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  1. Outshined_One
    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.
  4. 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.
  5. Outshined_One
    horsefeathers cancer.
  6. Outshined_One
    It wouldn't surprise me if the Cubs threw some cash or a lottery ticket Detroit's way to let them stash him in the minors.
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    That's actually a sneaky good haul for the White Sox, if true.
  9. Outshined_One
    He fits the bill if the Cubs stand pat or trade one (or both) of Paredes/Hoerner. Not much in the way of reading the tea leaves here.
  10. Outshined_One
    DFAing Amaya makes zero sense to me.
  11. Outshined_One
    They're not winning another game this season.
  12. Outshined_One
    I remember discussion about his swings going into and coming out of the Draft, where his 2023 swing was more of a sell-out for power stroke and his 2024 swing was more of a controlled line drive approach. I can't find the posts off-hand, but the hope for Smith in the Cubs' system was basically that he'd find a way to incorporate both swings into an A and B hack approach, depending on the pitcher/count/etc. He's clearly got the goods to be a 25-30 HR hitter with respectable contact rates, it's just a matter of growth and development.
  13. Outshined_One
    This sounds like something cooked up by Back2Banks.
  14. Outshined_One
    So weird! The White Sox had way, way too high of an asking price at the deadline for any team to make a deal.
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    It's such a weird situation, since we don't want Ballesteros languishing in AAA when he could be a useful hitter in the majors, but he needs regular repetitions at catcher to continue his development, and it's clear that he is not ready to be a catcher in the majors. This also isn't a Schwarber situation where you can talk yourself into thinking he could play other positions because he lacks the sort of body type you would want elsewhere on the field. I love the potential, but he's an awkward fit going into 2025 for the Cubs, It'd be one thing if he played for a team that was tanking and didn't give a crap about his growing pains at catcher in the majors, but for a team in contention? Engh.
  16. Outshined_One
    I'd give the slight edge to the 49ers as being more winnable due to their injury situation, but it's close. I'm unsure how the Bears' D is going to look post-Eberflus, and Seattle has enough firepower in the passing game to make life miserable, even if they're on the road. Concur, but I get the feeling they'll be in the thick of the division race down to the wire.
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    I'm not expecting it, but it seems like this is the best opportunity the Bears will have for a W the rest of the season.
  18. Outshined_One
    What better way to respond to tOSU's saltiness than with pepper spray?
  19. Outshined_One
    If you were a non-Bears fan of a team with a HC vacancy, Brown would be the sort of dark horse candidate you could talk yourself into liking, but you'd be rooting for someone else the entire time.
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    Don't worry, he'll handle the press conference the right way.
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    It's fait accompli at this point. Poles can't risk his job by keeping Eberflus around through the end of the season. If Brown becomes interim head coach and goes 3-2 to finish the year, that would save Poles' job.
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    WHAT THE horsefeathers IS WRONG WITH HIS FINGERS
  23. Outshined_One
    Good news everyone, Eberflus said everything was handled the right way. I feel like the man can't be trusted to perform simple tasks like opening jars or cutting out coupons.
  24. Outshined_One
    It's also worth pointing out that this team had an incredible run of prospect luck from 2013-2017, to the point where I think it colored a lot of people's expectations with the system even to this day. That 2016 team had a patently insane number of young guys who were top-level prospects who met (and exceeded!) expectations in the majors when they came up. I'll grant that most of those guys fell off the face of the planet after they left the Cubs, but that kind of success rate is unrealistic, even for teams we hold in high regard for prospect development like the Dodgers and Rays. That's not to say that we should have no expectations for this system, but it's more to say that we (as fans) need to take a more realistic approach to prospect development with the Cubs. Theo put together a great farm, but there was also a lot of luck involved, whether it was the Astros taking Appel #1 overall in 2013 or Jim Hendry drafting against type when he selected Baez while on his way out the door in 2011.
  25. Outshined_One
    We said fairly similar things going into this past season when the injury bug took down Horton, Wicks, and Brown for extended stretches of the season. Don't get me wrong, I really want those guys to flourish, but recent history tells us the Cubs should be adding depth to their rotation since injuries tend to beget more injuries with young pitchers.
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