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  1. Illiterate Scholar
    For me, it's less about not having faith in Jed, though I'm OK if this is a make or break year for him. My frustration is that it seems apparent he has to move salary to accomplish what he wants to do this offseason. And it's not like we're talking about Preller or Dombrowski, so what he's looking to do in the first place is likely nothing wild.
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    This could be correct. It would make some sense. However, to me, this also has the air of "Certainly they wouldn't pick up Hamels' option if it they know it'll take them out of the Harper sweepstakes." Like all of this would make more sense if Alcantara or Caissie were coming off a 1.000 OPS stint in AAA, but neither are truly forcing the issue as of yet. The fact that Mr "it's about years not dollars" is working hard to trade a good player under contract for only 2 more years, when he's not shopping at the top of the market anyway, has my eyebrows raised. I fear that $50M budget that's been thrown around here and elsewhere will end up not being accurate. I also don't want to make too much out of a player of Tauchman's caliber, but releasing him to save $3M is....odd.
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    Sharma mentioned a week or two ago in their podcast that the Cubs would be looking for a veteran backup catcher, but he also said something about trading for a prospect with upside as an idea. Now that Jed picked up a 2nd/3rd catcher type and retained him, it has me wondering if he'll do something a little more creative than Jansen or Kelly. I was thinking something like Alcantara for Dalton Rushing. Similar to last year's trade. They'll likely be ranked close to each other on prospect lists, though we'd probably have to throw in another decent piece since Alcantara only has one option year left. Seems like the Dodgers would have more use for a CF than C in the near or even long term and the opposite for us.
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    Has the official list of teams that went over the CBT threshold in 2024 been released to the public yet? I'm guessing the teams know by now but just curious.
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    I'm very OK with this. It's more money than his replacement would cost, but Jed was in all likelihood going to be staying in the Oneil/Santander/Lowe level of player and Cody is just as likely to have the best all around 2025 as any of those guys. With this decision and because the FA pitching is pretty good, I wonder if prospect capital will be used to trade for a catcher.
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    Mooney and Sharma mentioned in their podcast yesterday that they are less sure that Bellinger will opt out now. They said a week ago they were more confident in the opt out but something might have changed. Didn't sound super confident either way though.
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    I expect that this offseason I'll like each move individually but will end up feeling a bit underwhelmed when it's over. That's the Jed experience.
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    With Nico's status potentially in doubt to start the year, I'll predict Brandon Lowe will be a Cub. He makes sense even if Nico were perfectly healthy, but this adds to it. That said, it would 100% have to come via trade which we could obviously do.
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    Brett pointed this out in his article but in the Cubs' press release of Ballesteros winning the org's minor league POY, he's listed as 19 years old. That's in all likelihood just a typo right? Or is it possible his listed birthday is wrong?
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    I'm not super surprised Hoyer seemed to indicate he expects Bellinger to opt out but interesting nonetheless. I've actually come around to hoping he doesn't, as I think he's likely to have a better overall 2025 than his replacement, whether that person is a RF or DH.
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    Everyone's favorite 4+ win shortstop doing it all!
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    Jesus, get a grip Phlly fans with all the booing
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    I didn't mind Ross, and I don't think our current record would be much different if he were still the manager. However, I do think we'll look back and think the biggest benefit of having Counsell this year was his handling of PCA's playing time, as I have serious doubts Ross would've stuck with him when he was at that 65 wRC+ mark, even with limited options. It would've been a lot more Tauchman (who I still like as a 4th outfielder)
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    If Bellinger opts out, and maybe even if he doesn't, Rooker feels like a target. He has team control and a skillset we need. I know they weren't real eager to move him at the deadline, but I imagine they'd still listen on a 30 year old DH-only
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    Busch's glove is also on his left hand.
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    It was weak contact and a fly ball that PCA catches in literally every single stadium other than Wrigley. Taillon wasn't missing bats. It wasn't a bad move to put in Lopez. This is just getting baseballed at the worst time.
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    HR in 1/30 parks scores 3. HR in 12/30 parks is out #2. Baseball can sure be frustrating
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    It is fun having a catcher who can really throw again
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    lol, these young hitters are used to AAA umpires who are forced to know the actual zone with the challenge system. Quite an adjustment with having Laz Diaz back there
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    Nice play, but when you're -7 DRS and -22 OOA over the past two seasons, Rawlings should take back the gold patch
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    2 different zones, this is fun
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    I'm so horsefeathers tired of these umpires. That's slider moving away, how does that fool you that much as a 22 year MLB veteran umpire. horsefeathers
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    What if we did since the beginning of 2022?
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    I'm gonna guess the explanation is Counsell liked Merryweather vs the lefties. That probably would've been a Leiter inning
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