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  1. JD94
    They should trade us Josh Naylor then
  2. JD94
    That’s what I was hoping to hear. I’ll be interested to see how he looks. I know he’s a guy they were excited to get into the lab. I was just hoping he was actually progressing well from the surgery.
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  4. JD94
    These things tend to work themselves out some how, some way. Trades will happen also. We are in a prime position to make a big move or 2 in the near future. It’s an excellent problem to have.
  5. JD94
    Is there any update on how Jaxon Wiggins is progressing from TJ? He should be around 14 months removed from surgery now.
  6. JD94
    Feels like ballgame
  7. JD94
    Ump is trash
  8. JD94
    Wow a guy with 1 HR last year ties the game with a PH HR. Baseball…
  9. JD94
    That was a foul lol. I’ll take it though
  10. JD94
    Lol we posted about Hagen at the same time.
  11. JD94
    Hagen Smith LHP from Arkansas struck out 17 in 6 innings against Oregon St tonight. FB touched 99 with a wicked slider and decent changeup. He won’t make it to us, but I’m a baseball junkie and I love the draft. I would bet Chase Burns goes 1:1. The stuff is there and Wake Forrest has the most advanced pitch lab in college baseball. I’m currently a big Braden Montgomery fan for the Cubs pick. I love the bat and he won’t pitch at the next level, but his fastball is nearing triple digits. That will absolutely play from RF. Excited to see him in the SEC this year.
  12. JD94
    That seems like a steep horsefeathers price for a guy that can’t play defense and isn’t even proven with the bat at the big league level yet.
  13. JD94
    Ferris is in the deal? Wtf?
  14. JD94
    At this point I’m finding it hard to believe the Cubs will field a team better than the 2023 team who also wasn’t good enough to make the playoffs. Better hope some of our prospects are ready fast. Or some big trade happens that we don’t see coming. It doesn’t feel like we get Imanaga. It does feel like we are able to work something out for Bellinger, but even that isn’t close to enough. I’ve kind of been watching from afar since the Dodgers have done literally everything I wish the Cubs would have done.
  15. JD94
    Didn’t even think about the specifics when I rattled off those names. You’re right… PCA would be blocked in that scenario. I was just meaning there’s just not much we can do at this point to move the needle. We don’t appear to be in on Yamamoto. There’s no real impact bats available via trade or free agency outside of Bellinger I guess.
  16. JD94
    So best case scenario we grab Bellinger and Hoskins and trade for Bieber, we’re what… a ~84 win team? Riveting offseason. Truly. Zzzzzzzz
  17. JD94
    I’m so tired of the Cubs letting me down year after year lately. It’s been so boring. Okay Swanson was cool. Sure. Fine player. But come on now… I’m starting to think we will never act like a major market team and flex our muscles. Who is the problem? Jed? Ricketts? Is Jed scared of his own shadow? Scared to give out a big contract? Scared to make a power move like the Dodgers just did with Glasnow because he might get hurt again and it will financially cripple the team from spending? Seriously act like a big market team and IF he did get hurt, just throw some more money at somebody else that’s healthy. I guess we will trade for a declining Beiber (maybe) and sign Hoskins and party in the streets! sorry I’m admittedly a little emotional. Just kind of fed up with this Cubs team. There’s just nothing left that really moves the needle. Bellinger I guess, but I’m concerned whether or not he’s truly who he’s was in 2023 moving forward.
  18. JD94
    I’m not even mad we didn’t get him after seeing what he got. We wouldn’t spend another penny for the next 23 years if we gave him that much
  19. JD94
    Does San Diego have any leverage though? They literally almost HAVE to trade him. They cant afford to make payroll. I’m not saying they will end up taking a bag of balls for him, but I also think inquiring teams know they hold the leverage, not San Diego. They are obviously going to come out swinging for the fences and once everybody is done laughing at them, they will likely get more realistic.
  20. JD94
    Lol we went from getting nobody to back in it for everybody! Woohoo
  21. JD94
    I know what Ohtani said, but I give this less than a 1% chance of mattering. If Ohtani thinks the Dodgers are where he wants to be, this comment from Dave Roberts isn’t going to change his mind.
  22. JD94
    I’ve remained optimistic because of the fact that Ohtani wanted everything to remain quiet. Every negative report I’ve just shrugged it off as “yeah, but nobody actually knows anything because nobody is talking.” Now that Roberts (the manager of a team that we KNOW is 100% still in it for Ohtani) admits they’ve met with Ohtani, I think that’s pretty much it. Maybe everything isn’t some great big secret like we were lead to believe originally. Maybe all the reports are correct. I’m starting to accept we aren’t getting him. Major letdown. I question where things went so wrong that we haven’t even had a face to face meeting with him? Granted it could have happened and just hasn’t been reported, but some sort of rumor has leaked for every team that’s in this thing that they’ve met with him, except for the Cubs. Either we are great at keeping secrets, or it never happened.
  23. JD94
    Right. Ohtani doesn’t want it out there, so obviously you do nothing to jeopardize the situation… you simply say “personal reasons, not related to Ohtani.”
  24. JD94
    I don’t know if I can survive another hour
  25. JD94
    We have a team full of solid players. Chapman is just another solid player. We need star power. Chapman is decent with the bat, great with the glove. The bat likely is going to get worse as he continues to age, and there’s not much margin for error there. Soon he will be an all glove 3b. Hard pass on him, especially at the numbers being thrown out for him.
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