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CUBluejays

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Re: Cubs in '19
« Reply #555 on: November 09, 2018, 04:53:31 pm »
The Cubs should just go into a rebuild then.

Deeg

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Re: Cubs in '19
« Reply #556 on: November 09, 2018, 05:35:36 pm »
If a team with the Cubs’ resources goes into salary dump mode, fires its coaches two years running and sends its manager into the season with his head in a guillotine, lots of wild gossip is inevitable.  Most of these rumors are silly but they’ve brought it on themselves.

Ron

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Re: Cubs in '19
« Reply #557 on: November 09, 2018, 05:40:16 pm »
If a team with the Cubs’ resources goes into salary dump mode, fires its coaches two years running and sends its manager into the season with his head in a guillotine, lots of wild gossip is inevitable.  Most of these rumors are silly but they’ve brought it on themselves.

"Salary dump mode."  Huh?

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Re: Cubs in '19
« Reply #558 on: November 09, 2018, 05:42:38 pm »
Theo knows the window is OPEN right now (and will be through 2021)!

Assuming decent health, Cubs have a very solid starting rotation for 2019, at the least.

Theo is ALL IN on the next Cub Championship - sooner, rather than later! 

He's driving URGENCY throughout the organization...hope that works as well as most everything else he's done in his MLB career!

Deeg

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Re: Cubs in '19
« Reply #559 on: November 09, 2018, 05:43:16 pm »
"Salary dump mode."  Huh?

Either that or Academy Award mode, since they seem to have convinced every major agent that’s what’s going on. Could be an all-time fakeout, I suppose.

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Re: Cubs in '19
« Reply #560 on: November 09, 2018, 05:56:36 pm »
Either that or Academy Award mode, since they seem to have convinced every major agent that’s what’s going on. Could be an all-time fakeout, I suppose.

Please provide examples of reports of "salary dump mode" by the Cubs.  That's not nearly the same thing as limiting how much their budget will increase.

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Re: Cubs in '19
« Reply #561 on: November 09, 2018, 06:18:32 pm »
If the Cubs are dumping dollars shouldn’t the payroll be going down not up?

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Re: Cubs in '19
« Reply #562 on: November 09, 2018, 06:32:36 pm »
I think self-limiting to no more than $40 over the luxury tax threshold is perfectly reasonable.

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Re: Cubs in '19
« Reply #563 on: November 09, 2018, 08:28:22 pm »
Theo isn't dumb.  If he won't sign an extension or as a free agent you let him walk when his control is up.

I hope Theo isn't that dumb.  The worst thing you can do is let a superstar (lets assume he becomes healthy) walk away as a free agent.

Any and all of them should be signed to an extension or traded in the off season before free agency.  At the very least, traded at the last year deadline.

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Re: Cubs in '19
« Reply #564 on: November 09, 2018, 08:42:52 pm »
And if they are in the hunt for the World Series you would still tear the team down?

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Re: Cubs in '19
« Reply #565 on: November 09, 2018, 08:49:17 pm »
There may come a point when, if you strongly believe a guy like Bryant won't re-sign, you look to deal him.  And it can be done without tearing down the team - if he rebounds to '17 form he'd have huge value, even with only a year left on his deal.  The issue is we're nowhere near that time yet, so he's not going anywhere.

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Re: Cubs in '19
« Reply #566 on: November 09, 2018, 09:15:43 pm »
A healthy Bryant is a 6-7 WAR player. No team is going to give up a 6-7 WAR player with more control for him and the team will be less likely to win trading him away. The Nationals without Harper are a lot farther from a WS win than with him and no prospects would change that.

The only move that could be close would be trading Garciparra, but he was never elite after the trade again. 

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Re: Cubs in '19
« Reply #567 on: November 09, 2018, 09:18:09 pm »
Less likely, possibly.  But that's not synonymous with "tearing down".

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Re: Cubs in '19
« Reply #568 on: November 10, 2018, 07:50:12 am »
I was going through NSBB site and in the rumors thread Brad Weick was mentioned as somebody to possibly target. He’s a 6-9 lefty reliever with a 92 mph fastball and a plus curve. The Padres seem like a trade target to ship Russell of to and Weick+ some other pitching prospects would seem possible. The Padres will have a 40 man issues and som body like Chatwood might intrest them too.

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Re: Cubs in '19
« Reply #569 on: November 10, 2018, 07:59:43 am »
Wieck.