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at least Stroman also rips barstool on twitter
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McKinstry has to be a DFA I would think. Mastrobuoni is a more athletic version who is also seemingly better at SS and CF.
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I'd go Mancini RF and Mervis to DH
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Cerami says we're still interested in Mancini. TBH, I might value his sourced rumors more than most in Chicago media. He doesn't do it often, but his hit rate is pretty high
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I mentioned this a few weeks ago but I would be legitimately interested in Ha Seong Kim. The Pads supposedly want pitching depth, which we have, and Madrigal (or Mastrobuoni I guess) could slide in as his replacement at 2B. Plus it would give them a little more breathing room under the 3rd luxury tax tier. Kim obviously isn't a big bat but was still above average last year and always a wizard with the glove. And if you're into low GB% he has that too. If we're doing the run prevention thing, I am concerned about our current 3B situation. Wisdom was good in 21 and Morel has all the tools but man they were both really shaky there last season.
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I think Hosmer is probably still useful and will be an upgrade over last year's 1B production. But cmon Jed, can't we get a little bit more creative here. Trade some of that prospect depth, man.
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Padres reportedly open to trading Kim. Since the remaining FA bat options are all shity anyway, get him to play 3B and make the defense comically good.
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Yeah after the excitement/relief of getting Swanson, I'm feeling pretty meh about this team. They're not terrible but it's just not enough if they round out the off-season with Barnhart, Smyly, and Mancini. I'll talk myself into Bellinger after he has a good couple games in ST because it's more fun that way. But with the way the off-season has played out and if the idea was always to stay under the LT, I kinda hate that signing right now.
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It'd be nice if something like Madrigal + a prospect for Seth Brown could be worked out.
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It's interesting that a lot of mediocre FA are getting 2 years with a player opt-out. Is it purely CBT related?
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I think I'm fine with the current bullpen and using resources elsewhere if PTR won't allow Jed to go over the LT. Hughes/Boxberger/Alzolay/Thompson is a good circle of trust. Still curious what the Smyly contract number is. They could also do some creative accounting with a Conforto deal similar to the structure of the Turner deal with Boston. He gets some insurance in a year 2 player option at a lower salary in case his shoulder is toast and the Cubs get a lower AAV after a front loaded year 1. Unless that's circumventing the rules a little too much for MLB's liking
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Smyly in front of this defense especially is fine. But yeah, hopefully this leaves room for Conforto. I'd be a little disappointed if it's Smyly + Mancini
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I think the Stroman deal broke Jed. You know he was really feeling himself after that one and now he's chasing that short term deal high
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lol, Kap's green light, open wallet tweet was one week ago tonight. What a week
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Maybe I'm way off but I kinda think Correa's total will be in the general vicinity of Turner and Bogaerts (granted I'm shocked those two ended up being that close to each other). To me, it feels like while a lot of fans/pundits had Correa as either the top overall FA or at least top SS the past two off-seasons, teams don't necessarily share that same opinion Plus Jed and Zaidi seem to be cut from a similar "Intelligent spending" cloth
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Regarding Swanson, Keith Law mentioned on a recent Athletic podcast that based on the people/scouts he's talked to, he thinks Swanson's defensive improvements are sustainable. He didn't really expand on that though.
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Is Loxas the restaurant guy? Either way there hasn't been enough silly rumor stuff this off-season so I'll take it
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Wait I missed that the Correa meeting was "offsite." I want to read more into that than I should
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Something like Senga, Kluber, Vazquez, Swanson, Carpenter, 1-2 relievers, and a trade for a cheap CFer probably puts us within $10 million or less under the first LT threshold. I wouldn't hate Michael A Taylor for CF. Again, not much offense but would probably make us the best or at least top 3 defensive team in baseball. Overall not the most exciting off-season and the offense would struggle at times (Mervis becomes fairly critical), but the run prevention part of this team would keep us in contention
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The Phillies would be a pretty perfect fit for Swanson, so I wonder about the possibilities there with the Turner - Padres talk.
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Dang, for me the scenarios that did not include the Cubs signing one of the top 3 SS and me still being happy with the off-season, all included signing Abreu. Now... I'm gonna need Correa, Turner, or Xander.
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This is assuming the payroll ceiling to start the season is below the first luxury tax threshold... As I'm going through different possibilities to make the 2023 Cubs actually good, I'm struggling leaving room for extension AAVs (especially Happ). Wouldn't it make more sense (at least for the team) to agree on arb salaries with Nico and Happ for 2023 and have any extensions this winter (and corresponding AAV) kick in in 2024 after Heyward, Hendricks, and probably Stroman are off the books?
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With the BN follow and Heyman mention, I wonder if Vazquez will be the first shoe to drop for the Cubs when the MLB offices re-open. Has that feel to me And Mooney and Sharma have really been banging the Senga drum; nationally the Cubs haven't been mentioned much compared to the coastal teams
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It's funny reading those Athletic articles that are by both Mooney and Sharma. You can kinda tell who wrote each part. I wonder if Mooney will have a line mocking roster crunches after an 88 loss season in every article this off-season. He's batting 1.000 so far.
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I kinda like Leiter Jr, the reliever. It's not elite velocity but he does have a definite wipeout pitch in the splitter