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  1. We Got The Whole 9
    It's the new normal
  2. We Got The Whole 9
    Don't cave in to Boras. Eventually he will accept 6/150.
  3. We Got The Whole 9
    Yeah my dad would be fine going 2-15 with the wins against the Packers
  4. We Got The Whole 9
    They were probably only willing to go beyond the threshold if he had managed to reel in a whale
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    He's pretty clearly not being viewed as a 4-5 win CF. Otherwise he'd have a bigger market IMO.
  6. We Got The Whole 9
    That's not how aging curves generally work though. Can you name a player who got a 7/175 deal coming off a 3 war season?
  7. We Got The Whole 9
    People - front offices included - don't believe in how he achieved 4 war. If you split the difference in his woba and xwoba then he's more like a 115-120 hitter and 3 war. He doesnt get credit for time missed due to injury. 3 war players don't get 25 AAV long term often.
  8. We Got The Whole 9
    Fort a second there last week I thought the coaching change might have been the switch they needed to pull to save face and give us like, the 3 pick, but lol today
  9. We Got The Whole 9
    He will always be an import
  10. We Got The Whole 9
    Besides the imports I don't really think we missed out on much. Maybe Gray or Rodriguez.
  11. We Got The Whole 9
    Great defensive catchers that can also hit are worth their weight in gold
  12. We Got The Whole 9
    Above them all. I really like Grissom. Great plate discipline. I think he's gonna take off in Boston.
  13. We Got The Whole 9
    The simple answer is you throw a decent prospect with the bad contract and trade it to a rich team. This has happened so many times over the years. Not sure the Cubs will ever do it, but the point remains.
  14. We Got The Whole 9
    Flacco getting off his couch and playing at a 5000/40 pace is the best storyline in years. Hoping the Browns win it all.
  15. We Got The Whole 9
    TBD
  16. We Got The Whole 9
    You don't have to view the roster machinations this way if you feel Ross held you back. That's the thing. Jed probably believes Tauchman and PCA can give like, 3, in CF. So why give in to Boranger? He has 4 veteran ML starters and 3 young guys to fill in the back of the rotation. Plenty to account for natural attrition and this doesn't even take Horton into consideration, who can plausibly slot into the 2-3 spots very soon. 2.7 from Stroman isn't all that hard to replace honestly. if they only get 2 out of that spot, I don't think they view that as all that significant. This is basically the Moneyball scene where all the scouts are aghast and Jed is going to hold onto his guns.
  17. We Got The Whole 9
    I am hunching that they were blown off or just didn't feel their interest was going to be taken seriously and had a pretty good idea it was LA or NY all along. Yamamoto has said his desire was to be a Dodger even if Ohtani didn't sign there. I think this is why the fire for Ohtani burned out sooner than expected as well. They said the Cubs were finalists but Hoyer was mum. I believe that is because he could sense they were being disingenuous in negotiations. How do you not even get a meeting but yet your team is somehow still in the running. I think the insiders picked up on this as well and slowly filtered it through the media. The Cubs has 0 shot at either and Jed shouldn't get any blame for it IMO.
  18. We Got The Whole 9
    With a nasty sweeper and potential of a splitter thats exactly how i view Manaea being.
  19. We Got The Whole 9
    Jed doesn't give a horsefeathers. He believes he has a Manager who will get the most out of his roster, and reinforcements are banging on the door at each position of weakness. At those positions, he has guys that he feels will be adequate for 2024 (Tauchman, Madrigal, Wisdom, Assad). He's not gonna go sign Bellinger just because and cave in to Boras' dumb ass demands. Some of y'all treat FA like it's a retail store where there's a set price and you have to pay it or you won't get the item. Bellinger's market is limited and his price needs to come down or Jed will go with Tauchman bridging to PCA, it's really that simple. Bellinger is not worth his current asking price. Jed is at a flea market and he's gonna haggle. Bitching about it every day isn't going to change that. He tried for Ohtani and Yamamoto, even though he had 0 chance to make it happen, as made crystal clear by post-signing reports and remarks. He tried for Lee, and probably came 2nd or 3rd. And again, no other FA of consequence besides like Sonny Gray, has come off the board. 29 other teams have added MLB players but it's not like they have all been quality players.
  20. We Got The Whole 9
    I'd be down but shouldn't SFG just snatch him up?
  21. We Got The Whole 9
    PCA is a 21 year old that made some mistakes
  22. We Got The Whole 9
    Is any QB that has questions about their ability to win a SB a bust? Mitchell Trubisky is a bust. Jared Goff does not qualify in my book. He threw for 4600 yards and 30 TDs in his 3rd year in the league and there's never been questions about his standing as a starting QB in the NFL.
  23. We Got The Whole 9
    IDK he threw for 8000 yards and 60 TD to 19 INT across his 2nd and 3rd seasons. Perhaps he was plugged into the perfect season but those are elite numbers nonetheless.
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    I also suspect that if he could be had for 150 then he would probably have more interested suitors, right? We've seen Bellinger's floor, and I don't think he's gonna go that low again, but if he hit like Swanson did last year he isn't even a 3 win player. The floor just isn't there to take that kind of gamble is the way I'm leaning.
  25. We Got The Whole 9
    Goff, Stafford, Burrow, Lawrence - I think those are the only first QBs taken in the last 15 drafts that are in the top 15 QBs in the league. Not sure if Mayfield should count.
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