Cuzi
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I dont have a plan. I'm not sitting down at the table. But I'm for damn sure not going to shy away from 3+ WAR players at ~$20M/year. If they like Bellinger and Chapman at a certain price and that price is acceptable to the player at some point in the future then sign them. I'm not worrying about a damn prospect 2 years away. You are worried about the last 3 or so years of the "Swanson era" while conveniently ignoring the first 3 years.
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Lets get one thing straight. This team is not signing elite talent. Just forget about that already. They've passed on elite talent 3 FAs in a row.
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You act like they grow on trees. Minor leaguers have like a 15% success rate of being even an average MLBer. I would rather the Cubs not worry about signing 3 guys to $150M contracts when teams like the Padres are out there signing 3 guys to $300M contracts.
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Like stop being scared of blocking prospects 2-3 years away. The only one potentially getting blocked would be PCA with Bellinger. By the time anyone else is getting a call up Hoerner, Happ, and Suzuki have 1 year left.
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The last time the team went all in on prospects it was Rizzo that had already established himself and then a legitimate handful of top 7 draft picks. Going in with guys like Kris Bryant, Javier Baez, Addison Russell, and Anthony Rizzo who developed into a 5 WAR player 2 years before 2016 and inserting Contreras into a catching rotation that included David Ross and Miguel Montero, is a little bit different than giving the keys to a bunch of mid grade prospects with average MLB projections.
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I would be eager to find out how one comes to that conclusion. Care to elaborate?
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Kim was a FA when he signed with the Padres. International players that are at least 25 years old AND have played 6 years of professional baseball in a league recognized by MLB are FAs. He does not have to reach 6 years of MLB service time to become a FA. Kim will never go through the arbitration process.
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Here we go again with the Jose Ramirez talk. He's not going anywhere people, forget it. It's not up to the team if he stays or goes. It's up to Ramirez and he made his decision loud and clear with the contract he signed and the FULL NTC he asked for on top.
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Not really that surprising. They just filled the 1B position and have a DH in Morel/Wisdom.
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He's 22 years old and has 3 years of college ball under his belt. He's moving through the minors to his age bracket. Kris Bryant was a damn top 10 prospect the moment he was drafted.
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Shaw is no where near a Kris Bryant level prospect. Stop that.
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I'd rather get good players now over worrying about what may potentially be an embarrassment of riches 2 years from now. Shaw could just as easily be the future for 2B. By the time he'll be knocking on the door for a call up, Hoerner will have under 2 years remaining on his contract. Or he could actually reach AAA first and hit an absolute wall against upper level competition before we start penciling him into a MLB lineup.
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Haven't we known for over a month the Cubs have had discussions with the Guardians on players like Bieber and Clase? That's not news. When they start actually swapping names let me know.
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Cubs trading for Michael Busch & Yency Almonte (for Ferris & Hope)
Cuzi replied to gocubs218's topic in Chicago Cubs Talk
By the time it could possibly click for him and simultaneously have a spot in the outfield for him to actually play, he'll have 2 years of arbitration left and a big question over his head if he can actually do it. The most value he'll more than likely ever have to the Cubs is in trade. People just need to get over the fear of trading him. He's bad defensively everywhere on the diamond minus a very small sample size at 2B. His bat is good but its not good enough to try and fit a square peg in a round hole. If he figures it out, great, but he's not going to figure it out on the Cubs because he has no opportunity to do that. The spots are filled. -
Why? Busch 1B, Shaw 3B, Morel DH/utility. But really the chances we see Shaw and Morel on the same team are probably slim. One of them will be traded before that happens. Not sure why that would be concerning though. You have to give to get and not everyone is going to pan out.
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You quoted me, my discussion has nothing to do with depth.
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I will never give up hope that the Cubs will sign/trade for better players. Sorry not sorry.
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Fantastic. I dont care about the depth. The Cubs had depth before Imanaga. The Cubs need another at the top.
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Horton has pitched 27 innings in AA. I'm not holding my breath on Brown. 3 of the names you listed wont block either of them. And all but Steele are not inspiring. It's a list of #3-5 pitchers.
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I like the signing. The contract has me questioning his health since he went from talking about $100M to 2/30 at a minimum. But my bigger concern is what Hottovy had said not too long ago in that he wanted 1 starter and a couple bullpen arms. I really hope that Imanaga is not the lone addition to the starting rotation.
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If he was in the know he wouldnt start out his data points with "it seems as though."
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They are all pretty close to 0% but Steele winning the Cy Young stands out as the one lone minor possibility to me. #5 is TBD because the Cubs havent done horsefeathers beyond minor moves so far.
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Yoshinobu Yamamoto to...the Dodgers? Really? Again?
Cuzi replied to UMFan83's topic in Chicago Cubs Talk
Lets never try to get better, never ever. -
Yoshinobu Yamamoto to...the Dodgers? Really? Again?
Cuzi replied to UMFan83's topic in Chicago Cubs Talk
Just checking in to see if we are still trying to emulate the Dodgers... anyone got an update? -
Guess that depends on who is available to buy in December versus January.
