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  1. Bull
    Yup, and I feel like you can go with a short bench. Amaya, Shaw, and Alcantara really going to be needing PAs.
  2. Bull
    And Assad/Imanaga
  3. Bull
    So can anyone else.
  4. 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.
  5. 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?
  6. Bull
    Yeah my memory may be a little off. I just remember thinking that something was not at all right with both of them.
  7. Bull
    I'm convinced Boyd and Shota were pitching hurt too. I wouldn't be surprised if Boyd starts the season on the IL.
  8. Bull
    All year. Colin Rea made more starts than any pitcher on the team besides Boyd.
  9. 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.
  10. Bull
    Beautiful.
  11. Bull
    I'm with you on the results and potential results...but to be fair, it is our God given right grow impatient in January. Any Cubs fan who endured the 90's can squawk and scream all they want.
  12. Bull
    and my "Cardinals fan with a swastika neck tattoo" erasure.
  13. Bull
    Cassie and Long for Cabrera. Who says no?
  14. Bull
    I know I'll get some hate for this, but I don't see how he fits on the team if you really believe in Cassie and Ballesteros. You've got a full catching tandem, so Ballesteros doesn't get 150 PAs there like he will in '27. He has to be a full-time DH in '26. Cassie will have to steal PA's from Seiya and Happ as it is. If you don't believe in Cassie and Ballesteros, trade them for their equivalents on the mound. (you'll probably not get full value) I haven't even mentioned Alcantara and Long who are both 23.
  15. Bull
    I think if Caissie, Alcantara and Ballesteros really get a shot this year, you could fill all three of the corner OF and DH. Either extend Nico as you said, or QO him to bolster the farm and sign a 3B. And really spend that money on pitching. I know everyone is down on Carter's comments about 2033 or whatever, but I see a bright future for the Cubs. The top levels of the system are strong, its just the lower levels that have made them a below average system. They still have 4 top-100 guys knocking on the door. That's why I think a top starter (and trade away one of Brown, Assad and Wicks) must be the main get. a '27 rotation of Horton, Steele, FA ('26), FA ('27), Jaxon, (Assad, Birdsell as 6th man/call up) would be nice.
  16. Bull
    Length of deal. Belief in Shaw.
  17. Bull
    That lineup is vulnerable to LHP. The more I look at this, the more I see the need for another RH bat. I would really like Goldschmidt at DH, Alcantara in CF, Suzuki in RF and our boy Tyler Austin at 1B against tough lefties.
  18. Bull
    prepare to have your expectations shifted.
  19. Bull
    Funny how we’ve moved from “never use Wikipedia, people are inaccurate,” to never use AI, machines are inaccurate
  20. Bull
    Thank you for reducing the length of your signature. Posts are next.
  21. Bull
    I don't see why the board is so dismissive of this idea. It's pretty clear either: 1. the Cubs (and others) steered away from him intentionally, 2. he just prefers to lose as a tradeoff for living in Florida.
  22. Bull
    Stop making the case against large contracts. We want Jed to spend.
  23. Bull
    They must have really been frightened by those medicals.
  24. Bull
    Imai is three years younger. I think the Cubs will surprise us with the length they will give to a 27 year old.
  25. Bull
    I think he's a solid 2. He fails to meet innings pitched requirements for leaders boards by 2.1 innings. (159.2, 162). If you drop the filter to 100 IP (so as to avoid manipulation to include *just* him) he is 33rd in baseball in fWAR (2.9). (I could have gotten him as high as 27th in baseball by setting the innings limit to 150) Above Rea, Shota, Taillon, Horton and not far behind Boyd (22nd at 3.4). So in baseball, a SOLID #2. On this team, a depending on performance, a 2 or 3. (not including Steele). But this team does not lack solid pitchers. Heck even Ben Brown was top 100 fWAR last year, above Shota. This team lacks an ACE. Maybe Horton becomes that. Maybe Steele comes back better than ever, but I'd rather shoot for the moon with Imai than another solid, get-us-to-the-playoffs-only-to-bow-out-in-round-2 guy. The floor is high. now raise the ceiling.
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