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Jason Ross
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Betrz had a plan above, but Tucker can probably moonlight some CF, especially against tough lefites. He can play 1b. You do some movement and everyone gets some DH time.
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Yeah, I think that's the case too. It was just the first tweet that I saw that had who the Cubs selected! Brett's being a bit excited there. Workman is an interesting enough Rule 5 pick. Looks like he can play SS some too. Feels like a different version of Mastrobuoni who trades hit for power.
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Jon Heyman, "Cubs are a strong possibility" for Tucker. "Feels more like a Cub trade than a Yankee trade"
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Probably very good. It eliminates the Yankees. But also means the Astros remain needing a third baseman, you know, like Isaac Parades.
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He's also has no major splits. He could very conceivably spell PCA against tough lefties.
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Not Milwaukee or Cincinnati. Good with me.
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I agree. This feels like this is tipping to "I think it'll happen"
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The trade and the extension are two different things. There's almost no way the Cubs and Tucker will agree on a $400m extension before the trade happens. That's an insane timeline. Maybe they can figure out one by OD.
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I like Parades. I like Cam Smith, If that's the backbone of that trade, I make it.
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Sure, he hasn't swung a massing earth-shifting move, but he's signed one of the largest contracts in club history (Swanson), he's signed plenty of contracts that aren't "cheap" and he's made some trades, both where he buys and sells. He hasn't landed a whale, but realistically, very few teams land those, and I think this year is different. We can choose misery where we just throw up are arms and declare all is lost, but I'm not going to do that. Do I know we're going to land a Tucker or a Crochet? Nope. I'm not betting on anything, but I'm not going to choose misery either. We'll see.
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Yes. He was under Theo for years, his job is on the line. I have some doubts about him, but this offseason the messaging is very different, from the team, and where the rumors are coming from. I don't think he goes to sleep sucking his thumb, and I think he's capable of swinging trades (he moved off Ferris and Hope for Busch last year, and that wasn't a small price to pay). Will it happen? I don't know. But I think Hoyer's more than capable of swinging a trade or two. He might not hand out a $600m contract, but I think he'll make a trade.
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Yeah, the Kelly thing had a lot of legs then passed out quickly. Tea leafs make you wonder if the Cubs have been pretty side-quested. Or maybe Kelly was the side quest and they're more worried about the main quest. With that said, the Red Sox were supposedly in agreement with Chapman five days ago and announced today. So horsefeathers happens?
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Yeah, I think in the end we have to be patient for the move(s). It may not happen tonight or tomorrow or this week. But I think the messaging is different than in the past. And the things we're being loosely or indirectly connected with are different. Last year it was a little Ohtani but mostly...periphery things - never Soto, for real, for example. This year, it's every single major trade. Crochet? Check. Some-weird-3-team-bonanza? Check. Kyle Tucker is available? Guess who's getting love? It's the Cubs! We're not seeing this same attribution to higher FAs - it was almost immediate that the Cubs were out on Soto or Fried or Burnes. But this idea that the Cubs are open for business via trade persists. Maybe they won't do a thing ever...but I do feel a bit like "if not now, then when?" here and the messaging, connections...it feels like something is gearing up. Sometime.
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I'm pretty convinced the Cubs are on the precipice (not necessarily tonight or any specific night, but the offseason in general) of something exciting. The messaging and the behavior is different. I also think Hoyer is in a different spot career wise. I'm not sure if it'll be Tucker or Crochet...but I suspect at the end of the offseason, the Cubs will have made one of the most consequential trades of the offseason.
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Yeah, that'd knock them out of Bellinger, IMO.
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Shaw has a toe in stance and while he can pull the ball, he's more push. He went oppo 43% of the time last year in Triple-A and pulled 30% of the time. If you want "red flag in the data" for Shaw, this is one. In theory, you want pull - oppo home runs just aren't the game. Now, we can say that Shaw is uniquely primed for oppo power, but let's put ourselves in the Astros shoes: Is Shaw, a guy who's approach and set up is designed to go away from your one big advantage the guy you're targeting? I mean, maybe! Maybe you think you can retool that but maybe that's not you. Especially if you're going to just go get Bregman back. I don't want to entirely horsefeathers on this idea that they'd want Shaw. But if I'm taking a moment and being Houston, I don't think Matt Shaw is the guy I want the most. Which is weird, because as the Cubs, he's probably the guy I'm most confident about moving forward. But I admit I could be a bit biased here in that I like Shaw. But this also is why I think the Cubs and the Astros fit well. I think the Cubs are most concerned with keeping Shaw. I think the Astros might be less concerned with getting Shaw.
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I do not. I'm not saying, predicting or mocking a trade, but if you want two names I think the Astros like, I'll spitball: Kevin Alcantara - They have a history of tall, big bodied outfielders. specifically at CF (i.e. George Springer, Jose Siri). They are willing to trade some defense at times for power. Alcantara has real pull side power and Crawford boxes loom. As much as I'm a Caissie stan, we have to accept that Alcantara may offer higher upside in the OF due to position. He can handle CF for a while Jordan Wicks - Wicks is a LHP who gets a lot of ground ball action using his changeup. He's successfully pitched labbed his fastball a bit and I think the Astros would like some controllable arms (they're considering moving Valdez). If the Cubs do trade with the Astros here, I'd expect those names in the conversation. Will it happen that way? Who knows? But thinking like the Astros who likely want to add OF'ers, and play into the Crawford boxes offensively, while staying away from them when their on defense...those are guys I think they'd talk about.
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Prospect haul is big. I mentioned it elsewhere, but I think the two teams have a lot of overlap on the types of prospects they like and the skill sets. That might just me be reading things how I want, but the two teams have a lot of overlap; enough that we can go back to Carlos Correa and rumblings the Cubs liked him in the draft that the Astros went a *wee* bit off industry board with that pick. I'm curious to see if the teams get together. It feels like it'll either be a match made in heaven or in hell.
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From this WM, I think that's may be the case. I don't believe for a moment the Cubs will finish this offseason with just that thought. I do think they'll do one, very exciting thing. I don't know what it is, but they've been connected with the best traded names. Every one so far, it's feels. I do think they'll get something.
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Check the DiPoto quote above. I don't think they're moving off Castillo.
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This feels like "moving night" for a lot of teams. That's a pretty rapid fire Fried, Eovaldi and Gimenez trade.
