Cuzi
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Who is their current 5th fun starter to make this their 6th? Are you counting Walker? They've already said at best hes going to compete for a spot in ST.
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They only have a 4 man rotation, prior to this deal. They need a bunch more pitchers to consider trading anyone from their rotation.
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Cubs Meeting With Japanese Ace Roki Sasaki
Cuzi replied to Brock Beauchamp's topic in Chicago Cubs Talk
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Personally I dont care about the Sosa situation. We all know he was using PEDs. The thing that kills me though, is that the only hard evidence against him is the drug test he failed the year before the ban. That is the exact same drug test that David Ortiz failed and David Ortiz some how wound up as a 1st ballot HoFer when the writers are supposed to be taking this firm stance on PED users. They act like Ortiz not failing a test after the ban is proof he was clean. Did Barry Bonds fail a test after the ban? Is he in the HoF? If you are voting for Ortiz, there's no reason guys like Bonds, Clemens, Sosa, etc... have to wait for the damn Veterans Committee.
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Is he deaf?
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Not really. You have to remember you are talking about the Cleveland Guardians. You can pretty much eliminate everyone but expensive veterans and mediocre players with a replacement coming up from the minors. At one point the Cubs were rumored to be discussing Josh Naylor but that ship has sailed, he doesnt have enough versatility to fit on the roster. Sam Hentges is the best I could imagine. 28 year old reliever in arb 1 that was still being sent to the minors last season. Now he is out of options, but his metrics are pretty solid. So I could see the Cubs take a chance on him, but at the same time they've probably had all these discussions with the Guardians in the past when they traded for Morgan.
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I was just thinking about him or Logan Allen the other day and came to the conclusion of nope. I was looking for someone MLB worthy they could ask for in addition to make the trade worth it in a go for it year and nothing stood out.
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Shaw gave them the flexibility to move Hoerner or Paredes. That's been done. Only Arenado and Bohm are publicly being shopped around. Bohm would be ok, but when the Phillies are putting the "he's not really available" asking price on his head, he's not an option.
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Does it matter if you have a bunch of money to address 3B when the options for 3B arent worth a bunch of money?
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I'm fine with this. The entire premise of trading a top 100 prospect for a pitcher that always seems to have arm issues, and just had back issues as well, never made sense to me. 2 years is not enough control for me to take a shot on that. When the inevitable happens and his arm falls off, you just traded a very valuable trade chip for a guy who you got 2 months out of and will never pitch for you again.
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Maybe I'm reading this wrong, but I took it as positional fWAR and not player. Tucker and Suzuki are both listed in the RF/DH spot for a combined 9 fWAR. I would think it would be more like 5.5 for Tucker and 3.5 for Suzuki.
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They would be over for exactly 1 year. Tucker and Cease aren't putting them over in 2025 and an extension doesn't kick in til next season, the 1 year before virtually everyone is off the books but you still have guys like PCA, Busch, Shaw (hopefully) holding down roster spots in pre arb/arb 1. So you only need LF, 3B, C, and DH. on the position side.
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Holding out a sliver of hope that going in on Tucker means the team is looking at their next foundation for the next 5+ years, which means they not only extend him, but also trade for a Dylan Cease and extend him as well. Time to start acting like a large market franchise who's entire roster besides Swanson isn't on the books after 2 seasons.
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Really need another top end SP, imo. 2.1 out of Boyd seems bullish and putting Assad down in Wicks spot seems so much more palatable.
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All they have to spend money on now is basically pitching and bench. I have to imagine they pushed hard with the Yankees to save as much money as possible on Bellinger because they have their sights higher than a spot starter.
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Maybe 1908 just failed his research paper because he didn't cite his sources so he got him for plagiarism and now he's on a mission to keep everyone honest.
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The question is, how open are the Cubs?
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When looking around the league and talking about giving up a top prospect for Luzardo and having 2/5 of your rotation be Luzardo and Boyd, I ultimately end up on "is Reid Detmers that much worse of a project with 4 years of control and likely a lesser price tag?"
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It's almost certainly going to be trading Bellinger.
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Maybe they just do what a large market does occasionally and go over the tax for a single year since damn near the entire roster is off the books after 2026.
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They had pretty much every spot besides CF, 1B, and 3B. Happ and Suzuki in the corners. Hoerner at SS and what was looking like Madrigal at 2B. Contreras at C who they chose to avoid talking to like the plague. There was most certainly a core to build around. They've been choosing to build on the intelligent spending path and avoid going after the elite players, until Tucker.
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The moves they have made in the last couple years leading up to Tucker: Dansby Swanson - good player, 3rd or 4th on everyone's wishlist for the offseason at that particular spot. Cheapest option. Cody Bellinger - Signed him as a clear bounce back candidate to trade at the deadline. Bounced back better than anyone could have hoped and kept him. Now trying to dump his contract because they gave him too much money. Michael Busch - solid rookie year. Hopefully there's improvement offensively. Jameson Taillon - Yay? Shota Imanaga - Solid bet on NPB stunted value. 3B was ignored completely until they got Paredes - great move considering the cost to acquire. A lot of people questioned the fit, me included. Flipped Paredes for Tucker - This is the first no horsefeathers we are going for legit top tier talent no questions asked move in Jeds entire career as PoBO, imo. Everything prior was a cost vs performance calculation.
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To me the Twins and Blue Jays are kind of wild cards here. I can see them both selling. If the Cubs are looking for 3B options outside of the FA options, then what does a Willi Casto + Zebby Matthews deal look like? Castro could be our Kike Hernandez and Zebby Matthews is the Twins version of Will Warren.
