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And that certainly means trading good prospects to get elite players (Ryan, Gore, etc.)
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Ricketts and Hoyer want to get their money's worth.
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Kelly had a total of 4.1 WAR over 9 seasons before this year. He was signed to be a backup C and was leading the league in OPS certainly qualifies as a surprise. Boyd had a total of 9.7 WAR over 7 years before this one and hadn't pitched over 80 innings for the last 5 seasons and now is in the running for the Cy Young award. Pomeranz had 2 good years in the 15 years before this one. This year he had weeks of not giving up any runs. Palencia never showed much in his ml career and now he is a shut-down closer for a playoff bound team. The Brewers certainly have had surprise players who have exceeded their expectations, but The Cubs have too.
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There are always surprise players that exceed expectations when a team is doing well. On the Cubs you have players like Kelly, Pomeranz, Palencia, and Boyd.
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Who said that Bieber would have cost Wiggins? The Blue Jays got him for a 22-year-old A-ball pitcher.
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The number one thing he had to do was get a SP. The last time Soroka was an effective SP was 2019 and he has a history of arm problems. Bieber was out there if he wanted to take a gamble.
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Which is why we needed a real SP (or 2) at the trade deadline. Jed blew it big time.
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Back in the day, Ditka said "Halas throws nickels around like manhole covers" LOL
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Yeah, there aren't too many sentimental players left, especially with their agents telling them how much money they could get in free agency.
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The Cubs have been reluctant to call up top prospects rather than leaving them to play every day at AAA.
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Sometimes I think the Cubs get players with the thought that they will get a hometown discount after the player falls in love with Wrigley and the fans.
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The 80% that worry more about profit than winning are probably small-to-middle market teams. We should be compared to the major market teams and not Sacramento/Oakland or Kansas City.
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"My biggest disagreement with several posters is I just don’t see it as a foregone conclusion they aren’t even going to be competitive for him." The question is whose definition of "being competitive" are we going to use. According to the Cubs, they have made "competitive offers" to many of the big-time FAs over the years.
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I wish I could be as confident as some of you that 4-5 rookies and going to come up and replace solid ML players.
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And then dumpster dive and put more money into Ricketts pockets,
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For a ton of money.
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7/30 - Cubs Trade Deadline Rumors & Discussion
Backtobanks replied to Outshined_One's topic in Chicago Cubs Talk
Giants are listening on Doval. I would love to get Doval and Flores. The price should be cheap - BTV has Doval at 3.5 and Flores at -.7. Doval is reaching arbitration next year and doesn't hit FA until 2028. -
Getting Tauchman is a no brainer. Covers all 3 OF positions, great at getting on base, and the cost should be cheap.
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Hoyer is thinking that he can get him cheap now.
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Suzuki is slumping and looks like he needs a rest, Tucker is slumping and looks like he needs a rest, Busch is hitting .190/.261/.317/.578 against LHP, and we can't use Diaz??????????? BTW, adding Pepiot and Fairbanks certainly would improve the team too.
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Give each of the OFs a day off once a week and use Diaz as the DH which will give him plenty of ABs. He can start at 1B against tough LHP.
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Bat off the bench, RH sub for Busch are other options
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How about Pepiot + Diaz + Fairbanks for Alcantara + Triantos + Brown + Wicks.
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I saw the Yankees and Dodgers are asking about Brendan Donovan from the Cards. I know the Cards don't want to deal with us, but Donovan would solve the 3B problem. BTV has Donovan at 39 and Shaw at 32, so Shaw plus a prospect for Donovan looks good to me.
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I think you're right, but Hoyer could have given Mervis away and found someone wandering the streets near Wrigley instead of Brujan.
