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Everything posted by squally1313
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lol damnit. Too many Jacksons.
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Eh, it's certainly doable. Jackson Merrill came up last year and gave the Brewers 5.3 fWAR and then signed a 9 year extension two weeks ago. But the numbers are going to have to be a lot higher than what the rumored numbers were.
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MLB Front Office Rankings by the Athletic
squally1313 replied to Jfoley89's topic in Chicago Cubs Talk
I don't think I would agree that the advantages of a small market team in the CBA outweight just how much more money the Cubs have spent vs the rest of the division. The Cubs have spent like $220m more in salary per the luxury tax calculations over the last four years than the Brewers have, and another $75m this year. It's overly simplistic to blame Jed/the FO solely for underperforming compared to them (players, coaches, etc), but you're not going to get me to believe a handful of picks in the 40-50 range outweigh the money discrepancy. I'm 100% with Bertz' last two paragraphs. The results have not been there, and it's a results based business. But to argue the team/organization is currently in bad shape isn't correct either. -
Weather looks pretty miserable all weekend, rain wise. Not an easy series to reschedule, but given the pitching matchups I’d be fine pushing back one or two of these games
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If Boyd wants to replace Steele as a #1/#2, that'd be great, because it's a lot easier to replace your #3/#4.
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Minor League Discussion & Boxes, 4-16-25
squally1313 replied to CaliforniaRaisin's topic in Cubs Minor League Talk
Strumpf again Ballesteros again -
Minor League Discussion & Boxes, 4-16-25
squally1313 replied to CaliforniaRaisin's topic in Cubs Minor League Talk
In the 7th inning alone, we had: Long single Alcantara double Cowles dong Strumpf(!) dong Caissie dong Moises walk Long single again Alcantara dong -
lol never a doubt
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Nico Hoerner, Very Good Baseball Player
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Good horsefeathers from the pen tonight. Let’s make something of it.
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Everyone breaks eventually, Father Time is undefeated, etc, but I’m personally not going to write off the guy with four straight years with over 500 PAs and a wRC of 115 or better over 35 PAs this year.
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Little up, not sure the corresponding move
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A lot of slug in those performances too. Mentioned in the other thread, but it's pretty amazing he's looked mostly clueless at the plate up until a couple nights ago, and then just two big offensive performances and he's suddenly 13th in offensive fWAR league wide. Goes to show how much he's contributing beyond at the plate.
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There seems to be very little point in watching the rest of this
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Feel like I would have let Jameson try to get himself out of the inning there.
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We probably needed a starter before this injury, and I would have preferred we take care of that problem in the offseason. 4 innings of Colin Rea is not going to override the grand total of 1.7 fWAR he put up in over 290 innings the last two years. Javier Assad is a fun story but he is also realistically not more than a spot starter going forward unless he has somehow figured out how to eternally pitch better with guys on base. Wicks and Horton aren't close to ready, and they were supposed to be the guys fighting for the #5 slot (or for the maybe still inevitable Boyd injury), not replacing the guy expected to throw 175 innings. We have a team that is playing really well through an incredibly tough stretch and doing it in a sustainable way. We have a giant hole in our budget between where we are and where the luxury tax line is, and we have the most talented AAA team in baseball. Go do something cool and fun.
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Like we’ve all been saying since the beginning, 60 day IL
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Cubs acquire Tom Cosgrove; DFA Caleb Kilian
squally1313 replied to UMFan83's topic in Chicago Cubs Talk
If his last name wasn't Cosgrove, you maybe could -
Going to really need Boyd to stay good and healthy here, all of a sudden. (Go get a starter)
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this is tiring
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Like, if you're projecting a future where the payroll drops to $120m after 2026 because of various Evil PTR reasons*, sure, there's no chance. But if he's going to publicly come out and say that they're going to spend close to the luxury tax line, why does he necessarily care whether it's one Kyle Tucker or 2.5 Jameson Taillons? They'll just be less active in free agency and have a guy to point to when they sit out future top free agents. But the money is going to be spent either way. * To clarify so goalposts aren't moved, Tom Ricketts is a terrible human being who deserves no happiness or joy and I would strongly prefer he sells the team yesterday, if not sooner.
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I think they sign him. If I were being spiteful I would go back to the original trade thread and find all the people who thought we'd never actually make the trade. But I'm not, so I'm just going to say that they get it done. The luxury tax line is going to keep going up, and I think Ricketts/Hoyer got enough flack from not spending to that line this year. The cost controlled guys are going to stay cheap, he's going to be spending $150m or whatever every year on non-controlled players, and that number goes up yearly, and we have basically just Swanson after next year, who's contract looks more and more reasonable every day. Lock in the elite player and then, if you want to be pessimistic, just run out overmatched AAAA players to fill spots instead of middling free agent signings to save money on the back end.
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that's not how it works. stocks don't provide value while you hold them.
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Does the year of Kyle Tucker not count as part of the return?
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Just go trade for Alcantara and the best Marlins reliever. Pick up the Avisail Garcia contract if you have to. If you're going to earmark money for pitching at the deadline, use it when your top starter goes down.
