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  1. Cuzi
    Congratulations, you added a top 5 bat for 1 year and still probably dont project to make the playoffs. Very meaningful. About as meaningful as saying the Cubs added the top bat at the deadline and still missed the playoffs. You know what's meaningful? Having a 100 win team and trading years of control for the best closer in the game as a rental when that is THE missing piece to winning a WS.
  2. Cuzi
    Nah. I'm one of those fans that wants the team to make meaningful moves. This team is in no position to be adding a Juan Soto on a 1 year deal just because its Juan Soto, especially for major league, controlled, talent. Juan Soto will sell tickets. That's it. The team doesn't improve in the short term and it's worse off in the long term. Unless the Cubs are making the trade with the understanding that an offer they are making on an extension is going to be signed, then its a completely dumb move to make and literally the exact opposite of EVERYTHING Hoyer has said he values in creating a sustainable, winning, organization.
  3. Cuzi
    Must be nice thinking Soto is going to replace Morel and then everything else stays the same. The Cubs are losing 4.1 WAR in Bellinger. We're talking about trading a guy who has been worth about 2.2 WAR over a 162 game season with 5 years of control. He was worth 1.4 WAR last year. So you lost Bellinger at 4.1 WAR and traded 1.4 WAR for 5.5 WAR of Soto for 1 year. What is your net gain? Absolutely nothing. But you managed to add roughly $12M of salary to the roster. There's nothing impressive about saying that the Cubs had the RD of a 90 win team but only managed to win 83. Juan Soto played on a team with a better RD than the Cubs and they won 1 game less.
  4. Cuzi
    Ignoring the fact that Ramirez would be completely out of the realm of possibilities, he took a way under market deal because he specifically wanted to play in Cleveland and only Cleveland so they gave him a full NTC. Ramirez isn't getting traded because of Ramirez. A far more realistic option would be some kind of package deal with the Rays for Glasnow + Mead. It would take a decent addition with Morel to get it done, but thats the caliber of 3B you are looking at. A highly thought of prospect that was recently promoted or in AAA on a team with a 3B fully entrenched at the position. I still do like Westburg aswell.
  5. Cuzi
    There is little benefit to the Cubs, without an extension in place. This team needs more than Juan Soto for 1 year. He is not the missing piece to a Cubs WS roster. If Morel is so valuable that on paper he could land Soto in a 1 for 1 swap, then I'm willing to bet theres a 3B out there with years of control that would be far more valuable to the Cubs in the long run.
  6. Cuzi
    I like how Morel seemingly has less value than prospects in this thread. Go look at that trade value site we want to link as evidence of Morel being worth a 1 for 1 swap for Soto and tell me how many of our top prospects are more valuable. We are talking about a 30 HR power bat at 24 years old with 5 years of control here. There's a reason why teams want to trade for him, allegedly as the headliner in a deal for Juan Soto. Would I make the trade? That would all depend on how sure I am that Soto will sign an extension before reaching FA.
  7. Cuzi
    Unless I am mistaken, any foreign player aged 25 with at least 6 years of service time in a foreign league recognized by MLB is considered an unrestricted FA. Kim was 25 and played 7 years in Korea, making him a UFA at the time he initially signed with the Padres. He will be a UFA when his contract expires. Service time in MLB does not apply to his FA status.
  8. Cuzi
    It has less to do with Kim being a problem versus being a potential solution to their problem. He has 1 year remaining. They are about to lose a good chunk of their starting rotation. They are talking about trading Soto. They are in the middle of a soft reset. Do they plan on extending Kim or not? If the answer is no, then he's probably available in trade and they could probably ask for a decent amount in return.
  9. Cuzi
    Bob Melvin jumping ship and headed from the Padres to the Giants. I wonder how desperate the Padres are to slash payroll. Would they consider trading Kim? He's got 1 year left under contract. They just signed Cronenworth to a 7 year deal and moved him to 1B to make their IF fit, but they have Eguy Rosario getting a taste now and he pretty much only fits at 1B. I could live with Kim at 3B.
  10. Cuzi
    Any number of directions. There's plenty of teams out there trying to compete that could use Stroman. The Twins rotation is about to get gutted Orioles Red Sox Yankees Take your pick. The Cubs have a handful of Stromans in their rotation. If him opting in creates such a problem for the budget then get rid of him. They signed him to trade him in the future in the first place. Its why he got 2 years and no NTC.
  11. Cuzi
    There's a simple solution. If Stroman opts in, you trade Stroman.
  12. Cuzi
    Dalbec is 28 years old in AAA. He had 169 K's in 493 PA's in a league he's going on 4 years too old for. Even if he was free I wouldn't give him a 40 man roster spot. The Cubs have Matt Mervis who is at the sink or swim point in his MLB career with just as much success in AAA as Dalbec at 3 years younger. Why in the world would trading for Dalbec enter anyones thought process? The idea is to get better. The Cubs should be beyond the point of throwing horsefeathers at a wall and seeing what sticks. Its time to look at guys that are successful MLB players.
  13. Cuzi
    Joey Votto wants to play next year. He was good 3 years ago. Probably right up this FO's alley for 1B.
  14. Cuzi
    Then they wont trade for Soto in the first place.
  15. Cuzi

