Not when that player is only under contract for a couple more months and can be used to immediately fill a hole in the rotation for the next 6 to 7 years.
and yet here we are more than half of the way into this season 5.5gb and closer to last place in the division than 1st place. They just haven't shown any signs of waking up at all.
If say the Cubs are 7 or 8 back at the deadline and they forego moving Davis for MLB ready arms like Fedde or Chance Adams or slightly further away but high upside guys like Franklin Perez then that will be a shortsighted mistake because I'm at the point where I think odds are against this team figuring out anything this year.
If they want to pick up that contract and throw the Zagunis/Hatch/Candelario's of the farm then fine, whatever. However if they end up picking up that contract and dealing any of Eloy,Happ,Cease then that's going to be near impossible to justify to me.
First time I've really thought that it was unlikely the Cubs would be in the playoffs. Up until now it was they'll get it together eventually, but we're at a point where we pretty much are what we are unless something big happens.
That Yadier Molina extension still absolutely blows my mind. You have the #1 catching prospect in the game in your organization, he's basically MLB ready, but instead you give your nearly 35 year old catcher a 3/60 extension. I also enjoy their absolute refusal to use someone who is actually capable of playing SS.
It's getting frustrating. Every time I start to think they're gonna have a nice long run in them they have a game like this and undo all the positives vibes that were building up.
I wonder if Jake is still going to foolishly pursue 7/200 or if his 3/4 of a year being not so good would scare him into accepting a much more realistic 4/90 or 5/115 deal.
The sad part is Baltimore has absolutely nothing in the minors for pitching. Hunter Harvey who hasn't even totaled 5IP in the last couple years is still very likely their #1 pitching prospect and Cody Sedlock, their 1st rounder from last year, is not exactly thriving at A+. If they chose to keep Machado through 2018 that is going to be one hell of a long rebuild for Baltimore.
Not ranked by MLB.com. I'll take it! Yeah I like the write up quite a bit, the only thing he lacks is patience and that seems to be one of the stronger points of the Cub farm's teachings.
Maybe I'm seeing something where there is nothing, but Theoyer is making it seem they're pretty desperate to get some quick moving arms into the system. Does this mean they're not going to be in on the FA pitchers this year and next?