Cuzi
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All but KB and Javy were traded for.
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The intention of the post was to point out the risks Theo was willing to take to win. I pretty clearly stated that in the post. Hoyer has taken zero risks so far and he's at the point of "if not now, when?" Again, would you care to argue which is more successful at winning?
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I've mentioned everything that went for and against the Cubs during Theo's era. There's a pretty clear distinction from what Theo was willing to do than what Hoyer has shown to be willing to do so far. One is pretty clearly more successful than the other.
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Are we acting like Hoyer didn't play a big part in draft selections and player development? We are literally talking about 3 prospects being traded as the reason that the Cubs system sucked when Hoyer took over control.
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Yu Darvish would also look better than anything the Cubs got out of that deal.
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He also wasn't working up against the tax line in those years. The only thing that hurt the team long term was a complete void of talent coming up in the minors for years. Their drafts were terrible.
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Epstein took risks. Some of those risks didn't pay off. Would you like to compare which was more successful at building a winning team? Theo broke 2 curses. Hoyer has yet to build a playoff roster.
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Theo Epstein would have absolutely been in the market for some of these recent top FA signings. Theo signed Jon Lester a year before he believed the team was ready to make a real playoff push. He traded one of his best prospects for a rental closer in 2016. Then he traded Soler for another rental closer the following offseason. Then he traded 2 of his best prospects for the hottest name on the pitching market with years of control. Then he signed Craig Kimbrel to a multiyear deal. Theo routinely sought out the best. People talk about Jed being held back by Ricketts, but I'm pretty confident if the owners would have ok'd the money for Bryce Harper then Harper would be on the Cubs. Hoyer has yet to show anywhere near the same aggression in making the team better. There's no shot in hell Theo would have walked out damn near the same identical team as last season.
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Bellinger did "fine" when compared to the other options listed. Bellinger did bad when compared to the salary he was given. He was/is the biggest expense on the team and he was the 10th most valuable player on the roster. Bellinger is going to be a dumpster fire if he opts in and that becomes the excuse for why we couldn't do X, Y, and Z.
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Probably in the comment section posted by a Braves fan.
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To who? I can guarantee the Cubs aren't proposing to trade Swanson for a catcher that just put up 0.8 fWAR. That's generally a bad way to improve a roster.
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We are the Cubs, not the Oakland A's. Swanson's contract is not a deciding factor on his future with the team.
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The most damning thing to me is that Jed Hoyer has been reluctant to sign players attached to the QO because of losing the draft pick. Now he stands to lose 2 draft picks and IFA money... Because he went over by 280k. That is just extra fuel to add to the fire as reason to not sign the best players available.
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No one is buying low on Sean Murphy with their best player in MLB.
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Nope. Drake Baldwin is in the same spot as O'Hoppe on the Phillies. Rather have him.
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Take your pick. Bellinger isn't some brick wall to signing or trading for a better RF/DH. Bellinger can ride the pine for all I care. Just because he opts in doesn't mean the Cubs should just throw their hands up in the air and forget about every possible outfielder/DH that would make the team better.
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Get the bat first, worry about the details later. Any number of things can happen.
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So go get a bat that isn't directly involved with the pitching half of the equation. Simple.
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None of those stats measure how well a catcher works with the pitching staff, and by all accounts Contreras sucks at it. Every pitcher on the Cubs was a full run worse in ERA with Contreras vs the others. The Cardinals benched him a month into his tenure because he was calling pitches his pitcher didn't even throw. There's many ways to get 2 WAR out of your catcher that wont effect the pitchers.
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Dont want Willson back, sorry not sorry. Sure, we'll get more WAR out of the catching situation, but at the detriment of the entire pitching staff. Not worth it.
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You just responded to it. And it was rhetorical.
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You just responded to it. And it was rhetorical.
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Don't know much about him, but poaching the head of player development of the Colorado Rockies isn't a thrilling start to the offseason.
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Do you think Imanaga was good this season? Because Pearson was damn near the same statistical pitcher across the entire board after the trade for the Cubs. Pearson is not getting non tendered over $1.4M. That's just a stupid thing to suggest. The Cubs just traded for him and he has a 98 mph fastball with disgusting movement on his breaking balls. He's everything this organization strives for in a pitcher.
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Rewind to the deadline when we were discussing Contreras trades with the Mets and how no one wanted to touch Mark Vientos. That would have sucked getting him.
