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Well there is a difference in signing Bellinger and the. PCA does become a solid bat and signing Bellinger, Ohtani, Chapman and trading to Alonso and then figuring out where to play them. There is no guarantee PCA becomes a solid player. If he does then yiu have a nice problem. Yiur scenario wouldn’t happen. Not going to spend that money. However I do get your point on if Belli is signed the. Cubs might need to look into dealing PCA. That would be interesting. So they go for another prospect in a prospect for prospect trade. Maybe PCA for a prospect arm? Maybe a top 3rd baseman. Or does he go for a proven Major league talent? Never thought of doing that, but it is interesting.
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So if no Bellinger and Ohtani gets out of control on pricing, who do they go get? I think if they can sign Bellinger they do it. PCA isn’t a lock to be a stud. And if he is they can move Bellinger. Put him in the corner outfield and deal either Suzuki or Happ for a MOR starter. Honesty it is a nice problem to have having too many good hitters. Honestly Bellinger gives them. Lot of options. That has value too.
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If Stoman comes back and the cubs sign Bellinger and Candelario they aren’t going to spend another $24M a year for 5+ years on another starter. I agree they need someone else, but it won’t be a TOR guy. They won’t spend that money. Might be looking at another Taillon deal. Maybe Montgomery or if ERod opts out, him.
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That pitcher you are referring to might be Stroman. With his injury he might not try free agency. If he does I doubt they spend on someone else too.
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So assuming PCA comes up do you have no interest in Bellinger this off season? Not like the cubs have a sure fire first baseman. I tend to think they will give Mervis a chance. But even if he is good, there is room for him and Bellinger. If PCA locks down center the DH can come from Happ, Suzuki, Bellinger and Mervis. Actually if both PCA and Mervis succeed that is a nice problem to have.
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I want them to win the division as well. But I would take a wild card berth and at least winning one series. At least the last 5+ weeks of the season matter.
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I definitely like Boog with JD. As for the other guys that fill in for JD, Girardinis ok, but Sutcliffe is a joke. Too positive about everything. To me, Boog is fine. Honestly I barely notice the pbp calls. To me they are all similar so I don’t get too high or low on announcers. But I do like JD and his relationship with Boog to discuss things other than the pbp.
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I can’t worry about the other teams. Cubs just have to worry about themselves. I think if they win 20 of the last 36 games they make the playoffs. Can’t worry about every game being played. No reason the Cubs can’t win that many. Still have 13 left with the Pirates and Rockies and no one on the schedule who is a super team (except the Braves who may clinch by the time they play the cubs). Probably won’t get them the division, but it will get them a spot in the playoffs. Basically they need to play at a 90 win pace against a softer schedule then most others they are competing with. If they can’t do that they don’t deserve to be in the playoffs anyway.
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I moved to Arizona. So now 2 of the people who used to buy from me share my seats. So now I have 27 games. I come to Chicago for 6 to 8 weeks during the baseball season ( in Chicago now) and fo to 10 games. I sell the other 17. No issues.
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I have enjoyed my experience. Been a full season STH since 2013. 200 section in the infield. Great view of the park and protection from the elements. After 13 and 14 I have never lost money. I have a good group of people who buy from me, I used to go to around 25-30 games and then the rest I sell on stubhub. When you add your savings on the games you go to versus losing on some sales, I still end up ahead.
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Yet he has a pen full of overworked arms. How can both be correct. He leaves starters in too long AND pen arms get too many innings! I will say he does have way too long a leash with Smyly. Seems he has kept him in several games too long and it has hurt them. In this particular game I didn’t think he should take Tallion out. Fact is, who does he have?
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Tallion has been decent lately as well. But I agree, the rotation is a problem.
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I am not a fan either. Hope he proves us both wrong.
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Would have meant more had you suggested they should take Tallion out before the homer. Just feels result bias to me. And I think you would have posted the opposite had Merryweather came in and given up the homer. That would have been Ross’ fault as well.
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Sure, if they had a good lefty I can see the move. But as you said it is hindsight. Has Ross put in Merryweather and he gave up the slam the comment wouks have been Ross shouldn’t have taken Taillion out.
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That’s not on Ross. He got 2 out and was one batter away from getting out of it. I didn’t want to see Merryweather either. Tallion earned the chance to get out of it.
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Not close, IMO. Going to hurt bad to trade for Alonso. Probably not worth it.
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As I said, starting him today was probably the move that made the most sense. I hoped maybe he worked out some issues. But now, they can’t start him again. I still think they have a decent chance of winning tonight. That isn’t the issue with me. I am talking about moving forward.
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I didn’t have much of an issue with him starting tonight. Tigers bad against lefties and Smyly did ok in a few relief appearances. Letting him start, I was hoping they worked with him between his last start and they figured something out. Apparently that was not the case. From this point on he cannot start.
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My vote would be Wicks. If he can handle the innings load then give him a shot. Cannot, under any circumstances, be Smyly again.
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He isn’t going 6. Not a chance.
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Agreed. Can’t let him start. Bring up ANYONE. Wicks, Brown, Horton or start Wesnecki. Just can’t use Smyly. Maybe bring each of those other guys up for 2 starts and rotate them. I know they are worried about innings. But maybe give them major league innings and limit them in the minors. They have to do something.
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I don’t agree with this. If Smyly struggles they can bring in Rucker for multiple innings. He is back on the team. I doubt they let Smyly get hit around and not make a move. Now, if Rucker also gets hit he might have to take it a bit. At that point there is no use wasting pen arms in a lopsided game. But I don’t expect that. They have enough pen arms if they need to guard a lead. I expect that soon Boxberger and maybe Burdi are brought back. They need some additional pen arms.
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If we are looking for positives, I believe the homestand saw the Cubs with 5 quality starts. That isn’t much, but something.
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Anyone at this game? I am working as an honorary grounds crew worker before the game. Should be cool.
