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Manager David Ross was over-rated for his ability to
communicate with and motivate his players. He was
second-guessed on a lot of his decisions this season.
However, he was a rookie manager in 2020 so there is
hope that he will improve in 2021.
Would you support trading away all but one of the following: Baez, Bryant, Rizzo, Happ, Contreras, Heyward?
I would. But which one to keep?
Based on this season, Happ and Contreras are must keeps. I'd try to resign Rizzo to an appropriate contract, but not spend too much. I don't think you'd get enough to justify trading Baez this year and I'd want to see how he plays next year. I think his contract is up then anyway. Bryant...well, I talked about him in a previous post.
Watching the game now....thx
Heyward isn't worth anything with his contract and schwarber just sucks lol.This for sure. Unless someone is willing to pay what Bryant or Baez was worth last offseason (won't happen) then you just aren't going to get enough for them. They both can certainly be all stars again, but I kind of doubt either will ever be an MVP candidate again...
I'd be listening on any trades for anyone, but just don't see them getting enough to justify it. Maybe a team would take a stab at Schwarber or Heyward and give us a great and good prospect in return.
It appears I owe him a couple hours of life lolHe did you a favor
This for sure. Unless someone is willing to pay what Bryant or Baez was worth last offseason (won't happen) then you just aren't going to get enough for them. They both can certainly be all stars again, but I kind of doubt either will ever be an MVP candidate again...
I'd be listening on any trades for anyone, but just don't see them getting enough to justify it. Maybe a team would take a stab at Schwarber or Heyward and give us a great and good prospect in return.
I'd let it ride...pay him next year and wait for an elite prospect mid season!! He'll be ready to play.I would take a few high upside (top 100-150) A ball prospects for Bryant and hope you hit on 1 of them. That is better than paying him $20+ million next year. Otherwise you are hoping he bounces back and can trade him at the deadline.
I'd let it ride...pay him next year and wait for an elite prospect mid season!! He'll be ready to play.
I see it as buying a better prospect by betting on him having a bounce back. If you're gambling on him bouncing back, just to trade him then it doesn't really matter if it hurts your payroll next year. You're not looking to win it all in 2021 which is almost a pipe dream anyways. If richetts want to stay below luxury in future I think a smart move would be trying to "buy" prospects next season.Can‘t disagree with that thought but then your paying him $17 million next year hoping he bounces back. This is all going on when money is extremely tight.
No way in hell kb is a cub after 2021, might as well put your gloves on!!!Rizzo is still a top 5 defensive player but his swing is a little slower, you exercise the option because it’s very fair for his play.
You might get KB and javy for less next year than this year but you’ll have to beat them up in an arbitration case. If you don’t plan to sign them long term you might as well try.
Heyward had a solid year but he’s still untradeable.
Contreras improved tremendously this year defensively, his value is high, this might be the guy that gets traded.
Schwarber is more valuable with a full time dh but probably still can’t get enough to trade him.
I see the cubs going cheap on the pitching staff after darvish and Kyle. I definitely think we see mills and adzolay. Someone mentioned Lester for the other spot, I don’t see it. I think we’re looking at a league minimum guy here.
Hopefully some of these guys can have a big first half and bring back some value because it’s going to be a long season IMO.
I see a lot of potential improvement for the offense, but only because it can't get much worse.
Can‘t disagree with that thought but then your paying him $17 million next year hoping he bounces back. This is all going on when money is extremely tight.
I don't think he's where you cut. Assuming the guys get relatively normal prep and have something approximating a normal, 162-game season, the odds that he's not an above average player are low. If we toss this season out, his worst full season was 2018, when he had a 125 wRC+ (100 is league average) and 2.3 WAR. His 2nd worst season was 2019, when he was 135 wRC+ and 4.8 WAR. There was a good study by Fangraphs a few years ago that 1 WAR was worth about $8M on the FA market. Unless you think KB is simply broken and irreparable (I disagree), he's worth bringing back or trading. You can't just let him walk.
I don’t think he is broke but I am not confident he can become close to the player he was. He seems to get hurt more often and I wonder if he mentally is struggling which can be hard to get out of. I would like to save the $20+ million and get a few low level but high upside prospects. You can give Bote the job for the next year as he is already signed long term and see how that plays. If you aren’t going to try and resign Bryant long term (which I can’t believe they will even try anymore other than a low ball token offer) get what you can for him now and save some money instead of putting all your faith in him that he will bounce back and you can flip him at the deadline for better prospects all while paying him $17 million till the deadline.
Are the Cubs really going to get "a few" "high upside" prospects for a guy who costs what Bryant costs, coming off a horrendous year as he heads towards free agency? I'm not opposed to a trade if there's something there, but the Cubs are better off letting it ride than trading him for a bag of balls or simply not offering arbitration.
Like my neighbor just said, at least they won a World Series in our lifetime.
The last dynasty in MLB was the New York Yankees who won the
World Series Championships in 1996, 1998, 1999, and 2000.
They had two Hall of Famers in Derek Jeter and Mariano Rivera in
that run. The Cubs do not have any Hall of Famers on their current
roster.
We'll see what happens with the younger guys on this team, but I think Jon Lester will get in and Craig Kimbrel is going to have a good shot. That said, neither of them had peak years this year for sure.
I hope the cubs move on from Kimbrel