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Source: Cubs closing in on a deal for closer Wade Davis from Kansas City.

Is a Greg Holland signing not far behind?

Get Holland!

But he may prefer to close to get his value back and re-enter the market next year...

you guys sure do burn a lot of prospects on closers. not good!

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No shit. Sign Jansen and be done with it.

What?

The trade for Chapman worked so I'm gonna put that in the good column. Then again, maybe your including the Rick Aguilera and Antonio Alfonseca deals in your premise.

you gave up a ton for a Chapman rental and are going to do it again for Wade Davis? BAD

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I will gladly take another World Series victory for any prospects they give up for Davis.

A "ton" for Davis? C'mon (Hatchet)man!

And the Chapman trade was and will always be good no matter what you say.

They won the fucking World Series ya goofy bastard, how the hell is that bad? That's literally how their scheme works. Build up what you got, keep a lot of good extra, trade the excess for the shit you need, win.

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- Henry George

yeah yeah. keep telling yourself that. heyward was a good signing too!

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2016......2016.....2016.....

By all accounts he talked them off the ledge during the rain delay so, yeah, that was fine too.

You're hitting Shreve-level bad baseball thoughts here.

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Power is always in the hands of the masses of men. What oppresses the masses is their own ignorance, their own short-sighted selfishness.
- Henry George

The hangup in Wade Davis' reported deal to the Cubs? The Nationals have made a late push.
Jayson Stark, ESPN Senior Writer

Disagree. Glyber Torres is going to be an outstanding player. He was too much to give up for a rental and Chapman wasn't that great. Unlike Jansen and Miller, he was hard pressed to go more than an inning effectively and then bounce back the next game. He very nearly blew the World Series. Had they gotten Andrew Miller, who has a couple years left on his contract, giving up Torres would be easier to accept. I'm glad they are not trying to bring him back. It was hard to root for him.

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Go Cubs!!!!

Reportedly a done deal. Davis for Soler.

damaged goods AL pitcher can still probably dominate the NL

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

Classic dolphin.

Is Theo a Hall of Famer in your baseball world?

Awesome, last time I checked the Cubs were in the NL.

Nah, you're just a fuckstick.

The Cubs won 11 games to win the 2016 World Series. Chapman threw the last pitch for the Cubs in 7 of those wins, two games in which he didn't record the last out he got the win. 2 Wins, 4 saves. Torres can't make enough all star teams for this to be a bad trade for the Cubs.

My new year's wish is that Steve can't afford to pay for his internet connection.

I absolutely agree with you. The trade was worth it even if Torres turns out to be Derek Jeter II. The Cubs won the fucking World Series. I honestly did not believe that was possible.

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Can you tell me where he's gone?
I thought I saw him walkin' up to The Hill
With Matthew, Tulsi, and Don

Aroldis Chapman played a large role in helping the Cubs get to and win the World Series. Winning the World Series was...I don't know... sort of the goal behind all of the moves the organization has made in the last 5 years, no? Torres and Soler were redundant pieces on the 2016-2017-2018 teams... I think Torres is going to be very good, and I think Soler will still be a very effective OF for years to come. But in two years we're all going to be giddy for Jimenez and Happ... it isn't as if Soler was the one young Cubs outfield prospect. Torres has a high ceiling...but the Cubs already have a SS with a high ceiling...two of them, in fact.

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Rick Hahn is the best GM in baseball.

I'm not much for announcers, executives and other peripherals in the hall but certainly not in the Plaque Gallery.

Let them have their own little rooms where no one but the nerdiest of the nerds will venture.

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

How can anyone criticize a trade that directly contributed to a WS win? Steve, you're a fucking idiot. Even the Heyward signing is justified because THEY WON THE FUCKING WORLD SERIES.

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Steve is right

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Be well

GO BEARS!!!

We aren't discussing his stance on minorities.

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I hate you more and more every day

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Be well

GO BEARS!!!

JOIN THE CLUB, BUDDY

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This and you have faith in Kenny Williams?

I do not know what you are drinking or smoking, but I would like you to pass some this way.

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