Marlin Bystro

Stevie is definitely spending a lot of money to make sure his face is on the cover of the NY Post right now.

Wow I have to eat crow. That’s a more reasonable deal than I expected. Still would have preferred Correa on his deal but this is still pretty good.

We will have nothing but intelligent contracts while winning 76 games next year. Better gobble up those bison dogs at the ball park to support the Ricketts.

Probably safe to start now.

Maybe they should have just tried to sign Contreras back rather than the current fiasco. The underpants gnomes had a better plan than Jed and the Ricketts. This team is going to be hot garbage again next year. The only highlight will be getting a middling prospect back for the corpse of Cody Bellinger after we eat all the money. The Swanson money is going to be super unintelligent spending so no way Jed goes for it. I'm not a big Swanson guy so I understand, but Correa should have been a Cub last year. I don't see a near term path and I'm not in on the current suspects in the minor leagues. We are fortunate are division stinks so maybe we can get 3rd place next year or maybe 2nd if the Brewers implode.

Bruce must have started drinking early today.

I have no idea who 70% of even the regular posters here are, but I do know that was a heaping unmistakable pile of sarcasm. There's basically one poster I'd give like a 2% chance of that not being sarcasm to, and it's that guy. And he almost never used to post at PSD unless he had some sort of info. Yes I'm fully aware that PTR is a miserable ghoul and in full effect right now but let me have my faint wishful thinking that a KB extension or something would be announced, damnit. Granted, that still doesn't qualify it as a blast bc it's what any big market org that isn't a joke should be expected to do but yeah. Yeah sorry I don't have anything good to report. It's very negative on the inside as well.

I don't even remember... is the Marlin Bystro here the PSD one or a joke parody? iirc he was the good insider from psd and abty was full of horsefeathers I have no idea who 70% of even the regular posters here are, but I do know that was a heaping unmistakable pile of sarcasm. Yes that was sarcasm. The Convention should be a disaster this year. Yes I used to and still post once in a while on PSD.

2020 Cubs Convention will be a hit this year.

Yes....Ricketts wants the Cubs underneath the lux tax. That's what is driving this. Very frustrating.

I'm surprised we aren't discussing moving Quintana to get out of his money. I don't think he goes anwywhere but further downhill next year and getting out of his money maybe allows us to keep Bryant. Which should be the plan, but there has been a clear communication breakdown between Ricketts and the front office.