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  1. Tryptamine
    At least Ben Johnson actually calls the plays. Nagy was carried by Reid who did all the play calling.
  2. Tryptamine
    Manfred, taking baseball closer and closer to blernsball everyday.
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    He hit 7 HR in the offensive wasteland that was the Southern League last year, so I think there's something there. Will it ever exceed 15 HRs? Probably not, but 10-15 HR would be acceptable given the rest of his package.
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    If the reports that he went from unplayable anywhere on defense to maybe an above average defensive player at 2B are true, then he's a fairly exciting player. With his contact skills and baserunning, if he could even find 15 HR pop, he might be a guy who could give you consistent 3 to 4 fWAR seasons.
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    Wait, wtf? Like I get the other 3, but why Miller? The guy just threw 62 innings of 2.32 ERA ball and yeah he pitched above his peripherals, but even if he regresses he'd still a solid pen arm. I am completely baffled as to how he got included in that.
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    Both McCaffrey and his back up Mason will be headed to the IR, so the Bears will be facing SF's 3rd string RB.
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    Yeah Sugano had something absurd like a 5.5K/9 in Japan, there is no way that's going to work in MLB.
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    The fact that Thaiss stands a pretty good shot at being your opening day back up catcher and 1/3 of the FA money was spent on a guy who you're going to be lucky to get 100 innings from, makes me think he's not going to be too urgent about anything.
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    I know I know, Busch trade last year, but I wouldn't be surprised if Jed doesn't make a trade at all and you're going into 2025 with a rotation of Steele/Shota/Taillon/Boyd and one of Assad/Wicks. I have very low expectations for Jed, if he exceeds them I guess I get to be surprised.
  10. Tryptamine
    Still not sure why people are so eager to make guys like Paredes/Busch/Hoerner trade bait or back up players. They combined for like 10 fWAR last year.
  11. Tryptamine
    Again, who is this great GM coming to the Bears knowing that they don't get to pick their own coach and they have to deal with a meddling owner? It's not that I think poles is great, it's that I think, given the situation, he's probably as good as it's going to get thanks to this horsefeathers organization.
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    Seeing as the season is more or less over, we might as well start tracking this. As of right now the Bears would hold the #11, #37 and #43 picks in the first two rounds. Unlikely to win any tie breakers going forward, even losing out would find them unlikely to pick any higher than 7th or 8th. I stated in last week's game thread that I have the priorities as follows EDGE>OT>DL>Safety>Oline depth If they end up with a pick around #8, at least one of Kelvin Banks, Will Campbell, Mason Graham or Abdul Carter is likely to be there. Banks or Campbell would give them that left tackle anchor which would allow them to push Jones inside and strengthen the overall line. Graham's position isn't as much of a need ass EDGE/OT but he'd be a BPA pick. He would pair incredibly well with Dexter and also help to strengthen a DL that is weak against the run. Carter would take the pressure off Sweat who seems to be about the only edge rusher who can get to the QB on any kind of regular basis. In an ideal world they go EDGE with the first pick because I think it's much easier to address OL/DL with their #37 and #43 picks then it would be EDGE
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    You're ready for the Bench to be Thaiss, Canario, Mastrobouni and Vazquez? I'm not sure that bench could OPS .600.
  14. Tryptamine
    Good, I'm happy he's staying.
  15. Tryptamine
    Thanks to there being an absurd amount of terrible teams this year, despite being 4-8 the Bears would still only pick 11th as of this moment. They're also basically going to lose any tie because they have the highest SoS.
  16. Tryptamine
    That's now how it works in baseball. In baseball the cap hit is the average annual value of the contract.
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    The man hasn't pitched above 78.2 innings since 2019, I don't care the reasons, It's being absurdly optimistic to just think he's suddenly going to be a guy who is going to give you starter innings. If we get 100 innings out of him in either year, we should be thrilled.
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    Not sure how you can call giving 30M to a guy who is probably only going to see about 150 innings in his Cub tenure as a good signing.
  19. Tryptamine
    If they sign Flaherty as well they're going to have almost nothing to address the bullpen and bench.
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    Frankly I'd be real surprised if another SP came via FA unless Jed is just going to completely ignore the bench/pen.
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    And replace them with who? Who is this great GM who is going to join an organization where they can't even pick their own coach? I'm actually scared Poles is going to end up leaving.
  22. Tryptamine
    It's like Jed can't help himself when it comes to trying to prove he's the smartest guy in the room.
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    No GM worth anything is going to touch this franchise if they can't make their own decisions.
  24. Tryptamine
    For that amount of money he'd better be elite of the elite if he's a pen arm.
  25. Tryptamine
    That's crazy optimistic on offense and defense
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