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  1. Tryptamine
    I keep hearing the same thing over and over following Waldron's firing. The Bears kept running plays designed for veteran QBs, not a rookie QB getting his feet wet in the NFL. Let him succeed on the basic plays then once he has success open it up to the next tier of plays.
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    At least there's zero reason to have any offseason hype
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    They bring in 2 extra blockers and the pocket still instantly collapses
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    Stevenson is not good
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    You asked why they would, I gave you a reason that they potentially would even if they have ultimately decided not to.
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    From a BR article, so it's nothing more than speculation, but I'd pull the trigger. I'm not terribly high on Rojas and I think Caissie is pretty expendable.
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    I'm in the minority, but I'd deal him before Alcantara whom everyone seems ready to ship out of town. WSox and Mariners definitely make sense.
  8. Tryptamine
    Because it's very unlikely a guy with his profile posts another year with a .362 babip and it would be selling high.
  9. Tryptamine
    Caleb obviously loves the hurry up offense and he seems to thrive in it. The problem with max protect is that you're basically completely writing Kmet out of the game plan then.
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    With Hoyer, whatever you think is realistic, drop it down at least one more tier and that's where he's going to be. My guess is he's going to end up shopping in the Sean Manaea/Yusei Kikuchi/Luis Severino tier. At catcher, rather than Danny Jansen, you're looking more at Carson Kelly.
  11. Tryptamine
    Why are we spending 30M to push a 3B averaging 3.4 fWAR over the last 3 years into a utility position?
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    Not at the cost of basically using Moore as a distraction.
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    There is a very real chance the Bears could end up only having 4 games this season that were against teams who finished below .500(TEN/JAX/NE/CAR)
  14. Tryptamine
    Because it's based on him being the 1st read. That means the coach is calling the plays for Keenan.
  15. Tryptamine
    It has been a reoccurring theme.
  16. Tryptamine
    I missed that. It's so weird to have an out of conference game that late in the year.
  17. Tryptamine
    I didn't realize how brutal UofI's out of conference schedule is. They've got #2 Alabama, #12 Tennessee and #16 Arkansas. For a team with basically 1 returning player, that's going to be rough.
  18. Tryptamine
    This isn't even hyperbole, but Reinsdorf may own the 2 most dysfunctional US sports teams. The Bulls are 3+ years from competing even assuming they could actually draft. The White Sox are probably close to half a decade from competing as well. There's just nothing to be optimistic about in either organization.
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    So more or less the expected route of address catcher, but nothing else on offense other than perhaps a platoon bat.
  20. Tryptamine
    I know he wasn't even seeing the field, but essentially giving Herbert away certainly is a thing. I know he can't block for horsefeathers, but he was still a good backup RB.
  21. Tryptamine
    If I were to guess, not based on my preferences, but Jed's, I think this is the most likely scenario.
  22. Tryptamine
    Bulls give Utah their first win of the year. Terry and Buzelis combine for 22 Minutes 2-6 FG 0-2 3PT 3 REB 4 AST 1 BLK 4 PTS
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    Certainly out on Teoscar, probably out on Santander. The reason Alonso has some appeal to me is he has that kind of pop where even if Wrigley was super pitcher friendly again, it wouldn't matter for Alonso. The only megabat out there is Soto and I think we all know it's not going to happen, but Alonso as a DH who can fill in at 1B if Busch struggles or needs a break. If they start going 6 or 7 years at 25 a year, I'm hard out. Even 5/150 makes me pause because I think he's going to age like Adam Dunn, but he's the best of the possible bat for the Cub needs.
  24. Tryptamine
    So, now that we know Cody is back, I'm kind of baffled as to what to do to address the offense in 2025. I know someone will say between platoons and injuries and whatever you could still bring in a big bat they'd see 400+PA, but I also don't believe there's a big bat out there who is going to sign here unless they're an every day player getting 550-600 PAs. So I guess I'll run with this scenario where Cody becomes the guy who covers CF one day, RF the next, 1B the day after, etc. etc. He's the CF insurance in case PCA sucks, he's the RF insurance in case Seiya gets his annual oblique issue and he's the 1B insurance in case Busch is 2nd half Busch instead of 1st half. So that means you have room in either RF or DH depending on where you want Seiya to be everyday. If you're ok with Seiya in RF Alonso at 5/125 sounds pretty good as a DH, Santander could be a DH option and even kind of fake it in RF. I don't think either is likely and that the limits of the offensive upgrades will come via catcher, but it's possible I suppose.
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    Holy horsefeathers Wily Adames getting 30M a year? Feeling not bad about Dansby right now. Flaherty for 4/88 sounds pretty good. Robertson at 1/10 is a damn steal. IF Santander is getting 5/100 and Alonso is getting 5/125 I think that's an incredibly simple decision even if I'm one of the lowest people on Alonso.
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