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Re: Cubs in '18
DIR By: Deeg
Date: October 31, 2017, 10:25 am
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The problem with dealing either Schwarber or Russell right now
is that, to an extent, you'd be selling low. They both have a
lot of value but not as much as they would have after 2016 (or
might after 2018).
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Re: Cubs in '18
DIR By: ticohans
Date: October 31, 2017, 12:04 pm
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My guess is that Russell's value isn't depressed that much, but
given what no-glove bats went for at the trade deadline, I can't
imagine Schwarber is worth much right now...
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Re: Cubs in '18
DIR By: Deeg
Date: October 31, 2017, 12:09 pm
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Those bats were not as young or cost-controlled as Schwarber and
lacked his enormous offensive upside. Plus. there might be
someone out there intrigued by using him at least part-time at
catcher.
It was only a year ago that Schwarber was apparently enough to
bring back Andrew Miller. I know his value is depressed from
its peak but he has real value.
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Re: Cubs in '18
DIR By: Chris27
Date: October 31, 2017, 5:53 pm
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I doubt there's much interest in Schwarber's catching potential.
He's barely played there since being drafted and the way he
plays the outfield he'd do some catching if he were better at
it.
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Re: Cubs in '18
DIR By: Dave23
Date: October 31, 2017, 6:06 pm
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Some people here have a really high bar for LF defense...
#Post#: 329552--------------------------------------------------
Re: Cubs in '18
DIR By: Playtwo
Date: November 1, 2017, 10:40 am
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HTML http://www.bleachernation.com/2017/11/01/the-jeff-samardzija-trade-rumor-connection-returns-is-he-the-right-fit-this-time-around/
I wonder what it would take to get Samardzija from the Giants.
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Re: Cubs in '18
DIR By: JeffH
Date: November 1, 2017, 10:43 am
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How do we feel about Tanaka?
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Re: Cubs in '18
DIR By: Playtwo
Date: November 1, 2017, 10:53 am
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Might be smart to go after him after a down year, but I don't
know if we have what the Yankees would want.
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Re: Cubs in '18
DIR By: Deeg
Date: November 1, 2017, 11:27 am
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Tanaka is intriguing, but I suspect the trade cost on Shark
would be lower. I'd be very into that if it were the right
deal.
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Re: Cubs in '18
DIR By: brjones
Date: November 1, 2017, 12:01 pm
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I think Tanaka is probably going to opt out of his contract. He
was just as good as he'd ever been in the second half--his down
year was based almost completely on being terrible in May. He
can get more than the 3 years, $67 million he's owed if he goes
out on the open market, so I'd expect him to do that.
He'd be a good target if they're convinced his arm is going to
hold up. But isn't it a given that his elbow is going to
eventually pop and he'll have to have TJ surgery? I thought
that was the assumption after he hurt his elbow a couple years
ago.
Tanaka's #1 most similar player on Baseball Reference is Alex
Cobb. I bet Cobb gets half as much as Tanaka this offseason.
So I'd prefer Cobb since he's already past his TJ rehab.
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