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Cutting Mancini and putting Wisdom at 1B is ideal to me
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Wisdom is doing exactly what the Cubs ask him to do: hit homers. That's all he does but when he's healthy he's pretty good at it. It's pretty funny that since he returned his KBB numbers are actually fine-good but he cannot get a basehit to save his life.
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They should cut Mancini. He provides no value to the roster whatsoever,
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Franklin is also eligible IIRC
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Like 1908 said, Perlaza and Franklin make sense. Vazuez could too.
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He's never hurt the team vs LHB except last year when he plain sucked across the board. This year he's at a 91, close to average. But we will gladly take the bat vs the dominant side anyway.
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Could be Sewald's 30% GB rate and 93 velo that turned us off, but that's a low cost for 1.5 yrs of a good RP that probably costs 6m next year or something.
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So a nothing, a Mervis, and a Luis Vazquez got Sewald?
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I think I would be happy with a deadline somewhere between 2015 and 2016, but nowhere close to 2017 lol
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Yeah that's a big surprise to me, although he has been racking up a lot of XBH. In the first 150 PA of the season (through May 31) he had 13, and in the next 200 he had 26. FWIW I don't recall if it was Tango or James, but one of them said they throw AEV out completely and focus on 90th% instead. Said there's just too much noise in AEV.
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General Baseball Chit-Chat Thread
We Got The Whole 9 replied to David's topic in General Baseball Talk
Not sure where to put this, but Sasaki's oblique tear has ended his season. And in a fg article they mentioned Erick Fedde is dominating the KBO. I wonder if he will come back stateside, and if so, I would probably be interested. FWIW 30% K rate with a 72% GB rate in 103 IP. -
There's noone else in the universe that would make that ranking even if PCA was shelved with a torn achilles.
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I feel like they should go this route. His floor is high enough to still be valuable and if he hits above average you have a decent shot at ROY.
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It's like the organization is so far behind in this respect and generally feels like they are not adequate in developing swings for this, but then you have PCA. He was a total overhaul and they probably deserve a ton of credit there. Although his aptitude for adjustments is obviously really high to begin with. When he gets stronger, look out.
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If he doesn't show something next year the Cubs will give up on him, I bet. He will be difficult to justify a 40 spot at some point as other prospects ascend and make him expendable.
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So who wants to gut the farm for Robert? 2/27 remains after this year and 2/40 in club options after that. His plate discipline is worrisome but he is really young, productive AF, and athletic enough to reasonably project positive value across the board for a few more seasons. He's 36th in fwar since 2021 and 21st in wRC+ with a 133.
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I don't know what makes you think they won't do anything :shrug: They're already linked to 2 major pieces.
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He does like to play his hand at the 11th hour. Not sure it really squeezes out the absolute most juice but that's the way he has operated.
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I didn't like the Madrigal acquisition and I've been biased and extra critical of him because of that, but when he is healthy and in a groove at the plate he does have potential to be decently valuable. He needs to keep up the doubles, but at any rate, he has been really good since his return. That's probably not going to continue but I can see a 300/350/400 hitter in there. He can work as a super infielder. They need to just DFA Mancini and let Mervis figure it out.
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I don't think there's any chance Hoyer has put Horton or PCA on the table for Bednar. But the Cubs system is not such that we can call a handful untouchables IMO. If the Cubs are serious about wanting Bednar I am sure they have found a mutual ground for a deal and it's gonna headline something better than a control-over-stuff LHP who had questions about getting advanced hitters out and is so far seeing a 30% decrease in K rate in his initial exposure to AAA. Wicks has allowed 11 HR in 75 IP this year. Over his 86 AA IP he allowed 14 HR. I'd be over the moon if we could headline a Bednar package with him but I don't see it. I do wonder if they would put Wiggins on the table as a PBTNL that becomes official once he's trade-eligible.
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I agree with that. I'm hoping he gets promoted after the TDL and gets some solid AA exposure this year.
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Doesn't that essentially boil down to one shuttle year? If they don't trade him, You figure: Hopefully promoted to AA after TDL, maybe not, the injury complicates things and they might be cautious 2024 AA most of the year, AAA toward end, hopefully 2025 AAA and a possible cup of coffee 2026 shuttle if he doesn't stick That's the only true option year he will have. They need to start accelerating his timeline a little bit. I would still be dangling him as my headliner. I wouldn't be thrilled about trading him for a reliever though FTR.
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The problem is that Alcantara will be out of options sooner than the Cubs' latitude to let him figure things out could run out. I also hope they utilize him to get a bat but if they are sniffing around David Bednar I think you are facing the probability that you're gonna give up at least one pretty significant prospect.
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Unless the Cubs move Happ or Seiya I don't see Alcantara playing for them. I really don't think they would ever trade PCA because of his floor and his swing/FB% + speed creates a sizable ceiling. Alcantara's clock makes him sort of expendable and they should capitalize on his droolworthy ceiling IMO.
