2020 Chicago Cubs Offseason Thread

[1908_Cubs]

Idk how no one else jumped at Brantley at that price. Feels like he is always underpaid given his skillset.

Money. There's about 6 or so teams who seem to care about the 2021 season right now, and something like 20 who've already shrugged their shoulders and said "meh, whatever" and then went and took a 4 month nap.

[chibears55]

Reporting is ****ing pathetic these days. It's more important to be first than it is to be right.

They might need new a inside source
Where Dom, he got connection
Lol

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[Stratos]

6 months ago the Cubs had Yu Darvish, Jon Lester, Jose Quintana, Tyler Chatwood, Kyle Schwarber, and Theo Epstein. Now we have Zach Davies, Shelby Miller, Phillip Ervin, Nick Martini, some A-ball lottery tickets, and no GM.

[1908_Cubs]

https://twitter.com/Adams_Steve/stat...673870338?s=19

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[chibears55]

6 months ago the Cubs had Yu Darvish, Jon Lester, Jose Quintana, Tyler Chatwood, Kyle Schwarber, and Theo Epstein. Now we have Zach Davies, Shelby Miller, Phillip Ervin, Nick Martini, some A-ball lottery tickets, and no GM.

most fans were ready to ship Q, Schwarber and Chatwood out for a bag of balls..lol
Lester career hanging by a thread

I do get what you're saying though

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[Salvaged Ship]

6 months ago the Cubs had Yu Darvish, Jon Lester, Jose Quintana, Tyler Chatwood, Kyle Schwarber, and Theo Epstein. Now we have Zach Davies, Shelby Miller, Phillip Ervin, Nick Martini, some A-ball lottery tickets, and no GM.

Ricketts is saving money, that’s the main thing......

[1908_Cubs]

most fans were ready to ship Q, Schwarber and Chatwood out for a bag of balls..lol
Lester career hanging by a thread

I do get what you're saying though

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That doesn't mean fans were right for it. Q and Schwarber were more valuable than many fans understand. They weren't superstars but were quality depth and role players on good teams.

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[ILMindState]

https://twitter.com/Adams_Steve/stat...673870338?s=19

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Second time being outbid by a Japanese team [emoji23]

[Bluefire]

Money. There's about 6 or so teams who seem to care about the 2021 season right now, and something like 20 who've already shrugged their shoulders and said "meh, whatever" and then went and took a 4 month nap.

And then there the Cubs in which the owners have to break into their piggy banks just to sign the Shelby Miller and Jonathon Holder's of the world.

[CubsRule08]

Second time being outbid by a Japanese team [emoji23]

Lol sad but true

[Stratos]

The good news is no team in the NL Central has signed any free agent for over a million dollars yet so everyone might be in a similar boat financially. The good news is that the Reds probably won't have Bauer next season.

[chibears55]

The good news is no team in the NL Central has signed any free agent for over a million dollars yet so everyone might be in a similar boat financially. The good news is that the Reds probably won't have Bauer next season.

There only like a handful of teams actually trying to win this season, we may see a couple 100 win teams and a couple 100 loss teams with a whole lotta 70-80s in between lol

We just gotta hope that the cubs have enough future major league talent in their system to build around in a couple years to help them start winning sooner rather then later to avoid a long stress of losing when teams start to overspend again on free agents

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[thawv]

That doesn't mean fans were right for it. Q and Schwarber were more valuable than many fans understand. They weren't superstars but were quality depth and role players on good teams.
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This is spot on

[thawv]

Their CBT payroll sits at about 136 mil. What's the opening day payroll? Over/under 125 mil. I'm going under.

[1908_Cubs]

The good news is no team in the NL Central has signed any free agent for over a million dollars yet so everyone might be in a similar boat financially. The good news is that the Reds probably won't have Bauer next season.

I guess. I'll have a hard time caring about this team, however, if they're on pace for 78 wins and just 3-4 games out of the playoffs. There's little valor in being the 2nd best team in a really horrible division.

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