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August 3, 2026 Trade Deadline Rumors/Gossip/Speculation Thread
Bertz replied to Outshined_One's topic in Chicago Cubs Talk
OMG yes please buy low on Gore -
Among pitchers with at least 30 IP this year, Rico Garcia is #1 in in-zone contact rate against. And he's not wild or anything either. I don't fully know what his deal is, but if you're looking to buy a guy for what he's going to do vs. name value he's gotta be near the top of the list.
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Yeah I think especially from the Angels perspective you've gotten your big fish and so you might prefer ~3 medium fish on your second go-around. To the discussion yesterday Kepley/Ayers/a pitcher feels pretty reasonable.
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Yeah I think other pubs have a bit more daylight between the two but even so this is not an especially scary price. Presumably Detmers costs similar.
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Holmes/Weaver is probably the dividing line for me. I'd be pretty happy about that, disappointed in the lack of 2027 impact but happy enough about what it does for this year to not be too terribly upset. I do think Gausman has thankfully already closed most of the doors to a disaster deadline. Gausman+two relievers is an adequate deadline.
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If Jed does pull down the controllable SP tomorrow, I wonder if Rea gets shipped out? Yes yes no such thing as enough pitching depth but like Detmers Boyd Gausman Shota Cabrera Peterson Assad All should clearly be ahead of Rea in the pecking order. And like if god forbid another wave of SP injuries hits you're probably better off bullpenning it than using Rea as a playoff SP. And in the much more likely event another wave of pitching injuries doesn't hit you'd like the roster spot back for an actual reliever. Arizona, San Diego, or Houston feel like good fits?
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I'm fascinated to know what crucial detail in this Bob either omitted or horsefeathered up because this is certainly not true as presented.
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It really sounds like pairing Gausman with one of the Angels' guys is the plan. I don't love to post this long of an excerpt from an article but I think it's instructive from last night's Sharma/Mooney article Going on and on and on about Gausman's experience and resume and then switching to the Angels guys and being like "we love these guys but gee that experience factor is lacking here" is not an accident. Plan A is to have their cake and eat it too, just gotta see if Jed pulls it off.
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Yeah I'd say Gausman is pretty comparable to Boyd at this point. It's not ideal that these guys are our co-aces but they're legitimate playoff caliber starters.
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Going to miss Southisene but this is a deal you *have* to pull the trigger on. Only thing I don't like about this deal was I was hoping for a bigger deal where we get Hoffman too, though obviously this doesn't totally preclude doing that tomorrow. I also hope now that he's in the org we get Jed to come clean about how long they've been trying to get Gausman. I think we heard rumors as far back as '15/'16?
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They are really laying the Gausman stuff on thick the last two nights. He has to feel like the most likely individual name at this point.
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Yankees (Cole) vs Cubs (Rea): 8/2/26, 1:20pm
Bertz replied to Brock Beauchamp's topic in Fred Hornkohl Game Thread Forum
Not the headline from today's game but I really like Civale out of the pen. I hope he's still on the roster Tuesday night. I'd dump Thornton before him, even though I don't think the team will. -
Doing Gausman/Hoffman or Holmes/Weaver feels ideal? You've done enough that you don't *have* to do anything else tomorrow, even though you'd clearly like to. But really I think it just has to be a SP. even if it's a tepid one like Tyler Mahle.
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I'd be a bit surprised if we don't get a SP tonight. Last year they locked in Soroka the night before, tried to get Cabrera et al the day of and pivoted to Castro+relievers when that was a bust. Feels like that same order of operations makes sense here?
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In what way would a lockout impact Hartshorn's ability to be part of the 2028 team?
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lol I assume the dueling cash considerations is some sort of "depending on how many starts he makes" sort of deal but still funny.
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Minor League Discussion & Boxes, 8-2-26
Bertz replied to CaliforniaRaisin's topic in Cubs Minor League Talk
Pierce Coppola with another good outing. 10 IP, 9 Ks, 1 BB his last two times out -
Looking these guys over....Cubs equivalent looks something like Southisene, Snell, and Kipp?
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Oh weird they seemed so confident he was going to get them a top 100 guy and more
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Fun thing about the Angels guys is you can play the same game with them. I am all for Pitching Chaos in October. Game 2 of that Padres/Cubs series where we saw I think one fastball under 97 MPH is forever going to be seared into my brain. 3 IP of Soriano airing it out followed by 2 IP each from Cabrera and Brown topped off by Morejon and Palencia. Who the hell is going to do anything against that?
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Alcantara is absolutely the right sized trade piece to headline a deal for one of the rental SPs or frontline RPs. Pretty comparable to Ayers and Kepley IMO.
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Soriano is 18th in MLB in innings since the start of last year, tied with Tarik Skubal and ahead of guys like Freddy Peralta, Dylan Cease, and Joe Ryan. I don't like that he has two TJ's under his belt either but let's not go overboard.
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Soriano and Detmers are basically the same guy IMO. Soriano has more health risk Detmers has more performance risk.
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If you get one of the Angels guys for a Kepley/Ayers led package I'd feel pretty empowered to go HAM on a reliever/rental starter deal. Go do Gausman/Hoffman or Peralta/Weaver after.
