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Darvish is supposedly meeting with another team right now, so safe to say the cubs didnt quite wow him with an offer...

And

Machado is supposedly still on the cubs radar...
Now the word is it could be for another player with Russell being used ro acquire something other then Machado...


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Darvish is supposedly meeting with another team right now, so safe to say the cubs didnt quite wow him with an offer...

And

Machado is supposedly still on the cubs radar...
Now the word is it could be for another player with Russell being used ro acquire something other then Machado...


The 2017 offseason saga continues, where lots are being rumored and very little getting done around MLB...
Christmas is 6 days away

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Wouldn't say that. Supposedly the other team is Houston. My guess is he set up a couple of finalists and is figuring out what he wants to do.

Also think it's worth noting that Stanton and Ohtani weren't the blockage in movement as many predicted.
 

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Wouldn't say that. Supposedly the other team is Houston. My guess is he set up a couple of finalists and is figuring out what he wants to do.

Also think it's worth noting that Stanton and Ohtani weren't the blockage in movement as many predicted.
It is the Astros, which dont bold well for cubs if he wants to stay in Texas


Looks to be lack of sexy names that teams care to up their bid for...

Could be the FA class that nobody gets paid what they want in years and money

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It is the Astros, which dont bold well for cubs if he wants to stay in Texas

Some pretty heavy speculation there that he wants to stay in texas. There's really little indication what he wants. Think you could argue given that minny houston and the cubs are the only strongly linked teams atm that the one thing he's apparently interested in is a winning team. But outside of that don't think there's much of any indication what he's after.

Also, houston would be weird given he'd then be teammates with a guy who will be suspended for making fun of his asian culture during the world series.
 

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Some pretty heavy speculation there that he wants to stay in texas. There's really little indication what he wants. Think you could argue given that minny houston and the cubs are the only strongly linked teams atm that the one thing he's apparently interested in is a winning team. But outside of that don't think there's much of any indication what he's after.

Also, houston would be weird given he'd then be teammates with a guy who will be suspended for making fun of his asian culture during the world series.
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Not trying to be pedantic there. I'm just saying you're presenting it as though there's a common belief he would want to remain there. Is it possible? I suppose but it's not like he's from texas. I'm assuming he goes back to japan in the offseason. Other than potentially the tax implications I'm not sure what Texas offers him.
 

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Philly is better than you think. If they add a pitcher this year I think they come in second in the NL East. They certainly finish at or over .500 and are a major player in FA next year.

I will be shocked if they win 81 games. They are the third best team tops in the East right now for me. They are ahead of the Marlins, but if healthy, the Mets will be a better team as will the Braves the way I see it.
 

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I will be shocked if they win 81 games. They are the third best team tops in the East right now for me. They are ahead of the Marlins, but if healthy, the Mets will be a better team as will the Braves the way I see it.

All they have for a rotation is Nola.

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What part?

How he is "concentrating" on hitting and learning left field. People make it seem like he is accomplishing something so far. You are telling a guy to not play his natural position. I mean, a catcher sees 150 pitches a game, tracks the ball to the glove. Of all the things they tried so far, catching again was not one of them. You need to find a position and playing time for Happ, Zobrist and Baez and the choice is to put Schwarber on the bench instead of behind the plate.
 

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How he is "concentrating" on hitting and learning left field. People make it seem like he is accomplishing something so far. You are telling a guy to not play his natural position. I mean, a catcher sees 150 pitches a game, tracks the ball to the glove. Of all the things they tried so far, catching again was not one of them. You need to find a position and playing time for Happ, Zobrist and Baez and the choice is to put Schwarber on the bench instead of behind the plate.

Catching is more than catching the ball.

It has more to do with scouting hitters in the league. Watching tendencies and sequencing pitches. Knowing a hitters weaknesses and attacking them.

A catcher spends more time focusing on mastering his craft and that is why any O that you can get is bonus. That is why league back up vets can keep on getting jobs. It is not because they can catch a ball. It is for their league experience/knowledge of the hitters.

