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  1. PeanutPunch33
    He's so damn good, imagine having that guy for a game 1 in the playoffs. And he's durable which is something this team doesn't have in the rotation. I don't think one move fixes this rotation - but this team has definitely had its opportunities. Fried would have been an awesome get. Cease would have been even better.
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    that was such an iconic era. They deserved more than 1 chip.
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    starting to think PCA clears them. All this at age 24 is nuts. It’s really just him or KB and given PCA’s defense i’m taking him…
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    PCA is unrealllllllll best cub since SOSA
  5. PeanutPunch33
    As soon as they gave up the 3 run bomb, and I realized the Cubs don’t have Palencia, I kinda saw it coming. Horrendous bullpen. And they get Cease tomorrow. They need to find a way here.
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    edit wrong thread
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    laughable
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    Well the 3 guys that the Phillies paid for got them to 1 WS and close to a 2nd. What have the 3 guys the Cubs paid for done for them?? We wouldn’t even be having this convo if those guys didn’t have a combined OPS that begins with with a 6. The Phillies are a perennial playoff team with the way they’ve built their team. The Cubs are not. I’m not moving the goal posts at all. They need more additions than just pitching to become a true contender. Im not sure why it’s so controversial to you that people want the Cubs to have better players in the lineup than they currently have lol. Did they win a WS that i missed. It seems like they can’t even compete for their own division. They got pretty good starting pitching last year and still didn’t come close. The issues are more than just the pitching. We’ve gone back and forth on this topic so often that this will be my last comment on it for a while. We are both just beating a dead horse at this point.
  9. PeanutPunch33
    I’d extend Suzuki and give him LF and Shaw RF.
  10. PeanutPunch33
    He deserves it.
  11. PeanutPunch33
    Busch is great. They need to add another guy like that for me to be all in though. CJ Abrams would be sweet. I know the Cubs don’t have an opening at 2B but for a great hitter I’d still do it. Use that DH spot for a new acquisition and then try trading someone in the off season.
  12. PeanutPunch33
    Is the goal to be better than the Phillies or to be better than the Dodgers!? I don’t get why you keep bringing them up. It makes no difference to me. This is not a WS caliber lineup. As of right now the Cubs aren’t even better than the Cardinals.
  13. PeanutPunch33
    The Phillies are not "hanging on due to 2 star pitchers". They are 28-16 since May 1st, and that dominance is consistent with what they've done the last 5 seasons. The Cubs are 19-24 in that same time frame. 2 teams going in opposite directions. I agree the Phillies lineup is playing terribly but there is no question that they have more talent on the field than the Cubs do. There is a large enough sample size to prove that. Also, I never said that the Cubs don't need more pitching, I merely said that they also need more hitting. And if they only have the resources to make 1 move in 2026, I personally would rather get a game changing bat than an elite pitcher. They traded for Cabrera, it hasn't worked out. They developed Horton, he got injured. They signed Taillon, he's abysmal. Now it's time to give me the guy that will play every single day out of the 2 hole and put up a .900+ OPS behind PCA.
  14. PeanutPunch33
    3 hits and 2 walks. He's really turned a corner.
  15. PeanutPunch33
    It feels good to have a stress free blowout win
  16. PeanutPunch33
    lfg!
  17. PeanutPunch33
    about as good of a start as you can get if Nico can deliver
  18. PeanutPunch33
    There has to be a non-Nico reason why he's sucking so bad right now though. I mean, he's been a model of consistency for most of his career. I doubt it's because of a HBP many months ago where he didn't even leave the game.
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    Len is lame as hell for leaving the Cubs play-by-play gig to be the Sox radio guy. That's like leaving a NASCAR job to become an Uber driver.
  21. PeanutPunch33
    Boog is a fool. I've never been able to stand him. JD is the only reason I don't watch the games on mute.
  22. PeanutPunch33
    I think our disagreement can be summarized as this: Fix a weakness or double down on a strength? Fix a weakness right now (that will likely remain a weakness until next off-season, regardless of what move is made now) Or double down on a strength and try to become the best lineup in the NL, regardless of how bad the pitching is. I think the former fixes a lot of issues right now, but the latter makes them a better long term team. Given that they could pursue pitching in the off-season. That's just my opinion.
  23. PeanutPunch33
    I personally am taking Alvarez. That's an Aaron Judge type bat and he'd wreak havoc at Wrigley. Also, there is next to no chance The Pirates will ever trade Skenes. Whereas there has been enough smoke around an Alvarez trade that the Astros GM came out to give a public statement on it. (He obviously said they won't do it but you never know). I'm expecting a stunner at this year's trade deadline. Whether it's Abrams or Alvarez or someone else.
  24. PeanutPunch33
    That's a reasonable position and one that I'd bet most fans would agree with you on. But my take is: What exactly does 1 more really good or great SP do for them? Give them 2 good starters instead of 1? The rotation would still be pretty crappy even if they got Hunter Brown or another guy. Even if they got Skubal and extended him I'm not sure I'd put this as a top 5 or 10 rotation. The rotation is that big of a mess right now. Whereas if they got the monster left handed bat I'm dreaming about, they would instantly become a top 5 or even top 3 offense. We saw it last year in the 1st half, before Tucker got hurt. They could solve that problem right now, and then have 100+ million this off-season to spend on pitching, with Suzuki/Happ/Taillon etc. out the door. They'd obviously have to replace Suzuki/Happ's production but they could fix up their entire rotation in one off-season.
  25. PeanutPunch33
    It's so awesome to see how PCA and Ben have developed this year. It'll be fun to watch Ben against a solid lineup in Toronto
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