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  1. Thusly Boned
    Cards weren't going to be factor in the playoff race even before this offseason's sell off, but they might be looking at 100+ losses in 2026 They should have done this last offseason
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    It isn't quite as clear as some say (and agree you can't really blame Dusty for Wood, but his injury history should have been a reason to go easier on him), but Dusty was the worst about riding SP, even in context. In 2003, Cubs starters led the majors in pitches per start, for example, and his teams were routinely at or near the top in this area.
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    It was just an egregious example of unnecessarily riding his pitchers. If you look a Prior's pitch counts for the whole season, especially down the stretch, it was brutal, even for the time. It looks even worse in context. And sending one of your prize pitchers out for the late innings with 100+ pitches and a seven-run lead was not routine.
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    Corey Patterson and Hee-Seop Choi Choi was turned into Derrek Lee so it worked out for the team, but I had really wanted him to be a thing
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    Yeah, I think with the injury risks, Steele coming back from injury, and Shota and Boyd and getting gassed down the stretch last year, loading the rotation up is a wise move. Skip some Cabrera/Shota/Boyd starts here and there and spread the regular season innings around a bit and protect your best arms so they're good to go late in the year.
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    I mean most athletes aren't intellectuals, but it's one thing to assume the people you're rooting for are largely regressive morons and it's another to know it. He's in the bucket with Chapman and Addison Russell as far as I'm concerned. However, IMO there are also sound baseball reasons to want to trade him. For example: Even before all the nonsense, I wasn't at all in love with what I saw. If his statistically good second half can be spun into a trade for something of value, I say do it.
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    No, but it's New York; he'd be subject to the same scrutiny as if he were "the guy" in just about any other market, especially if they were paying him what the reported offer is.
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    Yeah, Toronto seems like the obvious fit for Tucker to me as well. He wouldn't need to be "the guy", and it isn't the pressure cooker NYC is. I think the Mets would be an awful fit for him.
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    Yeah, from what I've heard (mostly speculative noise in line with your impression) and my own intuition I think the front office just wasn't impressed by the Kyle Tucker experience, and I would guess there is no real motivation to bring him back at all. And while part of me thinks that's crazy, part of me is okay with it. Not with not spending the money, but not spending the money on Tucker.
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    incredible Time to move into Tom Grossi's house
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    literally dying
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    This is gonna hurt
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    too much time
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    I mean ownership seems totally cool with people who view women/girls as subhuman, so why not I guess Gross
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    I'm not totally buying the Bo/Phillies thing because they are more in need of OF, and financially they're saying they can't afford to sign Bichette and Realmuto, so it would open another hole.
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    I'd just be shocked if Bellinger doesn't end up back with the Yankees. They need him, all indications are he loves it there, and the ballpark is a perfect fit. And he's now on the wrong side of 30, and I don't think he produces like he did last year virtually anywhere else. If there is a bidding war, I don't want any part of it.
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    Yeah, a good number of people here have been members for over 20 years, no one is going to come in and become king of the posting hill. And many of us are acerbic jerks half the time. But if someone is gonna come in hot like this with such an apparent lack of self-awareness, they better have a thick skin. That's assuming this temu Meph-Kyle hybrid thing isn't just a bit.
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    Despite being objectively kinda ugly, Topps 1987 hold a special place for me as the first set I completed as a kid, buying a couple packs a week with my allowance money. I recently saw a box in a liquor store of all places and had to grab a few packs, and opening them up was a heavy nostalgia trip. I think that's a great prize, but yeah, don't eat the gum
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    The Cubs would at least have scored more runs, even if they didn't win a game, simply by the virtue of having more guys capable of running into one. I think we were their world series, because they didn't even show up in the LCS. That showing was pathetic.
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    I think Bellinger is a near lock to return to the Yankees. He had a good year, he fits their needs, and it seems that he's really into the whole playing where his dad did thing.
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    It's always a bad look and often has the opposite of the intended effect. If you really want to humiliate your opponent, you act like they're irrelevant, not like they live in your head full time. It's like when an ex tells anybody who will listen about how over you they are.
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    That, you just get the sense that the Dodgers were just like an NBA team sleepwalking through the regular season and waiting to turn it on when the games count.
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    It really was a prime display of TDE. Basically, an admission they suffer from the same little brother inferiority complex their fans do. If the Cubs had done that, I'd have been embarrassed.
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    Oh, I think he is, too. But if an opportunity presented itself to go in another most established direction, I would pull the trigger in it without much hesitation. With Tucker likely gone, I think the margin for error on the offensive side is gonna be pretty thin next year. But I do think that the plan right now is probably to stick with him.
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