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Re: Cubs in '18
DIR By: Bennett
Date: October 29, 2017, 12:14 pm
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> Heyman is confirming Martinez to the Nats.
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Mark Gonzalez in the Tribune: First base coach Brandon Hyde
could transition to become the bench coach, a position he held
under Edwin Rodriguez and Jack McKeon with the Marlins in
2010-11.
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Re: Cubs in '18
DIR By: brjones
Date: October 29, 2017, 12:28 pm
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> Perfect offseason- Ohtani, Cobb for the rotation. Marrow (if
Cameron’s 2/18 is realistic), McGee and Shaw. Plus Hinkey
teaching Edwards, Wilson and Maples to throw strikes and Chili
Davis fixes Heyward.
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This is pretty close to mine too, except I'm not too interested
in Morrow with his history of being injured and mediocre from
2013-16. I'd rather target Addison Reed, but he'd be more
expensive which probably forces them to downgrade one of McGee
or Shaw.
And any ideal offseason plan of mine also involves getting
Yelich in return for some of the major league depth. I still
think they were hurt more than expected this year by the loss of
Fowler and good Zobrist.
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Re: Cubs in '18
DIR By: Deeg
Date: October 29, 2017, 2:21 pm
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I think it's going to be Cobb for the rotation and another
offseason of trying to get lucky on the bullpen with quantity
over high-priced quality. Maybe Schwarber or Happ dealt for
pitching if the right deal emerges, but I wouldn't bank on it.
Otani is a pipe dream, but however minuscule the chances are you
have to throw everything you can into it. He's a game-changer
but he's likely going to an AL team, probably the Yankees.
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Re: Cubs in '18
DIR By: Deeg
Date: October 29, 2017, 2:24 pm
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Re: Cubs in '18
DIR By: CurtOne
Date: October 29, 2017, 2:25 pm
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He's retiring to spend more time with David Ross' family?
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Re: Cubs in '18
DIR By: Deeg
Date: October 29, 2017, 3:07 pm
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I assume it's some kind of reference to heading south for the
winter, but the wording is pretty ROFL.
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Re: Cubs in '18
DIR By: craig
Date: October 29, 2017, 4:12 pm
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So bench coach, hitting coach, and pitching coach, probably the
top 3 sub-manager coaching positions, yes?
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Re: Cubs in '18
DIR By: CUBluejays
Date: October 29, 2017, 5:09 pm
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On most staffs yes.
I think Borzello and Hyde have more importance than what their
titles are. I think Butterfield will too.
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Re: Cubs in '18
DIR By: CUBluejays
Date: October 29, 2017, 10:36 pm
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I was reading Cameron’s chat on Fangraphs and he seems to think
that the Cubs are going to make an attempt to get Archer from
the Rays and use Russell as trade bait. He doesn’t think that
Schwarber and Happ combined would have the value to get it done.
He also thinks that Happ would bring back a pitcher better than
Folty from the Braves.
I’d be kinda conflicted on Archer for Russell +. They both have
some risk, but it would give the Cubs a really cost controlled
rotation. While I think Russell is better than Baez, the drop
off isn’t huge and Happ/Zobrist/LaStella could handle second.
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Re: Cubs in '18
DIR By: Deeg
Date: October 29, 2017, 11:32 pm
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Depends on what the + is.
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