Bobson Dugnutt
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Cody Bellinger was an excellent use of resources.
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Senga and Smyly signed a week apart. I would think by the time Senga signed they had a pretty good idea of how much it would take to sign each pitcher, and what options were left out there to use the surplus funds on if they signed Smyly instead of Senga. The Mancini-Cubs rumors were persistent going back to early/mid-December, so same idea there. Maybe Senga specifically had no interest in choosing the Cubs over the Mets, but if it came down to who was offering the most money, the Cubs likely had a pretty good idea of what a plan B of Smyly/Mancini would cost. And for a team that would be staring down the potential departures of Hendricks and Stroman post-2023 and had only Justin Steele, who was coming off 3 excellent months sandwiched between 2 poor months on one end and an injury on the other, penciled in for 2024 and beyond at the time of Senga’s signing, 5 years at an AAV of $15 million (let’s even call at $16 million+, acknowledging that we’d have had to outbid the offer that ultimately brought him to NY), to me, was a feature, not a bug. I’ll concede a bit on Barnhart as Amaya was no sure bet to be a contributor to the 2023 squad and they weren’t going to wrap up the off-season without signing a backup catcher. Even if Barnhart at $3.5 million for two years was not my preferred choice.
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The misallocation of dollars really aggravates me. ~$20 million to Mancini, Barnhart, and Smyly that could’ve gone toward solidifying the middle of the rotation. Hindsight is 20/20, but I’d sure feel a lot better heading into this 28 games in 28 days stretch with Senga, Walker, Eflin, or someone from that tier of the 2023 FA class. Jed made some really nice moves this off-season, but I do wish he hadn’t wasted meaningful dollars to less than useless players. I know Smyly has provided some value at points this season and it might be unfair to lump him in with the other two, but pooling the resources dedicated to all three to level up a tier on the 2nd starting pitching acquisition would’ve been a wiser use of funds.
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It’s too bad KB has been sidelined by injuries the last few years, but he was the best player on the most successful stretch of Cubs baseball of any of our lifetimes. He has the stats and the hardware to back it up. Not a bust. Terrible take.
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After a very rough start to the season, Fulmer’s been excellent for going on three months now.
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Midseason Updates to Prospect Rankings
Bobson Dugnutt replied to CaliforniaRaisin's topic in Cubs Minor League Talk
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He wasn’t getting weak contact in the 2nd and 3rd. Good on him for settling in though.
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Suzuki gets a cookie from Touki
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Hendricks is toast.
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I agree with this insomuch as Alonso was already on the bench, while Vogelbach was standing in the batters box.
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This ump has been brutal.
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TOOTBLAN king
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Starting back up now.
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That’s where I’m at. Who’s even available? Maybe Wesneski and Merryweather?
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Really wish they got the tarp out sooner. Burned Kilian after one inning instead of getting multiple innings out of him.
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I feel like I remember august being the beginning of the end in 2001, no?
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Until the tweet loaded I thought it was going to say Nick Senzel developed an incurable case of hot dog fingers.
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Not that they worry me much after getting a look at their pitching and defense the last two games, but to Derwood’s point, Reds have the 2nd easiest remaining schedule in the NL.
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I really hope this is the start of Happ and Seiya breaking out of their slumps. Yes, I know Happ’s 2nd HR and Seiya’s bomb were both of a position player, but still.
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Unreal!
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This is the worst infield defense performance I’ve ever seen.
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Back to back 20-run games?
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I love this team
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Seiya needed that badly
