Transmogrified Tiger
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To add on to that, Soria could make a lot of sense as a short term guy who can close. You have him locking down the 9th and don't have to worry as much about scrambling in the 9th because Morrow needs more rest than normal. Strop, Morrow, and Edwards are great setup men, Cishek and Montgomery are great rubber armed middle relievers, and then you have a slew of guys for the bottom 2 spots*: Chatwood, Kintzler and Duensing are there til traded/DFA'd, Rosario, Wick, Maples, Mekkes, maybe Alzolay, etc *Admittedly with Morrow and Edwards and the possibility of Monty spot starts it's more likely to be 3 spots a big chunk of the year, but even if you remove one of them the top 5 relievers are still plenty good. -
I dunno, Soria’s age adds some risk, but all relievers are gambles and that might make it possible to get a reliever so high up the list with less of a commitment https://www.fangraphs.com/leaders.aspx?pos=all&stats=rel&lg=all&qual=80&type=8&season=2018&month=0&season1=2017&ind=0&team=0&rost=0&age=0&filter=&players=0
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Apparently you didn't hear that Schwarber isn't on the trade block, so we'll have to lure a team to take on Heywards contract by using Chatwood, Russell, Duensing, Kintzler, Bote, or Caratini. :lol: It's funny how you disappeared when the cubs were on top of the world and now you're back with a vengeance at the slightest hint of trouble. When you have a community with as much respect for his opinions as ours, you can’t help but keep coming back.
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Batting average.
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Bryant is my line for not caring about rationality, if he’s remotely healthy he better stay a Cub no matter the consequences.
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The reports on Hoerner and Roederer are very exciting. Also this bit on Davis' dad and uh, chores is fun:
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General Baseball Chit-Chat Thread
Transmogrified Tiger replied to David's topic in General Baseball Talk
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Hamels better throw 400 innings with a 0.75 ERA
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If this is the faustian bargain we have to make to get Harper I'll accept it, but I won't be happy about it. Hamilton is so horrific with the bat that you can't justify him a roster spot.
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absolutely not
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General Baseball Chit-Chat Thread
Transmogrified Tiger replied to David's topic in General Baseball Talk
So managers can't position players where he wants them? I think batters ought to learn how to hit to the opposite field or lay down a bunt to the opposite side. [tweet] [/tweet] -
I'm glad you asked No
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The argument I've seen/made(though not the only one), is that if the Cubs really want Harper, but need to clear a Chatwood or Heyward-sized amount of salary to afford him, then it makes some sense to downplay your Harper interest so teams aren't even less willing to take on the salary you want to give them.
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Goldschmidt is awesome, so that's objectively bad news. Silver linings: - Carpenter was a 5 win 1B last year and between likely offensive regression and the fact that he can't throw a ball 100 feet, I'm not sure 2019 Goldschmidt/Carpenter at the corners is more than a win or so better than 2018 Carpenter/Gyorko - The benefit is almost certainly consolidated in 2019, because they either lose him or they extend a 32 year old first baseman, which is a universally terrible idea. - I don't rate Weaver that highly, but the strength of the St. Louis rotation is depth more than star power so they're definitely borrowing from that here.
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it's time for some game theory
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I think it’s probably easier to bridge the gap between Haniger and Happ for Atlanta and just cut out the middle man than it is to get the Ms to trade Haniger and Seager for a return that headlines some low ceiling prospects. You can at least dream on Kelenic and Crawford maximizing their potential and being plus MLBers, that’s a real hard sell with any non-MLB player the Cubs might trade.
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Segura to Phillies Pending NTC
Transmogrified Tiger replied to Cubswin11's topic in Chicago Cubs Talk
No one who trades Jean Segura away ever regrets it. He’s like the white elephant gift of trade chips. -
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Alright, let's get weird then. Happ and non-MLB stuff for Realmuto Contreras and Chatwood for an elite reliever of preferably low cost(Diaz would've been perfect here, maybe LeClerc) Sign Harper I'm not sure if that adds up dollar wise, but it's a decent framework to start from.
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I'll stop here because again, I don't want Russell back, and I don't care if they get anything for him or not. Even so, I had zero doubt that they would tender him so I'm surprised that so many appear to be shocked/angered by that outcome. I think there's a reasonable argument to be made they need to tender him regardless of their intentions, but even if not it's more than fair to think it doesn't matter because they wouldn't have non-tendered him even in a zero-risk situation. More broadly, similar to Badger this is a frustrating situation because there isn't a great and just outcome. If banishing Russell to be a full-time Pokemon trainer would help with future DV in his life or others, then it'd be easy. But it doesn't so I'm caught between feeling like the only outcome is an unproductive exacting of a pound of flesh, and also being okay with never seeing him again because no fans need to have a conflict of cheering him on knowing his past actions.
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Being similar in how a grievance would be allowed is not the same as the likelihood of success. Russell is still subject to arbitration in future years with his new team, and the negative signal of being cut by a team that would have kept him without the DV is pretty straight forward.
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I'm saying there is no grievance. He wasn't under contract. Non-tendering makes him a free agent. Anybody else can sign him, end of story. From a mechanical standpoint, non-tendering is the same as releasing him. I don't buy that non-tendering him is some sort of non-action that is immune from CBA complaints, it's the same argument of bad faith inaction that's not explicitly against the rules that led to Bryant's grievance(non-tendering Russell, not promoting Bryant).
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If you want to defend the baseball side of the decision, sure. But claiming that non-tendering an arb eligible player who had accepted a punishment would somehow create blowback that the player was being mistreated is laughable. Are you saying Russell/Boras would lose a grievance? I completely disagree, with the obvious IANAL caveat. It'd be a slam dunk that it was punitive for the DV and above and beyond the collectively bargained punishment he accepted. Just to be 100% clear since there's a lot of reflexive reactions to this, there are zero circumstances in which I want Russell on the 2019 roster. I also understand that until they actually trade him they're in a difficult spot because of the CBA, whether they truly want to act on it or not. Given their history I don't begrudge people for thinking they're giving lip service to Russell's treatment, but you can also make the argument that it shows at least some sensitivity to the situation and if the details are true, are as much as you could hope to see in terms of actually trying to get Russell help. Especially since there are no obvious or perfect solutions on how teams and leagues should act to actually deter future domestic violence.
