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JeffH

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Re: Cubs in ‘23
« Reply #465 on: December 03, 2022, 08:37:27 pm »
If you assume they're going to spend shy of the luxury tax threshold in 2023, they've got at most about $93 to spend.

Swanson - 22
Conforto - 15
Vazquez - 9
Bellinger - 12
SP 1 - 18
SP 2 - 8
RP 1 - 5
RP 2 - 3

That's 92.  It goes quickly.

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Re: Cubs in ‘23
« Reply #466 on: December 03, 2022, 08:56:20 pm »
That's not as assumption one should have to make.

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Re: Cubs in ‘23
« Reply #467 on: December 03, 2022, 09:01:55 pm »
No, but it's realistic.

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« Reply #468 on: December 04, 2022, 10:27:58 am »
Besides first basemen Josh Bell and Trey Mancini, the Cubs also have a level of interest in Matt Carpenter as a left-handed hitter who remade his swing to post a 1.138 OPS in 47 games this year with the Yankees. Carpenter, 37, would bring credibility after notching three All-Star selections with the St. Louis Cardinals, playing in 14 postseason series throughout his career and showing the willingness to reinvent himself with the help of people like Joey Votto.--Sharma and Mooney

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Re: Cubs in ‘23
« Reply #469 on: December 04, 2022, 10:29:51 am »
I'd be fine with adding Carpenter.
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« Reply #470 on: December 04, 2022, 10:32:02 am »
Agreed.
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davep

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Re: Cubs in ‘23
« Reply #471 on: December 04, 2022, 12:17:58 pm »
I hated Edmonds as a Cardinal.  I really liked him as a Cub.

I hated Carpenter as a Cardinal (but not as much as Edmonds).  I suspect that if he performed well at all, I would like him as a Cub.

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Re: Cubs in ‘23
« Reply #472 on: December 04, 2022, 12:19:41 pm »
LOL  Yeah.  That's the level of FA I imagine we'll get.  Maybe we can get Chris Carpenter to come out of retirement, too.

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Re: Cubs in ‘23
« Reply #473 on: December 04, 2022, 02:16:01 pm »
Less than zero interest in Carpenter…
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Re: Cubs in ‘23
« Reply #474 on: December 04, 2022, 03:30:34 pm »
Sounds like Bogaerts may become a Cub.  If so, I wonder whether it's a certainty he would play SS rather than 3B.

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« Reply #475 on: December 04, 2022, 03:42:13 pm »
Sounds like Bogaerts may become a Cub.  If so, I wonder whether it's a certainty he would play SS rather than 3B.

I'm highly skeptical of the first part of that, but the buzz has been that he's insistent on staying at SS.  I would add "for now" to that.
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Re: Cubs in ‘23
« Reply #476 on: December 04, 2022, 04:35:10 pm »
 Is Mandy Pepen (Red Sox reporter)

CONFIRMED:
The #Cubs are very interested in Xander Bogaerts.

TODAY:
They have not yet submitted an offer, they are expected to do so in the next few hours...

#MLB

Boras has said he’d play SS.

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Re: Cubs in ‘23
« Reply #477 on: December 04, 2022, 05:21:07 pm »
Question: Who would you prefer, Xander Bogaerts or Dansby Swanson?

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Re: Cubs in ‘23
« Reply #478 on: December 04, 2022, 05:23:06 pm »
Bogaerts easily.

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Re: Cubs in ‘23
« Reply #479 on: December 04, 2022, 05:33:51 pm »
Bogaerts.  But the question is more likely “who would you prefer, Bogaerts at 7/210 or Swanson at 6/140?”  It might still be Bogaerts but that’s a lot tougher to answer.  Bogaerts is almost two years older and already borderline defensively at SS.
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