    Glasnow...Now?

    Cuzi replied to Tim's topic in Chicago Cubs Talk

    The guy has averaged 66 innings a season. In no world is he worth giving up quality prospects to acquire AND pay him $25M.
  16. Cuzi

    Glasnow...Now?

    Cuzi replied to Tim's topic in Chicago Cubs Talk

    $25M for a glorified reliever. Please no.
  17. Cuzi
    Going to disagree with the decisions being organizational. Hoyer was point blank asked about the bunting at some point and tried as delicately as he could to disagree with them and emphasize how important it was to "protect outs." That is just one example. I'm sure there is more. There is clearly some disconnect between Hoyer's philosophy and Ross'. Problem is, Ross was hired as the friend and it's harder to let those go.
  18. Cuzi
    One thing that does show consistency is the Cubs failure in one run games and extra innings under Ross. When the answer to the question for why a particular player is starting or brought in for a particular situation is that they are a veteran instead of being the best option, that is a failure of the manager. That is his main job. To make decisions that win close games. Ross fails at that. Everyone agrees this is the best team Ross has managed, correct? It was still as horsefeathers in close games as the rest of his years.
  19. Cuzi
    Nope. Not making horsefeathers up. Just mistaken on which SS got bounced off SS. The discussions around Bogaerts on the Cubs was playing 3B so that's what defaulted in my brain. Still doesn't change the fact they moved a guy off the position to sign Bogaerts and now can't afford Soto.
  20. Cuzi
    Its like me saying that you dont want to hear how no team in baseball allocates that kind of money to 1B because its the least valuable position on the diamond.
  21. Cuzi
    You're right. I'm not serious at all about Soto if it means you are moving him to 1B. Glad you picked up on that. I, nor any FO in baseball would give Soto a contract like that to play 1B.
  22. Cuzi
    Well Judge just broke records the year before and if you count his full seasons averages 6.9 WAR. Bogaerts played SS and the Padres paid him as a shortstop and moved him to 3rd base. Didn't work out too well for them and his contract is one of the key factors in Soto even being talked about as a trade target. Not sure we want to emulate the Padres right now.
  23. Cuzi
    This is how generational Juan Soto is... We want to talk about how good the Dodgers do things. The Dodgers traded for Mookie Betts with 1 year remaining on his deal. They extended him for 12 years/$365. He was arguably the second best baseball player in the game, he hit at the top, he defended at the top, he ran the bases at the top, he can even play MI. We are sitting here talking about how we can make it fit with Juan Soto for at least $40M more than Mookie Betts to play 1B/DH. If you look at their full seasons, Mookie Betts averages 6.73 WAR and Soto averages 5.16.
  24. Cuzi
    The mere fact of paying him based on a position he can't play is negative value to the team.
  25. Cuzi
    Because now you have a $400M first baseman and have to build a team around that albatross.
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