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  1. Bull
    He’s the only one left.
  2. Bull
    I would.
  3. Bull
    Shaw fills that 2B spot.
  4. Bull
    Poorly worded on my part. More that if another team sees him as "the odd man out" per Nightengale, teams would be trying to get a bargain on him. And just to reinforce the idea that they are certainly not trying to trade him when he is a very big part of the picture this year and going forward.
  5. Bull
    I am astonished we are entertaining trading Shaw when his value may be at its lowest. I can't imagine Jed is, and have heard nothing to convince me that is the case. Its all clickbait. To put a fine point on it, the title of this thread is a lie. The Giants and Cubs are not and never were "discussing" a Nico Hoerner trade.
  6. Bull
    This whole conversation is silly. (from the video) Of course Nico is staying put. How is this a question. There's no reason to trade Nico. There's no reason Shaw has to have a "great spring" to make the team (per the video embedded above). There's no way Shaw is demoted for "much of the year". This is ridiculous. Somebody pull up the "too many middle infielders" conversation from Barney, Castro, Baez, Russel, Torres-on-his-way days. These things work themselves out. There are injuries. Look at the 2016 fielding stats between Zobrist and Baez. This is just so silly. Baez had 450 PA's, Zobrist had 523 (mostly at second base). Javy played 5 positions, Zobrist played 5 positions. One of them will play some CF. Nico will play some SS to rest Dansby. Against lefties Bregman may DH some. He'll also have to rest. Someone will sprain a muscle, or worse. Why are we (I'm not talking about the thread as much as I am the sportswriters) having this conversation?
  7. Bull
    I really don't like some of clickbait headlines NSBB is putting out lately. Keep it on the news page if you have to do it, but the forums are sacrosanct ground.
  8. Bull
    Feel like Turner fits with PCA; Tucker with Dansby. With turner gone it’s a much less ballsy dugout
  9. Bull
    That’s what I get for trusting Gemini
  10. Bull
    Alcantara is out of options.
  11. Bull
    Not necessarily. It would be a wash plus what was added. But only if it was in an area of need. Right now though, the only area of “need” this team has is elite closer. the only way I trade Nico right now is for elite closer or in a package with Taillion for elite starter. Neither will happen.
  12. Bull
    Lineup vs Lefties Hoerner 2B Happ LF Suzuki RF/DH Bregman DH/3B PCA CF/AMAYA DH Shaw 3B/RF/CF Kelly C Swanson SS Austin 1B Shaw gives everyone days off and occasionally pushes Bregman to DH. Easy to see 400-500 PAs. And that's with no injuries.
  13. Bull
    Counsell is not letting go of Rea.
  14. Bull
    Is this the place to talk about the bullpen construction? I don't see a place for everyone to fit. Assuming an 8 man pen: One of Brown, Assad, Wicks in the BP (the other two optioned to AAA) Rea Palencia Theilbar Maton Milner Harvey Webb Seems like the only option. If you sign a lefty bench bat, that could turn into a 7 man pen.
  15. Bull
    I really think they find a way to get Shaw 400-500 PAs and ^^^this^^^ is why. I wonder if he could cover CF in a pinch.
  16. Bull
    While I agree with you, this is somewhat mitigated by inflation. The WAR diminishes with age, but so does the value of each dollar. Which is part of why the overall points stands: dollars/WAR go up with time.
  17. Bull
    Yup, and I feel like you can go with a short bench. Amaya, Shaw, and Alcantara really going to be needing PAs.
  18. Bull
    And Assad/Imanaga
  19. Bull
    So can anyone else.
  20. Bull
    It's really not. The days when having a guy on your team for a year means you have a leg-up on getting him when he goes free agent are long gone. This is about how long you have the best pitcher in baseball vs a top 5 hitter in baseball. One year of A is less valuable than three years of B. it just is.
  21. Bull
    Nico and PCA would be the starting ask. Cubs say no. Shaw and Alcantara: Tigers say no. Does Shaw and PCA get it done? who says no?
  22. Bull
    Yeah my memory may be a little off. I just remember thinking that something was not at all right with both of them.
  23. Bull
    I'm convinced Boyd and Shota were pitching hurt too. I wouldn't be surprised if Boyd starts the season on the IL.
  24. Bull
    All year. Colin Rea made more starts than any pitcher on the team besides Boyd.
  25. Bull
    I think this is an important piece to the pitching puzzle. With so many of this team's very good pitchers having questionable health, having Rea, Assad and one of Wicks/Brown available out of the bullpen for a full time through the order keeps everyone fresh, allowing starters like with injury/workload concerns to just go twice through the order. The bullpen is suddenly very crowded.
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