KCCub

I would be extremely sad if Steele were no longer a Cub. If the deal was massive and included Mayo, I would be less sad.

Couple huge NL Central series - Brewers trying to eliminate us at our place and Cards @ Pirates, both fighting to stay within striking distance of the division and battling for the last couple spots in the WC.

I miss the allstar break

Yea not sure why they don't just rotate to each being the home team. Oh well, this is big for the org to be able to showcase Suzuki & Imanaga there.

The Cubs need to be past the stage of throwing horsefeathers at 3b and hoping it sticks. They've tried that for 3.5 seasons already and it hasn't worked. Get someone who can actually handle the position and add value to the team. Steele isn't getting any cheaper, we've burnt likely Imanaga's best season as a Cub, we only have a few years left of Suzuki/Happ/Nico together, Dansby's going to continue to age, and on and on.

Tigers won't move him, but ughh if the Dodgers do somehow pull it off...

And I think most everyone here would agree with that line of thinking if that's the result. Similar to what I posted above - if they move Taillon for a BP/platoon guy and sign a Kyle Gibson this off season, I would hate that. That doesn't mean that's the only outcome though. I don't think it's that far fetched if the front office identifies Taillon as a spot where they believe they can do some combo of these things - add more upside, get younger, add more cost control. Let's put it this way - if you listen to any national analyst/reporter talk about the Cubs potential deadline and spefically if they are selling, it's always Bellinger and Taillon (Heck, even the CBS fantasy baseball podcast was talking about on Friday how much it would improve Taillon's fantasy value if he was traded). Now maybe all that chatter stems from the very first rumor that came about and everyone just ran with it and it's all moot. But there's yet to be anything released saying Taillon is off limits (Similar to what the Cubs front office did for Morel this off-season). IF we do end up being sellers and Taillon truely is available, I sure hope the front office isn't just looking at his spot as an upgrade on the margins and not thinking bigger. Let's just become buyers and not have to continue talking about trading Taillon.

That's the thing, us NorthSideBaseball GM's are working with a fraction of the data/knowledge that our front office has. We don't know what next year's potential budget will be, we don't have a temperature on possible off season trade targets, we don't know what their internal projections of this team actually is, and on and on. It's very easy to say on here "If you trade X player, you need to give a precise plan to justify trading said player". That's just impossible being the NSB GM's we all are. If the front office has a specific target/plan in mind to improve this team and that includes trading Taillon, then pull the trigger. Last year if that was unloading Taillon and then trading for Glasnow + extending Glasnow we would of all been thrilled (At least those who aren't terrified of his injury history) with that result. If the plan is to trade Taillon and sign Kyle Gibson for $12m, then don't do it. mul21 mentions regress to the mean - what is the mean? 82/83 wins? That's the underlying issue most folks have with the current roster construction and why we see so many suggestions on "we need to move x player".

The post you quoted was discussing next year's free agency (Paredes specifically) and potential off-season moves. Did you mean to quote a different post?

It was Busch’s fault. Swanson was trying to catch it, Nico covering 2b, Busch needs to be hovering around the pitchers mound in that scenario. Another learning experience for him.

Mastro and Busch have been fantastic lately. We expect Nico and Swanson to do their thing but the defense has really turned a corner with Mastro handling 3b and Busch making plays at 1b.

Royals desperately needed bullpen help. He'll help them next year as well.

I can't wait until PCA gets a bunt single off of him and he has a complete mental breakdown on the mound

Good W. What’s the moves for tomorrow’s game? Assad for Little? Which pitcher get’s called up for the extra roster spot?

Bote is such a fantastic pinch hitter

Mastro and Amaya stepping up tonight. Love to see it

Morel has looked horrible today

Mastro bloop single > PCA bunt hit > Amaya sacrifice > Hoerner RBI ground out.

Good horsefeathers Dansby

Good hustle/throw Seiya