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  1. Outshined_One
    This season is now an exercise in absurdism.
  2. Outshined_One
    I don't even know what to expect any more.
  3. Outshined_One
    I think Caissie, Alcantara, Triantos, Canario, Murray, and Mervis are the sweet spot for me in terms of guys who might be valued highly enough by other organizations to pry away good quality players in fair deals. All are reasonably advanced and could conceivably be quality major league starters by the end of 2024, but there are just enough questions about each that I'd be okay with trading them away. Horton and Wicks are my only untouchables (void for dream trades that will never, ever happen). I think PCA is still the top prospect in this system, but his callup gave me juuuust enough pause to slide him into the next tier with Brown, Shaw, and Ferris for guys who should be off limits unless it's a blockbuster franchise changing deal. I'm torn on how I feel about Rojas and Ballesteros on the hitting side and Gallardo, Arias, and Gray on the pitching side. They're far enough away that it's hard to properly value them, so I'd prefer to keep them, but they're easy enough to dream on that certain teams could way overvalue them.
  4. Outshined_One
    Imanaga and Matsui would go a long, long way towards stabilizing and improving the rotation and pen without breaking the bank and costing draft picks.
  5. Outshined_One
    It's so refreshing to have a team in Chicago that looks at "good, but not great" results and decides to upgrade when the opportunity presents itself. What a coup. I'm still floored by this.
  6. Outshined_One
    Un-horsefeathers-real. WOW. They're going to go for it, aren't they?
  7. Outshined_One
    Well, if nothing else, this game should put one of the final nails in the "start Bagent over Fields" insanity.
  8. Outshined_One
    He's not going to sleep with you.
  9. Outshined_One
    This is where I fall. If you need him to start 2-3 games, he might not lose you those games, but don't expect anything more than Shane Matthews.
  10. Outshined_One
    Steele/Taillon/Wicks/Assad is a reasonably good foundation, and it's possible (albeit unlikely) the Cubs retain Hendricks, but coming out of the offseason with a top level SP should be the team's priority.
  11. Outshined_One
    Hendricks' option is a club option. He's fine as a 4th/5th starter, but not at $16m. He's gone.
  12. Outshined_One
    If Sweat doesn't sign an extension, Poles should be fired immediately. Crap happens with guys you draft and that's unpredictable. Free agents tend to be old and a roll of the dice. But trading for a dude with a second rounder and only getting a couple of games out of him? That's almost as bad as trading for Rick horsefeathers Mirer.
  13. Outshined_One
    More info: Flush is the one who brought these guys onto the team in the first place. This is a really awful look for him, because either he is a dimwit who's knowingly bringing aggro jackoffs onto this team, or he is a horrifically bad judge of character. ETA: For once, I stand by autocorrect on something.
  14. Outshined_One
    Remember when the Claypool trade was a defensible overpay? Like that. Although hopefully this also won't backfire in spectacular fashion.
  15. Outshined_One
    PTR strikes again.
  16. Outshined_One
    We could always run a Most Popular Poster contest again.
  17. Outshined_One
    I was thinking along these same lines with Wright over Fred Miller as another possibility. Nevertheless, blech.
  18. Outshined_One
    Does Kirk have any more kids or nephews?
  19. Outshined_One
    The dimwits clamoring for "run da ball and play great deeefenssss" with this team also overlooks a key aspect of the 2006 Super Bowl team: the sheer level of talent they had, particularly on defense and special teams. They had one guy who ended up in the HOF (Urlacher), multiple guys who could end up in the HOF (Briggs, Hester, Tillman, Kreutz), and a bunch of really talented guys on the lines. How many guys on this current team would have been a starter on the 2006 team? Maybe 5?
  20. Outshined_One
    Dumb scenario time. Minnesota calls inquiring as to a Fields trade. They offer a 2024 2nd and a conditional 2nd in 2025 depending on Fields' performance. Do you take it?
  21. Outshined_One
    Dat Baguette is such a fighter! He grinds tru da games and you can tell he don't quit, not like dat Fields guy. Whadda a thug he is, tinks he's better dan he is. Dey should convert him to wide receiver where he belongs! Dat would solve da Bearssss offensive woes. I'll hang up and lissen fer yer response.
  22. Outshined_One
    That's pretty much the only thing left to do at this point. They're not going to win any meaningful games with Bagent, so might as well see if Fields can somehow, some way, by some miracle, flip the switch.
  23. Outshined_One
    One of the two picks, sure, that's believable. Unless they take two QBs, then both will be guaranteed busts.
  24. Outshined_One
    So what do we think with the inevitable two picks in the Top 10, QB and Edge? QB and WR? WR and DT?
  25. Outshined_One
    Man, this White Sox season feels like it'll never end.
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