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Deeg

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Re: Cubs in '18
« Reply #975 on: December 15, 2017, 04:19:41 pm »
This is overwhelmingly likely to be a moot discussion anyway.  We were on Darvish's no-trade list.

Jes Beard

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« Reply #976 on: December 15, 2017, 05:35:45 pm »
Dusty,

Do you ever stop and consider that a post might be offensive to some before you make it?

You just start reading his posts?

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« Reply #977 on: December 15, 2017, 05:40:48 pm »
Now, just to clarify, I not only see nothing wrong with Dusty's post, I agree with it.   Of course, that is a separate issue from whether Dusty ever stops to consider that a post might be offensive.
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Re: Cubs in '18
« Reply #978 on: December 15, 2017, 09:15:38 pm »
Schwarber looks great. You can see why the front office thinks so highly of him. He busts his hump to get better in every way.

Deeg

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« Reply #979 on: December 15, 2017, 09:23:50 pm »
I don't think losing 20 pounds will make any difference to his Ks or getting tied up on inside fastballs.  But it might make him slightly less of a defensive liability in left.  As for the work ethic and attitude, I don't think anybody ever questioned that.

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« Reply #980 on: December 15, 2017, 10:50:24 pm »
Schwarber has also working on his swing in those videos.

Marlin chimed in on PSD saying he thinks unless the Cubs really overpay that they can’t get any trades done with the Rays.

Deeg

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« Reply #981 on: December 15, 2017, 11:34:44 pm »
Yeah, I saw that.  I don't think we had anything cooking anyway (if there's a surprise deal for a SP coming, Salazar is way more likely than Archer).

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Re: Cubs in '18
« Reply #982 on: December 16, 2017, 12:44:51 am »
Jason Martinez on MLB trades rumors thought it would be Salazar + for Happ, FWIW.

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« Reply #983 on: December 16, 2017, 03:12:59 am »
Salazar intrigues me.

I'd be willing to talk business with Cleveland.

How much longer would we control him?

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Re: Cubs in '18
« Reply #984 on: December 16, 2017, 07:12:34 am »
3 years.

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« Reply #985 on: December 16, 2017, 10:00:48 am »
Phil Rogers is apparently writing under the byline of Jesse Rogers now. Either that or Jesse Rogers has gone off the rails, proposing the Cubs trade Addison Russell for one year of Manny Machado.

"But even if Machado doesn’t sign on long term, the Cubs can still come out of a deal just fine. One year of Machado in the middle of a strong lineup featuring the right-handed-hitting Machado and Kris Bryant around the left-handed Anthony Rizzo would be worth the price of admission every night in every ballpark. The Cubs' lineup would again be October-worthy, making the deal worth it for that reason alone."

http://www.espn.com/blog/...-machado-blockbuster-deal

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« Reply #986 on: December 16, 2017, 10:21:43 am »
Nope.

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« Reply #987 on: December 16, 2017, 10:55:26 am »
Are the Cubs a "dominant candidate" for Darvish?  Bleacher Nation found a report from Japan that seems to say that (using Google translator).

http://www.bleachernation.com/2017/12/15/enormous-grain-of-salt-report-out-of-japan-seems-to-suggest-cubs-are-in-on-yu-darvish/

Here's the original report from Japan:

https://www.nikkansports.com/baseball/mlb/news/201712150000763.html?utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=nikkansports_ogp

The focus seems to be just on how the Cubs have suddenly come into the discussion, and that the Cubs are a big-money team with spending power, implying (for his fans, and not directly stating) that Darvish could get a big payday and play with a winner again.

I'd love to have him.

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Deeg

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Re: Cubs in '18
« Reply #989 on: December 16, 2017, 11:17:38 am »
Machado seems like the product of beat reporters with too much time on their hands looking for a story.  No way the Cubs do this.
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