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Re: Cubs in ‘25
By: JeffH Date: December 11, 2024, 3:02 pm
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40-man roster is full at the moment.
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Re: Cubs in ‘25
By: guest424 Date: December 11, 2024, 3:09 pm
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JonHeyman
Cody Bellinger would be a great fit for Yankees since he’s very
good at 1B and very solid in CF, too. But for now there’s a gap
on the $. Cubs don’t want to eat any of it, Yankees think they
should. Bellinger is guaranteed $52.5M over 2 years with an
opt-out after 2025.
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Re: Cubs in ‘25
By: guest424 Date: December 11, 2024, 3:10 pm
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“The Cubs are a strong possibility at this point,” MLB Network
insider Jon Heyman said Wednesday.
The Yankees are another club in hot pursuit of Tucker, but
Heyman added, “It feels more like a Cub deal than a Yankee
deal.”
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Re: Cubs in ‘25
By: guest424 Date: December 11, 2024, 3:11 pm
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"Almost entirely on trade stuff, very little in free agency this
week."
Jed Hoyer when asked about the Cubs' method of acquiring
players.
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Re: Cubs in ‘25
By: craig Date: December 11, 2024, 3:22 pm
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[quote author=DUSTY link=topic=647.msg503994#msg503994
date=1733951367]
JonHeyman: Cody Bellinger would be a great fit for Yankees
since he’s very good at 1B and very solid in CF, too. But for
now there’s a gap on the $. Cubs don’t want to eat any of it,
Yankees think they should. Bellinger is guaranteed $52.5M over 2
years with an opt-out after 2025.[/quote]
Easy solution. Cubs can toss in some $$ to help Yankees' budget
focus; Yankees compensate by adding in extra minor league value.
Draft picks, international $$, young prospects who won't take
40-man spots and aren't btop-100 guys, but upside guys who the
Cubs think could develop into useful players. Ben Hess, the
Illinois kid, for example.
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Re: Cubs in ‘25
By: Deeg Date: December 11, 2024, 3:33 pm
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[quote author=CUBluejays link=topic=647.msg503977#msg503977
date=1733943987]
Sharma and Mooney made it sound like either Paredes or Suzuki
plus prospects, not Paredes and Suzuki for Tucker. They also
mentioned the chances of the Cubs trading Suzuki are low.
[/quote]
Tucker is a GG right fielder so if that's the case it's DH or
bust for Seiya. Apparently that's an issue that can't be
dismissed.
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Re: Cubs in ‘25
By: brjones Date: December 11, 2024, 3:39 pm
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It sounds like the Cubs want to rotate the DH spot. So if they
ended up with Tucker, I suspect they'd rotate Tucker, Happ, and
Suzuki through the DH spot.
Since Happ came up as an infielder, I wonder if they'd consider
giving him some time at 1B in Spring Training. If he could take
a few starts there, that would open up an OF spot for Suzuki
more often.
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Re: Cubs in ‘25
By: Deeg Date: December 11, 2024, 3:47 pm
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So who plays third base if Paredes goes in a Tucker deal? Not
that it should impact the trade in any way, but an open
question.
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Re: Cubs in ‘25
By: Deeg Date: December 11, 2024, 3:49 pm
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[quote author=brjones link=topic=647.msg504001#msg504001
date=1733953183]
It sounds like the Cubs want to rotate the DH spot. So if they
ended up with Tucker, I suspect they'd rotate Tucker, Happ, and
Suzuki through the DH spot.
Since Happ came up as an infielder, I wonder if they'd consider
giving him some time at 1B in Spring Training. If he could take
a few starts there, that would open up an OF spot for Suzuki
more often.
[/quote]
They can give lip-service to that, but Happ and Tucker are both
Gold-Glovers and Suzuki (disappointingly after winning multiples
of the NPB equivalent) has been pretty bad. Easy to see how that
will play out.
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Re: Cubs in ‘25
By: guest424 Date: December 11, 2024, 3:50 pm
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I asked my wife who knows nothing about baseball other than she
thinks Chipper Jones and Tony Vitiello are sexy if it was smart
to trade 3 or 4 young players who are several years from free
agency for 1 year of a star player and even she said no.
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