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  1. chopsx9
    Then BTV is higher than my grandma at a wake and bake. (IMO)
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    Murphy put up 5.1fwar to Jansen's 2.6 and comes with an extra year of control. It's not that close. Murphy played in twice as many games as Jansen. If you look at bwar its 3.5 to 2.9 and again 1/2 the games played.
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    That'll work. If the goal is a 70-75 win team, then I think that'll do nicely. So worse than last year?
  4. chopsx9
    To be fair that's what every rotation needs.
  5. chopsx9
    Jimmy Edmonds Part Deux?!?
  6. chopsx9
    Oddibe McDowell was a #12 pick!
  7. chopsx9
    So on Baseball Reference his OWar is 2.7 and DWar is .3 but his overall WAR is 2.3 with a positive DWar how is his overall WAR lower than his OWar? Isn't that...unusual??
  8. chopsx9
    Why wouldn't Devers sign an extension as a condition of the trade? Is he a Boras client? I tried to look it up, but I couldn't find his agent. He's a perfect fit for what this team needs. Is that even permitted - I didn't think it was - anyone??? The flip side of that is - if he could negotiate with a team prior to being traded to them why would he? From his standpoint its got to be better for him to hit the open market and negotiate with as many teams as possible - no?
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    Absolutely not - I don't think anybody would lose any sleep if Morel was the lead name in a trade for a star player - 0% chance of it happening in my opinion, but I'd be all in.
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    Yeah, we have a fair amount of evidence(Mookie, recent deadline packages for rentals) that if Devers gets dealt it's a toss up that a player of PCA's caliber needs to be included at all. The package would probably have to hurt the MLB roster(read: Morel), but Devers isn't Mookie, Ohtani, or Soto and his return would probably reflect that. Devers was the variable; the crux of the discussion was trading PCA. But sure if the Red Sox take Morel for Devers you do that deal 8 times a day. Some other team who is already competitive is going to be willing to offer more than Morel for Devers in hopes of putting them over the top.
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    I will cop to developing an irrational attachment to certain prospects in the past - Hee-Sop Choi, Brant Brown, Dave Kelton - however PCA is firmly at the top of my no-trade list. Now, I'm 100% on board for not trading either. I'm fine for the bigger acquisitions to come through Free Agency. Want a hot take? How desperate is San Diego to win? Predicated on their belief in re-signing Soto - Tatis for Ohtani with various ancillary parts on both sides as needed. If they can use PCA to get somebody like Devers I’m in. I certainly wouldn't complain about Devers being a Cub...but he's a free agent after next season. It's obviously going take a fair bit more than just PCA, . Do you gut - gut is probably strong but it would likely be a decent sized hit to the system for potentially just a year of Devers? A year in which Cubs aren't really a sure bet to contend? I'd just as soon wait a year, keep the farm intact and take a shot at him after 2023.
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    I will cop to developing an irrational attachment to certain prospects in the past - Hee-Sop Choi, Brant Brown, Dave Kelton - however PCA is firmly at the top of my no-trade list. Now, I'm 100% on board for not trading either. I'm fine for the bigger acquisitions to come through Free Agency. Want a hot take? How desperate is San Diego to win? Predicated on their belief in re-signing Soto - Tatis for Ohtani with various ancillary parts on both sides as needed.
  13. chopsx9
    Don't mind Sutcliff at all - like the ribbing between himself and Booger.
  14. chopsx9
    ...and no hit again through the early innings.
  15. chopsx9
    JD was on Toronto Radio this morning and the subject of re-signing Wilson came up and very casually within discussion he mentions he's not sure how much catching he'd be doing through the next contract and specifically mentioned DHing more and going back to playing the OF again. They way he phrased it was that this would be the plan if he re-signed with the Cubs. The other discussion that came up once he was off the air was Ohtani. The 2 Toronto broadcasters (Jeff Blair - who I think is a bit of a tool; Kevin Barker - who I believe was a Brewer top prospect at one point and I think is pretty decent) could not stop going on about what a great fit the Cubs and Ohtani would be. Easily went on for 3 or 4 minutes going as far as to say it "makes too much sense" and even saying how good (physically) he would look in a Cubs uniform. Just a little odd to see broadcasters from another team so exited about the prospect of Ohtani ending up with the Cubs.
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    Just wait a year and don't gut the farm system?
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    Ernie Banks Biography Came across tis going down an Andy Garcia Rabbit Hole on IMDB - hadn't heard of it - seems to have a fairly decent cast.
  18. chopsx9
    How many times have the Cubs been no-hit through the first 3 or 4 innings this year? Seems like an unusually large number number of times.
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    Kaplers glasses look like the kind that don't even have lenses in them.
  20. chopsx9
    Another no-hitter in the works!! That jinx it right??
  21. chopsx9
    FWIW Toronto radio was talking about all the Cubs scouts at Jays minor league facilities today.
  22. chopsx9
    This is an abomination. We're taking on salary, trading a younger, better pitcher for an older, bad one and then exchanging Happ and Robertson for Amaya with less power? Moreno is a top 10 prospect (top 5?) in all of Baseball - Amaya isn't even in the Cubs top 15 maybe even 20 prospects anymore so if that's your best comparison of the two.. field hockey season starts soon. Cubs are taking on salary - because they can -with a LH who throws 95 and may be fixable...plus 2 prospects. The question posed was how to get Moreno - Madrigal and Daniel Norris aren't going to get it done this isn't a ride at Disneyland. IF you want Moreno its going to hurt.
  23. chopsx9
    Think you'd have to go Thompson + Happ + Robertson for Moreno + Kikuchi+ lottery maybe 2 lotteries - you'd have to be high on Moreno I think. Prospect catchers always make me nervous.
  24. chopsx9
    Hope your right but I'd take the under on this.
  25. chopsx9
    From the Blue Jays I'd be looking to get Yusei Kikuchi as a throw in - he's not injured but he's underperformed to the point of demotion but still throws 95 - maybe the Cubs can fix him - problem seems to be he just doesn't trust his FB.
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