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  1. Illiterate Scholar
    Yeah I think that Kiermaier news hurts our chances on Chapman (who I was kinda into) and has to increase the Bellinger odds (who I hadn't been treating as a real option until now and does concern me a bit). If there is a Bellinger reunion, I think I'd be in favor of using PCA as a trade piece. I'm guessing here but if Morel is on the block, I could see the Cubs valuing him more than other teams and struggling to find a match (Cubs looking at his power and team control, other teams looking at all of his flaws). PCA on the other hand, is pretty much a lock to bring back something kinda awesome like Lazardo or maybe PCA plus a non-Horton pitcher for Clase, Bieber, and Naylor.
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    Those 4 averaged like 4 war a piece last year. Some of the comments I've seen here and other places, I think there's a decent amount of Cubs fans that underrate the parts this team has in place. No, it's not the 1-3 of the Dodgers' order, but this is a legitimately good starting point.
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    Brett is theorizing that Boras is trying to push the Cubs to give a little more on Hoskins. If we do end up signing him, I feel like Morel is destined to be a Guardian.
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    Like everything he says, it's not totally clear. I am still expecting them to go over with how careful they were at the deadline last season in a competitive year. And by all measures, this was better than an 83 win team. However, apparently bowing out of Yamamoto before the courting even begins (even if I think that contract will be a bit silly) and the way the descriptions of the Glasnow and Hoskins pursuits seemingly shifted, I'd be lying if I'm not a little concerned that like the Athletic guys will hint at a lower payroll than expected in an upcoming article.
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    What if the non-Ohtani offseason plan includes staying under the first CBT threshold? That's not happening, right..
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    Bruce still out here trying to pretend he didn't go from "it's down to the Cubs and Dodgers" to "jk, he actually never considered the Cubs"
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    Jed and Carter basically told us if they had control over the Dominican league lineup, they would've had Morel play first base. They don't think he can play third; it is obvious.
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    I'm annoyed. I guess I was expecting this though since the Cubs connections seemed to die down after Ohtani signed. I assume Jed held firm and is patting himself on the back for not slightly overpaying for the exact type of pitcher this team needs. Time to cast more lines or whatever stupid fish analogy he used at the Winter Meetings.
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    I really really want Glasnow and that is gonna annoy the hell out of me if he goes to LA.
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    Man does Naylor look exactly like Almora's fat twin brother. Somewhat interesting that's the 2nd first baseman we've been linked to when coaches were supposedly sent to the DR to work with Morel on that position. A larger package with Cleveland would make some sense.
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    Well I'm intrigued ^
  12. Illiterate Scholar
    Feels like Glasnow makes sense in most of the off-season scenarios. The one exception I think would be if they go the Soto route as the big bat. That's a lot for 2 rentals and there's possible overlap of what the Padres would want in return.
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    Mooney wrote last night/early this morning that the focus is still on Ohtani. If he's not dumping cold water on it then I'd guess they're still involved.
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    Seems ...artificial
  15. Illiterate Scholar
    Has Counsell done anything on Marquee today? If Jed stayed in LA, I assume Counsell and Tom did as well.
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    Zaidi did a hit on MLB Network in person today so he appears to be in Nashville for whatever that's worth.
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    Yeah, I had a similar takeaway. There is definitely some Weird Guy energy there that feels like would get old when he's not the best player in baseball anymore towards the end of the deal (I will use this to cope if he signs with the Dodgers and will completely overlook if he signs here).
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    It's mostly just because I hate the way he tweets, but I have Levine in the Nightengale/Charles the Cat tier. Regarding a couple of insiders I do trust, it feels like the coverage by Sharma and Mooney has been pretty light up to this point. I keep waiting for more nuggets from them, which I suppose further emphasis that nobody really knows.
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