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  1. Stratos
    At risk of rehashing Mervis debate # 4284, Mervis looked clearly frustrated and getting into his own head. Jared Young looked about as nervous as me shopping for a bread at the grocery store. I think it was more logic than compassion. PCA looked out of sorts also in his stint, trying to impress the world. Different types of personalities. They're super nervous and super keen, it's all good hopefully they just need a reset.
  2. Stratos
    Extend Mervis. Jk
  3. Stratos
    The Cubs have a ton of prospects on the verge of the MLB. Filling most every position with established players on contract, most with no-trade clauses, would be a weird if not ridiculous move. At some point you have to take a risk and play the kids. Some young players, like Morel, come up and hit right away and the pitchers adjust. Others don't hit to their potential right away and need some time to adjust to the pitchers. A lot of fans have already written off Mervis after 100 PAs. He's the exact same player he was a year ago when most wanted him as the OD 1B. We have a hole in CF. Trading PCA doesn't make a lot of sense. The # of positions where we have holes is dwindling and we have a loaded farm system with good prospects in the upper minors at literally every single position. The position we need the least longterm is DH. Sign all the short term guys we can and then reap the coming surplus. Bellinger did his job for us.
  4. Stratos
    Gotta say, there's been no whiff of the Cubs being linked to Yamamoto.
  5. Stratos
    Now that Ohtani is signed We'd probably be better off signing a FA TORP and using prospects to acquire a player at a position not readily available in FA or someone with control.
  6. Stratos
    Fun fact: statistically speaking, Rey Sanchez is one of the best defensive SS of all-time.
  7. Stratos
    I don't think Jed operates much differently than Theo did in FA. I think if a 25-26 year old 5 WAR player like Heyward came along again Jed would have no issues signing him to a longterm deal just like he did Swanson if it was a good price. Swanson was 4 years older than Heyward when he signed for 7 years. The Cubs must have something around 60 million in payroll still left under the LT and I expect they'll likely spend it like last year. Yamamoto seems quite talented but comes with more risk than Heyward IMO because he has never pitched in the MLB, so we'll see I guess what Jed does there. I'll be satisfied if they acquire any TORP. I'm not convinced Imanaga is a TORP.
  8. Stratos
    Putting one of our best athletes at 1B longterm seems like a bit of a waste, and they're not going to block PCA. It's totally possible that Hoskins can put up as good offensive numbers at 1B next year as Bellinger will. Note that I like Bellinger a lot as a player. 5 tool guy. I also like the idea of Hoskins in order to give Mervis another shot.
  9. Stratos
    Oh man, another bottleneck.
  10. Stratos
    Sounds like he was in the city, probably for contract talks. I doubt the Cubs resign him, the fit isn't great.
  11. Stratos
    Fun fact: the Cubs had the 11th best WAR in the MLB out of the 3B position last season. This was shocking. Madrigal had a 98 wRC+ while he played 3B., Candelario only had about 98 PA as a 3B for us.
  12. Stratos
    Guess it depends where they plan to play Morel and what they do at 1b and DH. Don't really want Madrigal or Wisdom at 3b either.
  13. Stratos
    I don't really see Polanco as an upgrade to Morel at 3b overall. Unless Morel just plays DH or 1B. I'm interested to see what they do at DH. Belt seems a bit old for Jed. Maybe Mitch Garver? He might get a multi-year deal though.
  14. Stratos
    Now Ohtani has enough money to buy the Dodgers
  15. Stratos
    100 Mancini's is -80 WAR haha
  16. Stratos
    They're not paying for just baseball skills, but revenue he'll bring into the team. But that's a lot of money lol
  17. Stratos
    Closer.
  18. Stratos
    Is this wait worse than waiting for the Kris Bryant grievance decision and then COVID happened?
  19. Stratos
    Maybe the Jays brought in the Shark Tank guy to close that deal.
  20. Stratos
    I honestly have no idea. Maybe? Would you give him a 12 year deal at 55m AAV if he's worth 1-3 WAR annually over his first 6 years and 8-10 WAR over his last 6 years?
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  22. Stratos
    So is he flying to Toronto to announce the deal? And then having sushi with Kikuchi and Co (who was dumb enough to make reservations in his name)?
  23. Stratos
    I said TORP for 6-7 years. 30 y/o TORPs like Nola etc are signing for 6-7 years. Yamamoto will probably get around 10, which is fine given the age. Soto, Harper etc get 10+ which is fine too given the age.
  24. Stratos
    That's a bit much. The right deal I have no issue with. If the Cubs like Yamamoto, or maybe Ohtani, or Soto next year. Or they could get some other TORP on 6 or 7 years. They'll probably only carry one mega contract so make it a good one, maximize the prime years etc I don't think having a "star" is the right focus anyways. The win column doesn't care about "stars". We need wins. We have holes at SP, 3B, 1B, CF, so-so catchers and a mediocre pen, there's lots of room to spend and improve.
  25. Stratos
    He'll be 31. If he were a year or 2 younger you could look at signing him. Fangraphs crowd-sourcing has him at 4/80, and they've been fairly accurate so far.
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