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Cubs win on infield single (charitable scoring ruling), error, fly ball, fly ball.

Fantastic performance by Stroman.

First complete game in more than a year for a Cub pitcher.

Assuming another sell-off, Stroman is probably the guy with the most value unless Bellinger comes back like the guy he was in April.

With his recent comments, you have to try to extend Stro, no?

I'll believe it when I see it.

I no longer trust Hoyer's judgement.

Posted before.  MY data:

We don't need a better shortstop.   We need a better Hoyer.  Boxleiter,  Fullmer,  Tallon, Hosmer, Barnhardt, Rios.  Jury still out on Merriweather,  Mancini, Tuchman.  And Bellinger probably won't stick around.  Nice off-season, Jedd.  But let's keep whining about Swanson.  And the future?  ESPN did an article on the next stars of the game and the Cubs have two in the top 100, and they aren't in the top 30.  Jedd's a dumpster fire.  How many big market teams would tolerate this mediocrity?
Added later:  the breakdown of ESPN's future stars:
 Teams with 5 future stars: Reds, Orioles, Rays, Dodgers
4 future stars: Cardinals and Mariners
3 future stars: DBacks, Yankees, Pirates
2 future stars: Like the Cubs but ranked higher: Marlins, Red Sox, Nationals, Mets, White Sox, Phillies, Athletics, Guardians, Angels. 

I don’t think we can get compensation even if we do make him a QO.

If we can’t get a deal done, we have to trade him…unless we are contenders, of course…