Rcal10
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Long overdue? Hasn’t he sucked his last 3?
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Changes the math? What are you referring to? Amount of wins with or without Tucker, playoff chance with or without, or team salary with or without Tucker? I think him here changes the first two but doesn’t have to change the payroll. Just allocate more to one guy.
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Tbf, his throwing error really should have been caught by Busch. Wasn’t a great throw but Busch catches in 95 out of 100 tries.
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I know. More wishful thinking than anything else. I don’t think there are going to be a lot of sellers. Which might up the cost of acquiring a guy. Just not much out there. Hard to face your fans when you sell 3 games out of a WC spot. And I think that will be the case with a lot of teams.
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Owen Caissie Is Progressing More Than We May Have Realized
Rcal10 replied to Jason Ross's topic in Cubs Minor League Talk
I would agree with this. I would guess Cassie and a pitching prospect not named Wiggins. Maybe the Cubs have to even throw in a 3rd lower level piece. Alcantara, if healthy and fully back, would be a great add this year and for a few years after as well. If the Cubs are serious about bringing Tucker back they can afford to move Cassie. If/when either Suzuki or Happ leaves Ballasteros, Alcantara or Long can fill in at DH/OF. -
Love to get Joe Ryan. But with 3 years of control he isn’t going to be cheap. He would be a great addition, however.
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Yep, this is going to be a tough one. I personally do not like the Cubs chances in this one. But with the wind blowing out anything can happen.
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If the bottom line is team budget and not about what they pay one man, they can sign Tucker and still stay within the imaginary salary ceiling they want to be at.
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So it sounds to me like you would love to have him but don’t want a 10 year or more deal for him. In the past with mega FA that has been a stance you have taken. Would you call 10/$370 or even 12/410 stupid money? Would you be saying the Cubs shouldn’t have signed him if they do for this amount? Or would you rather they did something like 8/$312? Or by stupid money do you think someone will come up with $450-$550 and blow him up entirely? I think at those numbers there will be a lot of deferred money. And up until now the Cubs have not really shown a willingness to do that sort of deal. But as I have said before, Tucker is a different situation than any other FA people have wanted the Cubs to sign. He is here already.
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Honestly to me what has been happening the past 17 games is an example of why I feel the Cubs are a very good team. If we are being honest they are not playing well. I would say they are slumping. Yet, even slumping they are 9-8 over that span. Years past they would be 6-11 over these 17 games because they are playing poorly. Good team find a way to win even when they aren’t playing great. This game, as an example, was a very ugly game where the defense sucked. And they found a way to win. The Pirates series they couldn’t hit, but they found a way to win. He’ll, you can go back to the Colorado series where they swept and scored maybe 8 runs. Again, years past they lose more of those games.
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Absolutely. You can definitely argue at most only 2 should have been earned. And even the ball off the centerfield wall wall wasn’t played well by PCA. I think he could have caught it. Maybe wind blowing out is PVC’s kryptonite.
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What might be forgotten about today’s game is Horton looked very good. He definitely didn’t deserve the runs he gave up. I am very encouraged by what I have seen from him.
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My admittedly overly optimistic scenerio would be at the ASB the Cubs have a press conference where they announce they extended Hoyer, PCA and Tucker. What a way to start the last 60-70 games of the season.
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I agree. Bad throw by Dansby. But I have seen Busch pick worse throws.
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I’m with you on this. But maybe I am too optimistic too. I think they keep him long term. At the very least they will give it a good effort. I think it gets done.
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For the record, I don’t think he gets $500M either. But we don’t know. I just think you tried finding something negative to say when you suggested he never had a year with a WAR over 6. So wanted to point out that in his last 150+ games his WAR is over 7. This is the wrong threat for this discussion anyway.
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They gave up what they had to give up. If Amith becomes a star, so be it. He was a top 50-70 prospect when traded. You have to give up something to get something. Parades didn’t hit here and wouldn’t be putting up here what he is in Houston. And again, you have to give up something good to get a top 10 player in the game.
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His last 150+ games his WAR is almost 8, so…. 🤷
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Not a huge McMahon fan, however if he isn’t too costly I do think we can use him. Shaw is not looking like the answer right now.
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Lot of game left. They need to score more. They also need to catch the damn ball.
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Wasn’t a good throw, but Busch should have had it. Honestly, Horton got screwed by the defense the entire game. He did well.
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WTF PCA!!!
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The issue with the “27 season is fair. But I would think they could work around that somehow if they really want Tucker.
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I don’t see him extending. Doesn’t mean they can’t still keep him. Also doesn’t mean they shouldn’t be trying. But if I were him I would wait, even if my intent was to stay with the Cubs. Why not? If he wants to stay he can also give the Cubs the option to match his best offer. At lesser he would know he got top dollar.
