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  1. Cubswin11
    I want to add at least 1 of (depending on other moves maybe even 2) Smith, Britton, Estevez and Lugo
  2. Cubswin11
    I’ve been a Lugo fan for a few years now and think he’s a fit for the roster if they’re trying to win, but if he’s gonna move fast I wonder how aggressive they will be with all the moving parts of this offseason as a first move.
  3. Cubswin11
    Swanson just isn’t truly an elite player unless you really believe in the defense from this season, the bat is pretty ordinary and average. Just don’t see why we’d spend 9 figures and a draft pick, think there’s far better ways to to use that money to build out a better (or as good team) and not be sunk with a soon to be 30 something ~3 win player for 5-7 years who doesn’t have upside.
  4. Cubswin11
    Swanson shouldn’t be any consideration, imo. Gonna be 29, not a special career slash line .260/.320/.420, 94 career wRC+. Doesn’t steal bases, doesn’t walk really, Ks enough already and those typically trend wrong ways as dudes age, other than this year his defense doesn’t grade great either. He just seems very ordinary and wouldn’t be my big bet. It’s just not a 9 Figure commitment to put ~10% of the payroll on a guy who’s mostly, realistically a 2-3 win dude and closing in on wrong side of the aging curve, imo. There isn’t another 6+ win season in him, imo, unless the defense stays like this (which there’s no proof it will).
  5. Cubswin11
    In a vacuum I'd be pretty happy with Kiermaier + Abreu, but that's a big chunk of the likely available $ so you'd be jeopardizing some other significant addition or needing it to come via trade(e.g. Lopez instead of Senga). Kiermaier and Abreu can’t take more than ~$30 mil on the AAV side and overall commitment can’t be more than ~$50-60ish. If that’s a big chunk of our money, with where we stand then idk what we’re even doing here.
  6. Cubswin11
    No interest in Nimmo with his history if he’s taking a 9 figure deal/costing a pick. But with everything else, early as can be in the offseason and everyone is getting their talking/negotiation points out there so who knows what’s real or not. Also that Full Count Tommy guy is kinda an idiot and says a lot of stupid horsefeathers/gives dumb opinions on reports.
  7. Cubswin11
    Depending on the overall moves we make, Wendle or Anderson could be nice additions in the margins depending if we trade guys/who we sign.
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  9. Cubswin11
    I have no interest in Bell
  10. Cubswin11
    That seems like an unwise choice
  11. Cubswin11
    That would’ve been such a good move, horsefeathering Dusty. And man that makes me feel even better about Jed if he had that effectively negotiated and done before a meddling owner/Dusty stepped in.
  12. Cubswin11
    May be a slight overpay, but he has the tools to be a guy. He also had Big Ben’s corpse, Mitch and Picketts throwing to him his whole career. As mentioned with the weak WR FA market seems like a decent move and doesn’t box you in to forcing some draft pick/FA/other trade (where maybe you have to give up more given the WR market) in the offseason. Like I’d rather give up a second for him than a first for Jeudy or Higgins (just two of the guys that seem to be rumored to be moved).
  13. Cubswin11
    Holy horsefeathers Nets
  14. Cubswin11
    You also have all of Corre, Judge, deGrom, JV, Rodon, Diaz, Turner, Swanson and Xander. All of whom teams may value more/prefer to spend on (especially the SS who are all younger and can play 3B as well). Some team may prefer spending on pitching or doing Judge. There’s only so much money out there, don’t know if opting out of $150 mil is worth the risk to maybe get another $20-30 mil or so and there’s downside risk he may have to settle for less if teams use money in other ways. Plus if he had to “settle” for a shorter term AAV deal, like say 3/80, is he sure he can get another $80 million+ in 3 years when he’s 35 to make more overall money vs this contract? Yeah sure time value of money, etc. taking more money sooner. But it’s potentially leaving a lot of money on the table if that second deal wouldn’t come.
  15. Cubswin11
    Appears so. Disappointing to say the least.
  16. Cubswin11
    Buy Put Options
  17. Cubswin11
    Brantley is on the IL and not on the World Series roster Goodrum was DFA’d on 9/1 Got it, for some reason I thought Brantley was back and I remember streaming Goodrum in fantasy for a few weeks this year when my team got hit with a bunch of injuries and he was a good add because he qualified for like 4 spots to cover for the injuries. Missed him being DFA’d.
  18. Cubswin11
    Isn’t the trend with new stadiums in all sports that the capacity is trending lower and the focus is more on premium seating/every seat having better site lines vs building 80,000- 100,000 capacity type massive stadiums where 10-20% of the seats are complete horsefeathers?
  19. Cubswin11
    Don’t the Astros have Brantley and Goodrum?
  20. Cubswin11
    #NoStonesStearns
  21. Cubswin11
    Barnhart would be a nice addition to pair with Gomes.
  22. Cubswin11
    Yeah I’m all in on getting him.
  23. Cubswin11
    He’s the second highest paid player in the league, ~$47 mil this year, which good for him. He’s not tanking to be traded (he just sucks/is delusional of his talent). It’s hard (if not impossible) to move him for anything meaningful for the Lakers or any team thinking they can win with him with the salary cap trade match stuff at his number. He’s simply not a winning player, but yet he plays like and thinks he’s a top player in the league. He’s both stupid and delusional, imo, but also very rich because of it. So who’s to say.
  24. Cubswin11
    Why? He’s a shitty basketball player who is wildly overpaid and overvalued who thinks he’s so much better than he is and has never evolved to fit a system that can actually win games. Nothing he does is conducive to winning and he’s never adapted to be part of a winning team. He can get his numbers but they’re meaningless. He thinks he’s the best player on the floor at any time.
  25. Cubswin11
    The Lakers chose him over keeping Caruso & signing DeRozan. It really is a hilariously bad trade. I can’t remember if it was a one or the other situation or if they could have had both but they nearly traded for Buddy Hield that year too in addition to the DeRozan deal. Also I love how they fired Vogel for what happened last year but gave Rob Pelinka, who put together this shit sandwich of a team, an extension earlier this month. Spoiler alert: the coach wasn’t the issue, Rob. You are. GM Lebron is the problem, no way Pelinka did any of these moves without Lebron approving/wanting/pushing for them.
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