Many focus on Heyward's disastrous contract (which Ricketts has been too cheap to eat), but I've been thinking of one that no one talks about: signing Jon Lester instead of Max Scherzer. Lester was above average, but did not earn his $25m per year. He finished in the top 5 in Cy Young voting just once. On the other hand, Max has been a stud every year -- winning 2 Cy Youngs, finishing in the top 5 in 6 out of 7 years (assuming he will do so again this year, with last year's covid year the only time he did not). He has really been remarkable. It's hard to say the Cubs were cheap in signing Lester, but imagine how these last several years would have been with Scherzer instead.

Laurence Holmes is a fucking weirdo, a nerd in denial, and a wannabe. Not a very good radio host either.

The implied back end of tanking (while spending no money) was that the Cubs would bank the savings now to sign these guys to second contracts when the time came

It's pretty ridiculous that the Cubs and their fans now turn their noses up at a core that won them a world series, openly expresses love for the organization and are good enough to continue to get them to the playoffs for the next few years.

Are you stoned or pissed off, or both, when you create these postings?

Yeah Haugh, this is just Hoyer going off script and not ownership being perfectly happy to blow it up. Idiot.

Because you are stupid, maybe read some books educate yourself.

We walk, talk, and won't shit our pants

Yeah Haugh, this is just Hoyer going off script and not ownership being perfectly happy to blow it up. Idiot.

Are you stoned or pissed off, or both, when you create these postings?

I thought it was going to say "wonder if ownership will make a statement" and then he just pukes out the dumbest take ever.

sounds like Bryant is going down to the wire. Good job by Hoyer playing one team off another.

If they don't trade Bryant, then that's going to be a huge miss.

What was traumatic for this Cub fan was this core getting swept at home by a mediocre Miami team in last years playoffs. It's time to move on and if you are going to trade one or two players and not win this year might as well trade as many as you can

This is the correct take .

What a dumb patriot.

David Haugh is my most hated Score host and that is not an easy feat to top.

Sign Bryant long-term and build around him.

Is this guy supposed to be a journalist? He's sounding like stupid cub fans crying over these tradse because they don't get to see cutey pie Krissy on the field anymore.

Only thing somewhat similar I could think of is when Charlie O Finley dismantled the Reggie Jackson A's. Or at least attempted to.

Media is treating this like the Bulls dynasty breakup. Not even close to the same thing. It was a failure after 2016 PERIOD.

It's more fun to be a victim

There will never be an effective vaccine. I'll never get one anyway.

Are you stoned or pissed off, or both, when you create these postings?

The media loves the Cubs and their players. Always have.

2017 wasn't a complete failure. Getting back to October and winning a series is pretty good. After that, yeah its been bad.

Seriously.

I know they won't get much for the guys that are up next year. Still, trade them and get what you can get. Some of those kids will hit.

Trade Hendricks and Contras too. Those guys have more then a half season left.

It would be baseball smart. This team sucks as is. Not gonna be better when these guys hit their 30s and you're locked into them when they hit their mid 30s. Why not do the rebuild thing again. Worked for them once. Working for the White Sox now.

And it doesn't mean you can't sign guys other then these guys. Just put money into the younger free agents. Christ, you pissed away money on Heyward.

Just saying, moving on from all these fuckers is the right baseball move.

What a dumb patriot.

Laurence Holmes is a fucking weirdo, a nerd in denial, and a wannabe. Not a very good radio host either.

Yeah, real dramatic patriot, I'm ecstatic..very happy day, keep going..move Hendricks too. Keep Contreras and run these MFers out of here.

Laurence Holmes is a fucking weirdo, a nerd in denial, and a wannabe. Not a very good radio host either.

Are you stoned or pissed off, or both, when you create these postings?