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  1. tartan222
    hmm gross he looks like the kind of guy we'd want to be upgrading from if he was already on the roster
  2. tartan222
    interesting that it's only alcantara mentioned...
  3. tartan222
    we got castro, per heyman
  4. tartan222
    charlie morton get ready to change hotels
  5. tartan222
    idk, i think both of you have a point and the reality is probably somewhere...in between
  6. tartan222
    this whole thing is the bargaining stage. and we're actually pretty close to the end
  7. tartan222
    double post. ignore me!
  8. tartan222
    yeah he caveated everything he said with "things could change in the last 90 minutes, who knows" i do think "big SP with team control or middling SP rental" squares with everything we've been hearing for a while now though
  9. tartan222
    just watched this and the gist of what he said is that the cubs are trying to get more stuff done, but they're being reticent to pony up big prospects. it sounds like they still know pitching is a need and they're trying to address that, but they're not wanting to give up a top guy for a rental, so it's a question of whether one of the team control guys is attainable. my read is - it's not like a trade for a big name is lined up and we're sorting out the details, but they're still pushing hard. probably won't pay the price necessary for a top rental arm, so it's either they land a gore/cabrera type or a cheaper rental option
  10. tartan222
    need us to at least land castro in the next ~15 minutes to tide me over for the wait til 5 pm
  11. tartan222
    brinkmanship? the closer you get to a deadline, the closer people are willing to move to their true minimum acceptable price, even if they don't have to get rid of that player by 5 pm (i do tend to agree that at least this year, we're not likely to see teams move all that much in the final hours before the deadline. but if no one's gonna beat you to the punch for the guy you covet, you might as well exhaust all your options before you finally decide to take the plunge)
  12. tartan222
    i don't think there's any way we get to the deadline without at least 1-2 more moves. i'm telling myself things are quiet because they're still focused on big-game hunting and there are less leaks around those types of targets, and we'll only shift to our (more attainable) fallback plans once we get closer to the deadline.
  13. tartan222
    espn reported a few days ago that the nationals wanted shaw for gore, so the interest isn't just something a fan made up not saying we'd put him on the table but still
  14. tartan222
    a solid dependable medium leverage reliever is absolutely a piece this team would benefit from
  15. tartan222
    i have a feeling that the FO sees the lefty-heavy lineup as one of the more major weaknesses of this team and is more concerned about shoring that up than a lot of fans (including myself!) who just see a top-5 offense and think "probably wouldn't put a bat near the top of our needs list!"
  16. tartan222
    one weird thing about this deadline is that other than suarez, we kind of feel like we're in our own lane for a lot of our major targets. doesn't seem like we were nearly as heavy on the established reliever market as other teams, and i don't think there are many other teams that are super serious about going after SPs with team control like we (reportedly) are. as a result, we're not really getting namedropped as much as other buyers in the past ~48 hours, and we aren't getting constant updates on the status of guys like cabrera the same way some other big names are getting covered. makes it hard to tell how active we're really being or how big we're truly willing to go. (not saying that means anything for what we will/won't do. just think that if we do make a big move, there's a good chance it's more "out of nowhere" timing-wise, in contrast to players with a more active market who have sparked a steady drip of rumors before the news finally broke)
  17. tartan222
    kind of frustrating that i'm not seeing the cubs mentioned among the half-dozen teams reportedly in on the top relief names. i know giving up a meaningful prospect for a reliever is usually not a great proposition but the cubs need at least one more arm they can count on soooo badly
  18. tartan222
    honestly, it's kind of nice that the entire bullpen minus palencia decided to turn back into a pumpkin patch at this specific point in the season. it's like they were saying "hey jed, just in case you were focusing too much energy on starting pitchers or a 3B, please remember that you absolutely cannot trust us at all and bringing in reliable relievers should still be priority no. 1"
  19. tartan222
    Latest update on The Athletic says we're "very interested" in Gore, but his cost is "currently viewed as sky-high" and it's unclear if their interim GM is even allowed to trade him
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