I am kind of anxious to see what Frank might be capable of in a full season.
Is Hosmer a left handed hitter? The Cubs will need some LH power next season.
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Is Hosmer a left handed hitter? The Cubs will need some LH power next season.
No, but I assume it will be part of collective bargaining. I’m guessing all sides will want it and it’ll get baked into the deal. I’m not really a DH guy and I still think it’s an abomination, but I have come around to the idea that the sport should just have one set of rules. The DH is a pretty big advantage for the AL, given that they can budget to pay a strong hitter, while the NL teams throw out a platoon guy or a bench bat as DH.
none of them are worth bringing back. Did you see what the giants said about kb? Yikes
We’ll see what they do and I could certainly be proven wrong, but I think the going for “cheap” and “bargain” players is being way overblown based on the moves at the trade deadline next year. The Cubs have a lot of money to spend and while they may not spend all of it, they’re not going to roll in with a bottom-half payroll. I think they might jump in on one marquee player, but mostly, I think they’re going to try to hammer the mid-tier FA market to fill some holes with solid players on shorter, but potentially high AAV deals.
As for the KB/Rizzo/Schwarbs/Javy group, they’ll always be favorites, but they all have some flaws and/or are looking for an awful lot of money. If the markets they think are there aren’t, I could see the Cubs bringing one of them back, but that can’t be an off-season priority. The Cubs are being remade in a different image and we’ll see how that goes.
There was talk of Rizzo to SD for Hosmer and a prospect at the deadline. I don’t think there is much Hosmer-to-the-Cubs smoke anymore.
That’s the word, the Cubs won’t be in on any of the big name guys. More Miley-type deals, one or two years that won’t cost a lot. SP is obviously a priority, but they have at a minimum two spots locked up in the rotation.
I agree, but it’s clearly never going away. Just adopt it across the board and move on with life.
It is kind of interesting to learn how an entire sports league came about to have different rules internally.
The AL and NL used to have umpires that wore different outfits and had different strike zones. Pic is from 1973 World Series ... the year after the DH started in AL. The leagues were really separate back in the day. Note chest protector ...
Poor Augie--fudged that game up pretty bad. He was the Joe West before Joe West.The AL and NL used to have umpires that wore different outfits and had different strike zones. Pic is from 1973 World Series ... the year after the DH started in AL. The leagues were really separate back in the day. Note chest protector ...
As long as mtsp can only be miserable in one of the threads..
What do you want when the players CLEARLY DON’T CARE AND JED HOYER IS TRYING TO LOSE!!!
Nope, I'm going to be miserable in this one, too.
I see Hoyer is setting up this team for a World Series run in 2022 with the new backup catcher, Yan Gomes. He's certain to put the Cubs over the top now.
So far, it’s been an underwhelming offseason, but as I always say - I’m not going to judge the offseason until spring training starts. I have no power here, so I’m just not going to let myself get caught up in a partially complete offseason.
Yan Gomes is a good backup signing and might even allow Willson some position flexibility where he could play, but not catcher everyday. This does fill a need - it just doesn’t fill all the needs or the most important needs.
If the Cubs don’t spend north of $150M, then I’m going to be pretty disappointed in the offseason. There are still plenty of guys out there that could be had within what the Cubs’ budget would A) give them a chance to compete in this division and B) not burden them for future growth.
I’m going to wait and see, but we’re definitely in “deep breath” time right now.
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