ChiefGritty
- Chicago, IL
Bringing up Mastro is like rearranging the deck chairs.
What a catch!Whoa
"Dodgers bat boy had the spidey senses tingling and saved Ohtani from seriously getting hurt. Dude is a hero, and coolest thing you’ll see today"
They can't sell off. With the exception of Tauchman (who is hurt) and Morel (selling low) who would take on any of these contracts of non-pitchers ? And they're all blocking our prospects from coming up in the 2nd half. They're stuck.At this point I would be happy with going full 2011-2013 mode. Just tank. Full rebuild. This product since 2019 is just awful.
And maybe, must maybe Counsel is not that great of a manager after all. Definitely not worth $8 million/year. Milwaukee seems to be doing just fine without him. I get that the Cubs have had injuries and they have no bullpen but at some point shake things up in the lineup.
Probably to a lot of teams. There are only 12 guys in MLB That have played a qualifying number of innings and are hitting .300 or above. .273 is actually top 50 in BA. His .764 OPS is good for #58 in MLB. The fact that he can play anywhere in the OF and 1st base is attractive, and the fact that his contract isn't guaranteed beyond this season is also attractive.They can't sell off. With the exception of Tauchman (who is hurt) and Morel (selling low) who would take on any of these contracts of non-pitchers ? And they're all blocking our prospects from coming up in the 2nd half. They're stuck.
......Thinking about it a little more....is the Belli contract attractive to anyone?
At this point I would be happy with going full 2011-2013 mode. Just tank. Full rebuild. This product since 2019 is just awful.
But the better Belli is, the better chance he will exercise his option. So you have to look at him as a rental. The worst thing that could happen to whatever team he is on is that he tanks in the 2nd half or gets hurt and doesn't exercise his option.Probably to a lot of teams. There are only 12 guys in MLB That have played a qualifying number of innings and are hitting .300 or above. .273 is actually top 50 in BA. His .764 OPS is good for #58 in MLB. The fact that he can play anywhere in the OF and 1st base is attractive, and the fact that his contract isn't guaranteed beyond this season is also attractive.
While his numbers aren't overwhelming, they are more than solid when compared to what everyone else is doing.
Believe it or not, Happ also has a top 80 OPS... The lack of offense around baseball this year is, well... offensive.
Assad to IL.Problem is, they don’t really have anyone to trade.
Kyle Hendricks is the only guy on an expiring contract and he just passed his 5/10 rights date and would be able to block any trades.
The guys on team options - Bote, Smyly and Nerris - won’t get you anything. Nerris in particular, you have to not pitch him too much or his $9 million contract vests for next year.
Bellinger is on a player option which makes him worth even less than he was last year when the Cubs passed on trading him.
Happ and Suzuki are kind of duplicative and the Cubs have several outfield prospects on the way, but both of them have no trade clauses in their contracts.
Tauchman might get you something OK, but he’s hurt and will have to show that he’s healthy to net anything.
To actually get some difference-making talent, the Cubs will have to trade someone they see as part of their core going forward. Of the bats, that’s probably Hoerner or Morel.
Or, they could trade away a starting pitcher. Either Taillon or Assad would likely net them a great haul.
Additionally, Morel's BABIP of .209 is due for some serious positive regression. His BABIP prior to this season is over .300.
I guess I did not make it clear what I meant. I am not saying trade all your guys (clearly they have almost nobody anyone would want). I am trying to say their run from 2015-2019 happened because they were awful from 2011-2013. I would rather have them be really awful and potentially get another Kris Bryant, Baez, Schwarber, etc. This hovering at/just below or near 500 is for the birds.They can't sell off. With the exception of Tauchman (who is hurt) and Morel (selling low) who would take on any of these contracts of non-pitchers ? And they're all blocking our prospects from coming up in the 2nd half. They're stuck.
......Thinking about it a little more....is the Belli contract attractive to anyone?
There are only 2 teams with worse records in the NL. They are buried and have to catch and pass nearly everyone.They are starting to get buried in the wild card race. This is really bad. 21-36 since the 17-9 start.
Who needs 48 strikeouts in 27 innings? Jed sucks. He's not the guy.See also Jeremiah Estrada, who was released this Spring, and is throwing 97 for the Padres.
For whatever reason, the Cubs haven’t been able to get their hard throwing relievers to perform, but they go to other teams and do fine.