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@TomtheBombadil Not sure if you had caught this yet.
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This feels like it really might happen.
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Then for the sake of Mr. Workman, I shall hereby only refer to him as Tater.
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His middle name is Tater. That's all the scouting report on him I need.
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Sure. But Tucker is better than Bellinger. So what you do is you add a better player to do the same thing. And someone you *hope* the Cubs earnestly look into locking up long term as opposed to Bellinger who leaves at the years' end. Hoyer made some comments earlier today that they've spoken to Seiya about his position and that they expect he's a Cub. Wolfe, his agent said he's fine playing DH, but made it clear he doesn't only want to DH. So moving around seems to work.
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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.
