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And or budgetary constants makes keeping future assets more important than ever. Tucker walks and you’re stuck in the same place you were in 2023 spending on 3-5 WAR players with lots of defensive WAR to compete if you’re without a Cassie/Bellesteros. If Tom insists on a fringe top 10 payrol then he’s probably thinking a cheap position player group will add more flexibility to sign higher impact pitchers/hitters in the next few years, akin to the Theo years albeit with less young talent.
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And MVPete hasn’t been a thing since July. Assuming Tucker walks, If you look at the 11 other playoff teams, do we have a player who’d be the best on any of the 11 teams besides maybe the Reds? Constructing a team around defense raises your floor and that advantage is constricted to days where the wind is blowing and facing anemic offenses like the pirates.to a degree. Unless they add a true TOR starter who Isn't reliant on beating FIP it’ll be more of the same.
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It’s a jack of all trades master of none group of position players. It’s Jed and Tom’s mo with the hope that one of the pre arb youngsters becomes that dude. Outside of Horton I don’t think any exist.
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I’d be surprised if they add an expensive bat. They definitely could use one but they’re set at every position group and have Mo Ball and Cassie as Tucker contingency plan and Happ and Suzuki in the future. Unless they packaged either of them in a trade for a cost controlled starter it just runs contrary to the front offices vision. I’d bet any key addition would be another starting pitcher.
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He doesn’t believe we’ve seen his ceiling.
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I agree with that. Busch was the most consistent hitter from march-September. Problem is his pas are limited with his platoon splits but was quietly our best hitter. How does Bellesteros project?
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I expect something closer to the 56-48 team post May when Tucker became human. 30 homers and a 120s wRC+ from the catcher position I don’t see a repeat of that, PCAs 116 wRC+ was likely an aberration, Mo Ball will replace Tucker and Suzuki will move back into right field. I expect growth from Shaw which is a positive and 2 months of no Berti/Brujan. A full season of Horton and ideally a fully recovered Steele will be a positive reinforcement. If they add a Valdez or Cease then I believe 90 wins is doable depending on the offseason.
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And 3 more low velo number 4 starters on 2-4 year deals. A combined 5 war is the equivalent of having 1 Max Fried and much cheaper too.
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I Was being hyperbolic.
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It’ll most likely be a reclamation project. Don’t rule out Trevor Bauer.
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I chose the wrong wording there. Point is the Cubs will be without an elite middle of the order bat when Tucker walks and they’ll do little to replace Tuckers value with a combination of impact players like the Yankees. Instead of signing a true TOR starter like Fried they opted to strike money ball gold with Boyd and catch lightning in a bottle.
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Cubs 13 straight postseason games scoring 3 runs or less is an MLB record.
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Does Hesters kick return count? If or when they’re swept on Wednesday that’ll be 6 of their last 8 playoff exits ending in a sweep and 5/6. They really go down in flames.
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I’d bet they go Bellesteros to replace Suzuki at DH and move Seiya back to the outfield. With the expiring contracts after 2026 and the looming lockout I’m curious to see what direction the front office takes in terms of spending.
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And they used Sotos leftover money to sign Fried and trade for Bellinger. Cubs roster on the other hand is sort of a jack of all trades and a master of none.
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Cubs have enough “useful” pieces. That’s how they won 92 games. They need difference makers and lack true perennial all star talent on both sides of Diamond. Name a single cubs player who you could definitively say would be the best player on any of the other 11 playoff teams in 2025? Johan Duran would be a useful piece by my standards. Don’t count on it.
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4 f cking hits? We knew the pitching staff would limit them but the bats just continue to disappoint.
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I hate that Vaughn piece of sh t.
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I’m convinced fields would look closer to Trey Lance than Mac jones in that offense.
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I’ll never understand why Bear fans wanted to keep Fields.
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I can argue both sides of this but Boyd has struggled for the last 2 months and has been rocked vs Milwaukee, a team that’s had success against lefties. Hes not the ace or workhorse you can count on to pitch on 4 days rest and guarantee you as good of if not a better outcome than Rea at this point in the season who only threw 15 pitches on Wednesday or a fully rested Assad. Whatever small difference it makes yesterday it definitely increases your chances in games 2 and 3 and hopefully a game 4 and 5. It’s all moot if the offense doesn’t score runs anyways and Nico makes costly errors.
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I lean starting Rea without the benefit of hindsight even on 3 days rest only throwing 15 pitches. But it’s still 3 days rest. It’s two sh!tty ends of the same stick. the more I think about it the stronger I side with starting Rae independently of the outcome.
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Would you have waved the white flag and went with Rae or Assad, who wasn’t on the playoff roster? There’s really no clear cut alternative, especially with a bullpen that’s gassed. I personally would’ve went with option b at the time but you’re conceding the first game of the series and hoping you take 3/4 vs a team with the best record in baseball. The optics look bad no matter what you choose, To your overall point though pitching Boyd was a desperation measure and close to waving the white flag even without hindsight to be fair.
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This game was going to be a loss no matter what. They have no viable 4th option at starting pitcher and a taxed bullpen from the wild card series.
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I’d love to know how rare it is to out homer a team 3-0 and trail by 6 in the 8th inning or at any point in a game.
