Cuzi
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You 100% know I looked up Joe Ricketts' Forbes page when I mentioned Cohen's networth and the valuation of the Cubs? That's the kind of big brain you are.
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I shouldnt have to explain why someone cant compete with another person who is worth 5x more than their largest asset.
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My bad. Cohen can buy the Cubs 5 times over. Surely that means Ricketts can compete with Cohen,
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There are always bigger fish in the sea. The Cubs have an obscene amount of money, true. But if there's a bidding war between the Cubs, Dodgers, Mets, and Yankees and the deal is they cant stop hitting bid until all funds are depleted, the Cubs stop hitting bid miles before those 3 teams.
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Cohen can buy the Cubs 7 times over. The Yankees bring in WAY more revenue a year. The Cubs cannot compete with them. It's just a fact. I'm not saying they cant compete with the likes of the Red Sox.
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The Cubs didn't even cry poor. If the Cubs missed out on Soto because both NY teams were willing to blow away Ohtani's contract AND not defer any of those dollars, then fine. The Cubs legitimately cant compete with those team financially. But.... the Cubs didnt even horsefeathers engage with Soto. They operate in a way where they arent willing to give the years necessary to acquire top tier talent. It's nothing to do with dollars right now. They give out more annually to avoid longer terms.
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It's a good thing I factored those in.
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I personally dont care about the bench all that much. As long as we have a legit starting lineup and at least 1 Patrick Wisdom type bench bat, I'm good. If injuries happen to the infield/outfield then call up the rookies, that is why we are hoarding them, right? I'm really more concerned about finding 1 more starting pitcher and a decent catcher.
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"Called up." The plan is Shaw is in AAA unless something goes down.
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Who is talking about moving him to 1B fulltime? We are talking about spot starts/injuries.
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He's played like 15-20 games at first for the last 3 years on the Rays.
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Paredes can play 1B and Shaw brought up to play 3B.
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Going to have to be a big offer, since we've got the Mariners on the other line itching to give up Castillo for him. All joking aside, if the Cubs end up trading him, I wonder how much of a deep dive the Cubs have done on Jurickson Profars changes. He's seemingly getting lost in the shuffle for potential bats. He's always been pretty patient at the plate, but this last season he opened up his stance and exaggerated his leg kick and 86-87 career exit velocity to 91. He was pretty solid throughout the entire season.
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Or they can do the same thing as the Yankees and call his bluff. The Yankees could have added another year to void Coles opt out and they were like... Nah. So Cole decided to opt back in.
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Cohen money. $51M+ AAV is just dumb.
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I have a hard time figuring out how a 3 team trade would even work. Feel like the Cubs would need a second decent piece coming in return with Crochet to make something work like Varland maybe. I doubt the Cubs would go something like Hoerner + Caissie/Alcantara + Rojas for just Crochet. And I doubt the Mariners would give up more than 1 top prospect for Hoerner.
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I wasn't someone who wanted Bellinger back. I wanted to trade him at the deadline in 2023.
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Dont think many wanted Bellinger back on a $27.5M+ annual commitment. We avoided a long term deal but created an issue because now we are limited on budget because Bellinger's contract is underwater enough that he didn't want to test the market and opted in.
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Link the article that completely refutes Dipoto's statements and a Mariners insider.
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I see what is painfully obvious. You choose to ignore the obvious to fit your best case. The Mariners want to reduce payroll because they have a budget of $15-16M to find an upgrade at 2B, 3B, and BP. They aren't taking on more payroll to fill 1B while opening up a spot they have to fill in the rotation. Even the Bellinger rumors include Hoerner in the deal. The only place people are talking about Bellinger for Castillo straight up is here. I challenge you to go read that MLBTR article that name drops Bellinger as a Mariners target and then get back to me with how realistic it is. The whole article is based on a Seattle times reporter writing about how the team is looking for a platoon option to pair with Raley, how Bellinger's contract is a big problem for what the Mariners are trying to accomplish this offseason, how they "covet" Nico Hoerner, and how trading from the rotation is "plan Z" according to Dipoto. Don't know about you, but Bellinger really strikes me as the guy to get Dipoto to act on plan Z, instead of the player they "covet."
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I dont buy into this tragically unlucky theory. The Cubs predicted wins was like 84 before the season started. They ended up with 83. I feel like Jed is heavily leaning on his deadline acquisition of Paredes and counting that as a major offseason move and is willing to sit back and wait for deals. I dont really agree with that, especially after what Paredes showed in Wrigley. This team on paper should be vying for the division. But this team on paper was also favorites to win the division last year. Paper doesn't play on the field. Tragically unlucky is the Dodgers entire pitching staff getting decimated but still having super star players carry them through to win a WS. The Cubs need some superstars.
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Bro, if the deal goes down Hoerner is gone. There is no smoke around Bellinger. It's all around Hoerner. You say you dont want to take on more money, well, guess who has even more reason to not take on more money... the Mariners.
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You probably forgot about Bryce Harper who signed at the same age and who's contract in terms of AAV didn't blow the competition away. It wasn't even the highest, but it was the largest contract in history at the time.
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My only pause when it comes to Castillo is what is coming back with him. I think Castillo's ceiling going forward is probably 3 fWAR. That puts him at neutral value with his contract. If it takes Hoerner for the Mariners to pull the trigger, then what is coming with? Is it Young? Is it Ford? Or is it a collection of lesser guys. I dont think I do the deal if its less than Ford.
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Age is accounted for in the length of the deal.
