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  1. Cuzi
    I'm like 80/20 on Jed getting fired. Renteria was fired with 2 years left. Maddon was fired with 1 year left. Theo left with 1 year left. Ross was fired with 1 year left. A 1 year extension is just a waste of money. If an extension is to happen it will be for multiple years, but that's a hard sell for a guy that hasn't managed a single playoff appearance in 4 seasons and has a team thats worth $50M more on the field than the next closest in the division and sits in last place.
  2. Cuzi
    If Jed wants to keep a job beyond 2025, something is going to give. But even then, average play at C, 3B and 4 less blown saves and the Cubs are neck and neck with the Brewers this year.
  3. Cuzi
    Stuff like this makes me laugh. They need like 2 bats and a closer.
  4. Cuzi
    Why? It's not like we are talking about a projected 95+ win team to start the season. Talking about a mediocre team mildly under performing to like 78 wins. Nothing special to write about. Lazy roster building = deserved result.
  5. Cuzi
    It's so rough watching Swanson swing through belt high pitch after belt high pitch.
  6. Cuzi
    This FO is licking their chops to sign Walker Buehler or Shane Bieber on a short term value deal following their TJS. Kyle is as good as gone.
  7. Cuzi
    Doubt it. No player has come close to that number. Because of the deferred money in Ohtani's contract, the true value of his deal is roughly $460M. So for tax purposes, the Dodgers are only getting hit for $46M a year, not $70M. Juan Soto aint Ohtani. He's great, but not that great. Ohtani is every bit the hitter Soto is while being a bonafide ace pitcher. $40M is where the bar is set. He might get a little more than guys like Judge and have someone offer like $42M, but I can't see a world in which he sniffs 50.
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    From a business standpoint, you don't really benefit from increasing the upfront cost, which is what Jed was trying to do. I can't imagine Tom was influencing those decisions. Jed is just the smartest man in the room. He's going to build the team his way, no matter what the market says. Well, his time is up when it comes to beating the market. He's under performing the market and something has to give.
  9. Cuzi
    He would likely be long gone before any of the 10 year deals he avoided in recent years because he wanted to get them at 7. It's a Jed thing.
  10. Cuzi
    And through age 40. He's not going to get an opt out. I doubt Jed cares about the $40M number. He probably cares more about the age 40. I would bet Jed would try to reduce the years and increase the AAV for some stupid reason, as if he'll be around to see Soto at 40 years old in a Cubs uniform.
  11. Cuzi
    Jed has literally said that he is focused on 2025. 2025 is his last year under contract. He's either going to get fired after the season, or he's got 1 more year to prove he's the guy for the job. I have a feeling you've ingested some spoiled goods if your gut is telling you they aren't going to try and compete in 2025.
  12. Cuzi
    Like 14/560.
  13. Cuzi
    Taillon has been a top 30ish pitcher in MLB for a year now? Why are you so damn eager to just dump that for any ol' thing? What exactly do you envision is a better use of resources?
  14. Cuzi
    It wouldn't be hard to fit him in. Pick your spot, LF or RF. Trade Morel. Suzuki becomes the DH.
  15. Cuzi
    That's nobody's fault but his own. There's no excuse for swinging at that curveball. That was never a strike and he swings at it every time.
  16. Cuzi
    PCA has a long way to go.
  17. Cuzi
    Or they could just use those prospects to get a cheap bat and keep a solid, reliable, not too expensive MLB pitcher.
  18. Cuzi
    I'll take that bet.
  19. Cuzi
    I dont think even Jed is willing to sign that resignation letter.
  20. Cuzi
    They aren't going to trade a solid MLB pitcher for a couple of mid prospects in high A.
  21. Cuzi
    No. It's about par for the course. Teams dont pay in prospects for par. They pay for surplus.
  22. Cuzi
    If you go by his ZIPs projections the next 2 years, he's worth 3 fWAR. If you went by the $8M per WAR spent in FA, he's worth $24M. He's owed $34M, beyond this season. I dont buy any team offering anything of note to take that on. You can manipulate the numbers any way you like, $10M is a large gap to close just to come out even. It's this reason why I dont buy this is a "good chance to be his last game on the Cubs."
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    He's being doing it for a full calendar year at this point, not just this season. I just dont believe the Cubs will get an offer for him thats worth pulling the trigger. His contract is going to eat a lot of his value in trade.
  24. Cuzi
    I would want something with more ceiling and defensive versatility than Eguy. I'm not penciling in Shaw at 3B just yet. He's playing exclusively there right now because it's the only open spot on the infield... for now. He's still looking at a midseason call up next year. That leaves plenty of time to find a legit 3B and open up the possibility of trading either Hoerner or Shaw. If we were still in the planning phase of this Hoyer project, I wouldn't care too much about finding bridge players. But we are past the point of just shooting for bridge players and betting on prospects. This organization needs to raise their god damn bar.
  25. Cuzi
    That depends entirely on what players they could be targeting. I doubt they are targeting MLB players, because there's not really any good options available at positions that would benefit the Cubs in 2025 and beyond. It's more likely they would be buying in a sell fashion with some of the teams that have been scouting the Cubs and discussing trades. I'm sure there's a handful of 45 FV and above prospects they have a list of that are in AAA looking at potential call ups later this year. Like I said in another thread, I wouldn't mind trying to work something out with the Mets for Mauricio. He's a guy that doesn't have defensive question marks like Morel but would have the best raw power on the team, so moving him to 3B wouldn't be an issue. The only question would be if he could make enough contact, but he does have a small sample size in MLB where he hit .248. I doubt there are a lot of teams looking at players like him at the deadline.
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