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  1. UMFan83
    Guess he's not getting traded then
  2. UMFan83
    At least a little interesting that Kliff swerved last minute and appears to be taking the Commanders job now? I could see Poles overthinking this and trade down 1 spot if he can get a 2025 1st and taking Maye
  3. UMFan83
    yeah but think about all the fun they can have at Oak Brook mall after games. The Bellingers could be regulars at Puttshack
  4. UMFan83
    It’s the same thing I posted above. Grabbed that screenshot
  5. UMFan83
    Putting this here for the lolz https://x.com/abeds15/status/1753211959313379587?s=46&t=0_jG0mfAmSwG-21Uluk7Vw Annoyingly not embedding so here’s the image
  6. UMFan83
    No I was responding to the initial post about looking to trade Nico if Morel hits well. Nico is 26 and had a 5.1 bWAR/4.7 fWAR last year and has a very reasonable contract for the next 3 years.
  7. UMFan83
    I would prefer to add more 5 win players in their mid-20's, not trade them away but maybe that's just me.
  8. UMFan83
    Blah more of the same. Just sign already lol
  9. UMFan83
    Omg how did Kyle manage to do this AGAIN?
  10. UMFan83
    lol I believe I proposed a NE trade a few pages ago where the Bears were giving up more and was told it was not enough. That’s way more than not enough. Based on the Jimmy Johnson calculator the difference between 1.03 and 1.09 is roughly equal to 1.20. This trade is saying that Fields is worth more than 1.20 (given that NE is also giving up a 4th and 2025 3rd and 5th for a Bears 6th). Lmao
  11. UMFan83
    New pandemic coming in March
  12. UMFan83
    So far we've gotten a starter with an elevated HR rate, a 1B who has never hit in the majors and a reliever with a sky high walk rate and a velo drop last year. I'd say our WS contender is just about built.
  13. UMFan83
    Id be interested in knowing how many of those games were blown in late August - October specifically since it seemed like the Cubs had a pretty lock down pen for a good 3 months but were heavily relying on Fulmer, Leiter, Merryweather, Alzolay, then Fulmer went down, Alzolay went down, Leiter completely tanked and the last 3 weeks of the season we had no horsefeathers idea who was going to get the outs needed to finish off a game (other that we knew Cuas was going to pitch almost every game). Was it because of overwork? Not sure but the pen was super thin beyond those 3 guys (and Ross's reluctance to try guys like Little down the stretch). If the numbers are as I suspect (but could be wrong) this is still a problem that needs to be addressed. It's great that you can identify 3ish lockdown relievers from scraps but I imagine the lack of bullpen depth beyond those guys was a big factor in the late season slide and finishing 1 game out of a playoff spot. Would seem foolish to not make at least one decent investment in a reliever. Edit: Just did some research: 7 of the 30 blown lead losses (23.3%) came in the final 22 games of the season (13.5% of the season). This doesn't include blown leads that we still managed to win of which there were a few in that stretch as well.
  14. UMFan83
    I must have missed the Chit-Chat thread during that time, I had no idea you went through this but just went way back in your post history to read about it. That's scary. Any issues since then after recovery?
  15. UMFan83
    2019 - The only major league contract we signed was Descalso and we spent the entire offseason deluded into believing the Cubs were a player for Bryce Harper even though zero reports linked us to him and several local guys reported we weren’t in contact with him at all.
  16. UMFan83
    Figures. Smart move for them. Bush better hit
  17. UMFan83
    I cant find threads easily on this forum anymore so not bumping any Seiya threads of David Ross threads. Just putting this here for laughs
  18. UMFan83
    Probably doesnt mean anything but still
  19. UMFan83
    Yeah I think I get it for guys like Bellinger. Boras is basically waiting for a team to blink but if the Cubs are supposedly still 3-4 transactions away from completing their offseason I'm not sure why there's no movement on relievers or other areas of need.
  20. UMFan83
    So is this like the 4th inning stretch or something?
  21. UMFan83
    Will Wade could turn the program around in 2 years but DePaul has virtually zero NIL program and almost no willing donors so I don't think he'd come here. There is a report that DePaul is going to spend big on the next coach but again the same problems exist in that there is no enthusiasm for the program at all and without enthusiasm there is no NIL and with no NIL, no one is going to want to play here. In this current era its going to be tough. No NIL makes it tough to recruit and retain players. If you hire a coach that is great at developing players, most likely those players just bolt when they get interest from blue bloods.
  22. UMFan83
    Tony Romo said something about Allen getting hit when he threw the pass but I didn’t really see much contact at all. Maybe affected his follow through but definitely seems like a throw he should have made. And Diggs shouldn’t have Javon Wims’d that deep pass.
  23. UMFan83
    Seem to be a lot of NE fans that are interested in Fields. I don’t know if the FO is interested but if they are what do you think of a trade of Fields + 1.09 + a 4th or something for 1.03 and taking MHJ? Is that enough to get the 3rd pick. (Or too much) and is it an efficient enough use of resources?
  24. UMFan83
    All back to normal!
  25. UMFan83
    Not sure if this is related but the site isn’t loading correctly since my post.
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