Tryptamine
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I did have a fear earlier in the offseason when we found out the Cubs basically weren't even really in on Ohtani or Yamamoto, but I didn't think it would actually come to fruition. That fear was that Counsell wasn't the splash move we thought it was. In fact it was actually an incredibly cheap move. Why throw hundreds of millions of dollars on a player(s) to energize the fan base, when you can instead only throw 30M at a manger that will energize the meatballs just as much?
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Apparently buying up half of Wrigleyville and having Marquee is not enough income to exceed the cap, which is so laughably disgusting. Just another reason I have no idea why you people give that ghoul even a dollar of your money. The worst part is we're probably stuck with this jackass for the next few decades.
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If more people started taking this stance, I'd be out of a job.
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I can't even muster the energy to do more than sigh at this point.
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I'm baffled as to why you'd give your money to the Ricketts.
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Embrace the mediocrity
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PCA and Busch are unproven. Tachuman is very likely to regress and even if they sign Bellinger, he is very unlikely to put up another 134 wRC+.
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At this point I think it's more unlikely than it is likely.
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Soto isn't happening. Alonso shouldn't happen, especially if he's getting anywhere near the length of contract he wants and I severely doubt Bregman happens either both for financial and Matt Shaw related reasons.
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The same reason I don't watch the Bulls, I'm not interested in a team that's trying to do the least possible things to just possibly barely sneak into the playoffs. Jed had every opportunity to grasp the division and instead choose this. Why should I be excited, by what so far, has been a failure of an offseason? This isn't like watching the 2015 Cubs where there were minimal expectations and watching the rookies was the only thing you had. This is a team that barely missed the playoffs last year and yet they choose to do almost nothing to the point it's arguable that the team is even as good as it was last year. They had prospect capital and they had money, they choose to not fully utilize either to upgrade last year's squad.
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If the season started today, I'd watch about 5 games this season.
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A December signing and still waiting out the market 1/3 of the way through February are 2 vastly different things.
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I mean, isn't it sad that we basically know going into near year's FA that, despite the inevitable million rumors, the Cubs aren't going to land Soto? I imagine it will be the same case with Sasaki. I'm going to hold out hope on Murakami because the more I watch the bigger fan boy I become, even though I know it's tremendously unlikely.
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Based on how he continually waits out everyone else. He was aggressive on Bellinger in 2023, but it was a 1 year deal so there really wasn't much downside. I've yet to see him really be like, this is my guy and I'm going to get him, if I have to overpay a bit so be it.
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I don't recall saying this year. I mean going forward.
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Of course not, and perhaps Dansby actually was the highest rated SS on the Cub's board(we'll never know) but Jed did wait until all the others had signed before he swooped in which is pretty much his MO at this point. Let everyone else get the first bite and then grab what's left. In this case, it definitely worked out in Chicago's favor.
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Does anyone care about the Bulls season enough to discuss?
Tryptamine replied to UMFan83's topic in Other Sports
Reinsdorf has to thank god everyday he was able to stumble onto Michael Jordan. Without that happening, he may go down as one of the worst professional sports owners in history. -
As long as they don't Greg Louganis themself on the edge.
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FA isn't over and all the usual caveats, but I really do have severe doubts that Hoyer is ever going to be the guy to take this team from decent/pretty good to a team that is ever going to challenge for the best record in the NL, not unless he manages to put together a historically great farm. He just completely lacks any sense of urgency or aggressiveness. He's far too content with letting the chips fall as they may and picking up the value signings.
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I assume you mean Fields for #36, because the rest of that is pretty feasible.
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Barring a major trade, it couldn't be salvaged. Could they sneak into the playoffs because of being in the 2nd worst division in baseball? Sure, but I think this team is maybe as good as last year, certainly no better as things stand and there's going to be a lot of pressure on a lot of unknown commodities in Busch/PCA/Imanga.
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I'd love that and with that #36, assuming the Bears take Nabers/Odunze at 9, you grab one of Kamren Kinchens, Tyler Nubin, Chop Robinson or Jackson Powers-Johnson. That would have me super hyped to start this draft.
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Yup, a lot of new names shooting up the boards. For many months it's been which of Fashanu/Alt will be the first OL to go, now it might be neither. I've seen mocks with Taliese Fuaga going before both.
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I'm seeing Nabors and Odunze gone by #9 in more and more mocks. If that happens I guess that would leave them with the options of 1) Bowers 2) Fashanu/Alt 3) Turner/Latu 4) Trade back and honestly unless they're grabbing Bowers, I probably trade back to like #15. You could still get a good OL there like Latham/Fashanu/Mims. There's also a decent chance one of Verse/Latu/Turner are there. The problem is that there isn't a WR that's worth reaching for at this point. Brian Thomas is more an early 20s picks in my eyes.
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He's #2 on my center list. Jackson Powers-Johnson is definitely the guy to get, but you're going to have to be comfortable drafting him in the middle of the 2nd which is quite high for a center.
