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  1. Outshined_One
    Considering this subject will have a number of continuing announcements and developments, I'm opening this thread back up. Keep it on topic.
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    So how do you account for the remaining 80,000 stupid mistakes Pete Rose made?
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    Depends on how you want to interpret the Eberflus situation. Some sources said Poles was pounding the table to fire him and Eberflus was never his guy, some said Eberflus was Poles' pick and Poles wanted to keep Eberflus this past offseason. The roster is a disaster and Poles hasn't done much to instill confidence in his ability to identify talent or high quality coaches, plus he only has a year left on his contract. A good organization would can him. We'll see what the Bears do.
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    ChatGPT, write a post on NSBB that would incite a flame war while providing no useful information whatsoever.
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    We're going to end up with Mike Vrabel because he'll appeal to the racist degenerates who call into the Score and demand the return of Ditka. It's destiny.
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    Is this an ad?
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    The recent defensive reports on Shaw that have been trickling out in the prospect lists have made me feel a heck of a lot better about his chances in the majors. Again, it's entirely possible he goes PCA on us and falls flat on his face for the first half of the season, hence the need for a stopgap who can take the pressure off him, but even an average defensive 3B putting up those projected numbers in his first season would get votes for NLROY.
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    Trading Smith and Rosario didn't help, but, it seems like the Cubs draft well enough and have enough high ceiling types in the lower levels that they (ideally) should be able to fill those holes out by the end of 2025 while still having a robust top and bottom third of the system. I'm willing to take Longenhagen's POV with a grain of salt, but oof, that list really drove home the point that the Cubs have issues when it comes to developing high end pitching prospects. Yeah, yeah, I know, TINSTAAPP, but Horton was the only one on that list whom Longenhagen thought had a realistic shot at being more than a back end of the rotation type, and even that was couched with serious injury concerns.
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    Dansby's projection is certainly optimistic. Going to guess these projections put us in the 90-95 win range?
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    I fully expect them to let Darnold go in the offseason, followed by JJ blowing out his other knee and Darnold winning a Super Bowl with his new team.
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    It blows my mind that the Bears are this bad and might not even get a Top 10 pick in the draft.
  13. Outshined_One
    In fairness, Warren got Brandon Johnson to lie down on command and beg for treats. Metaphorically, of course.
  14. Outshined_One
    Smith has the RH power and the tools to be a plus hitter at 1B or at a corner OF spot, particularly at Minute Maid.
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    I'm also strangely in favor of the Golden AB now.
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    He has the potential to rake at Minute Maid Park.
  18. Outshined_One
    Might as well go whole hog while they can and hope Shaw has the goods.
  19. Outshined_One
    LET'S horsefeathers GOOOOOO!!! Sad to see Smith go and still wary about 3B next season, but this is a great push your chips in deal.
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    Responding more generally (rather than do a quote by quote response), my comparison of him to Bryant at similar stages to their career was a bit hyperbolic, but two of you were willing to pencil Shaw in for 1.5 - 2 WAR when the guy just finished his first full season of minor league ball. To me, that is not a realistic expectation for next season. It took until August of this season for PCA to figure out ML pitching, and he at least had Bellinger and Tauchman backing him up during that stretch to go with his gold glove caliber defense. Making matters worse, 3B is a wasteland in the majors compared to CF (as we have seen post-Bryant), so finding even a Tauchman-level backup plan is going to be difficult for Shaw if he's going to be the everyday 3B. I'm not saying including Paredes in a Tucker deal is inherently a bad idea. I'm also not saying that Shaw will bust when he debuts (or in his career). I am saying that there need to be more reasonable expectations for Shaw than we've seen around the internet.
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    I'm actually in agreement with you on this one, and it touches on my post in the Jefferson Rojas thread over in the minors. While I think Shaw is a good prospect with a bright future ahead of him, I'm not particularly thrilled with the idea of him getting the everyday 3B job in 2025 out of Spring Training if Paredes is traded. With guys like Bryant and Baez, it seemed like their respective prospect statuses were substantially higher than Shaw's is at the moment. Shaw's not an untouchable prospect, but I think people's expectations with him for 2025 are on the same level as they were with those guys, and I don't think that's realistic here. Put more bluntly, I don't expect Shaw to outperform Paredes in 2025, and I don't know how much I like the idea of trading Paredes as a general proposition.
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    If I read a rumor that Kyle Tucker was seen singing "Go Cubs Go!" at Murphy's Bleachers, I'm done with baseball.
  24. Outshined_One
    I've been mulling recently whether the Cubs would be better suited keeping Shaw or Smith if a trade like this came along. I like Shaw's versatility. He's closer to the majors and could give you Happ-level production at an IF position. However, Smith has been giving me A-Ram vibes in the early going, and he's one of my all time favorite Cubs.
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    horsefeathers cancer.
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