After what Baltimore gave up for Baz, I think any notion of getting Gore for a reasonable price is gone. My guess is it takes 3 top 10, 2 of them top 5 in the farm. One of them almost certainly Wiggins. It's going to hurt, a lot.
I don't think the Cubs got offered that price. I think King was disappointed in his market and took the deal he did because of opt outs after year 1 and year 2 so he could try and establish his health and get that 4 or 5 year deal he wanted. I don't believe the Cubs would have given him an opt out after 2026, not with the half dozen other players headed to FA after this season.
Given the cost of Shane Baz, we're all gonna be pretty unhappy with the price. I'm not saying don't do it, but the cost is going to be higher, likely a good bit higher than we anticipate.
Perhaps I'm wrong, but I thought the Bears were willing to fund the stadium, but they wanted something like 870 million from the state for infrastructure like train/buses/etc. It's still a stupid investment Illinois would never see a positive ROI on.
Christmas is a lover's holiday in Japan like Valentine's day here. Why they're obsessed with KFC on Christmas, I couldn't tell you though. New Year's is the big holiday in Japan.
You think they're going to leave the 3rd largest city in America without a team, a team which has been around from the very beginning and is as storied a franchise as there is? I think there's about zero chance of that. The closest they've ever come to that was the Raiders, but LA already had the Rams and had a local team in San Diego that they could just fill in for the moving Raiders.
Let's say the Bears are serious about moving to Indiana and Indiana wants them. Guess what, it still doesn't matter because the NFL will never OK the Bears leaving Chicago.
Alcantara is your back up CF right now. Caissie probably covers RF once Seiya leaves after this season. So sadly it's probably Ballesteros as the odd man out and he's the the one I'd least want to trade.