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I don't agree with that philosophy. In order to win you need a good team, not one young player "to build around". Our problem is 3B, 1B, C, CF,...

Players who suck clear waivers.

Could just delete the year from the title?

Jordan Holloway signed to minor league deal. He sucks hard, why sign a guy who has no ability to throw strikes?

https://www.cbssports.com/mlb/news/red-sox-brass-booed-while-trying-to-defend-trading-mookie-betts-letting-xander-bogaerts-walk/ ...

That's pretty good. Dawson not bad either.

He's not a good player i agree. He's contributed below-average offense in 2 of the last 3 seasons when baserunning is factored. His defensive stats...

It sucks if we're going to have hitters who are only slightly above average playing 1B for us. Assuming Mervis is DH much of the time. And if...

Fairly even trade imo, both teams got a good player.

I think he's pretty fringe. His stuff and velo isn't very good and his walk rate isn't good. There's not much to work with.

I know some don't like comps but they're fun. Are there any remotely applicable comps to Kevin Alcantara? Athletic 6'6 OF that can run & field? ...

Nothing to talk about I guess. Only some relief arm we might get. Pitchers and catchers report on Feb 15 for Cubs, less than a month. We have...

I think at 3B we'll see a lot of platooning based on matchups. Wisdom can slide to DH too at times. I have to imagine he'll be in the lineup vs LHP...

I don't think it means he doesn't make the OD roster, even if it looks less likely now, but that he doesn't have to make the OD roster. Mervis...

I doubt it. He seems more like a project they like better than Man Rod. BN suggest they could try to sneak Merryweather through waivers later?

Given they have 2 1B already they could manage a trade now but it would still surprise me given this team sucks at hitting and is desperate for...

The Cubs are prioritizing defense. They could see Mervis as mostly a DH even this year. They signed Mancini for potentially 2 years and 7m next...

Where else is he going to play if he's not traded? It's 3b or DH. I hope he starts in AAA or is traded.

I can't see a team signing deals that are worse than they have to sign, especially for fringe/bench types.

https://www.bleachernation.com/cubs/2023/01/15/chicago-cubs-reportedly-interested-in-lefty-relievers-andrew-chafin-and-matt-moore-though-the-price-tag...

Boras: "So we knew at the forefront that Bogey would be somewhere besides Boston. Minnesota, the Cubs, the Blue Jays, they were really after him....

I think they'd trade whoever gets a decent offer even if he has a 2nd year attached. I just don't know who the heck would want these guys in 2024...

What's really disturbing is I think most of those fans at the Cubs Convention were bots too. And I have my suspicions about Dmac. :p

I thought maybe Hoyer would have learned from Villar, Simmons, and Arrieta. Guess not. At least those guys weren't 2 year deals. I defended the...

Mancini makes perfect sense because with Heyward now gone the team needs an overpaid crappy baseball player to give inspirational speeches during...

https://twitter.com/BleacherNation/status/1614465696033046529 Lol wut?

Cubs payroll won't see a dime of that money. To be fair Steve Cohen is by far the richest MLB owner.

They didn't spend a lot to get that 2016 WS either. I don't really see any difference in their spending or overall strategy this time in trying to...

I used the term "cap" because its just easier to write it off-hand than "luxury tax threshold" or whatever. I don't think it normalizes anything, we...

Swanson has some Heyward in his profile. What's scary is before he signed the 8 year deal Heyward was a better hitter and baserunner than Swanson...