Your point?

This is DOUBLE what Machado signed for in 2019. Machado was 26yr, not 30 going into a second Tommy John surgery. Not the same thing.

Ask me how I feel if they don't sign Bellinger or trade for Soto and sign him to a long contract. Those two are in 2019 Machado range.

600MIL for Ohtani is insane and not worth the money on pure baseball talent. These teams are banking on marketing and off the field revenue to justify the 600MIL but will not factor that in when they talk about team total payroll.

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I think they’re banking on him being an ace and a middle of the order hitter.

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I didn't want him from the start. I thought you left the board?

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The success stories are few and far between for players performing at a high level after their second Tommy John surgery. If they are banking on that they are fools.

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in the normal progression scenario he won't pitch next year, will have troubles the next year then may return to some form in year three

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And men have lost their reason.

It's ok. We didn't want Ohtani anyway. We got Counsel in free agency. He's worth 5-7 wins.

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O judgment! Thou art fled to brutish beasts,
And men have lost their reason.

Glad to see dolphin and mike have had the chance to think through what their bitch will be on either side of how the Othani thing goes.

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--yet I can't look away."

10 -12 per Bob

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#ExtendLafleur
10 More Wins

You rang?

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Still not as valuable as that KC Coaching tree the Sux are tapping

6 year countdown to me being a cub fan. Jerry will rot in hell for this.

One request. Can 'we' get some decent unis before 2029?

You might need new insiders...

"Very likely." Not guaranteed. I never said it was imminent.

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That's funny since I know the guy in San Diego who had many discussions with the Cubs re: Soto. But I guess some Twitter guy named "WhenClarkMetAddison" knows more than he does.

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Jorr's guy in San Diego >>>>>> WhenClarkMetAddision ?

I'll say yeah. WhenClarkMetAddison sounds like a disgruntled Cub fan who is upset they haven't signed Ohtani and Bellinger and traded for Soto already. We have a lot of those kind of fans in the White Sox groups. They like to post, "WE IZ GET NO ONE."

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Soto and Yankee Stadium are a fit. I don't think Boras would have it any other way.

When it comes down to it, Cubs would only have him the one year. So it is what it is when the most powerful agent in history is pulling the strings.

Jorr's Guy in San Diego sounds like a guy you buy meth from

Cuba couldve signed Ohtani Soto and Bellinger and it wont mean shit until they get some pitching.

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It aint the six minutes. Its what happens in those six minutes.

Yeah it seems dumb to me to give up things for a guy like that where you know there is no hope of an extension. He is going to free agency.

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"He is a loathsome, offensive brute
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He's going to have 50 HRs easily in NY.

Judge's 6'9" frame might be a problem in CF though. Could be some ouchies. Maybe put him in LF and Stanton full time DH?

Was just busting on you...i don't think the Cubs were ever "publicly" in on Soto but who knows.

I would have given up Morel and a prospect outside of the Cubs top 5(Brown, Alcantara) for 1 year of Juan Soto

Grisham will play CF most of the time.

I'm not sure why they acquired Verdugo. I guess to DH when Stanton is inevitably hurt.

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Agreed. You'll give up more at the deadline for lesser players.

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Be well

GO BEARS!!!

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When a clown moves into a palace, he doesn't become a king. The palace turns into a circus. - Turkish Proverb

Ahem.

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“How do you get to be president and you’re stupid?” Donald J Trump - 4/10/25
When a clown moves into a palace, he doesn't become a king. The palace turns into a circus. - Turkish Proverb