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  1. ToolDRT
    Im not at all. You’re being an aggressive little snot for some reason and I don’t appreciate it. I’ve been down on Jed for years. I think he’s great at building a farm and beyond mediocre everywhere else. If I was pouting and mad I’d be a lot less rational and not saying things like “I hope you’re right and I’m wrong”. Which, again, I hope you are. So please, either speak to me like an adult or not at all.
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    I’d assume this is done. He’s already met with them and (allegedly) toured their spring training facility. There’s been a lot of writing on the wall too that this is the outcome.
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    I don’t need a “break” at all. I’m fine. Not even upset. I don’t trust him to do whats necessary. You might. Hopefully you’re right and I’m wrong. But it’s entirely possible (if not probable) he plays in the third tier of player acquisitions and were mediocre again.
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    Yeah, I think tonight we’ll get the contract details to be honest. This has slowly been leaking out all day.
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    Obviously have to wait and see how this all plays out. But I have ZERO faith in Jed to make the 2024 cubs better than the 2023 cubs. I think we’re in for one terribly disappointing offseason.
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    Damn. We never should have let that legend go!
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    It really was him.
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    Hello up there! I hate you now. 😁
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    Just watched Heyman on mlb network. He said he’s talked to a few executives from the “5 remaining teams” and some of them believe he chose the Jays. He also said he has no idea what is leading them to that assumption. Speculated they might know something. Speculated they could just be reading twitter too.
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    Yeah, that’s true. There’s a lot of arrows seemingly pointing that way right now. But who knows for sure.
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    Copium. But ill take it!
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    Leafs player: this seems imminent.
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    I just can’t stand him.
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    Glad we spent so freely on a manager as opposed to, ya know, people who actually play the game.
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    This organization is really unbelievable sometimes. Just gross.
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    And where is the tour of wrigley or the spring facility featuring our manger?
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    I agree with some of this. We do work in secrecy very well. Probably better than any other team. Not to go in circles here, but what are other possible reasons for Jed’s outburst today? I feel like in his shoes, I’d be laughing at how utterly clueless Bob Nightengale is and not even be acknowledging his existence further than that. I think we have to place some stock into the slow build up of Dodger/Jays talk we’ve heard the last week and consider we might know we’re out of this thing and that’s why Jed got pissy. I just can’t see him responding to Bob otherwise. Reading Counsells comments as well, he essentially ignored a follow-up question asking if the cubs had met with Ohtani. Which leads me to believe he was earnest in his response that he, personally has not. That’s not very encouraging. I’d assume our shiny new manger would be involved if we were being seriously considered here. To me, it’s clear we’re out. I will gladly eat a horsefeathers ton of crow if I’m wrong though.
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    Really discouraging Yamamoto isn’t plan b to Ohtani. We could have gone for Senga last year and Yamamoto this year and had Horton waiting in the wings. But it’s alright. We have Jameson Tallion.
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    I genuinely don’t think that’s what I’m doing here. Though, maybe Nightengales report alone would have made me feel this way. To me, it seems that the tide has been shifting the last week and each new report seems to have us lower on the totem pole and more in the background than we were two weeks ago. Trust me when I tell you this, I want to be wrong about this more than anything. But something seems awfully pessimistic in regards to the cubs right now. I’m ready for the Hoskins, Glasnow, Chapman offseason to get over with already.
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    This thread seems split into groups of people who have come to terms with this and groups that haven’t. To me, it’s very, eye obvious and I can’t see how anyone has any hope left.
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    Oh not at all. I agree there. But we were greatly behind the curve then with the lack of DH in the national league too. We shouldn’t have gotten as far as we did to be honest. Now, the playing field is even (in that regard) and we seem to have been booted rather early on. We’ll never know all the details of course. But in my mind that’s an issue with the pitch we gave. And unless something drastic happens nothing is really going to change my mind about that.
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    I’m talking about earlier when he said he was close to writing an article about us being out or close to out. Can’t remember the wording. But I’m gonna double down on my point. Bob reporting that we’re no longer a factor while Dave Roberts was giving out information he should have kept to himself would actually make us look really, really good. It would show we’ve kept quiet enough to be considered “out” when we’re still in. That’s why Hoyer coming in hot is alarming. Something pissed him off enough to get into it with Bob in front of other reporters. That doesn’t strike me as a good sign.
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    Where?
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    Did Rogers update his stance from earlier? Last I heard he seemed to be sorta backing this up. I’m trying to figure out why this would have irked Jed so bad. Cause to be honest, if Bob is wrong and the cubs are in this, you’d almost think Hoyer would appreciate this “report” from Bob. It would indicate the cubs have done the exact opposite to what Dave Roberts did this afternoon and kept a lid on their interest level.
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