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  1. Geographyhater8888
    The universe sacrificed Rome and Burden for Parsons. Because beating the Packers at least once in consecutive seasons hasn’t been legal since 04-08.
  2. Geographyhater8888
    Is Alcantara part of their long term plan in right field, trade piece or a fourth outfielder like Almora? It’s less concrete with him than Cassie or even Bellestaros. Their future plans are fuzzy.
  3. Geographyhater8888
    Not having Burden would really really suck.
  4. Geographyhater8888
    Outside of Thuney, Jackson is only 28 and Dalman is only 27. Interior lineman age well. Their cap hits are the only the only concern.
  5. Geographyhater8888
    There’s no Giants prospects that a team like the marlins or nationals would be interested in for Hoerner? A 3 way trade for Cabrera seems like an option considering they won’t sign both an expensive free agent third baseman and starting pitcher.
  6. Geographyhater8888
    A 2.3X dip in sack% from a previous year with at least 400 pass attempts seems like a historical leap.
  7. Geographyhater8888
    I wonder where that stacks up historically.
  8. Geographyhater8888
    He’s probably referring to Happ as mediocre. He’s not. He’s an above average hitter and defender. That’s the Cubs in a nutshell though. Cubs are in a position where they have a ton of expendable players but no position they have a pressing need to upgrade.
  9. Geographyhater8888
    That would make the most sense. Jerry’s 2000’s Whitesox is the blueprint.
  10. Geographyhater8888
    Perhaps. I just can’t ignore the fact he floated Bregman an offer last winter. King signs first because he’s still in a bidding war for Imai and loses, par for the course. It’s mid January and no one is willing to match his years, there’s a remote chance IMO.
  11. Geographyhater8888
    I just wonder if it’s a chicken an egg thing. Is he operating Toms vision of Reinsdorfs 2000’s Whitesox or Tom simply feels he’s the most qualified for the job and Jed has full autonomy over trades and free agency on a pre approved budget.
  12. Geographyhater8888
    It’s not for nothing that Jed’s shown “interest” for 2 winters in a row. If he ends up half punting on all the of the pitchers with no teams willing to match Bregmans years, the plan C i’d think is signing him on Jed’s terms. With the log jammed group of position players, he’ll come up with a package and flip someone for a cheap pitcher. Having a productive right handed bat who mashed away from Fenway won’t hurt short term. Why else is Bregman even a topic? Leverage?
  13. Geographyhater8888
    In order of importance from Jed’s perspective: Imai, King, Bregman+trade?
  14. Geographyhater8888
    Unless you count signing Craig Counsel to a record breaking $40 million contract. Jeds big splash.
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  16. Geographyhater8888
    Theo also signed Lester to $155 million contract, worth ever $ and Darvish to 6/$126 who finished second in cy young voting. It’s irrelevant. Jed is either a chicken sh!t and or executing Toms vision of capping the payroll at whatever amount projects to 85-88 wins and not a penny more. “Sustained winning” on a budget means avoiding long term contracts where you’ll have diminishing returns of players in their mid 30’s, cutting into their payroll flexibility in 2032. Something else? I don’t have the sense that putting all their chips into a 5 year championship window will happen under Jed.
  17. Geographyhater8888
    An 18.4 fWAR in 6.5 seasons is about what you’d expect from a 31 YO player with his skillset.
  18. Geographyhater8888
    No need for King and possibly Imai. The goal here is 83-88 wins whether the payroll is $240 million or $180 or even $40 million. With cheap young talent like PCA/Shaw/Horton/Busch they can slash payroll now that they project to win their desired amount of games without help and cost of free agents like bellinger, stroman or even King for that matter.
  19. Geographyhater8888
    I hope Luther is okay. No word yet. Missing Rome and Luther on Saturday would suck.
  20. Geographyhater8888
    The 28 point win is the Second largest margin of victory this decade behind their week 14, 36-7 win over the Texans in 2020.
  21. Geographyhater8888
    Also, this is shaping up to be a great draft class. Loveland, Burden, Monangai and now Trapillo are all making significant contributions. Loveland is the teams leading receiver since week 9 and Luther is number 2. I’ve already mentioned it before but not only did Carolina gift us multiple blue chip players for for Bryce young but the cherry on top is cutting both Darnold and Baker Mayfield, 2 pro bowl quarterbacks in the process. That’s as big of a f ck up as the Browns trading for Watson IMO. Build a David Tepper statue if we win a superbowl.
  22. Geographyhater8888
    It’s comical how there was a split among Bear fans who wanted to trade out of 1 to build around the 1 read fumbler with extra draft picks.
  23. Geographyhater8888
    Kmet was back in. He’s fine. Burden was questionable and will be out for good with the score.
  24. Geographyhater8888
    Bears haven’t won by 30 since 2018 vs the bills.
  25. Geographyhater8888
    Sanders throws beach balls. His arm strength isn’t NFL caliber.
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