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  1. JunkyardWalrus
    That's pretty good, right?
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    Gage Tater Workman?
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    Would be nice to have some value out of any of our first round rounds aside from the Horton’s second half. They go like this. - Horton (125 IP total 2.2 fWar) - Wicks (95 IP total for .3 fWar) - Jensen (still in AAA apparently, #35 organizational prospect) - Lange (Less than 200 IP for less than 1 total fWAR) - Little (three 2/3 of an inning for Chicago, 118 IP for .2 career fWAR based on his sole positive season in ’25) Then it goes Blackburn, Pierce Johnson, Hayden Simpson, Cashner, Mark Pawelek, Matthew Clanton, Chadd Blasko, Luke Hagerty and dear old sweet Bobby Brownlie. Before you get back to Prior (657 Innings 16.3 fWar (7.8 in ’03)) Not the most inspiring list.
  4. JunkyardWalrus
    Chances any of this has to do with the new pitching lab and infrastructure?
  5. JunkyardWalrus
    Seiya hit his career high in HRs last year, but was he a better offensive player for it? (His BB% and K% remained largely the same (Ks were actually down about 2% 2025) 2024 - 585 PAs .283/.366/.482 - 21 HRs 16 SB 137wRC+ 2025 - 651 PAs .245/.326/.478 - 32 HRs 5 Sb 123wRC+ He scored the same amount of runs and drove in about 30 more in 2025. Maybe a team without loads of raw power shouldn’t be trying to focus on yanking homeruns? Maybe they should and it will all pay off? I dunno.
  6. JunkyardWalrus
    Thank you all for taking the time to post these! It’s appreciated!
  7. JunkyardWalrus
    39 walks in 649 plate appearances 8 walks in 53 already this year. Seems like quite a difference.
  8. JunkyardWalrus
    If this is what Nico is, I’m the horsefeathers. And happy about it. Where has this patience come from?
  9. JunkyardWalrus
    Ha! Fair.
  10. JunkyardWalrus
    Seems like a perfect opportunity for Brown to step up and take a spot in the rotation.
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    Just went and watched this ab. A couple things. It was an 0-2 pitch and I still hate the ‘Jaguar Paw’ he does as he rounds the bases. I’m all for individualism, but that’s lame. Still my favorite prospect. Like someone else said, be nice for a full, healthy, year of KA, instead of only showing up in the summer.
  13. JunkyardWalrus
    Man I hope so.
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    Clearly.
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    Seems the same could be said about this comment?
  16. JunkyardWalrus
    It's more ‘the highest paid players in the league are really good hitters.” Alonso makes that 3 war with his bat, but there isn’t a 3 war defender in the league (according to Fangraphs) to contrast. Yes, that makes sense. I guess that’s the my crux: the best defenders aren’t paid like the best offensive players, thusly defense is less valuable than offense, not that defense has no value. Anyway. Thank you for the thoughtful replies. I appreciate it.
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    Wouldn't the Swanson situation amongst the 4 SS of his class be an example? He was the best defensively and received the least of the four? Wouldn’t a Pete Alonso, 5/$155 be an example? Never put up a 4 fWAR year, but got more than Nico last off season? The Juan Soto deal? Maybe I’m cherry picking? I can agree I may be antiquated in my view of what a $20m/ should look like. You’re likely right. Doesn’t change he signed for (somewhat to much) less than most here thought, even if it was more than I wanted.
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    No? You’re still arguing he should be making more than what the market bore. I don’t believe all WAR is created equally, nor is paid symmetrically in Free Agency. I don’t believe the market treats them equally either. There are countless examples as you’re well aware. I don’t understand why you think defense and offense are equally valued on the open market?
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    I was using PCA’s contract, not him, as the example. I didn’t want the Cubs to pay NIco $20m/year. PCA’s contract, not PCA per se, was the example of a contract (6/115, or just under $20m/) I wanted Nico’s extension to stay under.
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    Oh, did he get that $150-200 contract? or $10m/WAR (or $40m/ year like the Dodgers new RF?) No? Maybe because the FA market doesn’t treat all WAR equally? Like, offense is worth more on the open market than defense? Maybe? It’s not like the market hasn't shown us this every off-season.
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    Love ya'lls narrative is 'second hometown discount' 'must have left money on the table' and not 'nico may not have been worth ($$) what I thought.' You guys love your Hoerner boners. God bless ya. Go Cubs.
  22. JunkyardWalrus
    Ha!
  23. JunkyardWalrus
    It was in the Tucker vs Nico trade package talk. The argument was Nico was equal to Tucker in prospect package returns.
  24. JunkyardWalrus
    All things I agree with, I believe the league pays more for power, much more than for defense. That’s my argument.
  25. JunkyardWalrus
    Sure. They went about those numbers in very different ways, as you know, and during very different parts of their career arcs. Seems like comparing Nico’s career year vs Pete’s second year should color the numbers some? Provide some context to view the data? Maybe not? If not, sure, you’re right, if context matters, maybe there’s more to it? I appreciate it’s a counting number and there’s far more to offensive value, but a player with 31 homeruns in a season is difficult for me to call ‘glove first’ just because his glove is amazing. He may be flawed offensively, but I would argue he's a dangerous bat in a lineup, far more than to be relegated as ‘glove first’ player. We’ll see if Nico is valued more like Kyle Tucker or Gimenez soon enough. (Go Cubs!)
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