Randall Simon

Well, you either hated last year's deadline for not ponying up, or you hate this year's for overpaying.

Y'all know this deadline will pass with Gausman and a blah middle reliever, all that Jed will get done.

Lot of in division trades today

I heard KGs velo is down this year.

It was the same last year and they completely whiffed

I'm prepared to be underwhelmed.

Could he give us 2 innings!??? 😊

Relax. Mike Soroka is still available.

Can't deal your top kid for a reliever. This isn't 2016. And this isn't the 2016 cub team.

There's no one still available worth trading Hartshorn for.

What's the cost for both Detmers and Soriano?

I love predictive metrics as much as the next guy, but hasn't he been around long enough to evaluate his results? The guy has a career 4.61 era. The K% is nice, but he must be giving up loud contact when he doesn't miss bats.

Can someone explain to me what's so appealing about Detmers?

Still need to add to the bench, but my god, we spent! I'm completely shocked!

I like the Cabrera trade, but the lineup is still an impact bat short. Belli does not move the needle enough, IMO. Bregman won't be worth the contract he'll require. Suarez will grossly underwhelm. Tucker is a pipe dream. So Its Bichette for 2b, and a Nico trade replenishes the farm.