11. Backtobanks
    I guess PTR figured out how to cure Theo's poor impulse control problem.
  12. Backtobanks
    So you're saying we could be the NL version of the Angels. A team of 2 or 3 superstars surrounded by a bunch of role players and no pitching.
  13. Backtobanks
    Obviously the lawyers are getting paid an hourly rate. At this speed, you would think this is a Supreme Court case.
  14. Backtobanks
    How much cost-cutting and austerity has to happen for the Cubs to acquire Betts next offseason? The budget will need to replace Lester and Quintana along with your desired Baez extension and raises (plus arbitration).
  15. Backtobanks
    In the last 4 years the Cubs payroll was 12% over the Cards, 88% over the Brewers, 74% over the Reds, and 102% over the Pirates. We were the Yankees of the NL Central. Why is that the measuring bar? We are a big market team in a division of mid-size market teams and outspend all of them by quite a bit every year. Fans complain when the Yankees or the Dodgers outspend their competition, but we've been doing it for quite awhile. Guys like Steinbrenner took his profits and put it into the team on the field while Wrigley used the Cubs as a tax write off.
  16. Backtobanks
    No, that definitely was a huge part of what they did. In the last 4 years the Cubs payroll was 12% over the Cards, 88% over the Brewers, 74% over the Reds, and 102% over the Pirates. We were the Yankees of the NL Central.
  17. Backtobanks
    Tomorrow's headline "Cubs sign Kevin Tapani to a contract for league minimum".
  18. Backtobanks
    Probably looking for a new sugar daddy after Trump and Jared go to jail.
  19. Backtobanks
    Not after you trade Bryant, Quintana, Chatwood, and Darvish.
  20. Backtobanks
    With those qualifications he might be a trade target for us if he was on another team.
  21. Backtobanks
    That sucks and they are a huge part of the problem, but also this is too weak. I don't want excuses. They have to do better. That's true Theo has made more than a few mistakes with personnel and payroll, but PTR's refusing to raise payroll at this point looks to be the downfall of this team as we know it. As most of us have posted, trading KB probably closes the window for 2-3 more years.
  22. Backtobanks
    The problem isn't necessarily the FO, it's more on ownership.
  23. Backtobanks
    I'm not sure they're raising the white flag: from MLBTR Indians Interested In Cesar Hernandez
  24. Backtobanks
    It is hard to imagine how trading Bryant is going to help the Cubs this year or next, but if you're talking about 3-4 years down the road it is possible. Getting Robles from the Nationals and then making some smart additional moves might work, but many posters have doubted that Robles would be included in the deal. If you're saying it doesn't take much Imagination, then throw some realistic names out there that we could acquire.
  25. Backtobanks
    They still need SP and 3B - How about a deal centered around Bote + Chatwood + ???? for Leclerc + ????
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