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Haha someone is feeling a little bit salty -
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I would like Polanco's bat upside better, but man he would scare me to death as the everyday 3b. I just don't know how we could feel comfortable with this guy at 3b who has around 20 starts there in his MLB career:
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Paredes $6.2m 3.1 fWAR proj Bellinger $27.5m 2.1 fWAR proj Out $26.7m (33.7m - eating $7m of Bellinger's contract) Kyle Tucker $16.7m 5.5 fWAR proj + $10mish to spend Thoughts on Josh Rojas as the stopgap at 3b until Shaw forces his way on the club? 1.9 fWAR last season (Defensive guy) and can move to the super utility guy (Mainly played 3b last season, with starts at 2b, LF, and 1b) if Shaw forces his way on the big league club. How close is the $10mish that we net above to being his value?
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They want to compete next year, but they also want to restock their farm. Paredes + prospects helps with both.
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Who also represents Dansby
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I had this account blocked. Are we sure it’s not just going for clicks? Here’s some of their other tweets for reference:
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We can’t have our cake and eat it too. We’ve all bitched and moaned over the past handful of seasons over the Cubs not having a true difference maker superstar bat. Tucker currently has the 5th best odds to be the AL mvp next season. The Cubs are in a spot to win the NLC, Tucker helps get us over the hump. If it’s not now, when? And who? Yea it sucks he’s most likely going to walk after next season, but damn, I want at least a punchers chance to make some noise in the playoffs. We can’t just sit around and wait for the next crop of young guys when we have a core of solid cost controlled players in their prime right now.
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Kind of hard to trade for a FA
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Also, could be very noteworthy if true, some chatter that Warren was a piece the Astros might want back for Tucker....
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There was this who others pointed out has a connected following ("Eno Saris, Jim Passan, Paul Sporer, Marc Craig and a bunch of others."). Also, no one has refuted the ask/reporting. What is most likely the case imo is that was the Astros initial "shoot the moon" ask and Jed said hell no.
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Some notes from Heyman's live steam (Nothing really new) Bellinger - Cubs/Yankess made a 'bit of progress' Tucker - Cubs favorites, ask is Paredes & Suzuki & one of Shaw/Smith Alonso - “I throw the Cubs in the mix for Alonso. They’ve long been rumored to be interested in him.” Just for the fun of it, I wanted to see what a scenario looked like if Jed goes mad scientist and meets the Astros demands (Logic says absolutely won't happen). Out Bellinger $27.5m ($26.6m AAV) Streamer Proj 2.1 fWAR Paredes $6.2m Proj 3.1 fWAR Suzuki $19m ($17m AAV) Proj 2.2 fWAR $52.7m 7.4 fWAR Proj In Tucker $16.7m Proj 5.5 fWAR Alonso $25m (5/$125m CS & MLBTR 5/$125m) Proj 2.6 fWAR $41.7m 8.1 fWAR Proj Elephants in the room - Who plays 3b? What does Bellinger's return look like and how much $$$ are the Cubs eating?
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Yep, Bloom did the dirty work there and took A LOT of horsefeathers for it.
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No clue if this guy is legit or not -
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I still think it's Cam on top of either Paredes/Suzuki. There's just no way they expect to get all 3.
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Context: Redsox beat reporter who is followed by all the big dogs - Heyman, Rosenthal, Morosi, etc
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I've not really been on the Alonso train, but just curious what everyone's thoughts would be on this hypothetical scenario if Suzuki ends up being the one moved for Tucker: - Suzuki framework for Tucker - Bellinger traded for prospects/pieces with little to no added money coming back - Alonso signed with Bellinger's money - Prospects for cost controlled SP That's a scenario that leaves us with basically no holes (Keeps 2b/3b intact). We lose Suzuki and his extra year of control for the better player in Tucker. Alonso gives us the RH slug bat we've been lacking and can flip flop between 1b/DH with Busch depending on matchups. The negatives are obviously if Tucker walks, we miss out on a year of Suzuki and Alonso is 30 with his numbers declining the previous two years.
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Nothing new, but Heyman getting involved:
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In no way was he saying that was the bar. He was simply explaining why there's more value/need/justification with adding a player that moves you from 85 to 87 wins vs adding a player that moves you from 75 to 77 wins. AKA a Kyle Tucker trade doesn't make sense if they were a 75 win team. He makes complete sense being around an 85 projected team and the additional wins he adds helps get over the hump.
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If they don't land Tucker and trade Bellinger he does. As I said though, it's most likely a nothing burger but IF Alonso's market falls enough where he's doing a short term deal with opt-outs, that's when the Cubs would get involved. I don't believe it happens though
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Exactly why I posted it. If it got to that point (Short term with opt-outs), that's right up the Cubs alley if Tucker/etc doesn't happen.
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Probably a nothing burger here and just standard Cubs due diligence, but it has been reported that Alonso doesn't have much of a market right now...
