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  1. Tryptamine
    Can the Cubs refuse to play them? It seems ridiculous to make them put their health and season on the line. Especially with more positives likely coming in the next few days.
  2. Tryptamine
    Recent pictures of him are pretty shocking at how thin and weathered he has become. I think there's something very bad happening with him outside of baseball.
  3. Tryptamine
    That's a possible outcome. It's also a way to not end up trading Kris Bryant for some other contender's spare pre-injured arms and A ballers because of some offseason press so there's that I would love some dream scenario where some team inexplicably gives up a player that is basically as good as Bryant, under control longer and is cheaper, but it's not happening. I like Bryant as much as anyone, but you need to be realistic in what his value is. Also, enough with the injured arm stuff. Damn near every pitcher by 25 has injured their arm to some degree.
  4. Tryptamine
    Well yeah, that should be the case when entertaining the idea of trading a possible future HOFer in his prime And that asking price is how you end up with nothing but a draft pick after wasting his value on two years of a very marginal baseball team.
  5. Tryptamine
    Tatis carries far more value than Bryant by himself. You're asking for ridiculous packages.
  6. Tryptamine
    Why not? There's a substantial amount of hype around him this year as a prime breakout candidate. Outside of Paddack and Tatis, who certainly wouldn't be available, he's the most valuable mlb trade piece they have. Lamet,munoz and Campusano would be a really nice haul and likely more than they will get in reality.
  7. Tryptamine
    I understand hurting your arm/shoulder while pitching, because it's not a natural movement, but damn Morrow gets hurt just existing.
  8. Tryptamine
    Between the new channel and doing absolutely nothing the last two offseasons, it's been a very long time since I've cared so little about the up and coming season.
  9. Tryptamine
    I'd prefer to avoid a Machado situation where the Orioles got mostly nothing because they wasted too much of his control.
  10. Tryptamine
    His LD, Flyball and hard contact rates all jumped over his career numbers during that period and GB rate dropped below his career numbers too. Also appears he took 4 games off the week before. So maybe he finally felt healthy and/or tweaked something and it clicked. He did make swing changes which is what I mentioned very early in the offseason. At the least he should be a desirable platoon bat with a chance at a bit more.
  11. Tryptamine
    Worst case scenario for me. You don't maximize Bryant, Contreras, etc trade value , instead pretending that an 84 win team that has only gotten worse is a WS contender. Either add to the team or capitalize on your asset's value, don't run out mediocrity hoping that various things break right.
  12. Tryptamine
    For one year? Absolutely not.
  13. Tryptamine
    There is an enormous gulf between Paddack and Quantrill in value. I very much doubt Paddack is available. Quantrill, Lucchesi, Strahm, etc sure.
  14. Tryptamine
    I still think they're in on Bryant. They added a 110 OPS+ bat in Ozuna, but lost a 132 in Donaldson. They need to do more.
  15. Tryptamine
    In any trade with Arizona Corbin Carroll is a must have for me. Already a top 50 guy in my eyes and a good chance to work into the top 20.
  16. Tryptamine
    That glimmer of hope was fun for the short time it lasted. Now to continue watching nothing happen for the rest of the offseason.
  17. Tryptamine
    The Rays also got back a very underrated Randy Arozarena, who has ML ready CF potential to go with a well rounded high OBP bat in the minors. He came up and made some loud contact at the ML level to close the season. Liberatore's a quality SP prospect but years away after a non-dominant A ball season that included a back injury. If anything I'd count more on whoever the Cubs trade getting elevated while alot of the Lindor headlines will rehash/reignite the two year window talk You're clearly much higher on him than I am. For me he's a likely 4th OFer with an upside of David DeJesus.
  18. Tryptamine
    I really don't think Canning is even remotely realistic as I'd say he's the odds on favorite to put up better numbers this year while being cheaper and with much more control.
  19. Tryptamine
    Would it though? The feedback from the Bryant trade rumors is that even superstars with "just" two years of control aren't super valued right now for totally legit reasons Perhaps, but we also just saw a high upside young arm get moved for a DH with average at best power
  20. Tryptamine
    Would take substantially more prospect capital and I doubt they're ready to empty the farm again
  21. Tryptamine
    JMart,Arozarena, Comp A for Liberatore,Comp B and a low level catcher. I don't get it at all. TB has a DH in Shogo and that's ignoring Martinez just isn't very good
  22. Tryptamine
    Based on how I was around 20k in line last year and contacted this year, I don't think there's going to be much of a wait this time around.
  23. Tryptamine
    With the Orioles signing Iglesias, the Cubs are now one of 3 teams to not give out a guaranteed contract this offseason.
  24. Tryptamine
    This offensive line is getting torched by Minnesota's backup linemen. They pretty much have to take an OL in the 2nd round.
  25. Tryptamine
    A team that went into the year mentioned among the Superbowl favorites is now struggling to handle Minnesota's reserves. I can't even take solace in them getting a better draft pick.
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