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Josh Bell 5/80 Xander Bogaerts 6/180 Carlos Rodon 4/100 Trade Caissie+Hernandez+Canario(might be light, Canario might have to swapped out for a better piece) for Tarik Skubal C: Gomes(With Amaya coming up at some point) 1B: Bell 2B: Madrigal SS: Hoerner 3B: Bogaerts LF: Happ CF: Davis RF: Suzuki Bench: Morel, Wisdom, Ortega, McKinstry, Higgins, Velazquez SP: Rodon, Stroman, Skubal, Steele, Hendricks, Thompson RP: Don't care, but I want to see Leeper+ Estrada get innings I'm a bit torn on what I would do with Keegan in this scenario. You could use him as trade bait, and keeping him in Iowa as the 6th man feels like a waste. Schwindel, Rivas, Bote and Hermosillo can all be fired into the sun.
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Actually kind of love this. 125 wRC+ last year and a 116 the year before.
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Jarlin Susana, the lesser known of the prospects that went in the Soto deal, has apparently already touched 102 MPH at age 18 per a National's FO member. That package they got was really really good.
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The further I get away from the trade deadline, and the more rational my mind starts to become. I wonder if the enormous 40 man crunch really limited the return that Hoyer could take. I know that the pitcher they got from the Yankees needs to be added and that they have a huge amount of people who are going to be Rule 5 eligible. I'm actually going to be surprised if a lot of move aren't made in the offseason to address that 40 man roster crunch, otherwise the Cubs are going to lose a ton of people in the rule 5.
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Minor League Discussion & Boxes, 8-3-22
Tryptamine replied to CaliforniaRaisin's topic in Cubs Minor League Talk
If I remember correctly K% normalizes quite quickly, so we should be at a large enough sample size to confidentially say that there's some type of mechanical change that caused this and we should be optimistic about it going forward. -
I think you're right. Abrams, Hassell and Wood are all guys I could see individually putting up 4+ fWAR year in and year out with upside for substantially more. Jarlin has some mega helium too. I'm honestly kind of shocked they got as much as they did given how quickly this came to fruition and how the Nats didn't have a ton of leverage.
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There's going to be way too many people who take that seriously and start trashing him.
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Was bored and the boss isn't in the office yet so, I looked at production from positions C= 3.1 fWAR (7th) 1B= -.3 fWAR (27th) 2B= .2 fWAR (24th) SS= 2.4 fWAR (10th) 3B= .4 fWAR (25th) LF= 2.7 fWAR (6th) CF= 1.5 fWAR (15th) RF= .8 fWAR (18th) DH= 2.1 fWAR (8th) SP= 4.0 fWAR (26th) RP= 2.1 fWAR (14th) Long story short, please let Matt Mervis be a thing, get Rodon to lead the staff and any of Trea/Correa/Bogaerts to sure up the IF.
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They clearly thing they have the team in place to win. They might if deGrom can stay healthy. From the catcher position this year they have .2 fWAR with a 53 wRC+. Even if it wasn't Contreras, they needed to do something.
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I do believe, at least from the Mets, that they weren't offered anything worth taking. We had already heard Alvarez, Baty, Ramirez, Mauricio and Vientos weren't on the table, but that group also included supposedly included Ziegler, Allan and Hamel. So basically the Mets were making no one worth having available, which is why they got almost nothing done at the deadline.
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Brandon Drury to the Padres. Everyone to the Padres.
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Man are Met fans pissed off at the Cubs right now and I'm kind of enjoying it all. They were so sure they were going to get Contreras+Robertson for Mauricio/Vientos/Allen + Dominic Smith.
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Just like the Yankees trade, it isn't the guy I would have targeted, but I quite like the return. They're clearly targeting pop up guys.
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Supposedly touching 95-98 after TJS and has a plus change.
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Really strong numbers, but I know basically nothing about him Here
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Ben Brown is the return Here Really good numbers
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Brandon Marsh to Philly For O'hoppe( who I really liked) is apparently happening.
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There's no such thing as "irrational" pessimism when it comes to the Cubs. Really don't trust Jed and the GM to get the best possible value. Hoyer honestly did a really good job at the trade deadline last year, but it just really feels like they've backed themselves into a corner here with the number of reported suitors dwindling.
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Irrational pessimism is starting to creep in the closer we get to the deadline
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Anthony Bass too
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The Mets can be as interested as they want, but it doesn't matter if they're prospect hugging.
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Bob Nightengale @BNightengale · Follow The Juan Soto deal is done with the #Padres, and does NOT include Eric Hosmer. 11:49 AM · Aug 2, 2022
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Love Staumont and would happily pick him up.
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Would Bell’s inclusion in some of these rumors indicate that Hosmer is on the move? They aren't going to have anyone left to attach to Hosmer to make it worthwhile.
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God I'd be pissed off if I was a cardinal fan.