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Not sure of any of the names, so I'll save my opinion on the return for after I look them up.
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Jake Arrieta is 27 and has struggled at the big league level. Was a pretty highly thought of arm at one point. I believe Strop is another guy with question marks with good stuff. And the bonus slots become important because Cubs have spent up to their limit practically and are still linked to the biggest bonus baby in the pool.
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Yeah didn't we just sign 2 guys? think I saw it on BR. Now I'm assuming we go after Jimenez with that extra cash.
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Arrieta sucks. Period.
Strop was great last year. Sucks this year.
Didn't have to look that up.
But oh my god, International spending money!!!! :fap::fap::fap::fap::fap::fap::fap::fap:*
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Strop was great last year. Sucks this year.
Didn't have to look that up.
But oh my god, International spending money!!!! :fap::fap::fap::fap::fap::fap::fap::fap:*
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About what I expected for Feldman. Nothing great -- but he's probably already pitched the best baseball he's going to pitch this season.
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What were you expecting, Bundy?
Sounds about right, we're lucky that he pitched the best baseball of his career for us so we got anything decent back.
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Meh, wanted Jimenez but was hoping we could get the spending money for him without giving up someone that could have netted us a decent prospect. Now we get two guys who are doing awful at the major league level, guess we have a new Marmol heir apparent. 
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I thought this would be better than lottery tickets...
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Is Carlos Villanueva going back to the starting rotation or are the Cubs going to bring someone up from the minors?
Can Kyle Hendricks come up from AA?
Can Kyle Hendricks come up from AA?
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Strop was really good the last two years (sub 2.5 era both seasons) so I'm not sure what's going on w/ him...
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who is Tony Clevenger, Keith?
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Arrieta and Strop are both going on the major league roster I would guess. I believe both are out of options at this point. So I am guessing this means that Dave Sappelt is not in fact being called up tonight.
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Law screwed it up, and admitted it as such. But the rumor has been confirmed by multiple sources with all the pieces.
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Law Twitter- Sorry, should have said Steve Clevenger. Typing while on the phone = bad idea.
lol
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Nope.
But they didn't get anything decent back.
Duquette in Baltimore hired a new organizational pitching coach that did wonders with Chris Tillman and Matusz but couldn't fix Arrieta.
He sucks.
There is very little, if any, value returned in the deal other than warm bodies.*
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Ken Rosenthal on the trade:
Danny Knobler on the trade:
Keith Law on the trade:
LoneStarBaseball on former Ranger Strop:
Danny Knobler on the trade:
Keith Law on the trade:
LoneStarBaseball on former Ranger Strop:
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Rusin is making the start tonight 
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Arrieta is already a losing lottery ticket.
Strop might still be a lottery ticket if he can regain his form from last year.
Depending on how much international money it is, it is likely fairly useless.
All this does is totally reinforce my opinion that Dan Duquette > Theo Epstein.*
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And to make sure that I am not accused of bias, Jonah Keri on the trade:
