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hey-O
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Glove, fine, but don't expect him to hit anything until May.
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Spring Training Moves/Transactions Thread
Bull replied to Outshined_One's topic in Chicago Cubs Talk
While I agree with most of what you said, I'll eat my hat at the end of the year if the difference between Bellinger and Tucker is less than 3 wins. -
The Cubs Are "One Team To Watch" In Dylan Cease Sweepstakes
Bull replied to Matthew Lenz's topic in Chicago Cubs Talk
If only there was a team that could take on $22.9m this year. -
How dare you acknowledge reality?!
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Let’s get some folks on the record before the contract comes out. 1. what is a fair contract? 2. what numbers represent “overpay” (give me 3,4,5, and 6 year contracts)? 3. What will the contract ultimately be?
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Question for anyone: If you have to pick one 1. Mid rotation arm in trade for non top 100 prospects 2. Strong hit-first 1B/DH bench bat 3. Another high-end relief arm. any of these choices costing in the $10M range, which do you pick?
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So if Houston re-signs Bregman, does Paredes get traded again?
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They were kind of in the same spot with Tucker, Bellinger and the Yankees earlier. Nice to see them in those conversations though.
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Change that question mark to an exclamation point!
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I like going for best available arm and moving Hodge et al down a rung.
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You’re thinking too small. They don’t just want an excuse for one team to not spend. They want an excuse for every team to not spend. Dodgers win consecutive WS>”baseball needs parity”>salary cap.
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Of course they do. If they can reduce an opponents dominance, reduce top end salaries, enact a cap and declare it is in the name of parity everyone wins. And by everyone, I mean all the billionaires.
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You have very different experience with the fanbase than I do. NSBB is the exception rather than the rule. The average conference goer is more blue hair from Iowa (as noted above) than nerd from South Bend (like me)
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A few months ago stratos said: and I replied: The gap between the first two is Rickett's fault. Second gap is Hoyer's fault. The last one is all on me.
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Because you said "it might be this, but it might be this completely different thing". Heyman has a reputation for hedging bets. You built a Great Wall around your bet.
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Jon Heyman, is that you?
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what you've just said is one of the most insanely idiotic things I have ever heard. At no point in your rambling, incoherent response were you even close to anything that could be considered a rational thought. Everyone in this room is now dumber for having listened to it. I award you no points, and may God have mercy on your soul.
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I believe the lack of parity is bad for the sport and that a hard floor and hard cap would be good for it. I've lived near Chicago (South Bend), St. Louis (Alton, IL), Pittsburgh (Carlisle, PA), Boston (Portland, ME), Washington (Charlottesville, VA) and Cincy (Southern Indiana, Northern KY and West Virginia) and now Atlanta (SE TN). (10 states total) The hopelessness among Pittsburgh and Cincy fans and the sheer shock when the Nationals were good is something foreign to Cubs fans.
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And regardless, your point stands. It was certainly a “megadeal” for its time, regardless of your definition of that term. Or we could say they were at the top tier of the FA market.
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SI cut most of their staff just over a year ago. They let less than a quarter of the people write all the articles. But they don’t write, they only edit (poorly) AI written drivel.
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There are several routes. The challenge is, it is hard to let go of the Cubs really-good-but-not-good-enough-to contend core. They have so many 2 win players and one need to be upgraded to a 4 win player. The problem in this is that we see upside in a 2-win player like Busch and ZiPs sees 4 win potential in a player like Hoerner. So who do you try to upgrade. And if you trade a 2-4 win position player for a 2-4 win pitcher, you create a big hole at a position like first or second, and all your depth is in the outfield (besides Shaw, who you are already, ostensibly, counting on for 3B. Quality floor but no star power or depth in the starting lineup. Depth but no big WAR in the rotation. It is a great starting point. But I don't think you can put this team over the top by just trades. There has to be FA incoming.
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How did you- where did you- what did- hub?
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He's worth two wins on defense alone over a full season. And he's actually a net positive on the bases despite the nincompoopiness.
