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Cubs don’t really need starting pitching tbh. They need a reliever or two and 2 bats with at least one being a lefty power bat![]()
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I think they need one starter with Hendricks most likely leaving the team after 24. I know they have a number of prospects, but having one more proven MLB starter wouldn't hurt so long at the price is right. They have the money, just has to get lucky and use it right.Cubs don’t really need starting pitching tbh. They need a reliever or two and 2 bats with at least one being a lefty power bat
Yes they need starting pitching.Cubs don’t really need starting pitching tbh. They need a reliever or two and 2 bats with at least one being a lefty power bat
That’s after 2024 thoughI think they need one starter with Hendricks most likely leaving the team after 24. I know they have a number of prospects, but having one more proven MLB starter wouldn't hurt so long at the price is right. They have the money, just has to get lucky and use it right.
We will just disagree then. See my post above this one for my reasoning whyYes they need starting pitching.
Depends on if they sign Ohtani or notI’d absolutely kick the tires on this. This is not a 2024 move, but for 2025. Give him a 2 year deal and let him rehab in the pitching lab
To anyone who watched the post season it's pretty obvious how important a strong bullpen is....upgrading the bullpen is way more important than adding a starter. The existing starters and the kids on the way you can live with the guys they got. I can't be the only one who saw what a lack of even a mediocre bullpen did to the Cubs last year. They need at least three new guys who can get outs. I'd be looking at Hader, Neris, Moore....hell, even aging guys like Chapman and Robertson would be better than the trash they had last year.We will just disagree then. See my post above this one for my reasoning why
They will probably sign someone, but I don’t think it’s necessary and will only crowd the rotation in the coming years from the young arms
Robertson back to the cubs makes a lot of sense to meTo anyone who watched the post season it's pretty obvious how important a strong bullpen is....upgrading the bullpen is way more important than adding a starter. The existing starters and the kids on the way you can live with the guys they got. I can't be the only one who saw what a lack of even a mediocre bullpen did to the Cubs last year. They need at least three new guys who can get outs. I'd be looking at Hader, Neris, Moore....hell, even aging guys like Chapman and Robertson would be better than the trash they had last year.
I’m a pass on chapman. Good defender, but I think his bat is going to deteriorate quickly.I could very much get behind the idea of spending the 25-30M that would go towards a top FA SP and get 2-3 relief arms. Presuming they added an impact bat at 1B while also bringing back Bellinger or adding Soto or Ohtani, would you accept bringing in Hader on a 19M deal for 6 years along with Chapman at 3Y21M and Matt Moore for 2Y7.5M to hopefully make the pen rock solid? Let the idea be for 45-50 games the Offense just won't be denied and for another 45-50 games the pen is so good that any lead going into the 6th is safe and let the other 62-72 sort themselves out. Even if it was as little as 30 games each, 102 coin flips seems like a pretty favorable outcome, at least for a regular season. For the post season, I'd like 2 guaranteed wins a series.
I am as well but I think he's talking about the other Chapman who I am also not completely sold on. He loses a few MPH he's a batting practice pitcher and at his age, it could happen at any moment.I’m a pass on chapman. Good defender, but I think his bat is going to deteriorate quickly.
Hader is tempting, but man that’s a lot of $$ to give a reliever
I’m a pass on chapman. Good defender, but I think his bat is going to deteriorate quickly.
Hader is tempting, but man that’s a lot of $$ to give a reliever
I was talking about Aroldis Chapman, not the 3B. I'm starting to fall in love with the idea that will never happen of the Cubs trading for Devers sending Morel, Triantos, and a pitcher that isn't Horton or Brown. Let's say Drew Gray for this discussion. Maybe ask for Jansen and Shane Dorhan as well and forgo Hader. The chances Boston would go for that are of course Slim, None, and Are You Fucking Kidding, but it's interesting to speculate as Boston could see themselves still in a reset mode in 24 and set themselves up to be heavy hitters next offseason.
Then I just thought about going after Dylan Cease and bring him back in the fold. Imagine Alcantara, Wicks, Wisdom and Wesneski for the 2 years of Cease followed by dealing with Boras and FA after 25. Alcantara is blocked for 2-3 years. You got to give up something viable for a pitcher of Cease's caliber. Wisdom & Wesneski are expendable to the Cubs and maybe they grow on the South Side while Wicks is the value but not so proven as to be untouchable. You might even talk Boras into a 2 year deal of 2Y32M to put the 2nd year AAV at a nice 16M. He might go for that as his client reaches FA on schedule and it presumes a final arb number just over 23M.
If both the above occurred, Cubs would add Devers, Jansen, Dorhan, and Cease along with 61.1M in AAV contracts that would address 3B, SP, and Closer. They be losing Morel, Wicks, Triantos, Gray, Alcantara, Wisdom, and Wesneski long with about 7.25M. I'm still a believer in going over the CBT in 2024 so the roughly 22M left before the CBT along with the 25M I'd be willing to go over still leaves enough room to bring in Ohtani if 45M and the plan would get him or 25M for Bellinger and still sign more pen help. Cubs would have 58M coming off after 24.