Bertz
-
Posts
12,386 -
Joined
-
Last visited
-
Days Won
29
Content Type
Profiles
Joomla Posts 1
Chicago Cubs Videos
Chicago Cubs Free Agent & Trade Rumors, Notes, & Tidbits
2026 Chicago Cubs Top Prospects Ranking
News
2023 Chicago Cubs Draft Picks
Guides & Resources
2024 Chicago Cubs Draft Picks
The Chicago Cubs Players Project
2025 Chicago Cubs Draft Pick Tracker
Blogs
Events
Forums
Store
Gallery
Everything posted by Bertz
-
BTW after pushing for this Paredes/Tucker deal starting in like August do want to try and speak the next major trade into existence?
-
Over the last two years, among guys with at least 1000 PAs, Tucker ranks 7th in wRC+ and Seiya ranks 19th. Dodgers, Braves, and Astros only other teams with more than 1 in the top 20. (Francisco Lindor is #21 and paired with Soto would add the Mets so I'm cheating a bit with the arbitrary endpoint)
-
Hard to get too deep into specifics before we see the $$$ on the ensuing Bellinger deal, but with Iowa still being fully stocked trading for a fun SP should still be on the table.
-
They were by the slimmest of margins before this, now between this and the Williams trade the margin is not especially slim. The Bellinger trade will temporarily cut it back down some.
-
Wonder how immediate the Yankee trade is. We talking like the next hour or like tomorrow?
-
If we presume that Bellinger for Warren follows, then this deal essentially got done without touching anything at Iowa.
-
Also once this gets Passan'd this discussion should probably become a new thread
-
Yeah this is fair. Assad also might have more value on account of being a no-doubt SP, and thus better to hang onto for the (hopefully) coming SP trade.
-
Not the priority but if Assad can be the pitcher that'd be swell? I like Wesneski more in a swing role than Assad.
-
From someone more reliable than Morosi this type of language would more or less mean it's done.
-
Hmmm I thought Bohm was due closer to $15M. Still though We're talking ~$12M available once Kelly becomes official to add a SP, a RP, and a reserve IFer. The latter I guess you can punt to a kid (Workman presumably) but that's still tough.
-
Right now, and it only gets worse with Paredes sent out, this team is really light on RHH power. Player-wise Bohm + Castellanos makes a lot of sense but financially I don't really see any way to make it work without just going "welp, this here is the pitching staff I guess."
-
Damn you beat me to the punch!
-
Nope
-
I would think so. They had 7 viable SP and hour ago, which is what made dangling Gil so plausible. Trading another, and reportedly one of your best AAA depth guys in the Bellinger deal would feel dicey.
-
We are not doing this horsefeathering dance again
-
Assuming team is at $30M right now - Kelly makes 8ish - Paredes makes 7ish - Bellinger makes 27, but we send let's call it 5 so we save 22 net - Tucker makes 16 So by the end of the weekend we're at ~$35M to spend. From there spend $15M on another starter, $10M on a late inning reliever, and $10M across two bench guys. Viola
-
I think there's likely to be ~$10M available to safely throw at the bench, assuming Ryan Pressly is not part of the Tucker deal.
-
The risk/reward balance is probably not right but Moncada fits in this bucket as well. I like Rojas, but if we're not trading for a SP of substance pay a bit of a prospect premium to the Twins for Castro. That also helps backfill the CF insurance we lose with a Bellinger deal.
-
Probably
-
Philips is Steve Philips right? So this is very much a "two ******s talking to each other and saying exactlyyyyy" deal
-
I don't want this to come off as too mean but this happens a lot. And I think the reason is you dig in and refuse to update your priors despite new evidence. You believe Thing A and then have to tie yourself into knots supporting it rather than accepting that it's either no longer true or potentially never was.
-
Yeah it's probably just this, but their starting outfield is about to be: Chas Mccormick - Jake Meyers - Taylor Trammell And they're talking to a team with major league or major league adjacent outfielders coming out the ears. It's weird. It's this meme
-
Levine has not had the best track record recently and acquiring multiple 3B is still just weird. I'm hoping he's right on vibes/momentum but the specifics still feel off.
