Jump to content
North Side Baseball

KCCub

Old-Timey Member
 View Profile  See their activity

  • Posts

    1,082

  • Joined

  • Last visited

  • Days Won

    3

 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 KCCub

  1. KCCub
    It's Bregman just due to the commitment. Tucker always felt like a pipe dream to extend, more of a fling than long term sort of speak. I'm just over here day dreaming about the $22m from Shota, $17m from Jamo, and $14.5m from Boyd freed up after this season and throwing that at a certain FA lefty SP. A guy can dream.
  2. KCCub
    Health always seems to be their issue, but they're one top end SP away from being pretty damn good.
  3. KCCub
    Agreed. No interest in Spencer Jones here. Gil doesn’t excite me either. Would much rather just lock in the 4war season from Nico
  4. KCCub
    This is going to drag on until we let it known we’re not interested in moving Nico. Which I hope is the case
  5. KCCub
    Fully agree. I learned long ago athletes aren’t great role models. Some of them are fantastic humans, some of them you believe are and then years later find out they weren’t. I made a stance years ago that if the league allows said player to be in the league, then I’m fine with them being on my team. I’ll have my favorites, but they’re mostly just assets to me at this point (across all sports).
  6. KCCub
    Because it’s an internet sports forum. Happens everywhere. Best way to deal with a troll is to not engage
  7. KCCub
    At the end of the day, Bregman needs around 20 fWAR over his 5 years to hit value. All that matters is Jed and company believe he’ll land close to that with their internal projections.
  8. KCCub
    They probably should be looking at OF, but Kepler was a FA.
  9. KCCub
    The Cubs fan in me who has been hurt multiple times in these instances feels like Bregman back to the Red Sox, Belli back to the Yankees, Phillies land Bo, and Blue jays or Mets land Tucker. The logical thinker in me looks at our 2027 and 2028 payrolls and just see's no reason whatsoever for us to not sign one of these four, even if it cost us a few additional million in lux tax this season. We just literally don't have any substantial contracts besides Dansby and next off-season is going to be hell trying to replace all these guys if we don't start adding longer term pieces now.
  10. KCCub
    Meh, we are so short on pitching prospects that it just logically doesn't make sense to move Wiggins. This is just more evidence to support that if you had doubts.
  11. KCCub
    I think we're safe on Wiggins
  12. KCCub
    Yea, this gives them room to go that direction. I don't understand this angle if true - Just signed Polanco and traded for Semien. Baty finally came around last season, so unless they don't believe in him, I don't understand why you add three 2b, forcing one to play 3b in place of your young third basemen.
  13. KCCub
    He played 50 games in the OF last season at all 3 positions. Fangraphs currently has Benge as their LF starter and Tyrone Taylor as their CF. I like Benge a lot as a prospect but they probably need to make a move there to where they aren't starting both Benge and Taylor. Does it put them in the Imai market and then they flip some of their young pitching for Duran?
  14. KCCub
    I would have absolutely kicked the tires here pre Austin.
  15. KCCub
    If the Rays are blowing it up, would you guys take the risk on McClanahan if they were to make him available? I’ll preface with saying McClanahan was my favorite non Cubs SP before his injury. He was an absolute Ace. Post TJ surgery now but had a small triceps surgery that kept him from coming back last season. 2 years of control left. I’m guessing it’s a pipe dream and the Rays won’t sell low on him but eventually will once he proves he’s healthy. Like they did with Glasnow.
  16. KCCub
    Welp
  17. KCCub
    Makes you wonder if this makes the Rays the favorites for Marte now. Moved Lowe’s salary/opened 2b and Pepiot/Baz both have 3 years of control left, if they are the type of young arm the DBacks are looking for.
  18. KCCub
    Sounds like the Pirates would also land Mangum and Montgomery from the Rays. Seems like this is a done deal with all the names being released
  19. KCCub
    Phillies just freed up $7.5m. Strahm has been a good arm though.
  20. KCCub
    This has been the worry all along waiting for Imai. Jed can save the offseason by landing him, but it will probably require him going outside his comfort zone.
  21. KCCub
  22. KCCub
    Nm
  23. KCCub
  24. KCCub
    I think there’s absolutely regression coming for Collins next season with teams adjusting to him. He has been consistent in the minors though, so maybe he’ll settle in the 105-110 wRC+ range with good defense at some point over the next 5 seasons. I just like this route so much better than moving Ragans for Duran as an example. Ragans is a dude, and I would never trade him.
  25. KCCub
    Good trade for the Royals imo. Hopefully that puts an end to the idea of them moving Ragans (Unless it’s to us of course).
×
×
  • Create New...