Schwarber would have put 100% into this as he does all things. But his O would have stalled.
 

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How he is "concentrating" on hitting and learning left field. People make it seem like he is accomplishing something so far. You are telling a guy to not play his natural position. I mean, a catcher sees 150 pitches a game, tracks the ball to the glove. Of all the things they tried so far, catching again was not one of them. You need to find a position and playing time for Happ, Zobrist and Baez and the choice is to put Schwarber on the bench instead of behind the plate.

Most scouts wouldn't say C is his natural position. If you are cynical many would say DH is his natural position. If you're less pessimistic LF/1B. In fact the reason he wasn't a consensus top 5 pick was no one thought he would continue to C. Any real catcher that has his kind of bat is a ridiculously valuable player. If teams thought he could realistically stay behind the plate he would have been probably the #1 pick in 2014.
 

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Most scouts wouldn't say C is his natural position. If you are cynical many would say DH is his natural position. If you're less pessimistic LF/1B. In fact the reason he wasn't a consensus top 5 pick was no one thought he would continue to C. Any real catcher that has his kind of bat is a ridiculously valuable player. If teams thought he could realistically stay behind the plate he would have been probably the #1 pick in 2014.

By far. What tools he had was soft hands and it helped him focus on the now. But there is always a transition point from a catcher to gain knowledge of the league.

Everything else is raw skills. Arm, pop time, blocking ability etc. those are all skills and athletic ability. Most players at the point of draft are what they are. The major transition comes with experience.

If a team loves your bat and is lukewarm on your skill set this is how it ends up.
 

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Catching is more than catching the ball.

It has more to do with scouting hitters in the league. Watching tendencies and sequencing pitches. Knowing a hitters weaknesses and attacking them.

A catcher spends more time focusing on mastering his craft and that is why any O that you can get is bonus. That is why league back up vets can keep on getting jobs. It is not because they can catch a ball. It is for their league experience/knowledge of the hitters.

Schwarber would have put 100% into this as he does all things. But his O would have stalled.

Did not his offense STALL anyway. That is the whole point. Not having him focus on catching did not do any good either.

Yeah, look at tendencies eventually a light bulb goes off and says, man, that guy is hitting .350 to the opposite field.
 

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So feel free to ignore any ideas of a Briton trade. He apparently tore his Achilles
 

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How he is "concentrating" on hitting and learning left field. People make it seem like he is accomplishing something so far. You are telling a guy to not play his natural position. I mean, a catcher sees 150 pitches a game, tracks the ball to the glove. Of all the things they tried so far, catching again was not one of them. You need to find a position and playing time for Happ, Zobrist and Baez and the choice is to put Schwarber on the bench instead of behind the plate.

Schwarber can not even catch a pitch, let alone call a game, frame pitches handle pitches in the dirt, and throw people out trying to steal.

Contreras needs to improve framing and calling a game, but hits and has a cannon. It would be beyond insane to replace him with a man who can't catch a fastball.
 

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tampa just traded Longoria to the Giants. Looks like they may be going full sell mode.

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Source: Giants get Evan Longoria for Christian Arroyo, Denard Span, Matt Krook and Stephen Woods.
 

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tampa just traded Longoria to the Giants. Looks like they may be going full sell mode.

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Source: Giants get Evan Longoria for Christian Arroyo, Denard Span, Matt Krook and Stephen Woods.

Looking at the players in this the trade seems pretty light in return also. Arroyo is pretty decent(top 75 type) but Span is pretty meh and Krook and woods were 4th and 8th round picks in 2016.
 

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Schwarber can not even catch a pitch, let alone call a game, frame pitches handle pitches in the dirt, and throw people out trying to steal.

Contreras needs to improve framing and calling a game, but hits and has a cannon. It would be beyond insane to replace him with a man who can't catch a fastball.

When asked Schwarber stated his main goal this season is getting a GG in LF.

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