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  1. Tryptamine
    Man I came in here for the PCA double dong celebration and instead I get this horsefeathers.
  2. Tryptamine
    Part of me thinks Gallagher would be the ask knowing Baltimore's needs. I'm not sure I'm entirely ok with that, but that probably means it's reasonable.
  3. Tryptamine
    I think I'm kind of all in on Charlie Morton. I definitely don't want him as the only pitcher the Cubs get, but if they're grabbing a 2nd pitcher who is a low cost rental, he's kind of ideal. I don't know what happened to him after his incredibly rough start but since May 10, he has been absolutely killing it. Since May 10, not including today's 6IP 4H 1ER 3 BB 4K win over the Mets 45.2IP 2.76ERA 2.73 FIP 3.15 xFIP 11.04 K/9 2.56 BB/9
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    This is kind of what I was alluding to. Like @Outshined_One mentioned, the vast majority of Aloy's profile fits what the Cubs like. Exit velocity, success in the cape with wood bats, etc. The significant swing and miss issues are a bit unusual, but outside of that he has a lot of the traits the Cubs typically like. However, by 17 there's likely a number of unexpected if not borderline crazy things that will happen. A team might pop Laviolette early tempted by the power, a top 10 might pop Gage Wood and his upside while trying to get some slot savings. The mocks almost feel more like prospect rankings than any kind of actual mock.
  5. Tryptamine
    I can't recall a draft recently where so many people were all in the Cubs with the same pick, and the closer we get to draft day the number continues to increase. The FO deserves the benefit of the doubt if they go this way, but Aloy really isn't my preference.
  6. Tryptamine
    The Cubs certainly do love guys who don't miss a lot of bats. It's really bizarre. SP: 7.63 K/9 (23rd) RP: 7.40 K/9 (30th) Overall: 7.53 K/9 (27th) Giolito this year 7.96 K/9.
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    I looked around and didn't see anything for trades made by other teams, but we have our first kind of notable trade of the deadline. Orioles Trade RP Bryan Baker to the Rays for the 37th overall draft pick. Baker was having a really nice season until he got torched in his last outing. He had a 2.58 ERA 3.27 FIP 2.70 xFIP before getting shellacked for 4 hits and 4 ER on 2 HRs without getting anyone out. He currently sits at a 3.52 ERA 3.95 FIP 2.78 xFIP to go with 11.5 K/9 and 2.11 BB/9. He's under control through 2028. The trade gives the Orioles nearly 20M in draft capital and 6 picks in the first 60.
  8. Tryptamine
    Ryan or Cabrera would be slam dunks. Pair them up with a rental like Kelly or Lugo and this rotation suddenly looks very strong.
  9. Tryptamine
    Happ still has a 105 wRC+ this year, it's not like he's Mancini a few years ago. He might seriously be the most underappreciated Cub in recent history. A pretty solid bet he finishes his career with 25 fWAR which is a really nice career.
  10. Tryptamine
    Still a hard no thanks if the asking price is even in the same universe as some of the rumored ones. At some point the results have to actually show up. If the Marlins just want to cash in their chips and Alcantara+ someone in the 11-20 range get it done sure, but I have less than zero interest in movie the top guys let alone multiple top guys.
  11. Tryptamine
    I didn't care about losing Paredes or Wesneski but man was I bummed when the prospect was Cam. He was one of very few, if any, Cub prospects who had franchise player upside. I remember really hoping it was like Alcantara/Caissie. Man is that deal probably going to look bad if they can't keep Tucker around.
  12. Tryptamine
    I'll believe it when I see it from the franchise that is #3 in revenue but has had 20 teams give a larger contract than any Cub has ever signed. They were 2 million away from being 22nd including such high spending teams as the Rays, Brewers, Royals, Twins, Marlins, Reds and Rockies. edit: It's laughably pathetic that the White Sox have never given out a contract above 75M. That's the 2nd lowest in baseball behind only Oakland(67M).
  13. Tryptamine
    I'm happy to see him finally utilizing more of that raw power, but I'm still going to refrain from getting too hyped up until I start seeing that K% approaching 25. Not very many bats can succeed at 30% k rate. Right now the the closest players you're going to find are Riley Greene, Kyle Stowers and Eugenio Suarez.
  14. Tryptamine
    There's not even bias involved in something that absurdly ridiculous. That's straight up something a homer on an espn message board 10 years ago would have posted.
  15. Tryptamine
    I'd deal Caissie for Cabrera, just not Wiggins. They only have Taillon for one more year and there's a good deal of uncertainty surrounding Steele. I feel confident Horton will iron things, but he's not quite there yet too. Also, the thought of a Steele/Shota/Cabrera/Horton/WIggins rotation makes me feel immoral things.
  16. Tryptamine
    It's not even about AAA, I just want a low pressure situation where he can really engrain the changes made. Maybe I'm wrong, but that has got to be so much harder in the majors with the pressure and the media, etc.
  17. Tryptamine
    If the Cubs weren't so desperate for help at 3B, I firmly believe Shaw should be in the minors working out the kinks on all of these changes and get some muscle memory on them before he has to do it in the middle of a playoff race, but that's not going to happen so the ASB is probably the best chance he's going to get.
  18. Tryptamine
    Fair enough, but there hasn't been a player reasonably mentioned to the Cubs yet that I'd part with Wiggins for. There's definitely guys out there, but none of the ones with any type of legitimate rumors attached to them.
  19. Tryptamine
    True enough, but did anyone reasonably think he'd have a unicorn skill set? The guys I consider the boring ones were guys like Schnauel in 2023 who has admittedly been ok so far. Then in 2022 it was a guy like Jacob Berry who turned out not to be so safe after all.
  20. Tryptamine
    Why Ford? Yeah he's a really good prospect, but the Cubs have Kelly signed through '26 with a mutual option for '27 but mutual options are never picked up. They also have Amaya who seems like a legitimate above average starter behind the plate. Also insert generic comment about 3 team trade.
  21. Tryptamine
    Looking back at 2023 and man that has the potential to be a really good draft. Although the bat is currently struggling, Shaw looks very promising. Wiggins is Chicago's top pitching prospect and might sneak into some top 50s. Jonathan Long has looked like he might be a legitimate first division starter. Zyhir hope is killing it for the Dodgers and Ty Johnson is rocketing up boards in Tampa. That's even ignoring lesser heralded guys like Will Sanders who likely see the majors in the near future.
  22. Tryptamine
    Really surprised there hasn't been a single move yet across the league that wasn't basically waiver wire fodder for organizational depth. I know we still have 23 days until the deadline, but I still can't believe not even a mid tier trade has happened yet.
  23. Tryptamine
    First off, is that gun hot or is Wicks hitting 96 now? Also, outside of the first couple hitters he faced, he looked really good.
  24. Tryptamine
    Wicks doing a lot of pitching up in the zone, don't think that's a recipe for success with him
  25. Tryptamine
    It's a damn shame Keller imploded yesterday. They win that game too and the Cardinals are more or less buried.
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