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Re: Cubs in ‘25
DIR By: Jimmer
Date: December 10, 2024, 1:19 pm
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From Jessie Rogers.....I always suspected part of the Cody trade
talks was because of this.....(First time I believe I've seen
something concrete regarding...)
News: Cubs OF Seiya Suzuki's agent, Joel Wolfe, said Jed Hoyer
informed him just last night which teams are interested in him.
(He has a full no-trade clause). Wolfe also made it pretty clear
Suzuki does not want to be a DH which is where he finished last
season: "It's a small universe where Seiya would consider
going."
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Re: Cubs in ‘25
DIR By: guest424
Date: December 10, 2024, 1:48 pm
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It's gonna be a long offseason boys and a lot is gonna change.
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Re: Cubs in ‘25
DIR By: craig
Date: December 10, 2024, 2:48 pm
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--- Quote from: Jimmer link ---
> ..... (He has a full no-trade clause). Wolfe also made it
pretty clear Suzuki does not want to be a DH which is where he
finished last season: ...
--- End Quote ---
I always think it's a shame when guys who should be DH are so
often unhappy about serving their teams best in that role.
Seiya isn't on par with any of Bellinger, Happ, Alcantara, or
even Caissie in terms of defense, right? He probably kinda
should play much/mostly DH moving forward, no?
I imagine part of it is a status/respect thing.
I'm imagining 2025 with hypothetically both Bellinger and Suzuki
back. You'd have 5 guys, Happ, PCA, Suzuki, Busch, and
Bellinger for 4 positions. If you wanted to take the DH stigma
away, you could hyhpothetically have a 5-day rotation where one
of the 5 guys isn't playing the field. Either he's taking his
turn as DH, or is getting a day out of the lineup. PCA is going
to be a bad matchup against some pitchers; Busch is going to be
a bad matchup against some pitchers, so both could use some days
out of the lineup altogether. So even if none of them ever
dinged their wrist or their toe or their ankle, you could still
hypothetically give them each 130 starts in the field.
Not sure how sensitive Suzuki is about it, but even if it isn't
130 starts, it certainly wouldn't be hard to give Suzuki 100
starts, or 80 starts, in the field.
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Re: Cubs in ‘25
DIR By: guest424
Date: December 10, 2024, 2:53 pm
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Send him on his way.
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Re: Cubs in ‘25
DIR By: Playtwo
Date: December 10, 2024, 3:11 pm
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I totally get why a guy who is at least competent in the field
would not relish being a DH.
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Re: Cubs in ‘25
DIR By: Deeg
Date: December 10, 2024, 3:27 pm
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How can a team with a suspect offense even think about trading
their best hitter, seriously. What a shltshow.
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Re: Cubs in ‘25
DIR By: guest424
Date: December 10, 2024, 3:34 pm
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--- Quote from: Deeg link ---
>
> How can a team with a suspect offense even think about trading
their best hitter, seriously. What a shltshow.
>
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Cause he's not a team player?
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Re: Cubs in ‘25
DIR By: davep
Date: December 10, 2024, 3:36 pm
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--- Quote from: Playtwo link ---
>
> I totally get why a guy who is at least competent in the field
would not relish being a DH.
>
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That is what bothers me. Suzuki is not a gold glove candidate
in right field, but he certainly is competent at the very least.
His arm is strong and accurate enough for the position, and,
with PCA in center, his range is probably satisfactory also. He
is certainly better than Moreland, or many others that the Cubs
have had out there. Playing him as a full time DH is probably a
waste of his talents, and he would probably be more valuable to
a team that could use him both on offense and defense. On the
other hand, he obviously wants to remain on the team, and made
that clear when asking for a no trade clause. If Bellinger is
traded, there is a place for him on the team, as currently
constructed.
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Re: Cubs in ‘25
DIR By: guest424
Date: December 10, 2024, 3:47 pm
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Joel Wolfe on Suzuki: "I think that if he was being posted in
Japan and teams were presenting to them their opportunities and
they said you could come here and be our full time DH, I don't
think he would have signed with that team".
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Re: Cubs in ‘25
DIR By: brjones
Date: December 10, 2024, 3:53 pm
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--- Quote from: Deeg link ---
>
> How can a team with a suspect offense even think about trading
their best hitter, seriously. What a shltshow.
>
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Yeah...unless the Astros asked for him as a big part of a Tucker
trade, trading Suzuki shouldn't even be considered.
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