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       Cubs in '19
       By: mO Date: October 2, 2018, 9:05 pm
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       May as well...
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       Re: Cubs in '19
       By: Deeg Date: October 2, 2018, 9:09 pm
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       I'm not a big scapegoat the coaches kinda guy, but I would say
       you have to dump Davis at this point.  There's just no excuse
       for this offense to be this dysfunctional with these players.
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       Re: Cubs in '19
       By: brjones Date: October 2, 2018, 9:17 pm
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       Yeah, the hitting coach has to go when a team underperforms this
       much as a group.
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       Re: Cubs in '19
       By: Deeg Date: October 2, 2018, 9:21 pm
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       Honestly, I think you have to look hard at changing everything.
       Hitting coach and sign one of Harper or Machado for sure.  But I
       don't think there should be any sacred cows here, either when it
       comes to the core players or the manager.
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       Re: Cubs in '19
       By: davep Date: October 2, 2018, 9:26 pm
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       The biggest sacred cow will be the luxury tax.  The Cubs are
       right on the edge, and I don't think that management will go
       over it.  How do they sign a top free agent without going way
       over.  And how do you trade underachievers for someone that
       won't also be an underachiever?
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       Re: Cubs in '19
       By: Deeg Date: October 2, 2018, 9:33 pm
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       There’s zero chance the Cubs don’t go over next season. The
       trick is going to avoid the repeater penalties.
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       Re: Cubs in '19
       By: Chris27 Date: October 2, 2018, 9:40 pm
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       Machado a rumored prima donna. Course, Harper's not exactly Mr.
       Congeniality.
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       Re: Cubs in '19
       By: CUBluejays Date: October 2, 2018, 9:41 pm
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       The thing you want to avoid is the highest level tax where you
       get penalized in the draft. The repeated penalties only affect
       the Ricketts bottom line.
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       Re: Cubs in '19
       By: brjones Date: October 2, 2018, 9:41 pm
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       Who cares? By all accounts, Heyward and Almora are great guys.
       I'll take a prima donna who hits over them any day.
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       Re: Cubs in '19
       By: CUBluejays Date: October 2, 2018, 10:03 pm
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       Give me Harper.
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