Cubswin11

If Corbin and his money is coming back I think one of Davis/PCA/Hernandez shouldn’t be in it. That’s a big bailout for the Nats to take the money.

I like Cannon. Also from my super advanced scouting of watching 1 college World Series game he played I want to take Jalen Battles from Arkansas at some point, wherever he may slot in.

Green if we’re taking a swing and Lee if we’re going safe but with enough upside for me

Trade’s tough tho and when the going gets tough the Cubs rebuild…Going to have to get over that sometime probably If they wait until the offseason to move him we have to be in one of the better spots to trade for him with the prospect capital we already have and with whatever we do in the draft and get at the deadline.

Boog and JD seem fine together it’s when they throw in a third person in the booth or force the stupid Taylor side acts in it gets bad. Also whether it’s design by marquee or personal schedules it seems like they just don’t have the booth to themselves that much, if those two could just have the booth for a full year they’d be great. I feel like Glanville and those two work the best together when they throw in a third person or field reporter type.

Curious what the Jays would send our way for Happ. Everything they have seems either far too valuable or not nearly valuable enough. Since we have a 40-man/Rule 5 crunch coming, maybe we throw in a prospect on the 40-man to up the get for one of theirs who isn’t and doesn’t need to be on it next year.

With the draft approaching I still really like the idea of signing Conforto after it passes, Moustakas or Castellanos type deal is probably the ballpark for it, then flip Happ for the best possible deal. Buying and selling at the same time, Conforto is better than Happ and you’re also getting something(s) that can help be it prospects or current MLB players.

The one thing they’ve continually done well with this is building a good bullpen every offseason at least.

I’m definitely in on offering Conforto a deal after the draft here. Just sign him up now for the Schwarber contract +/-.

Yeah I’ve never been a big Gallo fan but he could be cheap and is still young and his power/profile would help the offense and diversify it.

I’m guessing he’d blame the knee injury before anything

I mean he should be barred from being an agent if that’s true. That’s negligence regardless but especially if the player was wanting to sign/stay somewhere and he never was told about an offer and guided to a different spot.

LMAO. Yea it was the Cubs. You piece of horsefeathers, shitty baseball player. Definitely seems like they forced you to go work with guys outside the org to fix your piece of horsefeathers game. https://www.mlb.com/news/albert-almora-jr-working-with-new-swing

Snell horsefeathering sucks

He’s been around 60 the last two years as well, so maybe 115+ 20IP or so if he’s not wearing down?

Schwarbs has a 30 game on base streak going

Dodgers-Rockies game in Coors tonight was 2 hours 19 minutes. Ratings must have been through the rough for pace of play/time of game bringing in new viewers.

He’s a horsefeathering moron and should be a first base coach at best and not managing a team making decisions.

Positive RD by the 4th at this rate

I'd be a bit surprised if they elevated existing events. The Genesis and API for example are already invitationals, partly because of where they fall in the schedule (need a smaller field to get around Thursday Friday) and partly because of the history. At least with the Genesis. I'm wondering if it'll be the WGC's that get swallowed into this. The idea has a ton of potential for the golf nerd to be really neat. If they can get cooperation from certain courses it would be great to see a ton of variety. Say go back to Chambers Bay or Erin Hills for a bombers paradise, then go to Merion or TCC for classic architecture. Maybe then Bandon wants the free ad for a week or Payne's Valley etc...Definitely hit markets they aren't regularly going to like Chicago, Boston, NY and mid plains. Don't just add 2 more Texas and Florida stops. Being that they are spread out throughout the whole year and the PGA Tour's general aversion of going up against Football, I think we could even see some Weds-Sat tournaments or the like. Yeah I just threw those out as an example and saw the NLU guys mention them. Golf twitter/media guys have made it sound like it’s not going to be 8 entirely new events/stops though and at least some of these 8 events will be at existing stops/tournaments. But yeah, there’s a chance to get creative and fun with this and love that it’s spread through the year and not just like September-November. Selfishly if they add events and just don’t go off existing events/stops I hope they add one of these at Whistling because it’s 20 min from me (playing there tomorrow actually). Since they re did the major schedule and the PGA Championship is in May they can’t come up anymore because they can’t guarantee the weather/course would be ready in Wisconsin that time of year. I have a good friend who works at Kohler and the golf guys there have told him they were angling to get a Fed Ex Cup stop in the next few years and obviously they have the ins and relationship with the PGA having two championships here already and the Ryder Cup. I also really want to see them back at Chambers Bay.

Yeah they just didn’t find new money/were holding it back, presumably they’ll get more sponsors/ad or tv revenue for this events. It also sounds like these 8 events aren’t going to be all new tournaments, they’ll elevate some of the existing ones like The Genesis or Arnold Palmer will be the 50 man field not cut for $20 mil.

If the PGA has the funding today to drastically increase purses and ability to structure limited events for the top players in the world, didn’t they have that same ability a year ago? Five years ago? Ten? Basically not long after Tiger came on the scene, right? But they didn’t until, it seems , like their hand is being forced. Sure, $200 million plays into it (a lot I’m sure) but isn’t the rationale above basically what Phil said out loud. The best in the world should be compensated for being the best, drawing interest on TV, and growing the game. Other athletes get guaranteed money regardless of their future productivity (see one JHey, etc.). They have been drastically increasing purses for a few years now, maybe these competing leagues forced it, maybe not. But they’ve gotten more media deals recently. They are structured as a non profit (501 C I think) so they can’t give players contracts like a Heyward/what LIV is doing. They’re structured that the money coming in goes out through the events. Yes the big guys carry the load and drive revenue but the structure doesn’t allow them to give them a deal these guys are getting from LIV. They have around $1.5 billion in revenue a year and it’s roughly an even split between costs/expenses and player payouts through the tournaments they host (PGA runs none of the majors and that money is outside of it). So they carry about ~$700 mil in expense every year and pay out mostly the rest through tournaments. They also had to tap in to the reserve account during Covid to cover tournament expenses since there were no fans/had to do make goods to media for stuff. They also are structured that the big sponsors funnel money to the big players as ad buyers/sponsors to get those guys endorsements. It’s complete bull horsefeathers this new league is “growing the game” or they actually care. The guys going to LIV took a guaranteed pay day for a tour with less events from a country with unlimited money that the PGA can’t compete with on guaranteed money. LIV is not a business proposition and has no path to being profitable it’s a Saudi marketing expense play more or less. The PGA needed/needs changes but this isn’t it. The PGA also has the best pension fund for members/players of any sport by a ton. The PGA also has the hundred years of history that if you’re good you’re taken care of and also legacy matters. This pod covers it pretty well https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/business-breakdowns/id1559120677?i=1000565614666