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  1. Bertz
    That's a good call. I didn't watch the interview that led to it but I saw on Twitter earlier this week there was some Stearns interview and Mets fans were like "Oh yeah Pete's gone"
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    JDM? Very much a pure DH, so you would HAVE to let at least one of Morel/Wisdom/Busch play plenty of 3rd
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    He *really* hit the doing damage against right handed pitching point. I'm not sure who that'd be. Brad on Twitter mentioned Belt, and that's probably a good call, but all the other usual suspects we've been talking about are fairly split neutral or do most of their damage against lefties.
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    Also want to make sure we all caught that he said "bats" with an "s." So Busch is presumably 1 of 3 being added this winter? Edit: Dammit I can't count lol
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    Do we think we get any interesting news from Cubs Convention this weekend? Last year we found out about the Madrigal at 3B experiment, so my mind immediately goes towards clarity on what positions Busch and Morel are going to focus on.
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    That's awesome. Give him 2-3 months to try and make it work in one of the best pitching dev ecosystems in the sport, and if it doesn't you've got a dynamic reliever and Cobb/Ray coming back from rehab. While scouring for Imanaga news I ventured into Giants Twitter and they all hate Farhan for most of the same reasons Cubs fans hate Jed.
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    Not a ton of surprises, but a few things that stood out for me personally: - ZiPS sees the Cubs as presently constructed finishing in the mid 80's for wins - Justin Steele are a formidable 1-2, but ZiPS does not like Taillon or Hendricks. Hendricks surprises me a bit because ZiPS usually picks up on FIP-beating prowess - Alzolay has a pretty disappointing projection, but that's because the computer has him starting some games. He gets a 3.00 ERA projection as a pure reliever. Ben Brown gets a 3.20 as a pure reliever - Nick Madrigal projects to 1.8 WAR in only 350 PAs. That's a 3 win pace. It loooooves his defense - ZiPS is as skeptical as many about Cody Bellinger, projecting just 2.7 WAR and a 108 OPS+ - ZiPS doesn't love any of the offensive prospects to make much impact beyond PCA. However this stuck out
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    The beauty of being 5'10" instead of 6'4"
  10. Bertz
    I would guess if it's not a trade or the weather it's a personal/family type matter
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    That is a really nifty deal for the Yankeees to get Stroman. I wonder if he left money on the table to go to NYC instead of like Kansas City or Pittsburgh? I'd put it with Imanaga and Lugo for deals the rest of the league is most likely to look at in like June and say "How the hell did we let that go by?"
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    I like him a lot. He had some high profile blowup but he basically had to remake himself on the fly. If he'd gotten 4-6 weeks at Iowa people wouldn't have such a sour taste in their mouth about him.
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    Just thinking about this a bit more. I don't expect Jed to push his chips in this aggressively, but this fits what we think payroll will be and is probably one of the five best position player groups in baseball, no? Pretty clear #1 defense and top 10 offense? LF - Happ DH - Morel RF - Suzuki CF - Bellinger 3B - Chapman SS - Swanson 1B - Busch C - Gomes 2B - Hoerner With a top 3 farm system ready to back it up. The pitching staff is probably two guys light, but then again the farm will help there too plus the defense will make the whole thing play up.
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    As a lefty who can handle the ball up Busch is a good offensive complement to Matt Chapman...
  15. Bertz
    Here's the thing. The Cubs now have two good defensive 3B whose bats we don't totally trust (Madrigal, Mastro), and three good offensive 3B whose gloves we don't totally trust (Wisdom, Morel, Busch) Either Matt Chapman is a lot more likely than we're collectively expecting, or the team feels at least one of those latter 3B options is actually adequate defensively.
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    FWIW - All of these are right in line with the MLBTR estimates though so nothing really changes
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    A few stray thoughts, some of these have been touched on I think. - Odds PCA opens the year in MLB are basically nil now. No way two opening day spots are manned by rookies with 100 MLB plate appearances between them - That in turn makes me even more sure Bellinger is coming back (I was like 85% sure this morning, I'm 90-something now) - I don't think staying under the LT is the plan, but it's certainly more feasible than it was a few hours ago - Adding a second substantial SP feels much more likely now than it did prior. Conversely adding a second FA bat isn't as much of a certainty anymore (though I'd guess it's still more likely than not) - Feels pretty likely that one of Morel/Busch is the everyday 3B, or Morel's about to be traded. It doesn’t HAVE to be either/or, but it feels pretty either/or - Another trade is probably not far behind this. Even if it's just a minor cleaning up the 40 man sort of deal - Between this and the low AAV on Imanaga, I think it's very likely that Jed pays market price on a FA reliever like Hicks or Stephenson
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    Among 410 pitchers with 40+ IP last year, he was 55th in Stuff+ per Fangraphs. Command is pretty iffy but he's a guy, and that's before any pitch lab tweaks the team might have cooked up. If he's clearly the lesser of two RPs we acquire I feel pretty good about him.
  21. Bertz
    Really good call from Brett here. The Cubs actually know Busch as well as anyone because of Kelly.
  22. Bertz
    Let's assume the plan is still Bellinger and Hoskins. You'd have a lineup of something like Happ (LF) Hoskins (1B) Seiya (RF) Bellinger (CF) Swanson (SS) Hoerner (2B) Morel (DH) Busch (3B) Gomes (C) No superstar bat, but every spot in that lineup projects north of league average except catcher, and Gomes/Amaya are likely above average offensively by catcher standards.
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    ZiPS projects Busch to a 109 OPS+, -2 runs on defense, and 2.5 WAR. There's not a ton left in the tank IMO but you absolutely trade any teenage arm in A ball for that. 100 times out of 100. Great trade from Jed, even though I like Ferris more as a prospect.
  24. Bertz
    WOW! There's a LHH power hitter and a 3B all in one go. I did not expect an option like this to be on the market, very very cool. I do think Busch is overrated but he absolutely fills a need here.
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    Sinker/slider guy with good extension, Tommy will love him
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