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They’ll stay this way for years unless Shaw Horton and Cassie can be our next Brizzo and our next Lester/Arrietta and or Jed stops buying Nissans and Dodge Charger free agents and start purchasing a Mercedes or Rolls Royce, like Reinsdorf’s Whitesox.
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Last night was the Cubbie special. Game is tied in the in the middle innings, offense or starting rotation finds a way to keep the game competitive (never in unison), pen immediately coughs up the lead and can’t seem to hold one, bats go silent in the waning innings and we have our 2024 Chicago Cubs. At this point there’s no reason to consider being buyers until the bats and pen can make big strides. The rotation is expectedly regressing to their mean. Until Jed stops assembling a Jerry Reinsdorf esque roster full of guys ranked in the low to mid 80’s on the Show expect mediocrity.
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What you described is the best case scenario long term plan. I agree that these medium length contracts seem like a stop gap approach to skate the lines of contention. Only difference between Jed and Theos approach was Theo was all or nothing. Either tank or contend. does Jed have the willingness to scurried a Soto caliber bat for $599 million in the future. Everything else is what I’ve suspected. It’s just a roster building strategy no team besides the mid 2000’s Sox have really deployed.
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Where do you even begin with fixing this team? There’s one gaping hole after another on this horribly constructed roster.
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5-0, games over. It’ll take them 27 innings to match that insurmountable deficit.
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Despicable.
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Seiya is making $17 million/year off his production in Japan, Happ and Dansby making another $46 off of a 4.2 and 5.5 WAR with a previous track record of of slightly above average production over the course of their first 5+ seasons in the league and because we’re in a situation with no big time bat in this lineup you end up giving Cody $80 million with the hopes last season wasn’t a fluke after falling off a cliff after 2029. Best case scenario is he’s productive enough to opt out. The point is building your roster and investing payroll around players to add an extra win or 2 best case scenario is an inefficient way to contend for a championship. You’re paying them off 1 season hoping it becomes a new trend. would you trade Swanson and Happ/Suzuki for Seager? Less AAV and more wins. what Is Jed’s strategy here?
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$93 million cumulative AAV split between Swanson, Happ, Cody and Suzuki. A career 162 game 12 combined WAR/season, essentially 4 wins above average. For $30 million/year you can have Mookie Betts for around a 6 WAR. Terrible roster construction and value from a $230 million payroll.
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Wouldn’t be a bad idea either to DH for Amaya and bat the pitchers 9th.
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$230 million well spent.
