ILMindState
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Is he? Ok then I guess this is more of a Murakami situation then where he doesn't have a lot of interest. We've heard more rumors about teams that are not being interested than teams that are.
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Does Murakami cost a posting fee too? This might be BS if so, I can't see Reinsdorf paying a posting fee twice. Although it may be out of necessity since top FA here wouldn't want to willingly sign with the White Sox and they aren't going to get into a bidding war for one.
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That's not a bad way to look at it. If the White Sox view him as an ace than nobody else does. They're one of the worst ran organizations in all of sports.
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If we get outbid by the White Sox....
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https://nypost.com/2025/12/28/sports/japanese-star-tatsuya-imai-reveals-hes-yet-to-receive-mlb-offer-with-signing-deadline-days-away/
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Gallen signing and a Shaw extension
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I think the Cubs are his preferred team but there's a mystery team out there with a better offer for more years. We're hearing the leaks about the Cubs not offering enough because Boras wants that news out there hoping they'll increase their offer. They won't. Then on like Jan 10 we'll hear news that the Cubs weren't that close and wouldn't go past 3 years.
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I wonder who the mystery team is
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We got 1 impact arm in the farm system and don't want to sign any impact arms to a long term deal. That's an interesting strategy.
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You think Imai would be willing to take a bi-monthly contract?
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Mooney: If Imai winds up matching the high-end estimates out there — The Athletic’s Tim Britton projected an eight-year, $190 million contract plus a $30 million posting fee — then the Japanese pitcher likely won’t be a Cub. This big-market franchise usually doesn’t win those types of bidding wars. While the Cubs are intrigued by Imai’s potential and are knowledgeable about his game, they don’t seem to be totally convinced that he will be a true ace worthy of that level of long-term investment.
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When Imanaga signed there was no news of him doing meetings. He had been staying in the area for a month and we didn't t even know til after he signed. The Cubs should put Imai up in a suite at Soldier Field tonight so he can feel the Chicago vibes first hand.
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If we hear a mystery team has emerged as one of the finalists than I'll believe we're near the end game.
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Some people are so bitter and miserable they spend all their time trying to bring people down to their level.
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His agent is Scott Boras. He'll sign at the deadline on January 2
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He'll go a Frank Schwindel heater for like a month until the league adjusts to him then get DFA'd
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Any failed starters we can move to the pen like what they did to Keller?
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Some people think signing people the fastest and to the most money wins you the off season. I would love to play poker with a lot of people on this board.
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2/20 with a mutual 3rd then
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Just give Fairbanks 2/26 with a mutual 3rd year option already
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Can we make this about me? We haven't talked about me in a while. Please talk about me.
