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  1. 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.
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    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.
  3. Rcal10
    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.
  4. Rcal10
    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”
  5. Rcal10
    Maton, Palencia and Rea. Does that make you feel better?
  6. Rcal10
    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.
  7. Rcal10
    Well that was a nice bounce back from Theilbar.
  8. Rcal10
    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!
  9. Rcal10
    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.
  10. Rcal10
    Agreed. He has to be done.
  11. Rcal10
    I would have gone another inning with Peterson. Only 77 pitches. We need length from the rotation.
  12. Rcal10
    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.
  13. Rcal10
    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.
  14. Rcal10
    Said man from 1970😅 I know you are joking. So am I.
  15. Rcal10
    My guess is troll.
  16. Rcal10
    So your saying he has a chance? I think there are probably several guys who fit a late start and ended up useful everyday players. So maybe he is one.!
  17. Rcal10
    I know he is older and been in AAA a few years now, but is it possible B.J Murray could be a solid bat? He is having a great year and he is a switch hitter. I noticed he is now getting time in the outfield. On the older side, at 26, to be considered a great prospect. But might he be someone who could possibly be in the plans for the ‘27 team?
  18. Rcal10
    Obviously you aren’t the only one who thinks they don’t have enough. I think they need more too. Most likely everyone thinks they need more. The diffence is when they don’t make it, no one else comes here to claim how they were right that they didn’t have enough. You do. That said, maybe add a quality starter and a solid pen arm, at a minimum, and maybe they have a chance. They need to at least try.
  19. Rcal10
    I just hope the PCA we are seeing now is the real deal. Not necessarily going to put up the numbers he has the last 6 weeks. But I mean the patience, the laying off bad pitches. If he is a guy who can really post OPS+ of 130 he is a superstar, top 5 player in the game. Who cares who that compares to. As Jason said, it would be rarified air.
  20. Rcal10
    I asked before but didn’t get an answer. Would Ryan, with only 1 extra year of control, cost more than someone like Detmer or Soriano with an extra year? Considering ‘27 might be a nightmare season, I am not sure he would cost more. But IDK. What is an extra year of control worth?
  21. Rcal10
    No pressure there🤢
  22. Rcal10
    I’m sticking with Bonds. His career numbers were .268/.353/.471. Career homers of 332 and SB of 471. Had over 7000 AB. PCA is trending towards those numbers. Bonds also won 3 GG. What makes PCA better than Bonds is he is doing it in an era harder to hit than when Bonds played. Bobby Bonds was a very good player but never a superstar. But those numbers today would be superstar totals. Instead of a normal season with those totals posting a 4+ WAR back when Bonds played, it would be a 7 or 8 WAR today. PCA and Bonds are very similar, but I think PCA is better than him. Or at the very least, with similar stats will be more valuable. A .270 today is way more impressive than a 270 hitter in the 60’s and 70’s. As you said, those numbers with PCA’s speed and defense put him in rarified air. I think years from now people may be comparing young stars to PCA.
  23. Rcal10
    I think your right. There really is no one like him. If he actually hits .270-.290 while walking 75 times a year, hits 30 homers and steals 30 bases, wins multiple GG and a few platinum gloves, there is no player who compares to that in baseball today.
  24. Rcal10
    I think we absolutely have enough assets. If the want is a rental like Mize, Gray or even to a lesser extent Ray, they have easily enough. The question is do they want to get rid of that for one year or those guys and does the team they are trading to value the guy the Cubs have. Different teams value players differently. I don’t expect Skubal or Peralta. Then you have guys with a year beyond this half season. That Ryan and Wacha, and probably a few others. Wacha would be cheaper, but he is pretty good. Either way, stakes get higher, but they still have enough. Thr next level is guys with 2 years beyond this year. Detmer and Soriano are two examples. They probably cost more. But if the Cubs wanted they can get them too. Probably 2 top 100 prospects and 2 high upside your kids. Maybe Shaw or Ballestaros instead of a prospect. Any of these options can be had. Just depends on what the Cubs are willing to give up.
  25. Rcal10
    Backfired due to injuries, mainly. And some of those injuries were to younger pitchers. The plan isn’t bad. Injuries curtailed it a bit.
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