CaliforniaRaisin

I thought he was bad with the Giants

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I'm with you on that. Hire a Fangio protégé internally if the hire won't have DC experience and that Acho tweet really got me excited. (Not gonna lie, having an Indian American defensive coordinator would be awesome.)

Guessing based on their recent podcast that BA has Amaya just outside the Top 100. Miguel Amaya made BA's 10 who just missed. If this list is in order, Amaya would be their 108th best prospect: And besides Amaya, these two Cubs were also ranked on at least one Baseball America staffer’s personal Top 150 (which is the building block by which BA puts together the Top 100):

The Padres, in their entire 69 (nice) year history, have made the playoffs one more time than the Chicago Cubs have since 2015 This offseason can not end soon enough. I'd rather watch the Cubs actually lose than see anymore offseason propaganda ---- Also also, Tyler Soderstrom made BA's top 100. He went 10 picks after Howard last year. The disrespect! Soderstrom hit .500 at the A's alternate site versus players much older than him, then went to instructs and did really well there too. Howard didn't go to South Bend and only had 5 at bats in instructs. It's not disrespect. The guy who should be in the top 100 is Miguel Amaya.

Fun!

Another signing from Ben Badler: Freddy Montenegro, C, Venezuela

Two Cubs in BA’s top 100: 52. Brailyn Márquez 72. Brennen Davis

Didn’t have to trade Javy for him in the end

Sorry raw:

According to Ben Badler’s Instagram stories, the Cubs have also signed: Pedro Ramírez, SS, Venezuela Kennedy Delgado, RHP, Venezuela

Chad Henne’s a bitch

https://twitter.com/lukezim/status/1350883741326041088?s=21

New signee per Badler: Joel Sierra, rhp, Dominican Republic

https://www.instagram.com/p/CKG9_hbF26_/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link Michael Arias, RHP, Dominican Republic

They need a real point guard.

What was Valentine doing?

what was the deleted tweet from the dude with 9 followers? Nephew of Dave Ragone saying Ragone was going to be Arthur Smith's OC in Atlanta and bring the Bears RB coach with him.

Bears need a new passing coordinator and RB coach apparently: https://twitter.com/alexrags1/status/1350201141523574785?s=21

I just don't agree on the apples to oranges thing in the context of all this penny pinching during the pandemic, everyone's getting US dollars - It's very likely Hernandez had his bonus revised down at one point or another. The earliest rumors were as high as $3.5. - While slot value doesn't sound like a big deal in a vacuum, only 8 guys in front of Howard received slot or better and only slightly more than half the first round did altogether (8 in front of Howard, 8 behind him). Basically, it was no small feat to walk away with slot in the 2020 draft especially in the first round. Throw in the 2020 draft being deeper and more well regarded than the 2020 IFA pool and contextually I think Howard gets the edge here - Relatively, Hernandez's $3 million took up 56% of the IFA pool while Howard's bonus took up 55% of what they spent on the draft. This is advantage Hernandez but 1% and change IMO isn't enough to cover a 25% different in bonuses during pandemic times FYI, while Badler consistently said around $3.5 million, Longenhagen said $3 million back on Feb 21st, pre-Covid financial ramifications. Either way, Hernández got the 4th biggest bonus amongst IFAs and Howard got the 16th biggest (based on your calculation). It's still apples to oranges when the largest IFA pool any team can get is $6,431,000, which is less than the Cubs draft bonus pool (the 19th biggest draft pool).

Best draft day/signing day bowtie in Chicago history since...Joakim. http://img.timeinc.net/time/photoessays/2009/top10_nba_draft_fashion/nba_draft_fashion_noah.jpg

Apples to oranges. Hernández was probably 14 or 15 when he agreed to his contract and should have been 16 when he signed (turned 17 last month), Howard was 18. The Cubs had more funds to sign Howard then Hernández: IFA bonus pool for the Cubs this year was $5,348,100 while the draft pool was $7,057,680 with the 5% overage. Hernández signed for the 5th largest IFA bonus while Howard signed for slot value at pick 16.