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<blockquote data-quote="LongLiveTheChief" data-source="post: 1651657" data-attributes="member: 748361"><p>Journeymen are getting a shot because they are bridging the gap instead of rushing guys through. </p><p></p><p>To your point, I see no reason to bench Heyward. He’s on the team and will be next year unless he has a magical end of the year and we can salary dump him. </p><p></p><p>I’d rather we not salary dump him if he doesn’t perform better because usually that entails a net loss in prospects. </p><p></p><p>Say all you want about Heyward’s performance, he is a leader in the clubhouse and the Cubs have a shortage in that department. </p><p></p><p>The Cubs farm system has a LOT of talent. They don’t have the high-end flashy names, but they have an extremely DEEP farm system. If you ask me, that’s a great approach to rebuilding. More than likely a few or more of the deep farm prospects will become major contributors. Maybe we could even lock up a Keegan Thompson or chase strumpf to a very team friendly deal before they break out. It’s a risk, but may be easier than trying to give a name everyone knows a deal early on - as the chances are lower that nobody in the Cubs top 30 today ends of contributing, than that any 1 individual player is a bust. Play the numbers.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="LongLiveTheChief, post: 1651657, member: 748361"] Journeymen are getting a shot because they are bridging the gap instead of rushing guys through. To your point, I see no reason to bench Heyward. He’s on the team and will be next year unless he has a magical end of the year and we can salary dump him. I’d rather we not salary dump him if he doesn’t perform better because usually that entails a net loss in prospects. Say all you want about Heyward’s performance, he is a leader in the clubhouse and the Cubs have a shortage in that department. The Cubs farm system has a LOT of talent. They don’t have the high-end flashy names, but they have an extremely DEEP farm system. If you ask me, that’s a great approach to rebuilding. More than likely a few or more of the deep farm prospects will become major contributors. Maybe we could even lock up a Keegan Thompson or chase strumpf to a very team friendly deal before they break out. It’s a risk, but may be easier than trying to give a name everyone knows a deal early on - as the chances are lower that nobody in the Cubs top 30 today ends of contributing, than that any 1 individual player is a bust. Play the numbers. [/QUOTE]
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