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  1. Bertz
    Probably the third most likely Willson team, and most likely to take him solo
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    If we're doing tea leaves the Cards passing on Montas plus the Hader deal would make you wonder if the Cards are getting Soto
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    The timeline is moving a mile a minute right now so I don't know where I saw it, but apparently Breslow was Wesnenski's pitching coach when he was still in the Yankees org. He's definitely got ideas in mind for him, and I'm very interested to see what they are. Moskos, not Breslow. Ah, that's right! Breslow came from the Sox. I get all these "remember some guys" type middle relievers who are now pitch design geniuses mixed up.
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    The timeline is moving a mile a minute right now so I don't know where I saw it, but apparently Breslow was Wesnenski's pitching coach when he was still in the Yankees org. He's definitely got ideas in mind for him, and I'm very interested to see what they are.
  6. Bertz
    ..why does this narrative continue to prevail? 4.28 ERA last 3 years, all 3 seasons are 4+ That's mostly garbage time innings. Cubs relievers are 2nd in WPA this year and were 4th through last year's deadline. 10th in 2020, and I'm not gonna spend the time slicing and dicing it but I bet it's top 5 after Kimbrel's horrific first couple weeks.
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    And Alzolay assuming he’s still a thing. I think you go into next year with him slated as the long man and ask him to do the Keegan Thompson piggyback role from early in the year. But yeah Jed needs to add someone to the front half of the rotation, but that's really it? Let's just say Rodon because it's the funnest: Rodon Stroman Steele Thompson Hendricks Alzolay in the 'pen. Kilian and Wesnenski at Iowa. Wicks and Herz at Tenn. That's legitimately enviable SP depth, something the org hasn't had in a very long time. Even in '15/'16 Montgomery was the only depth the front end guys were just durable enough for it to not matter.
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    Honestly this isn't really a minor trade. I need to dig in more on Wesnenski but he's a very legit prospect and almost immediate SP depth. I don't love losing Effross but selling high on relievers is usually smart business. This is interesting.
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    Soto is holding everything up. If Padres lose out on Soto I think they grab the Happ/Contreras package. If the Cards lose out they pivot to Montas, and are probably favorites there. Montas is holding up the entire SP market, and Jed can't deal Contreras or Happ solo until he has resolution on whether the Padres deal, so that's holding up a bunch more stuff. I think basically everything is in a holding pattern, and once there's resolution on Soto we see an avalanche of transactions. I am curious how much longer the dam can hold. If the Nats are taking their sweet time, at what point do the Cards or Padres just have to move on?
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    Looks like Brett jumped the gun and Hosmer is now so bad he gets removed for defense late in games?
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    Cam has the swag of a reliever too. This kind of felt inevitable The Bailey Horn move continues to look like an instance of the org over-correcting and leaning too hard on the R&D department.
  13. Bertz
    Any idea what the package going to the Nationals would look like? We discussed on here a week or two back that Baseball Trade Values is probably a bit high, but if you use that as a benchmark you're looking at two of Carlson/Gorman/Walker, plus two of Liberatore/Graceffo/Winn. It's gonna hurt, but that's the price you pay to build a lineup that's gonna put up like 7 runs a game.
  14. Bertz
    Impossible to tell if this is a good shake or a bad shake but does kinda look like resolution one way or the other
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    Extremely minor trade, or ancillary part of a larger trade?
  16. Bertz
    Even if we agree that the value is right, I don't love this fit. A 1B who could be called up immediately is great, but yet another RH bat low on contact for an org with a ton of those already
  17. Bertz
    After getting on base 3x tonight Miguel Amaya is hitting a cool .360/.429/.560 in the early going at Tenn
  18. Bertz
    Cubs Twitter is getting really melodramatic about Smyly getting knocked around
  19. Bertz
    I'm very done with Rivas. I'm hoping that Mckinstry takes his roster spot for good.
  20. Bertz
    Kohl Franklin couldn't get out of the first again. Apparently hit 101 but it doesn't seem to matter
  21. Bertz
    Starting to wonder if Willson doesn't finish the SF series
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    Martin has another year of control. I know FG says that but I'm pretty sure he doesn't. I assume tied to his time in Asia?
  24. Bertz
    I hope his defense plays up to the glowing scouting reports and not the poor brief MLB performance The org is absolutely bereft of LHH infield help and they're gonna have ABs to give the final two months of the year. This probably ends up like Deichman but a very worthwhile gamble. It's funny, I think a month ago Martin brings back a good more. But Givens would have returned much less so hopefully at minimum evens out.
  25. Bertz
    Yeah I'm getting here too. I could see him not getting any time this September for purely roster-management reasons (the 40 man is fairly tight), but I'm getting pretty comfortable with the idea of not adding a dedicated 1B this winter despite how horrible this year's production has been. IMO add at 3B, either directly or by adding an OFer to push Morel there full time, and let Wisdom/Mervis own 1B. Feels free to add someone who could play some 1B if needed, e.g. Joey Gallo, but don't go get a dedicated 1B like Josh Bell.
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