CP_414
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Yeah, he’s got a chance of joining PCA as a top 25ish prospect this time next year.

Hopefully there is some mega trade out of the blue, but I’d imagine any hitter they add at this point won’t move the needle much on the 2023 roster. ...

Not much to say. Roster feels almost done and pretty weak to mediocre. Maybe a bullpen arm addition or a Madrigal trade still to come, but it’s...

I guess we’re all wrong and a 7 year, $177 million deal doesn’t qualify as “big name” or “long term.”

They signed a deal this winter that is very close to being the biggest in franchise history.

Seems like it’s working. To be generous the plan seems to be to add a lot of short term depth of mediocre players to replace some of the black...

I feel like I’m in a bizarro world reading cubs fans reactions to this move and this offseason on Twitter. I hope they are all right and I’m wrong,...

Haha. I just saw that as well. I have no idea what Jed Hoyer is doing.

I did no such thing. If a team crosses into the tax it would mean they’d start to have to pay a small additional fee. I made no comment about...

Lol. Indeed.

Cap and tax have the same number of letters. I don’t think we all do know what it means and I do think the meaning gets lost over time if it’s always...

Depends on how far beyond it they go and how often. None of that is the point however. The point is that there is no cap. There is a tax and for a...

I know I’m nitpicking and I know you know this, but we should stop using the term “cap.” There’s no salary cap in baseball. There is a luxury tax...

It’s not a cap, it’s a tax. Deferred money doesn’t really matter for the tax. It’s based on the AAV of the length of the deal.

Lol.

And if instead of firing them you constantly praised them, well you’d be pretty incompetent, right? Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

It doesn’t change anything but my memory of the Kaplan report was that it was $20 million. Assuming they can get to $230 this year that would...

There’s no shortage of problems, but you are absolutely right about the biggest issue.

Not much to say really. Par for the course. The way he talks about competing within the division, spending near the tax, and is so dismissive of the...

Yes.

Haha. I still think I’m on the right side of the bet, but is not a lock. Between the injury and K issues Davis has lost a ton of momentum. I think...

He has a good history with Justin Stone if I remember correctly.

The Cubs should not employ Addison Russell. They have multiple better players at his position under long term control anyway. I have no interest...

I’m not getting involved in the Bauer nonsense, but I bet Russell is back in MLB in 2024. He was a mess when he first went to the Mexican League...

Haha. There’s always going to be some. I’ve never been to the convention. I don’t think that would be my type of thing, but I respect the passion.

I don’t really want to get into the whole “what about Chicago” thing here, but I’d bet a lot of your theories on Chicago crime aren’t based in facts....

It doesn’t happen often, but it’s always fun when they add someone who I’ve never heard of in my life.

Chicago is awesome, thawv. This solution isn’t realistic though. The bears will want to own it all. The parking is a problem. They can develop a...

Might as well get closer to it now, because the odds are that they’ll be reducing that number during the season.

They do have Estrada. He has a good chance of making the team.