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  1. Cuzi
    No one uses career WAR when calculating dollar per WAR. He's been a 3-4 WAR pitcher for 5 straight years. Put up 3.4 last year and his contract is for $27M AAV. Divide 27 by 3.4. Tell me what you get.
  2. Cuzi
    Cease signed for 8 on the dot. I've already compared this to Alonsos deal.
  3. Cuzi
    It's not, but ok.
  4. Cuzi
    Most FAs sign for 6-8M per WAR.
  5. Cuzi
    Maybe, but I more believe the Cubs would be the ones to say no to the years versus the player saying no to the money.
  6. Cuzi
    Sure, but for that kind of money just grow some balls and tack on a few years to get someone better and younger.
  7. Cuzi
    I would be very interested to see what in the models suggest Bregman is a $35M level player at age 32. He's arguably not been worth that for 3 years. I like Bregman enough as a player but this feels like the Orioles giving Alonso his deal.
  8. Cuzi
    Man, for $35M AAV I kind of feel like we could have done better. Good lord.
  9. Cuzi
    It wasn't too long ago that the Cubs had one of the highest rated farm systems in baseball. It's just that a lot of the players that ranked them so high have graduated beyond prospect status, or traded for MLB players.
  10. Cuzi
    Not when your top OF prospect is Justin Crawford and should be competing for a roster spot in ST after he just put up a very good full season at AAA in 2025.
  11. Cuzi
    Give the Cubs $60M in space and I still highly doubt they sign Bichette.
  12. Cuzi
    Considering Skubal has 1 year of control left and the Cubs aren't going to extend him? Hopefully the Cubs.
  13. Cuzi
    Probably why the Cubs dont do much talking.
  14. Cuzi
    A bidding war for Bellinger.
  15. Cuzi
    The best guy we gave up was Owen Caissie with his 40% strikeout rate. Lets not act like he doesn't have red flags.
  16. Cuzi
    This is where I sit. This team was a wrecking ball when he was at his best. A couple freak injuries derailed him mid season and the Cubs collapsed offensively. And yet in a "down" year for Tucker he was still well above average to elite in damn near every offensive category. I wont be upset if they go after Bichette (I doubt they get anyone substantial), but I feel like the elite eye at the plate Kyle Tucker has will sustain success better than Bichette.
  17. Cuzi
    My number one issue with signing Bellinger is how average to below average most everything is that he gives you at the plate but his batting run value is 82nd percentile because he is the LH version of Isaac Paredes playing in the perfect stadium for his profile.
  18. Cuzi
    I would think if the Cubs were going to acquire any of those names it would be Bichette. Bregman is too old and apparently already has a really good offer on the table from the Red Sox. The Cubs had Tucker for a year and seemingly didn't look at him as more than a 1 year thing. Bellinger can stay in the Bronx where he actually benefits from the dimensions of the park.
  19. Cuzi
    Given his medicals I won't be jumping for joy until it's official. They also had a deal agreed to last year for Luzardo.
  20. Cuzi
    I have no clue. Think the only rumored numbers out there was an offer he got from the Braves before he became a FA at 6/100.
  21. Cuzi
    I would bet they never even made an offer to Tucker.
  22. Cuzi
    He lets his guy choose him.
  23. Cuzi
    I like how signing Kyle Tucker is "not very realistic" for the Cubs, but fans will still make sure to sell out Wrigley. The Cubs are sitting on a decade old contract being their largest ever given out in it's history, a 92 win team, only 2 players currently committed to the 2027 payroll, and we as fans have to talk ourselves out of the 4th largest market signing the best players. Absolutely pathetic. If they go into 2026 with a handful of marginal moves and maybe one fringe top move like Zac Gallen, I hope 2026 is an absolutely dumpster fire of a season. IMO, it would be the best thing to happen. No injuries, so there aren't any excuses. Just a pure 2023 Cardinals season of under performing garbage. Would love to see the fan reaction to a season like that after they refused to sign a Kyle Tucker following a 92 win season when they made a 1 year push for a playoff spot.
  24. Cuzi
    I still come back around to Ronny Mauricio from the Mets. The guy has yet to break out, he's a very good defender with tremendous power. He's used up 2 years of service time over there. Brett Baty finally seemed to click. And this offseason the Mets traded for Semien. So Mauricio has lost his spots to even get a foot in the door over there. He shouldn't be too expensive to acquire and with Shaw at 3B for at least a year, he can sit on our bench and try to figure something out at the plate in the event Hoerner doesn't return in 2027. I'm running out of ways to see this offseason being more than a failure. At this point it's down to signing one of the best remaining pitchers and finding another Michael Busch for 2B/3B for 2027.
  25. Cuzi
    Correction, after one of their stars left the team. That 2019 Nationals team still had Juan Soto, Anthony Rendon, Trea Turner, Stephen Strasburg, and Max Scherzer. The Cubs dont have a single one of their equivalents.
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