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Rex Buckingham

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  1. Rex Buckingham
    Is he even relevant at this point? I mean, I guess if he just goes off . . . the other candidates seem to have all gone backwards. I think I have him 3rd in the pecking order now behind Ferreira and Pefok, with Pepi falling fast. Yeah, if Pepi can't get minutes at Augsburg, he should be in danger of missing out on Qatar. Pefok doesn't seem to offer much other than being an aerial target at the international level, so Sargent - if he keeps scoring - should have a shot at making the roster at least.
  2. Rex Buckingham
    What was your favorite moment of the Simmons era? Today.
  3. Rex Buckingham
    Also, how are guys getting suspended and kicked out of the league for Marijuana use and this dude openly talks about using ayahuasca and nobody bats an eye?
  4. Rex Buckingham
    I wonder if they'll give Kilian any time on the Development List (has he already been there?) to try and remedy the control issues. Regardless, I bet they keep him down the rest of the year. Let him work in AAA and see if he can get ML hitters out next spring? SP is really the position that they can probably most upgrade next year (in terms of our SP has sucked so much this year outside of Stro recently and solid work from Steele and Thompson), but idk who is even available.
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    Yeah it's really as simple as this. I'm sure Brett or somebody will try to bring up the Qualifying Offer but that's horsefeathers. It'll be like the 75th pick, more than that that was certainly on the table this deadline. An absolute debacle if there's no extension. That said, assuming they do extend, you go into the winter with a mostly complete lineup already. C - Contreras 1B - Wisdom 2B - Madrigal SS - Hoerner 3B - Morel LF - Happ CF - Ortega/Nelly platoon RF - Seiya Bench - Mckinstry, Gomes, Higgins, Bote Iowa - Davis, Mervis, Amaya, Canario That's... actually a really solid group. Payroll's ~$165M, so you can add one more big bat and further push out some of the chaff from the bottom of the roster. Madrigal sucks. Wisdom is fine, but very replaceable. Ortega/Nelly is probably around replacement level. Need Bogaerts/Correa/Turner and maybe a CF, unless they think Davis will bounce back from injury and be ready early next year. And obviously, need SP, because a rotation of Stroman/Hendricks/Steele/Thompson/whoever just isn't good enough because Kyle is a 5th man in a good rotation and Steele/Thompson probably aren't better than 4th for a WS hopeful.
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  7. Rex Buckingham
    Let's hope they overpaid. Effross seems like a legit dude with 5 years of control
  8. Rex Buckingham
    Fantastic, should make teams more interested in Robertson and Givens
  9. Rex Buckingham
    Shoot for the moon, baby. I know he only mentions that those teams "would fit" but I doubt the Rays are in on him.
  10. Rex Buckingham
    Figure we can have individual threads for big trades... ETA: I don't love the return. Would have rather taken a chance on a lottery ticket, but I guess we will see what happens.
  11. Rex Buckingham
    Figured something was up. Hope she is recovering well.
  12. Rex Buckingham
    I feel like Happ ought to bring back no less than a top 100 guy as the headliner. They don't HAVE to trade him.
  13. Rex Buckingham
    yeah but he's talking about the constraints that ownership puts on the GM. you can spend whatever you want on a car, but if you tell your kid they can only spend 60%, they can only spend 60% He said the Cubs as an organization shouldn’t have budget constraints but they do. The Cubs as an organization don’t have budget constraints. The owners are being cheap and don’t want to spend. We’re not the A’s or the Rays. They have budget constraints. EDIT: Regardless, the Ricketts suck and I know we can all agree on that. While they don't have as much money as the other owners, let's not pretend that ANYONE who owns a professional sports team doesn't have enough money to pay anyone. They're all ridiculously rich. They just don't want to cut into their profit margin, just like every other rich bastard in this country.
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    I hope the crowd today gives Willson a standing O at every opportunity
  16. Rex Buckingham
    Pretty sure I saw the sticking point is guaranteed $ in the 3rd year, like in the manner of around $100k
  17. Rex Buckingham
    Just saw something referencing the ASG being in Seattle next year and it led me to look... Colorado, Seattle, San Diego, Cleveland, and Pittsburgh have all hosted the ASG twice since it was last at Wrigley. Pittsburgh and SD at least had new stadiums, but the other 3 have had it twice in the same park. I know its not a huge deal, but when the Cubs are good again (2024?) It would be nice to see then host the ASG at Wrigley.
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    Soto
  19. Rex Buckingham
    Main Roster Transactions: Drop: Cody Bellinger ($25) Add: George Springer ($75) Drop: Brandon Lowe ($200) - how did I not know he missed 2 months with a back injury? smh Add: Jazz Chisolm ($50) Edit: lol, and now Chisolm hurt his back. Can I just cancel this transaction since you didn't clear it yet? Future Idea - we should get to pick one hitter in the HRD at the ASG and add their total HRs (or a % of them) to our total
  20. Rex Buckingham
    Not only his production at catcher, but how many players at any position can they get that match his production at the plate? In 78 games this year, Willson has a 130 OPS+, good for 37th in the league (and the team lead) right now.
  21. Rex Buckingham
    I wonder how much different it is just from extra innings numbers, given the fact that most teams have an army of guys who throw 97+ out of the bullpen, and the fact that the runner starts there and you didn't just give up a leadoff double. I imagine that psychologically there's a least a little difference, and then add in that sometimes your runner on 2nd with 0 outs is there because he hit a rocket off a crappy starter who needs to go 4+ innings, so he's out there without his best stuff and is more likely to give up more hits.
  22. Rex Buckingham
    Bench Transaction: Drop - Spencer Torkelson Add - Julio Rodriguez Main Roster Transactions: (beginning total - $925) Drop - Josh Donaldson Add - Austin Riley (+$25) Drop - Nick Castellanos Add - Yordan Alvarez (neutral $)
  23. Rex Buckingham
    Trading DeBrincat would also help you suck next year, when I know there is at least one tank worthy player st the top.
  24. Rex Buckingham
    FS1 still doesn't know that Jedi's first name isn't Anthony
  25. Rex Buckingham
    Hoping for no injuries as they play on a crappy field in a monsoon.
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