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Brian wrote:probably still would have done the trade and still was worth it, but come on no one can honestly say the wouldn't want Vogey mashing monster dongs as a DH for the Cubs

I was reading along with this totally thinking it was going to say Eloy.

Would this be allowed to skirt the LT..... Lester has a LT hit of $25 million currently. He’s owed $20 million this year and has a $10 mil buyout/$25 mil option next year. Could we sign him to like 2/35 so his LT hit comes down ~$8 million? I don't see why not, Lester gets a guaranteed 2021 and mor...

horsefeathers, well glad he didn’t go back to the Cardinals on that. Castellanos shouldn’t get more than that on an AAV basis. Does Castellanos take more than 3/30-40 right now? Ozuna has had higher highs and is only 1.5 years older. If he gets 3 for 30, the Cubs better figure out a way to be all o...

Brian wrote:MLB was able to put this all together in like 2 months and we can't even get an arbitrator to read the CBA and say everything is kosher here for a 5 year old issue.

In conclusion award the Cubs the Astros' draft picks.

This.........is an excellent observation.

Recent talks between the Cubs and Nationals regarding Kris Bryant have “gone nowhere,” reports Ken Rosenthal of the Athletic (via Twitter). Negotiations seemed to hit an impasse a few weeks ago, when the Cubs reportedly insisted upon the inclusion of promising center fielder Víctor Robles in any Br...

I like these moves. Between Eloy and Robert, they’ve committed $100M. Very likely they get at least that much value in return, with a high probability of getting value that far exceeds that amount. I still think I'd rather go cheap for three years and see what I have, but the rewards certainly can ...

Neither one of those What are you saying? In this case that the media didn't make up a narrative so much as ran with the most click-baity one available and the Cubs both entertained and discussed trading Kris Bryant with other teams OK, fair. I do disagree with this though: What I'm saying is that ...

TomtheBombadil wrote:

Bryant's Disco Ball wrote:Are you saying you don't think the Cubs have entertained trading KB and/or haven't had any discussions with other teams and it's just been a made up narrative by the media?

Neither one of those

What are you saying?

So basically they're not trading Bryant...Could have told you this in June 2013....How many days until ST? No, that’s not what I’m saying. I’d still lean we are trading Bryant in the next 45-60 days. I think trading KB and then trading for Arenado seems rather far fetched/a lot of moving parts and ...

For a team with no money, they sure have wasted money on all of these ridiculous signings. They've spent maaaaaaybe $6-7 million give or take on like a dozen players and most of that is non-guaranteed. It's not wasted in a few ways: so much $/WAR potential, more MiL options, and all that non-guaran...

If it's true that the money now "exceeds" $20 million, he did a lot better for himself than the 2 years and $10 million that was projected.

Question. Does a Javy extension for sure impact this year's tax?

Couldn't they just start it next season, with his figure this season being whatever it was going to be through arbitration and the big(ger) money starting in 2021?

This is a difficult question because nobody really knows what the exact profit is that a team like the Cubs make after all the expenses, but what is a good guess as to what the payroll should be and one that would get people to go, 'OK, they spend enough.'

$300 million? $400 million?

Still don't get how a trade expected to be bad for 2020 will magically become good in 2021. Especially if it's a growth and development thing then the realistic scenario card is out Not to mention wasting Quintana and Lester's last year, and one of few remaining years for Rizzo, Schwarber, maybe Co...

Is that the guy who hit two grand slams in like a week this season, or was that some other horsefeathering Brewers scrub who played hero?

Imagine looking at the Brewers and Cardinals roster and thinking the best case scenario with a KB/Baez/Hendricks (Rizzo/Contreras/Yu...) led team is "a mediocre team that hopefully somehow sneaks into the playoffs". Of course, to be fair, the team with KB/Baez/Hendricks (Rizzo/Contreras/Y...

No, not run the Cubs. I will say Duke Silver was pretty smart and I wonder how good he could be as an analyst inside baseball Ops for an MLB team... No, I wasn't trying to make a comparison between running the Cubs and creating a small business selling custom made candles; just trying to point out ...

Backtobanks wrote:The problem isn't necessarily the FO, it's more on ownership.

That sucks and they are a huge part of the problem, but also this is too weak. I don't want excuses. They have to do better.

I changed it for you and I agree. It's damn hard running a team and making these decisions, but I trust Theo (for the most part). I don't trust the scouts and people under him making the right decisions, but I guess they're rectifying that by changing personnel pretty heavily throughout the organiz...

This post is only being written for myself so I have somewhere to look back and see how wrong I was. Just pretend I'm talking to myself here. I'd trade Bryant to the Braves for a package that includes Max Fried. I like his ability and pedigree and having him locked up for the next five seasons. A Q ...

Having a young center fielder who legit plays great defense and who easily can beat out slow grounders in the infield would be amazing.

I just don't think they will be willing to deal him, though.

KB won't be traded in January. He will be traded by next week.

I know you all love Margot, but that + part coming along with him for Willy better be horsefeathering good.

Has Charles the Cat given any info about Bryant?

As I have previously wrote, we better be in the top-5 in payroll moving forward every year. The market and the popularity of this team is a huge advantage and must be utilized. Right now, I am more disappointed that what I consider a top front office has not utilized that advantage very well at all....