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brjones

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Re: Cubs in '19
« Reply #4485 on: September 28, 2019, 02:20:22 pm »
MLB Trade Rumors had a post on Jonathan Villar yesterday, and they pointed out the Cubs had some interest in him at the deadline. I wonder if he might be a guy they'll revisit as a stopgap at second base going into his last arb year. He's been really good this year, but he's been inconsistent enough in his career that he'll still probably be reasonably priced in a trade and salary.

For CF, there might be some options on the trade market. The Red Sox seem like they're willing to at least listen on any of their OFs. The Pirates should pick up Marte's option and then aggressively try to sell. It also seems likely that the Braves will make Inciarte available--Acuna is capable of playing CF, and their top two prospects are better defensive outfielders who are currently in AAA.

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Re: Cubs in '19
« Reply #4486 on: September 28, 2019, 04:26:45 pm »
Jesse Rogers  @ESPNChiCubs  4m4 minutes ago
Maddon to address reporters soon. Last few days he’s engaged with his players about the finality of his situation. Good, emotional talks is how a couple put it. Only thing left is for the Cubs or him to make it official.

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Re: Cubs in '19
« Reply #4487 on: September 28, 2019, 05:07:42 pm »
Joe is done.  New manager will be a former Cubs catcher.  I'm just not sure which one yet.

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Re: Cubs in '19
« Reply #4488 on: September 28, 2019, 05:15:42 pm »
You're probably right.

brjones

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Re: Cubs in '19
« Reply #4489 on: September 28, 2019, 05:19:15 pm »
Theo and Maddon are meeting after tonight’s game according to all the beat writers, so we may get an official announcement that Joe is gone as soon as late tonight.

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Re: Cubs in '19
« Reply #4490 on: September 28, 2019, 05:54:05 pm »
Jim Essian!

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Re: Cubs in '19
« Reply #4491 on: September 28, 2019, 06:07:28 pm »
I heard Mike Matheny!

Deeg

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Re: Cubs in '19
« Reply #4492 on: September 28, 2019, 06:24:15 pm »
Todd Hundley.

davep

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Re: Cubs in '19
« Reply #4493 on: September 28, 2019, 07:12:24 pm »
Since the party line was that the club was topped out meant there wasn't much else to discuss.

Interesting comment.  I assume you are talking about their claiming to be near or at the salary cap, and are implying that either it is not true, or not the actual reason for their failing to sign top free agents.  Why do you feel that?

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Re: Cubs in '19
« Reply #4494 on: September 28, 2019, 07:50:36 pm »
Did Mike Matheny play for us?  I don’t remember that. Hmmmmm.

I can likely narrow this down to 2. One would be expensive and experienced. The other would be a first time manager and far less expensive.

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Re: Cubs in '19
« Reply #4495 on: September 28, 2019, 07:51:45 pm »
Don’t sleep on John Farrell.

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Re: Cubs in '19
« Reply #4496 on: September 28, 2019, 07:58:06 pm »
The only thing we know for certain about the next Cubs manager is that it's going to be the wrong selection.

brjones

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Re: Cubs in '19
« Reply #4497 on: September 28, 2019, 08:07:22 pm »
I think Girardi might provide the change in attitude/focus that the Cubs need. But he's expensive and he's going to be the same as Joe in that he'll be able to just do what he wants. I think the front office wants more control of the next manager.

And I worry that Ross is too close to just being one of the guys from the Maddon era. I worry that it'll be too easy to just continue as things are now, which makes changing managers kind of pointless.

I hope they at least interview a few candidates other than those two.

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Re: Cubs in '19
« Reply #4498 on: September 28, 2019, 08:12:05 pm »
Matheny did not.  He will manage either KC or the Giants.

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Re: Cubs in '19
« Reply #4499 on: September 28, 2019, 08:25:23 pm »
DeRosa gets some mentions, too. That seems a bit out there to me but oftimes rumors are rumors for a reason.