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Deeg

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Re: Cubs in '20
« Reply #1335 on: December 13, 2019, 10:35:54 pm »
Gee, what possible reasons could the Nats have to push him off SS?

Reb

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Re: Cubs in '20
« Reply #1336 on: December 13, 2019, 11:33:35 pm »
In AAA?

None.

Guessing that you have never seen Kieboom play even one inning at SS. Yet, you say he’s a “natural” SS.

He’s going to hit but is not a SS.

Turner is better but is average defensively at best and, ideally, would be the 2B, not SS either.
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Deeg

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Re: Cubs in '20
« Reply #1337 on: December 14, 2019, 01:00:32 am »
Keep guessing.

CUBluejays

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« Reply #1338 on: December 14, 2019, 07:55:12 am »
Shogo is apparently going to decide before Christmas between 4 teams.

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« Reply #1339 on: December 14, 2019, 09:20:04 am »
Bruce Levine thinks the Bryant/Braves trade would be Riley, Inciarte, and a pitching prospect.

Dan Szymborski thinks Kyle Wright, Bryce Wilson, Alex Jackson/William Contreras, Greyson Jenista would get it done.

Would those hypothetical returns be enough for people here to trade him?

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« Reply #1340 on: December 14, 2019, 10:10:04 am »
The Levine trade is laughable. Ended Inciarte has no surplus value at this point, and Austin Riley is a wild card who has a 36% strikeout rate in the majors. Luckily, Levine hasn’t seemed to be very tuned in to what the front office is doing at least since Hendry left.

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« Reply #1341 on: December 14, 2019, 10:16:32 am »
I think the second trade is closer to what the Cubs would get with maybe another pitcher instead of the catchers and it just doesn’t move the needle for me.

I think the Levine trade is closer to what the Cubs are getting in offers now.

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Re: Cubs in '20
« Reply #1342 on: December 14, 2019, 11:24:39 am »
The Levine trade is laughable. Ended Inciarte has no surplus value at this point, and Austin Riley is a wild card who has a 36% strikeout rate in the majors. Luckily, Levine hasn’t seemed to be very tuned in to what the front office is doing at least since Hendry left.
I would see Incarte as a throw-in right now.  Solves CF and they can check that box off.  I think Fried and 1 or 2 of the young pitchers would do it for me, Incarte a nothing burger added.

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Re: Cubs in '20
« Reply #1343 on: December 14, 2019, 11:39:10 am »
Bruce Levine thinks the Bryant/Braves trade would be Riley, Inciarte, and a pitching prospect.

Dan Szymborski thinks Kyle Wright, Bryce Wilson, Alex Jackson/William Contreras, Greyson Jenista would get it done.

Would those hypothetical returns be enough for people here to trade him?

No, but the second one is closer.

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« Reply #1344 on: December 14, 2019, 12:01:42 pm »
Levine thinks the same way I do.

Jack Birdbath

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Re: Cubs in '20
« Reply #1345 on: December 14, 2019, 12:02:44 pm »
Levine thinks the same way I do.

Terrible news for both parties.
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Re: Cubs in '20
« Reply #1346 on: December 15, 2019, 06:12:17 am »
Bruce Levine thinks the Bryant/Braves trade would be Riley, Inciarte, and a pitching prospect.

Dan Szymborski thinks Kyle Wright, Bryce Wilson, Alex Jackson/William Contreras, Greyson Jenista would get it done.

Would those hypothetical returns be enough for people here to trade him?

Hell no. Pache/Anderson, Wright and Langeliers. Or...just keep our best player.
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Re: Cubs in '20
« Reply #1347 on: December 15, 2019, 07:06:53 am »
Much rather have Waters than Pache.  Anderson is pretty much a must for me, though.
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Re: Cubs in '20
« Reply #1348 on: December 15, 2019, 07:15:20 am »
Any clue if Mike Murphy is a reliable source?  He said that the Cubs have agreed in principal with Castellanos, but the Cubs have asked him to wait?  It was on the ESPN 1000 Murphy and Fred show. I saw the rumor on twitter from a unreliable source. NSBB has a clip of it posted. The unreliable guy on Twitter said it had legs and that the hold up wasn’t a Bryant trade. He is less than 50% in stuff though.

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Re: Cubs in '20
« Reply #1349 on: December 15, 2019, 07:32:02 am »
No. He’s an oddball boomer who somehow is still on air.