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Re: Cubs in '19
DIR By: Playtwo
Date: November 3, 2018, 7:48 am
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I like that approach, Dusty. Who do you have in mind?
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Re: Cubs in '19
DIR By: Deeg
Date: November 3, 2018, 7:56 am
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Theo didn't sound like he wanted to be a surgeon this offseason,
more like a lumberjack.
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Re: Cubs in '19
DIR By: Playtwo
Date: November 3, 2018, 8:09 am
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Theo is a master of the misdirection.
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Re: Cubs in '19
DIR By: chgojhawk
Date: November 3, 2018, 9:03 am
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The Cubs couldn’t move Russell last year. They will get nothing
for him this year.
Finances will NOT be an issue this season. We will exceed the
luxury tax threshold if Theo feels it makes sense.
The team would prefer to not stay over the luxury tax for
multiple consecutive years but no concern about doing so for 1
or possibly 2 seasons.
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Re: Cubs in '19
DIR By: craig
Date: November 3, 2018, 9:08 am
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--- Quote from: brs2 link ---
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> ...…. So at the end of the day, the Cubs increase payroll by
only $7 ($14 for Hamels - $7 from Smyly).... For the Rangers,
they essentially get the Smyly spin of the wheel for $1. And
Smyly gets a better chance to start. Win-Win-Win…..
>
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AGree with logic, but the numbers are off by $6. :) Cubs are
paying Hamels $20, not $14. So, $13 in payroll bump.
I don't totally see the "no room for Smyly" part, though. If a
guy is good as a starter, he should be good in relief; usually
better, because he doesn't have to pace himself and can throw
harder, and he doesn't need to be wasting pitches throwing his
3rd and 4th best pitches trying to set guy up for 2nd and 3rd
time through the order. And having 5 well-used starters is no
guarantee that they'll stay good and available all year; so
having a guy in relief who could swing to rotation seems like a
desirable contingency protection to me. Whether he'd have been
worth the $7M they'd contracted for that purpose, not sure.
(Especially since he was never that good in the first place, and
has always been a home-run factory even when healthy.) But,
basically other than their budget challenges, his situation now
must be pretty much what they expected when they signed him.
They new 2018 was a rehab year; and they should have known that
coming off a rehab year maybe their would be no way to trust
that he'd be worth entrusting a rotation spot to.
Two things have changed, of course. At the time they signed him
then, they did NOT expect to be spending $128M on Yu. Nor that
they'd be looking at a $20/1 option on Hamels. So, I don't
think entering last year that they anticipated being so spent
out as the ensuing months have enabled.
2nd, I believe they had a belief last year that signing injured
pitchers was a value opportunity: post-surgery guys cost less,
so **IF** health proves fine, you've got some bargain potential.
I imagine it's possible that going 0-4 in gambling on
post-surgery pitchers last year, that maybe they have
re-evaltuated and chilled on that strategy, and are reluctant to
play that lottery again this winter?
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Re: Cubs in '19
DIR By: CUBluejays
Date: November 3, 2018, 11:25 am
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Smyly had a lot of incentives in his contract for starting and
relieving. If he was a reliever he could of made an additional
$2.6 million and more if he was a starter.
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Re: Cubs in '19
DIR By: DelMarFan
Date: November 3, 2018, 12:25 pm
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After watching Gore's last at bat, I don't ever want to see him
at the plate again for the Cubs.
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Re: Cubs in '19
DIR By: brjones
Date: November 3, 2018, 12:46 pm
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Cubs will need to hire a new assistant hitting coach:
Jon Heyman @JonHeyman
Andy Haines was hired by brewers as hitting coach
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Re: Cubs in '19
DIR By: CUBluejays
Date: November 3, 2018, 12:47 pm
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Andy Haines hired by the Brewers as their hitting coach.
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Re: Cubs in '19
DIR By: guest61
Date: November 3, 2018, 2:08 pm
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--- Quote from: Playtwo link ---
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> I like that approach, Dusty. Who do you have in mind?
>
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I'd say go after Kimbrel first but as far as leadoff options I
dont see many great ones.
Pollack maybe and move Happ to 2nd and Javy to SS after whatever
we do with Russell.
Russell for Merrifield would be ideal.
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