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  1. Outshined_One
    I want Jordan Wicks to have the career I thought Jeremy Sowers was going to have.
  2. Outshined_One
    86 wins. I'm willing to delve into my inner meatball and think that our pitching will be substantially upgraded this season from last year, plus the defensive upgrades and rule changes will benefit the Cubs in the early months of the season. The offense will still be problematic, but I think the team will be in contention at the deadline when they can make some moves to help contend for a Wild Card spot.
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    HEY YOU GUYS!!!!
  4. Outshined_One
    I see it's been awhile since you've interacted with someone who considers the 1986 Super Bowl win to be the best day of their life.
  5. Outshined_One
    It's also worth pointing out that, even if Fields doesn't improve in 2023-24, the Bears' competitive window can very easily remain open in 24-25 and past that season because they will be in prime position to trade up for a QB in the 2024 draft thanks to Carolina's 1st rounder. Granted, I don't want them throwing in the towel for this upcoming season and want them to shore up the lines now, but that Carolina trade means this team should not even have to think about rebuilding for the next 4-5 years.
  6. Outshined_One
    I mean, I give credit where it's due for consistency. Some of us fall in love with guys, and there's admittedly a morass of guys in the 5-30 range where you can argue for individual inclusions in the Top 10. I didn't blink at Gallardo at 7 for that reason. However, Hearn at 8 is giving me JR Towles flashbacks. PCA at 10 just strikes me as being contrarian for the sake of being contrarian, particularly given that the writeup referenced him as the most valuable prospect in the organization.
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    Credit to Tom, but he linked an article from the Tribune regarding Canario's progress. Bottom line is, don't expect him back until after the All Star Game at the earliest.
  9. Outshined_One
    It was originally San Francisco's pick.
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    Thinking on it, I'd be okay with it. The future 1st would be great since there's no guarantee Carolina will be good next year, and those 2nd round picks would be great in my "trade back into the 1st" scenario. I want a ransom, but if that's what the market is, so be it.
  11. Outshined_One
    I'm warming up to the idea of the Bears trading down from 1, taking a DL in the Top 10, and then trading back up into the 20s from the top of the 2nd round (assuming they get 36 or 39 or 40, or some combination of those picks) to nab someone like JSN. I'm not sold on him as a Top 10 guy, but somewhere like 25? Absolutely.
  12. Outshined_One
    Maybe I'm greedy, but if the Bears are trading from 4 to 9, I'd be really disappointed if they didn't pick up #40 from Carolina. As mentioned previously in the thread, I'm still getting up to speed on the non-Carter/Anderson DL prospects, but the talking heads seem to be all over the map with Van Ness (for better and for worse), and he's generally seen as an upside pick rather than an immediate impact guy. I'm intrigued, but not necessarily excited at the prospect of getting him at 9.
  13. Outshined_One
    I admittedly haven't paid much attention to the DL guys behind Carter and Anderson, but, given today's news about Carter, how does everyone feel about someone like Tyree Wilson or Myles Murphy at 4 (assuming a trade down and Anderson off the board)? Any other names worth knowing about who could find their way into the Top 5?
  14. Outshined_One
    Welp.
  15. Outshined_One
    When this board started, CT was like 12. Roast was younger.
  16. Outshined_One
    Amateur Baseball is used to discuss two things: (1) MLB Draft-related items; and (2) College Baseball. It's not as active as it used to be for #2, but it made sense to have a place to discuss things like the College World Series, the Cape Cod League, etc. since we had a number of posters who would actively follow college baseball teams/players, but not necessarily contribute to draft discussions. If I remember correctly, Rants came about as an off-shoot to Social because a number of threads were getting hijacked into off-topic discussions in Social, so it gave a place for people to vent and blow off steam while keeping other threads in Social on-topic.
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    I once started a thread where anyone who posted in it would get banned. That was a fun week.
  18. Outshined_One
    I'll echo this consideration. This is an insular forum, to the point where most of our regular posters have been here for 15-20 years. On the one hand, that's great for loyalty/commitment/content, but, on the other hand, you need eyes on the product. You're not jumping into a situation with thousands of active unique users, and that means you are going to need to attract new people to the forum. You will need to make hard decisions in order to do that, and I can guarantee that at least some of those decisions will anger your existing user base. It's awesome that you did this with another website, but I think sharing your plan/vision for the site beyond general statements will go a long way here.
  19. Outshined_One
    Every board has its running jokes, please explain this one to the new guy. Imagine this GIF in human form: He was entertaining, but also a complete PITA.
  20. Outshined_One
    Seriously though, welcome!
  21. Outshined_One
    White and nerdy is a culture I'm pretty sure most everyone who posts here is either a lawyer or a journalist. So yeah, good call.
  22. Outshined_One
    In other news, water is wet.
  23. Outshined_One
    It's nice to dream, though. I'd seriously consider pulling the trigger if they just offered 2 and their second round pick.
  24. Outshined_One
    Is it weird that I'm favoring a trade with the Raiders more than a trade with the Colts at this point? I get the sense that the Raiders will be desperate to make a splash at QB after the whole Carr debacle, that they are more likely to be bad over the next two years than the Colts, that the team is grossly mismanaged, and that the draft has enough depth along the lines that the Bears could still grab a high quality guy at 7. We probably won't see a trade for at least another month or so, but it's fun to mull these things over.
  25. Outshined_One
    Apparently, nothing. I don't know if I'd be more disappointed if they had traded for anyone or traded anyone away. This season has been a slog and the lack of activity at the deadline doesn't help...
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