Well at least I don't have to watch the 2nd half. Dennis Allen should be replaced and every single resource in this offseason should go to defense. Inexcusably terrible.
It took a nearly historic amount of forced turnovers to hide how ****** this defense is during the regular season. Now that they're drying up, we're left with this horsefeathers show.
We are about 1 month until pitchers and catchers report and, according to ESPN, the #1, #2, #3, #4, #7, #11, #12, #13, etc. free agents are still unsigned.
Yes, god forbid the Cubs start throwing their supposed financial strength around, the one thing that gives them an advantage. Meanwhile MLB is trying to think of more ways to throw as many extra draft picks at the supposedly poor teams as possible
I like trading Taillon for Gallen in that it's also one less hole to fill after this offseason where they're going to have to fill a ton of them. Performance wise, I don't think there's going to be a whole lot of difference though. Trying to replace all of Shota, Boyd, Taillon, Nico, Seiya, Happ and Kelly in 1 offseason is way too big a project.
I'm not really sure I see the point to Eugenio Suarez even if he is available. I definitely don't want his glove at 3B over Shaw and while he can hit, is he going to be significantly better than Mo would be at DH? Despite 49 HRs he only put up a 125 wRC+ which is still quite good but not overwhelmingly amazing. I think there's a pretty good chance Mo puts up a 115-120 wRC+ this year and without the 20+M annually that comes with Suarez.