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  1. Stratos
    Tauchman signs with White Sox.
  2. Stratos
    Dan O'Dowd at the meetings on TV suggested Bellinger and Arenado to the Yanks, move Jazz Chisholm back to 2b. Sign Christian Walker due 1b, and some relievers. Not terrible ideas
  3. Stratos
    The only thing I could think of is the positional fit based on what we have in MLB and minors for DH and OF. They'd have to deal one of our mlb OFs and at some point a bunch of our blocked prospects. Not the most ideal positional fit but if they really wanted Soto they could make it work.
  4. Stratos
    Why are they clearing cap space? Because they want to add elsewhere and think they can replace Bellinger for cheaper than he's worth to the Cubs. If they clear cap space what positions do they want to use that most to upgrade? SP and the pen. Adding Puk isn't going to happen, that's too much IMO. Maybe a lesser reliever.
  5. Stratos
    I agree that Bellinger is less risky, but which pitchers available aren't risky? They just signed Matt Boyd to 2/29 at 14.5m AAV and he's even riskier and won't throw the innings. Walker Buehler is risky. Flaherty is risky. The older quality FA SP are risky due to age. The top FA SP all are risky signings too being pitchers and who will be years past prime age at the end of the contract, plus some come with a QO. Even Crochet is risky. Given Monty is on a 1 year, not especially old, no arm injuries last year, him at 23.6m AAV (luxury tax avg) is probably high but not terrible Given what others are getting Not saying I'd swap him with Belli though since it depends on what we have to replace Bellis bat and who's available at DH, OF, SP etc and their cost. Those calculations are complicated.
  6. Stratos
    Yeah but the xFIP is almost 2 runs lower than his ERA and he only signed with the team on March 29, didn't have a ST, didn't work in the winter with the team etc, fired Boras because of it. His whole season was messed up. I think Belli's contract might even be worse because of the extra year and 5m buyout next offseason.
  7. Stratos
    Amaya could also get hurt or struggle again. If they can grab 1-2 WAR for 10m or less on a position they had a huge hole last year then I'm happy they do that. The options are limited and Thaiss is a solid enough 3rd catcher especially if they could improve his framing a bit. Going into ST with Amaya/Thaiss as 1-2 is just too worrisome.
  8. Stratos
    Bellinger for Montgomery seems pretty even to me. Sounds like lots of interest for Bellinger out there.
  9. Stratos
    This is good.
  10. Stratos
    Imagine how much every owner hates Cohen right now LOL
  11. Stratos
    Took a few hours for the Dodgers to spend most of their Soto AAV money LOL.
  12. Stratos
    I'm not watching this team next year. Ricketts can't hang with the big boys.
  13. Stratos
    I want to spend Christmas at the Soto family's house this year.
  14. Stratos
    MLB Network just said there's apparently escalator's that could put this over 800m. Apparently Yankees offered 16/760. Imagine losing that bid. This is insane. Jed's gonna get that extension now hahaha
  15. Stratos
    So does this take the Dodgers out of the Soto hunt? Seems like it. Edit: Guess that's a yes.
  16. Stratos
    Exactly. If they can get their money's worth out of their signings they could project several wins better than 83, especially if they make a trade. Their pythag wins was 88, which i don't take as their "true wins" but is at least on the right side of encouraging. Also this convo is about timing and when they sign, which is different than who they sign or what the rest of the 26-man looks like. Cubs were "aggressive" on Matthew Boyd and fans aren't overjoyed just because they signed him early. I don't care when they sign another catcher or SP/reliever I just care who it is and how much they paid.
  17. Stratos
    Agree with all of this. With the caveat they avoid overpaying for lower talent signings, which Jed's had some issues with previously. Matthew Boyd pending.
  18. Stratos
    Hindsight is 20/20. Would you have taken a 5/120 or 6/145 deal instead?
  19. Stratos
    So you measure his ability to wait out a market by the number of wins on the board? That makes no sense whatsoever. Measure the moves themselves. He's done pretty well at the trade deadlines. Everybody wanted Belli back and we avoided a longterm deal. Jed and this org has had issues but I don't think timing a market is one of them.
  20. Stratos
    I'm not really concerned. From trade deadlines and offseasons past we know that if Jed is good at anything it's how to wait out a market. He's been doing the offseason dance since around 2002 so I have to trust he knows what he's doing. Hopefully Soto is signed soon which should move things along. Even if they wait things out I don't care, but its frustrating for us fans Only position that could be concerning is catcher, but Jed does surprising deals all the time. We didn't think we'd get Busch or Paredes. We have no idea how they're thinking or how they even evaluate that position because of the intangibles and small sample sizes etc
  21. Stratos
    Seiya Suzuki.
  22. Stratos
    If Seiya moves to RF and they trade Bellinger and they use any combo of our Iowa prospects at DH (plus any other bench guy they may sign) they have a decent chance to find a path for those guys to get to the 110 wRC+ Bellinger is projected. They do lose some defense in RF though. They'd also have the option to trade for some cheap DH option. Let's say the difference is 1-2 WAR in those scenarios. They still save 27 million which can be used to upgrade elsewhere and the projected WAR on paper for those players will be well above 1-2 WAR. So i understand why they're trying to ship Bellinger.
  23. Stratos
    SF could use a good CF too though. Unless they have a prospect i don't know about?
  24. Stratos
    Exact same deal as Dansby.
  25. Stratos
    He's Ronnie Woo-Woo's nephew.
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