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I wonder where the Ricketts want the payroll floor to be as they use the Cubs to pay for their real estate venture surrounding Wrigley and a faltering TV station. That's the thing that bothers me the most (leaving out the political stuff). The family chose to buy up the neighborhood and create a TV...

We should do some trades or signings this week already https://media4.giphy.com/media/L19PyEBexfZ5cY2o3U/giphy.gif I don't know how you can be bored with all of the Cubs' activity. We traded Theo for Hoyer, Venable for Harris, Kasper for an announcer to be named later, we dumped our starting LF and...

They will increase ticket prices if/when demand allows for it, not to cover the cost of something else. COVID has raised the price of quite a few things regardless of demand already. Businesses and corporations use any excuse to raise prices. If it was regardless of demand then demand would be unab...

So apparently MLB is claiming that coronavirus is causing physical damage to the stadiums so that they can file an insurance claim? I don't have access to the article, so I'm going off of the excerpt in the tweet.... https://twitter.com/cdgoldstein/status/1335936859353047042 The rich get richer whi...

TomtheBombadil wrote:There's also Josh Bell and Taillon to the Yankees stuff. Bell would be a sick addition to that lineup

As Long as the Pirates are willing to dump salary, how about Mills & Strumph for Musgrove and Frasier.

I don't really get this for the wsox. They give up 6 years of Dunning for a guy who isn't going to be a huge upgrade as his 2019 l ooks like an outlier. Great move by the WS. They are in a win-now mode and picked by a really solid #3 starter for $9 million, plus they have enough good prospects to g...

If anyone needs a laugh, some shills came up with terrible Bryant proposals again (note: I'm not actually 100% against trading Kris Bryant, just find the players the press likes to push forward to be so trollish...Austin Riley? In an effort to strike out less? SETH ROMERO for Kris Bryant? Get a gri...

So apparently MLB is claiming that coronavirus is causing physical damage to the stadiums so that they can file an insurance claim? I don't have access to the article, so I'm going off of the excerpt in the tweet.... https://twitter.com/cdgoldstein/status/1335936859353047042 The rich get richer whi...

How about Caratini and Mills to the Rockies for Gray and Ryan Vilade?

money shouldn't be an issue here. ?????????????????? Haven't you heard that the Cubs (and everything having to do with them) are totally broke? Don't forget that Marquee Network has secured massive carriage deals with every carrier! And PTR has a massive amount of money too, but claims he's broke. ...

mias_tisg wrote: money shouldn't be an issue here.

?????????????????? Haven't you heard that the Cubs (and everything having to do with them) are totally broke?

Banedon wrote:https://twitter.com/ihapp_1/status/1334593136883077127

Not surprising considering the Central Divisions have mostly mid-size cities (and mid-size payrolls) with the exception of Chicago.

CubinNY wrote:Do we know if it’s true? If so who is going to play LF? Happ?

Sounds like Abbott & Costello - who's in LF, who's at 3B, who's in CF, who's at the back of the rotation, who's in the bullpen.............

https://twitter.com/JonHeyman/status/1334141464469757952?s=20 I assume this guy was on my list of MiL FAs the Cubs should be interested in: still young, RHH capable of playing all 3 OF spots, .361 OBP in the minors, made contact early on in the MWL but started trading it for power as he moved up wi...

On a less crazy note, just want to point out: Victor Caratini career numbers: 88 wRC+, 88.6 EV, 21.4% K rate Average ML catcher since 2015: 86 wRC+, 87.6 EV, 23.6% K rate Should note that his career EV is the same as Contreras but with a 2% lower K rate and from a switch hitter...I was trying to co...

Diamondbacks assistant GM Jared Porter “is the heavy favorite” to become the Cubs’ next general manager, according to The Athletic’s Sahadev Sharma (subscription required). Newly-minted Chicago president of baseball operations Jed Hoyer has stated that he wants to make an external hire for the GM j...

While I like the idea in a vacuum, unfortunately Urena probably only makes sense if we trade a starter. None of him, Mills or Alzolay have options next year (I think, I know there was some iffiness on whether Alzolay would get a 4th). Given that all three would have pretty big questions on their ex...

While I like the idea in a vacuum, unfortunately Urena probably only makes sense if we trade a starter. None of him, Mills or Alzolay have options next year (I think, I know there was some iffiness on whether Alzolay would get a 4th). Given that all three would have pretty big questions on their ex...

Cubs Insider offers some bold moves: https://www.cubsinsider.com/2020/11/28/the-rundown-radical-plan-to-retool-cubs-roster-theo-epstein-not-interested-in-phillies-position-hot-stove-notes/?fbclid=IwAR1rrXnO_HLE-lmDG687QGEQ4aqlKDb7psE3HfGijLPMF2C7BJY3fk1n3Lc I think he is delusional with the Merrifie...

https://twitter.com/BleacherNation/status/1332727397624451074?s=19 This is going to continue to be a very slow offseason, but we might get a burst of activity this week. I think if Schwarber goes anywhere this offseason it'll be pre-deadline. And this week is probably the most likely time for KB to...

https://twitter.com/BleacherNation/status/1331686707331289093?s=20 JIC there's any question of how seriously to take a BN article about offseason moves: an article that portrays Bryant to the Dodgers as a totally definitely serious option to consider, wonders yet again whether to tender a contract ...

So in case anyone missed it, yesterday’s press conference put to rest any remaining debate about what the offseason strategy is: try to win the division while adjusting to the new financial reality, keeping one eye on a future a little more than normal while also being opportunistic Or in so many w...

Doesn’t seem like a decision Manfred/MLB and MLBPA should be leaving in limbo with the offseason starting up. Kinda important for teams to know this with roster building decisions. https://twitter.com/mdgonzales/status/1330967315161214978?s=21 Also, kind of important to the DHs looking to sign with...

Honestly, if you are going a full re-start, then you need to place all your chips into restocking the system. As much as there's some high level intrigue now, most of it is far away with a lot of risk at hand. If you are selling, then you need to go all-in on selling, and if that's the case, your t...

At least Theo had a track record of building a team and had an owner willing to spend when it was necessary. Hoyer has always been in the mix, but was never the guy to build a team. Also, who knows what financial commitment PTR will make in a few years. Hoyer was the GM of what I guess I have to ca...