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I dont remember the exact details but if I remember right Theo preferred Verlander (PTR just didnt want to pay the remaining contract for Verlander). The kick in the nuts is not only does Verlander potentially give the Cubs enough to get into another World Series. He reportedly wasnt going to cost them much in prospects. Couldve kept Eloy or moved him for another good piece.

Yeah since 15 third most wins in baseball. Same amount LCS appearances as the Yankees. Actually won a World Series which NY & LA (as of this week) havent won. Nobody has dynastied & won 2 titles during this stretch. Goes to show how important 2016 was. Great organizations like LA, NY, and CLE are still shutout of rings during this stretch. It sucks the waves and waves & dynasty didnt happen but hard to give Theo anything but an A for this stretch of consistent good with a few years of great baseball.

The draft capital can always bust.. even before they make the majors. What is weird to me is they were sucha damn good offense from 2015 to 2017, coupled with Baez, Happ & Contreras becoming much better hitters since then (minus the 2020 eight week season) you would think the offense would be a juggernaut or at the very least pretty good.

Sad hes been banged up and not the year in year out monster that we expected. I would still see if we can sign him longterm south of 200m because he has never had a terrible career changing injuries. The nagging injuries KB has had seem to he more bad luck than body breaking down.

I dont necessarily miss Eloy or Cease a ton but regret we could have potentially flipped those 2 for Degrom the next season. I think its obvious we wouldve been better off with Verlander who reportedly wouldnt have even cost Eloy & Cease (just was owed 90m I think). Then either kept Eloy and Cease or tried to flip.them for ideally someone better than Quintana the next season.

Contract the Marlins & Cardinals

luck Dodgers seem to have a good handle on it as well. I will say this I bet the Venn Diagram of scouts, coaches, players, and FO that dont believe in analytics & sabermetrics would overlap pretty well with the population that doesnt believe in masks & think Covid is a hoax. No surprise that a Friedman or Epstein led franchise would take this seriously.

Yeah not a great starter but I could see his (previous stuff) playing up as a reliever splendidly. He wouldve hit triple digits out of the pen regularly. The big if is if that stuff will ever be back and why he looks 20 to 30 pounds lighter in a frail way. I saw someone asked on Braves subreddit about how he looked in Spring Training volume 1 in March & nobody seemed to remember (granted that does seem like 10 years ago).

Sadly, it's not surprising at this point. It's ridiculous how horsefeathering bad the FO is at this. Didnt we have a pretty dominant bullpen from 15 to 18? I think one year they were looking really good and got hit with a slew of injuries which led to a few blown games (maybe 18?).

The offense and starting pitching might be for real. Is there any relievers already expected to be available on the trade block before the deadline (provided the season isnt cancelled)?

It seemed like he was going to the rosin/dirt after every pitch, and it looked real sticky there last night, but not sure how much he normally goes to it. His mechanics looked terrible yesterday too. Definitely a factor with the quick summer camp.

Reminds me of a former baseball player coming into a restaurant I worked at back when the Cubs were potentially looking at Dave Martinez as a manager. I think this is when they got Sveum. Former player tells his waiter the Cubs are looking at Martinez. Waiter replies do you think the Cubs would actually bring him in when he supposedly banged Sandbergs wife. Former player responds.. if the MLB was only hiring coaches that hadnt banged Sandbergs wife they couldnt fill a coaching staff around baseball.

So the Astros get a C+ this decade as well? Their losing was even more horrendous. I can take rebuids if they give 5 year stretches like the most recent, the problem is they should not need to rebuild this core already. just a reminder the Cubs are 817-803 under Ricketts. They cut costs and corners for 5 years to do a rebuild that resulted in 4 legitimately successful seasons. That's an unacceptable ratio, especially when you factor in their dominant financial stance in their division. I agree if its back to a rebuild that quickly. Im more pointiny to the Theo/Hoyer regime and I am quite fine with their approach ti the 2012-14 Cubs and how this core has done. Back to a rebuild so quick without the core even getting out of their rookie contracta will be utter [expletive] though.

They've been in charge more than 5 years. Their actual average is 84-win baseball. Which, given their financial advantages, I think a C+ is plenty generous. So the Astros get a C+ this decade as well? Their losing was even more horrendous. I can take rebuids if they give 5 year stretches like the most recent, the problem is they should not need to rebuild this core already.

categorizing 2015, 16, 17, and 18 all as "mission accomplished" doesn't exactly make things look a whole lot worse. and the WS isn't entirely irrelevant insofar as it was ostensibly (at least partially) a result of being good enough to make it in over and over...even if it was in year 2 of that stretch. Three years of tanking, four years of making it, back to mediocrity. With their payroll advantages, that’s like a C+ 5 years of 94 win baseball, 4 years in the crapshoot and winning the crapshoot is a C+? Im extemely happy with the last 5 years... where ill be pissed is if they cant resign most or the core after their rookie deals. The tank and the years of cost-controlled assets were supposedly savings designed to allow us to flex our muscle when it came time to pay these guys.