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Cubs need to sign Trevor Bauer to the rotation.
I think they are to Cheap the are going back cubs losers
I agree I am not wrecking the farm system for rental players . I may be wrong. Trade a prospect outfielder for a prospect Infielder or pitcher. Put Rookies on the corners. A smart bold move could be Mervis at 1st and Morel and Magrigal at 3rd . This team needs a stable infield for 2025 and beyond. 2024 could be a possible 2015 team
Yoshinobu Yamamoto is 5 foot 9…no thank you for that type of money. Who knows how he will do in the MLB
Cubs were smart not to go after Glasnow. He's injury-prone. And they didn't need Soto for one season and lose major prospects. What guarantees that Soto won't leave after 1 year? They need to focus on Bellinger. There's nobody out there that matches his talent and stats.. Can Morrell play 3rd? If so, then sign JD Martinez or Soler as DH to go with Bellinger. Cody can play 1st or CF. Sign Bieber and Hoskins and get Hader to Close.
Trade for Pete Alonso sign Belli, Hader, Yamamoto
Cubs are just pretenders with alligator arms to quiet the fan base. Want to pay a bust like Belli long term (Heywood) and not pay for Yamamoto? What you guys talking about. Did the Cubs make a run for Jung Ho Lee–a better fielder and hitter than Belli? Know the real reason why Senga did not sign with the Cubs (he signed for 15mil while the Cubs wanted to extend Stroman for 20mil)? It is not what the public thinks…per Japanese media it was not the money as Senga first choice was the Cubs, it was how the Cubs disrespected him during the talks.
No pitcher should get a 10-year deal. Where's DeGrom? Scherzer? Glasnow only does 20 starts. They don't last long. The Cubs need to be in the running for Yamamoto. Forget it.
If the Cubs lose out on Cody, it's game over. You can't lose that production and think you will replace it.
maybe they are waiting for Cubs Con to sign someone so its more of a too do fun thing at the Con
I agree. They have to overpay for Belli. All this talk about whether Cody will fall back to not being productive is nuts. They rolled the dice and he and the Cubs won. Ohtani can't pitch next season, and who knows if he'll be the same after 2 surgeries? If not the Dodgers just bought a $700M DH. What about Glasnow, who's injury-prone? Bellinger had an injury last season and was out for a month and came back and killed it. He hit 26 HR and missed a month. Sign the guy. $200M is not too much. Give him what he wants. He's the best player on the team.
Where is JD Martinez going? He's obviously available.
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Why is Hader not in the discussion? Is there not a connection with him and Counsell?? And don't the Cubs need a top closer?
I'd take Bieber over Glasnow. What's holding up the Hoskins deal and get Bellinger signed.
I would definitely take Votto. He always performs great at Wrigley.
Make the Chicago Cubs Grace Again!
This is the year to let Canario, Morel, Caissie and other prospects play to see what shakes to the top. And PCA and Shaw as well. I bet we can find long term answers at CF, 3b, and one of DH or 1b. Don’t pay Bellinger CFer money for playing 1b.
Solidify a few more spots around the diamond. Then identify holes and overpay next off season.
Jason Heyward absolutely sucks.
At the end of the day, they’re cheap. “Financial responsibility” isn’t fun to watch as a sports fan. And people who own these teams certainly can afford the going rate for players. Free agency is now a premium on almost everyone. What the Cubs have done, given their market size, is boring. Why do I bother go to Wrigley next year? I’m not going to spend a lot of money to go see a 78-80 win team anymore. You got the manager, you got the prospects, you have the core. Tough luck if Jed doesn’t like going rate for free agents – it is what it is. This offseason has stunk and im tired of waiting for the Cubs to take reigns of their crappy division
Force feed Morel at third base or first base, his bat is important in this lineup that has limited power .
The Ricketts are skipping the Cubs Convention.I wonder why?
Scott Boras is the agent of most guys the Cubs targeted .Bellinger, Hoskins and Chapman all have Boras as their agent.That explains all I need to know.
Bellinger isn't coming back.We better accept that.
They didn't MISS OUT on Soto. Boras made it clear that he WILL NOT extend with the team he is traded to and WILL be a free agent next year. One GUARANTEED year of Soto, for the haul they got from the Yankees is a BIG NO. If the Cubs want him, they can buy him next year and not trade away a cjunk of the farm.
Right now i consider the Cubs a Triple A team. Who wants to go to a Cubs game up at Wrigley and pay the ridiculous prices to see a game at Wrigley especially a Triple A team your currently putting out there right now.
Cubs were 14th in payroll ($116m), when they won in 2016. They jumped to 8th ($170m) in 2017, 4th ($183m) in 2018 and 2nd ($194m) in 2019. Spending more money didn't bring ore wins.
I like glasnow. But extending him and if he gets injured again you just wasted money. You gotta remember Glasnow. Has not pitched a full season of baseball since 2019. The smart thing would have been they can see if he could pitch a full year and by the years end extend him if he doesn't get injured or has some kind of mechanical issue.
Around 19 minutes in, you guys hit it. This FO is scared to sign a guy for a lot(enough to take him from another team) while trading away a guy who is cheap for 4-6 years. Like, grow the fuck up Cubs FO. Sometimes you miss, that's what happens to players with bones and joints and cartilage.
Jed would turn the Reds/royals/Orioles into a juggernaut, but he is a giant pussy so far here, in terms of finishing off this roster.
You mentioned the Sandberg extension, which would be worth about 4 years/$61.1m today. Still cheap even in today's money!
Definitely smart
Cubs are cheap but Scott B. is a d-bag.
We can still get Juan Soto next year too js
Cubs owner is a very smart business man.Why to pay so much money for only one player.
Let be fair Swanson should be a 200 mill dollar player
They are being smart. They are not at a point to spend all in b/c they are not even close to a title. They need 3 pieces just to make the playoffs. And one of those pieces is an entire bullpen! lol so they are not ready to go all in. If they were one player away… But this is not the case… yet.
Man that extension for Glasnow is ridiculous. Kudos to Jed for not doing that dumb move. He is injured way too much, come on guys you're smarter than that‼️
After hiring Counsell away the Brewers, yet still nothing. Get off your butts for crying out loud!
Make a move already………