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<blockquote data-quote="champaignchris" data-source="post: 1423014" data-attributes="member: 26283"><p>I think Ramos might be out of their price range and looking for a starting spot. There are a lot of interesting free agent catchers on the market though. I could see someone like Kurt Suzuki. </p><p></p><p>Overall, I could honestly see Theo & Co go a lot of different directions. They could easily stand pat, bring a couple hole-filling free agents and call it a day. That would be the easy/cheap/safe thing to do. </p><p></p><p>I could also see them making their first real big trade to break up the young core. We know from the 2004 Nomar trade that Theo’s not afraid to trade “sacred cows” and we know from the Carl Crawford/Adrian Gonzalez trade that he’s not afraid to cut bait when something he tries doesn’t work out. This year could be the biggest shuffling of the roster since he first got here, and I would bet that the only truly safe player is Kris Bryant. </p><p></p><p>Reading between the lines of some of his post season comments immediately after the Wild Card game, leads me to believe he might be more inclined to follow the latter path, thinking that some people on the team are complacent. But he’s been quiet since then, and was obviously emotional after the loss, and may have re-evaluated after calming down. </p><p></p><p>I think we will see a couple trades, but not necessarily huge, roster-transforming trades. Might send out a youngster and a big contract for a lottery ticket starting pitcher. But not much else. </p><p></p><p>I also think that the Cubs are going to not just go over the luxury tax but go over in a really big way. I think they’ll go all-in on Harper and also probably one of the big name relievers.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="champaignchris, post: 1423014, member: 26283"] I think Ramos might be out of their price range and looking for a starting spot. There are a lot of interesting free agent catchers on the market though. I could see someone like Kurt Suzuki. Overall, I could honestly see Theo & Co go a lot of different directions. They could easily stand pat, bring a couple hole-filling free agents and call it a day. That would be the easy/cheap/safe thing to do. I could also see them making their first real big trade to break up the young core. We know from the 2004 Nomar trade that Theo’s not afraid to trade “sacred cows” and we know from the Carl Crawford/Adrian Gonzalez trade that he’s not afraid to cut bait when something he tries doesn’t work out. This year could be the biggest shuffling of the roster since he first got here, and I would bet that the only truly safe player is Kris Bryant. Reading between the lines of some of his post season comments immediately after the Wild Card game, leads me to believe he might be more inclined to follow the latter path, thinking that some people on the team are complacent. But he’s been quiet since then, and was obviously emotional after the loss, and may have re-evaluated after calming down. I think we will see a couple trades, but not necessarily huge, roster-transforming trades. Might send out a youngster and a big contract for a lottery ticket starting pitcher. But not much else. I also think that the Cubs are going to not just go over the luxury tax but go over in a really big way. I think they’ll go all-in on Harper and also probably one of the big name relievers. [/QUOTE]
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