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  1. Steve_A

    All the Guys Homer for their new teams

    New drive? What do you all think?
  2. Steve_A

    Don't they have to blow it up?

    The Team is winning a bit lately but they've 1 Traded away Darvish who has a 1.75 ERA this year last year 2 Can't re-sign Bryant who probably would like to go somewhere else at this point 3 Rizzo as well considering the negotiations so far 4 Is Javy even worth resigning? 5 Contreras needs to be...
  3. Steve_A

    Was trading Darvish

    Good or bad in your mind. I think you can see it 3 ways. 1 Team wouldn’t have gone anywhere even with him or 2 He might have turned the team around 3 He was an aging pitcher and the risk was too big to keep him anyway What do you all think?
  4. Steve_A

    Rebuild or Retool or Neither?

    Want to hear all your ideas on what the Cubs are doing and what they should do going forward. 1 Is this a rebuild / retool or neither? 2 If it's a rebuild shouldn't they tear everything down? 3 Rizzo / Hendricks / Heyward / Kimbrel aren't spring chickens either, shouldn't they just fire sale...
  5. Steve_A

    Perfect Offseason in your mind

    Line Up 1 Tommy La Stella 3B 2 DJ LeMahieu 2B 3 Kris Bryant LF 4 Anthony Rizzo 1B 5 Wilson Contreras C 6 Ian Happ CF 7Javy Baez SS 8 Jason Heyward RF DH Kyle Schwarber Would like for the team to pick up Adam Eaton as OBP guy as well if he comes cheap Starting Pitching Yu Darvish Kyle...
  6. Steve_A

    Center Field

    Options on the market Billy Hamilton Juan Lagares Jarrod Dyson Shogo Akiyama Adam Jones Rajai Davis Charlie Tilson Internal opitons Albert Almora Ian Happ Jason Heyward Tony Kemp Donnie Dewees What do you guys think is the best way to go here. (Trade proposals included)
  7. Steve_A

    Second Base

    Second base I know that giving it to Hoerner is what most fans want but there are some cheap options out there. Joe Panik Scooter Gennett Brian Dozier Jason Kipnis Starlin Castro Jonathan Schoop Wilmer Flores Brock Holt Asdrubal Cabrera Neil Walker Devon Travis Eric Sogard Brad Miller Howie...
  8. Steve_A

    THE CORE

    ■Words from Tom on ESPN1000 [The correlation between how much you spend and how many games you win isn't high enough] [We have to refocus on developing players] ■Words from Theo [There are examples of teams that go right up to the end of their contention window with their players and then all...
  9. Steve_A

    What is a DYNASTY?

    The Nationals have won the world series and here we sit thinking wasn't the Astros supposed to win this thing. What I'm trying to get at here is for all the thing positive said about them, they've only got one ring so far. But yet a lot of the media call them a Dynasty. That brings me to the...
  10. Steve_A

    Offseason Stuff

    Well with all the news of Ross being named the manager and Bryant's grievance underway. This is how I think the Cubs should go about the offseason. Trade Bryant to the Braves for prospects and salary relief Decline Q's option Trade Happ / Garcia and a couple of prospects to the Tigers for Boyd...
  11. Steve_A

    Thoughts after the season

    I'd like something like this btw. Line Up (2B) Merrifield (CF) Akiyama - https://www.baseball-reference.com/register/player.fcgi?id=akiyam000sho (3B) Bryant (1B) Rizzo (SS) Baez (LF) Schwarber (C) Contreras (RF) Heyward Rotation Cole Darvish Hendricks Lester Chatwood
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    Now that the season is over

    Offseason starts here!
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