Rcal10

If I am reading this correctly does that mean if the Cubs was $280M the floor would be $252M (90% of the cap)? If so, that is absolutely not happening. Owners would never sign off on that. Which, again, is why I think this salary cap issue they are bringing up is silly. They will never all agree on it. The floor would have to be 60% of the ceiling. And that is a hard sell when you are billing it as a way to have all teams competitive.

He would be my preferred target. For one, he is on a team that absolutely should be selling. With the weak AL so many teams can be convinced they are in the race. Sesondly, I want that extra year of control he has over Ryan, as an example. There is no reason he can’t be traded even now, if the Cubs provide the Angels a package they want. Cubs got Addison Russell over the 4th of July weekend back in ‘14. Deals can be made now.

Oh, I agree with this. Whatever rules eventually come into place it is to protect owners from other owners. Which is why I think it is ridiculous for them to act like they really want a salary cap and floor. The one proposal I saw has the floor at $170M. I think 15 teams are currently under that number. Some substantially so. Those owners don’t want that. Unless they take upon themselves to share revenues equally, which will never happen, I don’t see how they will ever all agree to a floor and ceiling cap, unless it is a floor of $120M and a ceiling of $300M. And that would be hard to sell as making teams competitive.

What does this mean. It is the bottom of the 8th. Cubs don’t score in the 9th and there isn’t innings to “take lumps”

Maton, Palencia and Rea. Does that make you feel better?

And that was an example of why you send the runner. Any misplay and he scores. Nico was a tad slow to throw home and it cost them. A perfect relay and he is out. Orioles executed on their relay home, Cubs didn’t. That is probably the ball game.

Well that was a nice bounce back from Theilbar.

Wow. Still Hollowell! I am shocked. And now Theilbar. Interesting. We don’t know what the pen situation might be. So have to trust CC on this. But….. WOW!

Not criticizing CC on it. Just saying I would have liked an extra inning. This is one of those decisions that managers have to make all the time with no real right or wrong answer.

Agreed. He has to be done.

I would have gone another inning with Peterson. Only 77 pitches. We need length from the rotation.

It was the right play to send him. Sometimes teams just make good plays. It isn’t always as simple as if he was out it is a bad send.

I don’t view Bregman as an unnecessary signing. I know a lot of people didn’t like it at the time of the deal so I know a lot of people are not now just saying this out of hindsight. But, at the time I had no issues with it. I would much rather spend on a hitter than a pitcher. Again, I know people will suggest they should have signed Cease. And right now that appears absolutely correct. But I would guess the people who wanted Cease, in years past, wanted Burnes, Fried, Snell, etc…. Pitchers who are late 20’s to early 30’s are just not good investments, probably 75% of the time. Right now it is easy to say we should have had Cease instead of Bregman. But this is only year one, and Cease is, right now, the exception as far as spending on large salaried pitchers. That said, the mistake they did make was not trading Shaw for a young arm. Maybe Soriano, Tolle, Detmer, etc…. I think the Bregman signing with a Shaw trade for Tolle or even the guy the Brewers got for Durbin, would be looked upon way differently had that happened.

Said man from 1970😅 I know you are joking. So am I.

My guess is troll.