Outshined_One
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Kepley is a tough read for me at the moment, because I want to see him challenged in AA and it's not entirely clear what kind of power he has. I think he's a top 10 guy right now, but my excitement dims considerably if he ends up being a sub-.400 SLG type.
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Also, those of you hitting the bottle a bit too hard tonight should put down your phones, have a drink of water, and grab something greasy so you don't wake up too hung over.
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It got them from "definitely going to lose" to "maybe there's a chance?" So...clutch, I guess? For the record, he's the guy I most want the Cubs to re-sign in the offseason.
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Big Mo catching?
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Passan's take
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He's basically been Mr. Cromulent this season.
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Minor League Discussion & Boxes, 6-3-26
Outshined_One replied to CaliforniaRaisin's topic in Cubs Minor League Talk
Kaleb Wing might join him at this rate. -
As much as I can't stand Warren or the McCaskeys in all this, Brandon Johnson has been the abject worst person in these negotiations. It's mind-boggling that someone that stupid is the mayor. Say what you will about Lori, Rahm, and Daley, they ranged from bureaucratically overmatched to outright corrupt, but they weren't dumb.
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I was going by fWAR in terms of comparing his 2025 to 2022-24, when he was almost 1 WAR off his peak in 2025 compared to 2022. Not saying he slumped, just that he had a dip. You'll hear zero complaints about Happ from me. He's the one guy I *want* this team to re-sign in the offseason.
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Ding ding ding. The comments were basically about how Chicago burned down in the riots and roving gangs of kids were looting Indiana towns because a cop was doing his job.
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Happ will probably end up in line with his 2022-24 numbers after having a meh season last year if he keeps this up. At the rate things are going, though, he might be the only Cubs FA this upcoming offseason to get a multi-year deal (probably from the Cubs), unless Boyd shows out and stays healthy.
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I see someone hasn't been hanging out in game threads lately. My response was calm and reasoned by comparison.
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There was a point early this past offseason when everyone was discussing the forthcoming roster cliff, since Seiya, Happ, and Taillon (among others) were going to be free agents after this year. I'm not feeling so worried about that any more.
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horsefeathers.
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Last night at the game, I was sitting next to a group of guys who grew up in Chicago together, but later moved to Indiana. They talked about the usual Indiana transplant garbage (George Floyd, *those* neighborhoods, taxes) when the topic of the stadium came up. I sometimes convince myself that the people who call into sports radio are doing a bit. But no, these were Meatball Incarnates and very much were the sorts of people who'd yell at Dan Bernstein. George McCaskey is a great guy, he comes to all the tail gates! The City did the Bears dirty, and now Illinois is screwing everything up for Indiana's benefit! Indiana's a great place to live, and Hammond's a *perfect* place for a Bears game!!! We're all part of a yacht club and the new stadium will be like the place the Giants play in San Francisco!! I asked them what their plans were when Indiana and Lake County would need to raise their taxes to cover the costs of the new stadium. They were not happy with that question.
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Cue the Runs Gloved In guy.
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*heavy sigh*
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This is the most boring horsefeathers game I've ever attended.
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I'll be in the bleachers for this one. I fully expect to leave the park with at least 2 HR balls given up by Jamo.
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My post was more to say: if the Cubs *aren't* going to trade Shaw for Skubal, how can they beat a team with a deep farm system (such as the Dodgers) in making a potential deal for Skubal?
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I don't even know if the Cubs even have the ammunition to acquire someone we'd think of as a "star", be it a SP or a bat, right now in what we'd consider a fair deal. Their most exciting prospects are in A-ball, and their high level young players in the majors range from "great defensive 2B/3B whose bat might come around" to "positionless guy with a decent-but-maybe-really-good bat?" to "our manager periodically forgets they're on the major league roster". Like...I think of Shaw for Skubal as a huge overpay, but what else would the Cubs have to offer that would get the Tigers to trade for him compared to what a team like the Dodgers could offer?
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I mean, if you want to get a bench bat, sure, go nuts, but almost all of the realistic starting-quality available names at 2B/SS/3B/OF are marginal upgrades from the Cubs' current starters, with the *possible* exception of Yordan Alvarez, and even assuming he is available, the Cubs don't have the resources to pull off a trade for him and also get a good quality SP. I get the desire to build an uber offense that isn't subject to slumps the way the current team is. However, this team's pitching is atrocious, even if you think Shota and Taillon are due for a turnaround and Boyd/Cabrera will come back healthy at full strength, and the Cubs are much better off dedicating their limited resources to fixing it.
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Don't forget, it's also populated with the sort of people who are mad at political correctness because they can't drop n-bombs in public any more.
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I meant to knock it over; Lord knows there are enough parking lots nearby to address size issues.
