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Orioles (Sugano) vs Cubs (Boyd): 8/2/25, 1:20pm
Rcal10 replied to Bobson Dugnutt's topic in Fred Hornkohl Game Thread Forum
Probably our worst loss of the year. Got to win tomorrow. It’s baseball. Sometimes weird horsefeathers happens. -
Ok, let’s toss insults and jokes aside. How is this realistically looking at the roster to not sign Tucker AND trade Happ? Happ has a NTC as well. All jokes and insults aside, I don’t see this as a very realistic scenerio.
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Dude, I made a joke about you not being positive too often. Hardly something that should have had the response I got. Settle down.
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👍 classy. Pretty sure that is not acceptable language.
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I agree with this. I am more bullish than most that Tucker will be resigned, but even being bullish I have it at 30%. I at least do not see it as a foregone conclusion he won’t be here. Then, if he is signed I can see them looking into moving Happ. But even then, he has to waive a NTC and I don’t feel the Cubs will give him away. The idea of just plugging in one of the bats in the minors to replace Happ and that guy being as good as Happ from the start is just not realistic to me. As we have seen the past few years, rookies(even highly rated ones, struggle..
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Shocking that you take the negative POV. You are always so positive.
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Orioles (Rogers) vs Cubs (Horton): 8/1/25, 1:20pm
Rcal10 replied to Brandon Glick's topic in Fred Hornkohl Game Thread Forum
Game 4 against the Giants was the greatest comeback game ever to watch. We were nearing the end of a long remodel in my house, so basically trapped in the smallest room in the house watching the game. No clock in the room and a small couch and a tv. Shocked when the game ended and it was after midnight. But worth it. Maddon outmaneuvered Boche big time in that one. And that game was the very reason the Cubs had to get Chapman instead of letting him go to the Giants. If he is a Giant, we don’t win that one. And who knows what happens facing Cueto in game 5. -
If you have mlb I believe you can watch the condensed game and pick your broadcast. But I am not sure.🤷 Can you imagine the Cubs thread if the Cubs lost a game like that? Jed would have been crucified for trading for overrated pen arms.
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Orioles (Rogers) vs Cubs (Horton): 8/1/25, 1:20pm
Rcal10 replied to Brandon Glick's topic in Fred Hornkohl Game Thread Forum
I think it will be Happ. -
True.
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And then when that happens people won’t want to trade him. This is a yearly Happ discussion. For as long as he has been a Cub this happens.
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Question of the week: grade the trade deadline
Rcal10 replied to Brock Beauchamp's topic in Chicago Cubs Talk
Same as the previous 2 posts. C-. Oops, bertz beat me to it with a D. So not the same as the previous 2. But C-, none the less. -
Jed left the Cubs a solid starter short. There is no way around that. He should have done a better job knowing the cost and accepting it. I am fine with the pen arms and happy with Castro. Had he even gotten Kelly, I would have considered the deadline a good one. Now we have to hope guys last the season and even then, when the playoffs do start, most likely our pitcher will not be the same level as the guy we face. Doesn’t mean they can’t pitch well. Doesn’t mean the Cubs can’t win. But it would feel better if going in we at least had one more quality starter.
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I think currently the bench will be back up catcher, Castro, Turner and Berti The pen will be Theilbar, Pomoranz, Rogers, Palencia, Brasier, Keller, Kittredge and Brown. Rotation of Imanaga, Boyd, Soroka, Rea and Horton. When Assad comes back, Rea to the pen and Assad in the rotation. Brown goes to Iowa. When Taillon comes back he is in the rotation and Horton goes down to limit innings. One possible change would be if Pomoranz struggles he will be released and Horton or Brown will be in the pen. I think Horton will still be here for the Milwaukee series and get one of those 5 games.
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Agree. Well said. Doesn’t help for this year, but I honestly do not think people would have been happy at the cost for Keller, let alone guys one or two tiers above him.
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I think the miss was just not realizing the prices wouldn’t go down. The player they missed on, to me, was Bednar. But we don’t know what the cost would have been to the Cubs. In the end the Cubs do appear to have a solid pen. And IF Assad and Taillon come back the rotation is at least decent. I would guess Rea, Brown and Horton all are out of the rotation at that time (Horton for innings limit). Depending on how the last 1/3 of the season goes maybe they can monitor Boyd’s innings a little better. Also, if they can limit Horton soon enough, maybe he can pitch in the playoffs too.
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Well said. I agree. No matter the outcome at the deadline this was always going to be a bitch session.
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Stratos, to be clear, even at a 30% chance of signing him that still leave a 70% chance he doesn’t sign. So you will probably be right that he won’t be a Cub. I just think it isn’t a forgone conclusion by the FO and ownership that they won’t even “seriously try” to get him. I think they will go to the mega year, mega millions offers others will be offering. I do not think they will limit the offer to 7 years when others are offering 10+. Frankly I don’t care about past examples. Those example is not a comparison. They didn’t go after Soto because they wanted Tucker. They did go big on Ohtani, even though there really was no hope there. Any other FA years ago has no bearing on what can happen now. He is the first guy who is in this team who the Cubs can try to keep as opposed as try to get. I think that is a difference. In the end, even I don’t have the Cubs signing him. I just differ in my belief about them trying and I do have some hope.
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Agree. Brown down first then Horton. I think Soroka starts from the go. Brown to the pen once they can arrange the rotation.
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Yes, if people want to criticize Jed for not understanding thr cost and the fact he had to overpay, I agree. But I don’t think anything they decided to do or not do now has any reflection on their view on signing Tucker. Jed should have known the cost and figured out a way to make more happen.
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I don’t. I think the controlled starting pitcher ask was just way too high. Reports had Keller costing Cassie+. What do you think others cost. Miami guys may have been Cassie and Wiggins. Gore or Ryan might have cost Horton and Shaw with Rojas. Maybe more. If that is the case, Jed was right not to trade for any of them. And it had nothing to do with the FO’s confidence in signing Tucker next year. Jed’s mistake was for some reason he thought the price of a controlled starter would go down. And it never did. He should have never aimed that high and should have been happy getting Morton or Kelly.
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I think they have the best chance of signing him compared to any other team. That said. Still not exactly 50/50. To suggest 1%, as you did earlier is just being angry to be angry and negative. He has played her a year. He has seen what being a Cub and playing at Wrigley is all about. And ownership and the FO has seen the results if having a star player. This is different than not getting a FA from another team. I would say they have a 30-35% chance of signing him
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This is ridiculous. Just negative to be negative. Even if he wants top dollar it is more than a 1% chance. I am frustrated too, but stop being negative just to be negative.
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Would you have traded Cassie+ for him. Not saying that was the cost, but if it was, would you do it.
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Cubs gave up top dollar for him because they knew they were the best team in baseball and needed a closer. Plus SF was big on him. This is a different situation.
