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Rae is long overdue to lay a giant egg.
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10.8 for Swanson vs 10.2 vs Turner since signing their deals, while paying Swanson $123 million less and 4 fewer years. I’d prefer Turner too,but I can live with it if it’s getting the best bang for your buck vs financial constraints set by Tom.
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The other glass half full possibility is that Jed is simply a smarter spender. Of the free agent short stops of the 2022-23 class, Swanson is the cheapest and has a higher BWAR than Turner, Boggarts and Correa. Soto and Ohtani were out of their price range and I’ll give them a pass because those guys went their preferred destinations anyways, but Tuckers game projects to age well and it makes no sense to trade smith for a rental and slash payroll if he’s not part of the long term plans. Jed isn’t an impulsive spender. He won’t be making north of $600 million and a long shot for over $500 at that. much like the early years of the Epstein era the cubs didn’t break the bank and then went out and signed Lester Heyward Lackey Zobrist and Darvish when the contention window opened with the youngsters up on cheap deals. end of the day it comes down to how serious ownership is about fielding a championship product vs Jerry Reinsdorf’s 88 win aspirations that’ll keep fans engaged while spending just enough to accomplish it, especially with 6 playoff seeds.
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PCA is also under team control through 2030 making an extension even less urgent. What good does an extension do if it’ll hamstring their payroll when you sign Tucker with the hope you’ll get 5 highly productive years out of him in the front end of his deal and you’ll be adding less talent to the big league roster during a championship window, especially if Tom is adamant on being a fringe top 10 spender.
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If the Red Sox are selling, who are you buying?
Geographyhater8888 replied to Brock Beauchamp's topic in Chicago Cubs Talk
With the cubs slashing $40 million off the payroll, Happ Suzuki and Jamo off the books in a couple years with the hope that Cassie and perhaps Alcantara are viable contingency plans, in addition to reports that Tom vetoed deferred money to Bregman, you’d have to hope they’re stashing it into a Tucker piggy bank. I’m semi optimistic that they outbid everyone for Tucker not only because of the fan pushback but the optics of trading smith and Peredes for a rental while sitting at 13th in payroll only makes sense if there’s a future goal in mind, at least in my opinion. -
If the Red Sox are selling, who are you buying?
Geographyhater8888 replied to Brock Beauchamp's topic in Chicago Cubs Talk
You didn’t enjoy Russell’s game 6 grandslam and game 7 rbi double? The team might not have even played a game 6 without Chapmans 3 inning save. You do you but we might be on year 117 without those shady characters. -
This offseason will tell us a lot about how serious ownership is about winning.
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I’m not knocking him, I’m trying to convince myself he’ll be a Cub for the next decade or so than anything.
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Correct. Tucker is better but he’ll be penalized for his age and not to the degree that he’ll make more than Vlad. I would think $450 million tops but someone might go above and beyond due to the lack of any other big time bats on the market.
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How much bigger of a market will there be for him over Vlad Jr who signed a $500 million contract when you’re talking about the difference between a 26 and 29 YO?
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He’ll test free agency and the cubs slashed $40 million of of last years payroll and sit at 13th. No excuses not to outbid LA or New York if they’re serious about winning. I’d be shocked if anyone throws $500 million+ at a 29 YO outfielder whose never posted a WAR over 6.
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I’m thinking of trying out for third base next February in Mesa.
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And wisdom randomly typing Bryant for most home runs by a cubs rookie.
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Cubs have been cycling through third baseman the last few years like the bears cycle through quarterbacks.
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It’s amazing how one ballpark can go from the toughest park to hit a baseball into Coors field in a week.
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My hope is his pitches don’’t get too much of the plate leading to a home run derby with the wind, which has been his biggest problem so far.
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Free passes are the last thing to worry about with Horton on the bump today.
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I would’ve kept Boyd in at 76 pitches.
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Why would we do that? Everything is fine. Did you read what I wrote?
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It’s alright, it’s Paul Skenes/Good team/wind blowing in/good team/Cal Raleigh/good team. Etc
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Maybe he’ll be affordable enough for the Ricketts.
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Nor is theibar a sub 2 ERA guy.
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Commercials are longer than cubs at bats.
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I’m saying the offense is in between now and April and maybe a little closer to the current iteration than the dodgers. Carson Kelly’s April magic isn’t coming back while Hernandez and edman have a track record of success. Some of the criticism is being spoiled by the early year magic, and if they can’t recapture it then they’ll need to add another arm badly. I’m holding them to unfair standards you can say, because that’s the only path I see towards winning a pennant with the was the pitching staff is currently constructed.
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Bullpen is starting to come back to earth. They had a nice stretch, but 162 games, as they say. Although we never expected much from cabrera and Pressley in the first place to be fair.
