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  1. Rcal10
    Timing also plays a part in this. If they sign a FA first he is 1 of 4 to start the season. So he would assume to be a sure rotation piece. TBH, I don’t think the FA starter they do sign will worry about completion. IMO that person will have a spot regardless if they then trade for one and Steele comes back. Even Woodruff. If he is healthy he is pitching in the rotation. Period.
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    So if Shota declines the option and the Cubs trade for a pitcher and sign one that gives them 5. Rea would be 6. Then between Wicks, Assad and Brown, assuming one is traded as a piece to get a solid TOR starter, that gives you 2 more. This is pretty much what I believe the rotation should look like. 5 clear starters on April 1st and Steele coming sometime in May. Maybe Wiggins after the ASB. There will be injuries.
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    Well if Woodruff would have issues joining the team because they might have 6 pitchers, wouldn’t that go for the others too? If they trade for a pitcher and you count Steele that gives them 5. So if Woodruff wouldn’t sign here for that reason, who would? I, personally, do not think it is a problem. Even absolute best case scenerio(which we know will not happen) with 6 starters you can always skip a start by someone each time through. Maybe Horton or Boyd go to the pen one time through the rotation. Maybe Woodruff gets skipped for load management. Maybe Steele gets skipped for the same reason. Maybe Taillon is traded at the deadline. So many ways to have it work, and that is assuming all are healthy. As Bertz pointed out, you need 7 or 8 who you are comfortable starting. Injuries happen. And, with Woodruff, in particular, he might like the idea of a team being able to give him time off. Might keep him healthy all year.
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    With the way pitchers get hurt or miss starts, I don’t think 6 starters is that odd. Plus, who knows what Steele gives them. Rea would be a multi inning swing starter. Assad might be used in a trade. If Cassie was in a trade they could go Ballesteros as the DH and Alcantara as the 4th outfielder. That would leave them needing a right handed bat who can play corner infield (Andujar or Bohm are examples) and a back up middle infielder. Maybe a left handed or switch hitting bat. I think we all know they aren’t going big on a bat. I don’t disagree with you on Alonso, but they won’t do that.
  5. Rcal10
    I think that depending on who they get via a trade for a pitcher, the extra money goes towards the pen. For the sake of this conversation let’s say they get Woodruff and trade for Cabrera. Then they sign Andujar as a bench bat. They should still have a good chunk of money left. Maybe they extend PCA. Still there will be money. So the pen can be more than dumpster dive pitchers. Maybe Fairbanks and Keller. Plus get a lefty or two. And/or, as you mentioned, maybe they trade for one of those pitchers and extend them too. I just hope they do spend more than last off season. I am not sure they will, but I certainly hope they do. And if they do, there are several paths to being a very good team next season.
  6. Rcal10
    Sure. A lot of potential. I would rather it be Cabrera, over Alcantara. But those guys work fine. As you said, some injury concerns, but definitely left up side guys.
  7. Rcal10
    I don’t think anyone here would argue that. And if Shota declines the QO, they need two starters. One TOR and another MOR. Need to come out of the off season with one of the top FA pitchers or a trade for someone like Ryan, Gore, Cabrera. And if Shota declines, maybe one via trade and one as a FA. Get two high end starters.
  8. Rcal10
    And, IMO, a sneaky solid off season, assuming we also add a few pen arms. Let’s say Fairbanks plus a solid lefty pen arm and since we are getting Cabrera let’s make a bigger deal and get one of their pen arms too. Cassie, Brown, Long and maybe another piece, depending on the pen arm we get back.
  9. Rcal10
    My bad. Missed that. Thank you.
  10. Rcal10
    Maybe Laureano?
  11. Rcal10
    Actually I thought you were trying to make sense of why the Cubs even offered Shota an offer. His decision to take it or move on will come before any failure to sign Imai or Cease. And though there is speculation he will decline it, I haven’t seen him do so yet. That decision will come first.
  12. Rcal10
    Except he wasn’t good against left handed pitching, which is primarily what he would be used for.
  13. Rcal10
    Except the Shota decision will be before either Cease or Imai signs. So not really a fall back.
  14. Rcal10
    So if we are talking about adding Imai as a FA and trading for Ryan I love the rotation. This is assuming Shota opts out. Does Cassie, Brown and a decent, not top, 3rd piece get Ryan? Does it get Cabrera? I would be fine with either and it still gives the Cubs plenty of money to spend on that right handed bat who can play 1st and 3rd, plus the pen. But who would that bat be? I know you have brought him up before and I agree with you, Bohm would be a good fit for right handed bat to play 1st, 3rd and DH. But I would trade much for him.
  15. Rcal10
    There was also talk about the Cubs working out a 2 year deal with him. So maybe he is declining because they have something else worked out.
  16. Rcal10
    Are you putting Detmers is the rotation or pen? What bird is Detmers killing?
  17. Rcal10
    I would like that as well. But IMO if that is whatever want we will end up underwhelmed by the off season. I don’t see either of those guys becoming a Cub.
  18. Rcal10
    I expect Jefferson to light it up. Over 100 yards and at least 1 TD. After Brister trashed talked him I have to believe the Vikings will go to him and he will have a big day. Doesn’t mean the Bears can’t win. But I don’t like that Brister poked the bear.
  19. Rcal10
    I guess it depends on perception of what a good off season would be. If they signed Laureano and a few solid pen arms (Keller and Soto) and traded for Ryan is that an underwhelming off season? How about if they signed the Japanese pitcher coming over, instead of trading for Ryan? They have the money for any of those moves.
  20. Rcal10
    Maybe🤷 Honestly I don’t know a thing about him. But you did mention him before.
  21. Rcal10
    This is something I thought about from the start.
  22. Rcal10
    I am going to the awards show MLB is having on Thursday and then to the after party. I happen to be in Las Vegas this weeks and spend a lot of time in the Cosmopolitan hotel. That is where the GM meetings are. So far no sign of Jed or Carter, but I am sure they are here. Any requests when I do run into Jed or Carter? I am sure they will listen to me😬
  23. Rcal10
    I’m with you. Buy the bat (preferably Tucker-though I know that won’t happen) and trade for another young TOR starting pitcher. If they did that they would still have enough money to add a decent bench bat and pen arms. The rotation would be as last year, but also have a potential TOR (Cabrera) and Steele coming back. So it should be better. Could end up a top 5-10 offense and top 5-10 rotation.
  24. Rcal10
    You beat me to this point. Yes, getting Tucker back would be the best option. Then you trade for that pitcher you want, at or near, the TOR. You would be bringing the same offense back and have they pitcher you traded for and Steele (eventually) added to the rotation. And if you got someone like Cabrera in a trade, they would still have money to spend to add a bench player and a few pen arms. I think the people who don’t want Tucker are undervaluing him because of his injuries last year and for some reason just don’t like him. They aren’t getting him, but I wish they would.
  25. Rcal10
    Running to the left and throwing the ball down field is the toughest throw for a right handed QB. If there are yards to be made just running I think that is the better play. I don’t know exactly what plays you are referring to and maybe he could have set a thrown the ball, but more often than not the better play is to just run.
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