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  1. Tryptamine
    It's not even January and I'm about done with this 2019 season.
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    Anibal Sanchez to the Nats on a 2/19. After looking like the career might be over, he turned in a super solid 2018 and should be another excellent piece in a dominant Washington staff .
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    That's true, but hearing and seeing Bryce Harper and Eloy Jimenez all over the daily media would be frustrating, especially if the Cubs struggle. Agreed. The Sox farm system is loaded. If Eloy becomes the stud he's projected to become, it'll be painful. I doubt Bryce signs with them though - the league is littered with can't miss prospects. I'm not so sure it really is. Eloy is the only potential star in the mix. Kopech and Cease are both more likely to end up pen arms then starters. Moncada is putting up Russell numbers without the defense and position.
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    I'm curious how it is a worse squad. The only person on offense who should decline based on age would be Zobrist. Rotation is nominally stronger with the addition of Hamels. I was thinking more along the lines of the pen being worse. Morrow is already injured and should Darvish not be ready for opening day then you lose Montgomery as well. The pen gets gross real fast.
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    I'll side with Theo until proven wrong, but man it would look bad that with all this MLB talent hitting the back half of their team control and all these new revenue streams that the Cubs will be arguably sending a worse squad out opening day 2019 then they have the last 2 to 3 years.
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    Too injury prone to lead a rotation.
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    If I remember correctly, Bystro over on PSD said the Cubs really hated his attitude and wanted nothing to do with him.
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    5M bonus for a guy most see as 4th OFer with an Almora comp as an upside. Not sure what the bidding war was all about.
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    If we're dealing with the Dbacks I want Taylor Widener coming back some how.
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    Assuming starting point after arbitration is 206M and 246M is the point at which draft picks start being penalized, I'd do the following. Trade Almora+Chatwood for salary relief (-13M in 2019) Trade Caratini+Kintzler for salary relief (-5.5M) Trade Happ+Montomery+Hatch to Colorado for J.Gray (0, 3 years left) Trade Duensing +1M to ARI for Jarrod Dyson (+1M, one year left on Dyson) Trade Monasterio+Little to SF for W.Smith(+3.5M, only one year left under contract)) Sign Harper for 10/300 (+30M) Sign R.Rivera for 1/2.5M (+2.5M) Sign Z.Britton 3/36M (+12M) Let Rangers buyout Hamels' option (0M) C:Contreras 1B:Rizzo 2B:Zobrist SS:Baez 3B:Bryant LF:Schwarber CF:Heyward RF:Harper Bench:Bote,Lastella,Rivera,Dyson SP:Lester,Hendricks,Darvish,Gray,Quintana RP:Britton,Morrow,Strop,Edwards,Cishek,Smyly,Smith Gives the Cubs a bullpen of death, another SP with huge upside who's also young, another impact bat, but they certainly do lose depth. This also leaves just under 10M to make any other moves. I don't think Jose Iglesias is the worst option.
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    Very much so. There was that bat throwing incident where he intended to swing and let go of the bat to launch it at the pitcher but instead held on too long and chucked it at Josh Donaldson
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    Now if we can only figure how the Astros managed to lead every level of the minors in strikeouts, in most cases by huge amounts.
  13. Tryptamine
    Jon Gray is my #1 target Archie Bradley Whit Merrifield
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    Davis needs his walking papers like right now. This offense has done nothing but get worse and worse under him. I can't wait to see this team get absolutely roasted by the media, especially Maddon, but he's going to come back as usual with no real answers. Welcome to the hot seat in 2019 Joe.
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    Hey now, if you combine all 3 PAs, they collectively might have gotten the ball out of the infield. Maybe.
  16. Tryptamine
    Nice ABs Baez and Rizzo
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    This is where the Cubs really stick the knife in. Now suddenly the relievers will start getting people out, but they wont sniff a run in the next few innings.
  18. Tryptamine
    Was there any horsefeathering doubt. Good bye Cubs, see you in 2019.
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    It's amazing to see an entire team collectively piss down their own leg.
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    I've pretty much given up on Carl ever realizing his potential as an elite closer, at this point point I'm instead wondering if I trust him on the playoff roster in a tight game.
  21. Tryptamine
    When the Brewers take the division, does that pretty much wrap up Yelich as MVP now? I don't see how you can give it to Baez if that happens.
  22. Tryptamine
    Thankfully for Archer, the Cubs are equally inept at scoring runs. It's been a joy watching this offensive behemoth slug its way to mediocrity.
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    I just don't get how outside of Baez and Zobrist, just about every single player fails to meet expectations offensively. Not a single player benefits from the HR explosion over the last couple years and now were about 2 or 3 games from being ranked 12th in runs scored.
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    Down to 8th in MLB for runs scored, just 5 runs away from 13th, or pretty much just an average offense. Combine that with the 1st half SP struggles and half the bullpen being hurt or incredibly over worked and it's surprising they're still on the pace they are.
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    I really find it strange that the Cubs were like the only team who have gained absolutely nothing from this sudden HR explosion in baseball. If anything, our guys are hitting fewer HRs now, while Albies has already hit 6 more HR this year then he did in in entire Milb career spanning 4 years.
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