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Maybe I'm crazy, but I'd rather not trade White. He's only two years out of college and is still pretty damn young. He's blocked from starting at the 1 & 2 spots now, but I think he'd be a great spark off the bench. Now, if he could bring back a really solid young wing, then go for it. I just don't know if that's possible. Between Ayo and the reported Rose interest and now Ball confirmed, just seems like a decent trade chip. They need another wing.

Bulls need D.

Lauri, Thad, and White still available as trade assets... Lets go AK.

So I think this basically just allows them to keep all their QOs and other cap holds. And would have the MLE and the "major" trade chips would be Sato, Thad, and maybe White. Aminu as a cap match piece. So basically Thad and Satos partially guaranteed expirings for assets and then those assets + White + Aminu as filler for something good, but expensive. Bird rights on Thies, Temple, MLE (hopefully full, not taxpayer) , and minimum signings. Do it AKME! http://www.shamsports.com/capulator?id=20148488726108570a89907108392910 (Lauri is stand in for Ball here)

There's also some chatter that the Lonzo deal could be a S&T three way deal with NO and CHA. There's some over the cap/under the cap nuance there that I haven't totally kept up with since the NBA underwent their last major CBA revisions. But sounds like signs point to operating over the cap. Biggest thing there is there may be lots of trade wheeling and dealing. Maybe a Lauri S&T. And having the MLE to use, but holding bird rights on several guys like Theis.

What's the realistic bottom out for this roster here on out as far as draft standing?

I guess it depends on if it's supposed to be a pointless season or not? I'm in favor of shopping both this offseason though and signing another SS.

This you and THE Sulley?

Someone do the Star Wars meme with "So you offered him a fair value contract?"

The White Sox are just another team and in no way are a rival to the Cubs. That's [expletive] fan stuff. The main knock on Madrigal besides health is that people think he doesn't hit for enough power. My question, what 2nd does? Unless we find out who the other trade options were it's tough for me to criticize what they got for Kimbrel. its not that he doesn't hit for enough power, it's that he actually hits for zeeeeeeero power if he can up his BB rate, he could be a special, world-class type of lead-off hitter. but he's probably who he is at this point and thats a decent to good player, max. I really can just see him being flipped again. Or at least one of him or Hoerner. As soon as this offseason even, depending on if they are really retooling (as opposed to a mini tank).

Shaky the first day whereas Dalton looked crisp. Looking better and more comfortable in subsequent days. That's the gist of what I've seen.

There's no law saying the Cubs can't trade Nico (or Madrigal) plus something for pitching and sign a good SS in the offseason. When I saw the trade I kind of felt (with no basis) that Madrigal is destined to get flipped again.

Never experienced a trade deadline for this. This better be a quick tank given how many assets Jed just had to deal from. This will feel really weird for a while though.

What's that a reference to?

Definitely provides better depth than Holtz/Horsted if Graham or Kmet were to get hurt.

Package a talented young forward with him.

But who's gonna pitch blowouts now.

Yea. And I'm away camping next week anyways so this is gonna be a year where the Olympics don't really register with me.

People keep saying this, but the Indians were never the Spiders. The Spiders were a short-lived 19th century team So? It was a Cleveland team and most of the logo mockups were sick.

Seems super lame, but at least there is a local factor to it I guess. The Spiders with an awesome C Spider logo would have been dope though.

wish we could shame her like CerseiYikes, no.

I think stadium ownership is less of an issue than creating ancillary revenue streams, which Arlington Park allows. They have a favorable revenue agreement on the actual stadium stuff as is, but not much else. S o if they can create those ancillary revenue streams without dumping hundreds of millions or more into a stadium... Could be worth it. And maybe in 30 years they can figure out how to increase Soldier Fields capacity.

https://urbanize.city/chicago/post/one-central-development-bears-transit-hub So this One Central proposal hasn't gotten a ton of traction, but something similar to a proposal like this could make Soldier Field's location an actual asset. I've read some criticism of the "Transit Hub" part of this, mainly that Amtrack, Metra, and CTA aren't going to be incentivized to build rail (or schedule) away from existing hubs. But if the Bears are pursuing partnerships with One Central, maybe there's a future where Soldier Field is actually relatively pedestrian and transit friendly, by connecting the museum campus more to the south loop. For those unaware, One Central is basically a mixed use development that would create new space above the railways just west of Lake Shore Drive. Then you loop in one other proposal that hasn't gotten much traction, https://www.modernmetraelectric.org/, basically a proposal to operate the Metra Electric at CTA like frequency. That 18th street stop is actually the one convenient train stop for the museum campus, except its service isn't frequent enough. But with the right frequency you could shuttle a lot of public transit riders from Millenium Park, not to mention much better service to huge swaths of the south side. Combine the museum campus circulator idea from One Central as well, but add some connections to say, Roosevelt and Union Station as well, and you'd actually have a cohesive and easy Soldier Field accessibility plan (and the rest of the museum campus obviously for the other 355 days a year). Anyways, I love any future Bears stadium plan that doesn't involve public money. So I'm not too attached to the Arlington Heights possibility for that reason alone, but definitely wouldn't mind seeing Soldier Field a little more pedestrian and transit oriented and then keep the team there. Maybe Arlington can develop the rest of the land and leave 80 acres open for a future NFL expansion team :).

Seems like a fine trade, considering.

Hopefully a rally cap. It always looks like it's on inside out.