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  1. We Got The Whole 9
    No, it's called using common sense. For months this has been obvious. There is no spot to add a FA bat unless they trade a position player, they have 6 top prospects in AAA and only one is a pitcher. I've been saying it for months but Alcantara is likely going to be the centerpiece of a major trade for a SP. The Cubs don't want him wasting away on the bench, he has too high of a ceiling, and although he hasn't hit for a ton of power he has produced at every level and teams salivate over these monstrous physical specimen that they can develop. I'm sure he has a ton of value. Throw him in a deal with Wicks or Horton and go big. I'll be really surprised if Jed doesn't make a major trade.
  2. We Got The Whole 9
    Robertson has been as close to metronomic as you are likely to find on the market and he never requires a multi-year deal. He's a platonic match for Jed, I hope he signs him.
  3. We Got The Whole 9
    I brought Minter up last month. Excellent power LHRP, Jed special, to get him for 1 year + an option.
  4. We Got The Whole 9
    I've long wondered why you don't just say ISO. We all speak that language. This is a boring move. Hopefully our catchers can hit league average though.
  5. We Got The Whole 9
    I'm fully on the Poles has to go train. He had 2 offseasons to really build a robust line and depended almost solely on the draft and totally said horsefeathers a Center. His best FA signings were Edwards and Billings (who I guess is the glue that held them together. He also drafted a total project with Kiran and took a Punter instead of grabbing more line help. He really offset the gains he made with the Carolina trade. Sweat trade was offset by doing nothing on the other EDGE as well. He's basically said, I know how to draft, leave me alone, and authored the most complete tear-down/rebuild we have seen, and now he is seeing what happens when 80% of your picks suck ass.
  6. We Got The Whole 9
    Catchers that have posted 5 war seasons are scarce. He has all the tools still. I'd be happy if they acquired him for sure.
  7. We Got The Whole 9
    Anyone know what the hell happened to Murphy last year?
  8. We Got The Whole 9
    It's. All. Hoyer. 240M is more than enough to win the division and make the playoffs every year but he's been lapped by Matt Arnold and should be thankful the Cardinals refuse to fire Mozeliak.
  9. We Got The Whole 9
    I believe Caleb has been responsible for at least 20 of those.
  10. We Got The Whole 9
    I said all along they should go big or go home and they went a tier below mid. They didn't need to spend on FA for the bench IMO, that can be addressed in several ways and they have a few guys knocking on the door that they would like to have at the ready who may need to step into a minor timeshare sooner than expected or may be full-on thrust into the action due to injury. But Matthew horsefeathers Boyd. I may turn out to be wrong, maybe this is another Lilly or Feldman signing, but right now I absolutely hate that we spent 15M on this guy instead of just giving the whole wad to Soto or going Flaherty + Robertson/Scott. I hope it blows up in Hawkins's face as this has his fingerprints all over it. Spending 15M on the bench was always just an awful idea to me though. Go make some trades and get guys who are being pushed out by young talent but profile well for bench roles and ride out their cheap salaries. Ride your starters, and if they get hurt, turn this bitch into 2014 again and let's see the young guys get integrated.
  11. We Got The Whole 9
    Felt like I was watching a Bears Packers game with those 2 recovered fumbles on Georgias last drive. Absolutely ridiculous fortune.
  12. We Got The Whole 9
    I'm surprised the Brewers aren't named. Just ran away with a terrible division despite a rookie coach and a 20 year old kid who looks like a potential 7 war player with one of the best pitching development systems in the game. I guess he wants a major market.
  13. We Got The Whole 9
    Beuhler makes too much sense with the way they operate
  14. We Got The Whole 9
    The same day where it's reported that Harbaugh showed interest in the HC job and Warren summarily dismissed the idea when Poles brought it to his attention because he personally doesn't like the guy. The Warren hire continues to be a sac bunt that turns into a 1-2-3 double play.
  15. We Got The Whole 9
    Good job jumping the market for Boyd lol
  16. We Got The Whole 9
    The probabiliy that our team is in good position to win every game. It possibly raised the floor a little.
  17. We Got The Whole 9
    It's not random. The handful of lists say he is our top prospect. #1 org prospects rarely get moved these days. The Cubs are potentially trading a GG 4 win player and will have a hole at 2B and they haven't shown any interest in Adames or Bregman to fill that spot. The Cubs lack options (because despite how much you want to infer that the cap is fan fiction, it's very real and Jed very obviously operates by it) for getting more power on the team, which they've shown a pretty clear intention of doing. Multiple reports have put Caissie and Triantos in the potentially-traded basket and not Shaw. It's tea leaf reading. There would be some reports out there that Shaw has been discussed in proposals and there aren't. The names are pretty clear, the intention behind the strategy is pretty clear. The Cubs believe the falloff from Nico to Shaw won't be that dramatic and they want to find a way to open a clear path for him, while also upgrading a major weak point. That said it is possible that this is all just like the Indians/Clase smoke last year and nothing happens. But Shaw is THE GUY right now and it's quite obvious to everyone but you.
  18. We Got The Whole 9
    Gibbs was a grand slam pick for that team
  19. We Got The Whole 9
    He'll probably get some burn in June and then I really believe he has a high chance to be traded at the TDL if we're in it.
  20. We Got The Whole 9
    I said it several times in the offseason that although I pretty much never want to pay a RB top of the market deals I felt that we were well positioned to make a splash with Saquon and be fine with the cap for the duration of the deal. That would have just been huge for Caleb and the offense. Instead we pay slightly less for way worse.
  21. We Got The Whole 9
    Yeah this is the type of contract the Dodgers or Yankees give out. This is an extreme level of risk IMO.
  22. We Got The Whole 9
    I don't have a crystal ball but I would bet that the next guy will be worse.
  23. We Got The Whole 9
    The Brewers bench was basically internal fodder and Gary Sanchez who they paid 7M for. They trusted their own guys and their system to squeeze what they could out of them. With our current state financially and organizationally it makes no sense at all to me to spend on the bench. You're basically hoping a bench bat can give you an 80-90 wRC+ and be versatile in the field. I'll suffer a couple months of Vazquez (who can comfortably play all IF spots), Canario, and Mastro/whomever if it means getting a more important/significant upgrade elsewhere.
  24. We Got The Whole 9
    Yeah, for 2-3 months keeping seats warm for Triantos, Alcantara, Shaw, Mo, sure. Jed could also upgrade it by trading. Totally against the idea of spending money on it.
  25. We Got The Whole 9
    Poles sitting in the principal's office while his dad explains reasons for his behavior
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