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If they are talking with the Twins does Kirilloff make sense? Left bat who can play 1st. Not sure his cost. He has a few more years of team control.
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A lot of possibilities with Twins, Guardians and Mariners. But he needs to get going. Don’t want to be left behind when the smoke clears.
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Yes. If they are paying him and bidding against other teams for his services in centerfield he needs to be in centerfield. That is too much money for 1st base.
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First, Bellinger needs to come down some on what Boros is suggesting. I don’t want him at $200M either. But for a Swanson deal, he would be fine. And, he has to play centerfield. Counting on rookies to fill these spots and penciling them in as if it is a given they will be stars is a recipe to be a bad team a long time. I do also like Hoskins and/or Naylor. There is room for all of those guys. Doing this, even having all 3 doesn’t mean they have to trade PCA. They can give him the year at AAA. In 25’ they can figure out what to do. If they have Naylor and PCA is proving he needs to be in the majors and playing everyday. They can rotate outfielders as DH. Or they can trade a corner outfielder and move Bellinger to the corner. A lot can happen in a year. I feel there is something about Mervis the Cubs don’t like. I don’t see him as an option. I wish he was, but I don’t think he will be.
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You would be wrong. Just can’t type and mess up names. And I have since corrected Wesneski since you mentioned it.
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I agree, Belliger has to start in center. But I’m not sure you have to trade PCA. He can get another year at AAA. Decide before the 25’ season what to do. That said, if PCA gets you a young controlled starting pitcher or is used for a bigger deal for a pitcher and another bat, that works too.
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No, Belliger should only be signed for center. Either trade for Naydor or sign Hoskins too. Or both. One can DH.
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They have enough minor league talent to trade for some major league additions. They don’t need to trade young major league talent.
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I think he has been written off way more by people here than the FO. I think, at the very least, they will try using him there this spring.
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Me too. Especially Morel. I think they need his power bat, even if just as DH.
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If the Cubs think Morel can handle 3rd I would rather trade other pieces for Naydor. Maybe Alcantara. Then have Naydor, Hoskins and Morel all in the line up.
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if they want someone longer than 1 year and a lefty bat I would rather have Naydor. But if they got a lefty bat another way, Hoskins works too. If DH is open they could actually have Naydor and Hoskins.
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If Ohtani was willing to sign the same contract with the Cubs and it really is only going to show $40M a year on the teams payroll, I agree the Cubs should have done this. But I doubt they had the opportunity. I think it was always the Dodgers. I do question the ownership and if they are committed to spending at that level, but in this case I don’t think it matters. He wouldn’t have done this deal with the Cubs.
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According to reports he was flying to Toronto on Friday to sign a deal with the Blue Jays. For a guy who wanted the negotiations to be quiet, there sure was a lot of fake news going on. So if the Cubs honored his wishes and actually kept things quiet, do we really know what to believe?
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He may be underpaid for what he does for the team in revenues. But that is still a large chuck of money of the teams payroll. That is the issue with if the Cubs got him. Maybe it won’t matter with the Dodgers. Maybe that is why they made more sense.
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The key words on your post are “my thinking is”. Because honestly you have no idea if they were in at the high $500M to even $600M or not. It was reported the Dodgers added $100M the last day or so before he signed. So if the Cubs were in at the $500M to $600M that means they were in. I seriously doubt this was just something the Cubs were doing to make the fans feel like they were trying. I absolutely believe they tried but Ohtani was never going to leave LA.
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As long as Ricketts owns the team that is the persona he chooses to portray. So that being the case, I think it is better we didn’t get Ohtani.
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So would I. But I also know the Cubs ownership. With this ownership they would not spend to add on. Sure, give me a different owner and I want the best player in the world. I am only answering the question base on reality and who owns the team.
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Agreed. If the Cubs got Ohtani, for the next decade Ricketts wouldn’t have added talent around him unless they got lucky enough to home grow that talent. He wouldn’t spend to add. Sure, would have been awesome to have him but that would be all the Cubs had. It would have ended up a marketing tool to get fans into the park, sell merchandise, raise tv prices all to see Ohtani. Not to see a wiinning team. I just don’t think ownership is that committed to winning that they would continue to add what was needed year after year and would point to their team payroll as a reason why.
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If the Cubs did sign Bellinger and Hoskins and then trades for either Polanco or Lowe, between Hoskins, Morel and the guy they got in the trade they can fill 1st, 3rd, and DH. So what they do with Morel is just make sure he is in the line up. Best case scenerio is he can handle 3rd. Then Polanco/Lowe and Hoskins share 1st and DH. I honestly don’t want Morel traded. They need his power somewhere. And now that DH is still open there is no need to deal him, even while hoping he may be able to handle 3rd or 1st. They fill all the positions if need with solid players.
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Ohtani to Dodgers for an ungodly amount of money
Rcal10 replied to JD94's topic in Chicago Cubs Talk
Yep. This is why it doesn’t matter to me if the Cubs came 2nd or 4th in his decision. There was really only 1 option. I don’t feel the Cubs look bad in this at all. The tried in the event he wasn’t tied to LA. He was, so they didn’t get him. Time to move on. -
And Soto doesn’t pitch, too. I can see $500M for Soto, but he isn’t getting more than Ohtani.
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I don’t want Polanco instead of Morel. I would be ok with him with Morel. He is an upgrade if Madrigal or Wisdom.
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Ohtani to Dodgers for an ungodly amount of money
Rcal10 replied to JD94's topic in Chicago Cubs Talk
Just get a team good enough to get to the playoffs. Short series, even 7 games, anything can happen. Not worried about that, at all. Cross that bridge if/when we get to it. And happy to have to worry about it. -
Ohtani to Dodgers for an ungodly amount of money
Rcal10 replied to JD94's topic in Chicago Cubs Talk
I guess I missed Jansen. I honestly asked the question because just off the top of my head thinking of their roster I didn’t come up with many home grown players who were regulars.
