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  1. Tryptamine
    Wont matter, Cub fans are stupid. Do you not recall them chanting Trey Mancini's name last year?
  2. Tryptamine
    I wonder how many years it has been since the Cubs have gone this far into the offseason without making a major league contract deal?
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    As I've said before, I think he's significantly better at sensing pocket pressure than Fields is. I think he's a better short passer than Fields. I think he throws a worse deep ball and he definitely doesn't have the athleticism and build of Fields, though he's by no means slow. I think there's a better than average shot he's a superior QB to Fields. My question is, by how much? I don't think he's at all this generational talent or must have 1.1 QB some people are making him out to be. If we're talking strictly based on talent, I'm not sure he's top 3 in this class. If they take him, I get it, but it's just not the direction I'd go with things unless Fields faceplants over the next 4 games and, with Cleveland up next, that is a distinct possibility.
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    I have a hard time believing a guy like Jed, who has clearly put a high value on defense, is going to let Morel play 3B.
  5. Tryptamine
    210ish I thought
  6. Tryptamine
    I'll believe they're going to roll with a 240-250M payroll when I see it.
  7. Tryptamine
    This is why I've been playing the Eyeore about this offseason from the beginning. Ricketts wont spend like a major market and Jed is happy to try and prove himself to be the smartest guy in the room rather than take the talent that is available.
  8. Tryptamine
    I wonder what it's like to have a team actively try to win rather than, with the help of some positive variance, sneak into the playoffs and catch fire at exactly the right time.
  9. Tryptamine
    Is anyone sure Jed is actually alive?
  10. Tryptamine
    Ah Fred, he was always good for the so and so player has an .877 OPS on Tuesdays, in day games, when facing left handed pitchers and the temperature is below 75°.
  11. Tryptamine
    Well, with Arizona sitting at #3 currently, there's not much room to trade back if MHJ is your guy. I mean you could try and bluff NE into thinking you're willing to trade past Arizona and bypass MHJ I suppose.
  12. Tryptamine
    I think the depressing part, for me, is not that I don't think Jed can and likely will put out a competitive team in 2024, but that I don't think he can put together a really exciting team unless there's names we don't know yet. They could reasonably put a team together with 87-88 win projections who might exceed that and put up 91-92 wins, but I don't see this team approaching the levels of the upper tier squads and I'm not sure that's going to change much in 2025 either. It's a team where even with a solid offseason, you're going to be by far the weakest likely NL division winner and in the NL East/West they might be projected to finish third. Going into the season being projected as maybe the 5th or 6th best team in the NL is just kind of ok.
  13. Tryptamine
    Random thought, but I think there's about a 0% chance Khalil Herbert is a Bear next year. They've finally realized his blocking is far too awful to put him out there. He only had 6 carries against the Vikings and on Sunday and he only had 3 against the Lions. Whether it comes via trade or simply being cut, I don't see him being rostered next year. Roschon is going to be your guy and I wouldn't be at all surprised if they re-sign Foreman on a 1 year deal.
  14. Tryptamine
    Kyle Pitts is one of the most tragically under utilized talents in the NFL that I can remember. It just blows my mind the level of RB/WR/TE talent they have and the offense is still bad. It's like the perfect nightmare storm of a bad QB and a coach that just refuses to even consider moving off his philosophy to suit the talent he has.
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    Because I'm not convinced there's a huge gap between Maye/Williams and Daniels. Like I said, I'd have to watch Daniels more, but from what I've seen I think it's pretty minimal.
  16. Tryptamine
    He's having severe mental issues right now so much so that he basically was almost entirely out of contact with the Tigers in 2023. I'm worry to say, but his days as a baseball player are probably over.
  17. Tryptamine
    Yes but I think most of us take our miserableness out in the social hidden section.
  18. Tryptamine
    I'm starting to wonder if maybe the best use of assets, if you want a QB, would be take MHJ at #1 move back to around #10-12 with your 2nd pick and take Jayden Daniels. I still haven't seen enough of him to be super well informed, but the reports are very positive. My only instant concern is that he has WRs that are way too good for their competition. So is he getting carried by his WRs, or is he part of the reason they look so good?
  19. Tryptamine
    The Ricketts bought the Cubs?
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    Chicago is a small market after all. We can't compete with those other big cities. Remember when we thought Ricketts was going to be a rockstar owner? Those were good times.
  21. Tryptamine
    Being down a near mvp candidate is enough by itself
  22. Tryptamine
    I am actively cheering against the Chiefs. I've never seen players, coaches and a fanbase cry more over a blatantly obvious penalty being called.
  23. Tryptamine
    Not good for the game and it's going to cost baseball fans.
  24. Tryptamine
    You don't completely ignore it, but more recent games should hold more weight especially if it's a continuing trend. With that said, if he even goes out and puts up an a decent game against Clevand, I'm going to be super impressed. I'm expecting a pretty big disaster.
  25. Tryptamine
    I mentioned that earlier and just imagine if Yamamoto ends up in LA. Good luck pulling any elite talent in Japan away from the Dodgers for the next 15 years. It'd be kind of similar to what WGN did for the Cubs for so long, but on a much grander and more concentrated scale.
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