The 2018-2019 Cubs Offseason Rumors & Discussion Thread AKA The Rickettssss take a dump on EVERYTHING

[We Got The Whole 9]

99 with a wipe out slider from the left side oh hell yeah.

[Bertz]

It was probably safe to assume Barnette had minor league options but good to see confirmation

[Gilby]

The AAA relievers are gonna need to learn to hit and play positions to be able to keep even half of them.

[TomtheBombadil]

The AAA relievers are gonna need to learn to hit and play positions to be able to keep even half of them.

(hopefully)

[Sammy Sofa]

Just planning to sideswipe the league next season when they only have 3 starters and 38 relievers on constant rotation on and off the DL.

[Cubswin11]

Just planning to sideswipe the league next season when they only have 3 starters and 38 relievers on constant rotation on and off the DL.

[Brian]

That's basically what the Brewers did to win the division last year, so there's that.

[Sammy Sofa]

That's basically what the Brewers did to win the division last year, so there's that.

Vaunted market inefficiency.

[TomtheBombadil]

That's basically what the Brewers did to win the division last year, so there's that.

Copy them...w/e

[Bertz]

The AAA relievers are gonna need to learn to hit and play positions to be able to keep even half of them.

Speaking of that I was kind of hoping we would be the ones to grab Matt Davidson, but the Rangers signed him yesterday. He's going to be a fun Michael Lorenzen type for somebody.

I like the approach to the bullpen. I feel like there's enough veteran talent in the main group that it has a decently high floor (as much as that can actually be true of a non-Yankees bullpen) and the Iowa and shuttle is so stocked that it's actually the Iowa/Tennessee shuttle. The sheer volume of guys says that they'll get lightning in a bottle somewhere, probably with a couple of them. My guess is Norwood and Mekkes, but if you told me Chatwood and Clifton I'd be like "yeah I could totally see that."

[Derwood]

Just planning to sideswipe the league next season when they only have 3 starters and 38 relievers on constant rotation on and off the DL.

Waves and waves (of Iowa shuttle middle relievers)

[JennieGarthAlgar]

I honestly read that Hagerty piece on the edge of my seat wondering who was going to sign him. Yay, we won one!

[17 Seconds]

That's basically what the Brewers did to win the division last year, so there's that.

Copy them...w/e

who says "just" before the second part? there is no just

[Tim]

Did anyone mention this signing yet?

The Cubs have signed right-handed swingman Christian Bergman to a minor league contract, according to Matt Eddy of Baseball America.

The 30-year-old Bergman was a member of the Mariners over the previous two seasons, though he spent the majority of that period with their Triple-A affiliate. Bergman pitched to a 5.00-plus ERA in both the 2017 and ’18 seasons in Tacoma, where he combined for 227 2/3 innings and 42 appearances (41 starts). Overall, Bergman – who’s also a former Rockie – owns a 4.66 ERA with 6.6 K/9 and 2.1 BB/9 in 376 2/3 frames at the minors’ highest level.

While Bergman has seen major league action in each season dating back to his 2014 debut, he had difficulty preventing runs in all five of those campaigns. In 215 2/3 innings, 14 of which came in 2018, the soft-tossing Bergman has managed just a 5.59 ERA/5.09 FIP with 5.43 K/9, 2.04 BB/9 and a 37.1 percent groundball rate.

meh

[The Logan]

The Cubs have signed right-handed swingman Christian Bergman to a minor league contract, according to Matt Eddy of Baseball America.

[Deeg]

The only interesting part about these crap moves is guessing how Brett Taylor is going to spin them as genius.

[javy knows my name]

The only interesting part about these crap moves is guessing how Brett Taylor is going to spin them as genius.

This board is horsefeathering savage lately and I LOVE IT

[weis21]

The only interesting part about these crap moves is guessing how Brett Taylor is going to spin them as genius.

Pretty sure even he gave up hope, too.

Sad times.

[snoodmonger]

The only interesting part about these crap moves is guessing how Brett Taylor is going to spin them as genius.

Pretty sure even he gave up hope, too.

Sad times.

At least he's verified on twitter now, so we don't have to hear him bitching about that anymore.

[Deeg]

The only interesting part about these crap moves is guessing how Brett Taylor is going to spin them as genius.

Pretty sure even he gave up hope, too.

Sad times.

At least he's verified on twitter now, so we don't have to hear him bitching about that anymore.

But if Amazon is having a sale you can be sure he’ll let you know.

[Brian]

take this for whatever worth you want to give it.

[Sammy Sofa]

take this for whatever worth you want to give it.

A dramatic recreation of this dude's reporting process:

[Bull]

take this for whatever worth you want to give it.

A dramatic recreation of this dude's reporting process:

Is he the stuffed lion?

[Sammy Sofa]

That's his source.

[Cubswin11]