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Going somewhere, Soto? Yes, to the Yankees
Tim replied to Bobson Dugnutt's topic in Chicago Cubs Talk
Just a quick reminder of how great Juan Soto is through age 24: https://www.fangraphs.com/leaders/major-league?pos=all&stats=bat&lg=all&type=8&season=2023&season1=1871&ind=0&team=0&rost=0&players=0&age=14%2C24&sortcol=17&sortdir=default&postseason=&qual=2000 12th all time in wRC+ through that age. -
Hoyer had also not shown a willingness to extend his own players and people claimed he wouldn't do that either. Until he did Twice
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This is a proper statement.
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Ha. Just because something hasn't been done yet does not mean that it won't be done in the future.
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You do understand the difference between steering away from something and having a hard and fast rule against it, right? Because your post implies that you don't.
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Well, time to cheer for losing again.
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Did Bagent check out of one or two of those? Seemed like he was changing the call at the line
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Cubs have released these guys: RHP Tomy Sanchez RHP Derek Casey RHP Michael McAvene RHP Jarod Wright LHP Scott Kobos C Malcom Quintero C Jake Washer OF Raino Coran None of them were worth creating a thread for. McAvene is the biggest name there, but has never combined health & performance to any great extent.
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lol - what's wrong with BN (on their Cubs coverage)?
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Both nine year contracts
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I think Tom was making a slightly different point there. But yeah, if he's including the Yankees, then the Padres have three and the Braves have one, as well.
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We're talking about FA contracts.
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I think the *only* other players that get added if you make it an all-time list are Harper, Machado & ARod. There just aren't a ton of data points there to draw conclusions.
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I think the only 10-12 year deals that have been signed since Jed took over are basically the shortstops from the past few years. I think Jed signed the one he liked the best out of that whole group. Judge was nine years, but he was always going back to the Yankees. Cole got the nine year deal, too, but I agree with not signing any aging pitcher to a nine year contract. All the other 10+ year deals that have been signed have been extensions where the player wasn't a FA. We really don't have much in the way of saying whether Jed would go 10+ for a guy like Soto.
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He specifically called out a multi-year deal for a reliever in one of his posts there. I don't think he's limiting it to the 10+ year deals.
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There's a vast difference between a blanket statement of "Hoyer's still afraid of long-term contracts" and "he has never offered the 10+ year deals"
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Hoyer's not afraid of all long term deals, which seems to be what you're implying. Hoyer does seem to be very choosy about which long-term deals he selects, which is very different. In terms of the specific example there of avoiding long-term deals with relievers...I'm on Jed's side.
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They can have Killian and like it. (no way I'm trading six years of Wicks for one year of Alonso)
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Cubs payroll blueprint tool - please give advice
Tim replied to Brock Beauchamp's topic in Chicago Cubs Talk
This is always my first resource on payroll: https://www.fangraphs.com/roster-resource/payroll/cubs The multi-year visualization is helpful, but as TT says, it is the luxury tax implication that matters the most for the Cubs. I think this (https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1nmPQ56LkPRaGl-70Yq_SFWjaiVsL8Ta5isMHQgzwRmA/edit#gid=834544774) is still shared. I put that together last offseason for putting together free agent scenarios for the offseason. -
without looking it up, he may be a 6-year minor league FA, anyway, so it may only be a few weeks of additional control.
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Burdi has the stuff to be a monster if he can stay healthy for more than six weeks during a season. I'm not sure about Estrada's status, btw. I don't think he's been outrighted before, so he many not any option but to accept the assignment.
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I'm hoping owners see the Rangers making heavy investments two years in a row and that resulting in a World Series victory. What a concept
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I hope we're able to retain both Estrada and Burdi. I wish Young the best in whatever his next job may be.
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Name a Pace player better than DJ Moore.
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Going somewhere, Soto? Yes, to the Yankees
Tim replied to Bobson Dugnutt's topic in Chicago Cubs Talk
He's playing winter ball, right?
