PeanutPunch33
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Both of the top guys will require an extension (Skubal and Ryan). I'd be all for it if that happens. Any major move would be welcome, as far as I'm concerned. But if the left handed version of Aaron Judge becomes available it would change my perspective, regardless of how bad the need for pitching gets. Those guys don't come around often.
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True. But we are also comparing the offense when it's at arguably it's highest point, to a rotation that is missing basically every starting pitcher. They are getting like 3 starters back in the next month and another 2 a few weeks after that. I still think it's a worthwhile move to get a starting pitcher, it just comes down to who it is. I'll take Joe Ryan every day of the week. I could get on board with Detmers. But after that, the names aren't particularly intriguing.
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You are looking at it from the lens of what their careers ended up materializing as. Whereas in 2022, Jeremy Pena was very much a budding superstar. Perez was in his year too. Same with Sandoval and Renteria. Zobrist wasn't a super star but he was very much known as being a really good hitter and clutch.
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I need to see a longer stretch of it this season but I generally agree with what you are saying. It's easy to get impatient when these guys have a track record of success. PCA's breakout is what takes them from just a good offense to potentially great. I still think they should jump all over it if there's an opportunity to find one more dude like that. Plenty of good pitching options available every off-season.
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Even if the pitching candidates that are projected to be available are dog horsefeathers and the hitting candidates projected to be available might be as good as we've seen in 10 years?
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I get that, but star power matters when the games matter. Those are the guys that show up in October. I don't believe average Joe's like Swanson will do much of anything at the plate when he's facing Mis in October. But your guys at the top have to deliver. PCA's breakout is why I have confidence in this lineup now. I'm just saying that what he's doing the last 5 weeks could not have been predicted by anyone. It's like when D Rose went from year 2 to year 3 and went from "really good" to "holy horsefeathers this guy is a unicorn".
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Not at all, but PCA's dominance is why I firmly believe in this offense now. I didn't see that breakout happening. And that's the difference, IMO. He's a bonafide superstar. Having a great leadoff hitter is such an underrated thing.
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The 1st part is probably still true and I never said "it's way more important". I simply said that if the option is there to get a big time bat I would do it, because it probably helps them more going into next season. But sure, the Cubs are an offensive juggernaut and the best lineup ever since they won a meaningless game in June against the Mets. lol
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I mean... let's not pretend like you saw PCA's historic stretch happening lol. The concerns about the offense began when they had a .650 something OPS guy leading off every game and nobody in the lineup coming close to an .800 OPS. Anyways, I agree that the way the offense is playing great now. PCA, Happ, Suzuki and Busch all deserve a lot of credit for turning their seasons around.
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It's nice to see some guys swinging a hot bat going into a huge matchup with Milwaukee in a few days.
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whoa
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If Busch didn't have an insanely bad start in March/April, and played to his usual numbers, he'd be like an .850 OPS guy this year.
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LFG!!
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I know it ain't happening but McLean would look great in a Cubs jersey
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home run derby
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this is getting ridiculous
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Yeah, a lot of these injuries are fluky. Cabrera got hurt while making a play at first base. Boyd got hurt while playing with his kids. Horton was always a high risk candidate for re-injury given his history. Nobody would have predicted Steele basically blowing out his elbow. It sucks, but it is what it is. Brown is their most important pitching asset now and it doesn't seem like that serious of an injury, relatively speaking.
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At this point I'm just watching this team for PCA, Busch and Seiya. My 3 favorite Cubs.
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Double header days are the best days. And there's a chance we get Ben Brown today? Feeling like this will be a great day boys. 43-37 wouldn't be bad, all things considered. Although I wouldn't be surprised if the Cubs hold off on a Ben Brown start until they go into Milwaukee on Friday.
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This take will probably piss some people off but the Cubs are a better team with Javy Assad starting than Cabrera. Still sad about his injury, but hardly a loss they can't overcome.
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If it's true that PCA is doing all this because of a suggestion Bregman made, guy has been worth his weight in gold
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What do folks think about a Seiya extension and what number? He's taken a massive step forward defensively in right field and he's a consistent (albeit streaky) hitter. The difference between him and Happ is that I think the Cubs need a right handed slugger to balance the team more than another LHH. Happ is a switch hitter but he's not great as a RHH. Seiya can be sandwiched right in between PCA and Busch at the top - I also think Seiya is a notch above Happ as a hitter and overall player and will age better to boot. The Cubs can't afford to lose both of them but probably won't be interested in keeping both of them either, given Shaw's emergence. I'm thinking: 4 years, 92 million would be a fair offer for both sides.
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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.
