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You spelled Addison Russell wrong.
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No deal.
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Thanks for Nick Gordon.
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Nope.
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Oh, you're looking for a young outfielder? We have a surplus of those, too. How would you like Oswaldo Arcia? Maybe Max Keplar? Did I mention that while SS is Danny Santana's main position, his rookie year he played CF for the Twins and played very well defensively, while hitting .300 Maybe we could talk about Aaron Hicks. Eddie Rosario and Byron Buxton are untouchable. Sorry.
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Aaron Hicks is a guy I like, but not for a player like Wheeler. Keplar...we can't do that, too many Jewish folks in NYC.
Your offer of Danny Santana has both offended me and hurt my feelings.
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Yeah I'm sure they will bring back Colby and have Chi Chi as well. That will allow Yu to work back in gradual.
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I'm curious to see what the Cubs rotation is going to look like next season. The rumor mill will really start churning soon, and the actual activity will crank up in about a month when the Winter Meetings are held.
My earliest best guess is that the Cubs will be in on David Price but likely will not end up with him. He will cost $200M and I just don't know that they'll go that high after inking Lester for $150M+ last offseason.
I think they will get one of the bigger name free agent starters though and Jordan Zimmerman is a name that has been coming up as a speculative target for them for months. I would be OK with that but his price tag will likely be in the Lester range. If it goes much past that they probably won't get him either.
I think they will also either try to trade for a guy like Tyson Ross again (or someone comparable) and/or sign another mid-range vet starter like John Lackey.
Either way I see them adding two starting pitchers this offseason. Center field is going to be interesting too. Fowler is a free agent and may get more than they are willing to give him. They may end up trying to resign Austin Jackson or someone like that to a short-term deal and hope Almora pans out and is ready within the next year or so.
My earliest best guess is that the Cubs will be in on David Price but likely will not end up with him. He will cost $200M and I just don't know that they'll go that high after inking Lester for $150M+ last offseason.
I think they will get one of the bigger name free agent starters though and Jordan Zimmerman is a name that has been coming up as a speculative target for them for months. I would be OK with that but his price tag will likely be in the Lester range. If it goes much past that they probably won't get him either.
I think they will also either try to trade for a guy like Tyson Ross again (or someone comparable) and/or sign another mid-range vet starter like John Lackey.
Either way I see them adding two starting pitchers this offseason. Center field is going to be interesting too. Fowler is a free agent and may get more than they are willing to give him. They may end up trying to resign Austin Jackson or someone like that to a short-term deal and hope Almora pans out and is ready within the next year or so.
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He was in triple A for most of the year and that's with a 3rd baseman hitting 220, he was passed by another guy as the primary utility guy, so yeah he could be had pretty cheaply.
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It is actually Iapoce, not Lapoce. I really don't know. Very difficult to measure the impact of a guy like that within the organization. I'll say this though...he did oversee the minor league hitting program and they got a lot of production from guys who started the season in the minors this year. Granted, guys like Kris Bryant, Addison Russell, and Kyle Schwarber have a lot of talent and were all high 1st round picks so the talent was there, but they were pretty MLB-ready when they came up at young ages.
I suppose you have to give Iapoce some credit for this but it is just impossible for me to say how much. He just isn't a guy whose name comes up real often, even for someone like me who follows the organization closely (the position he held is important within the organization but rarely is covered in the news cycle surrounding the team unless you are way more into following the minor leagues than I am). Honestly I didn't know anything about him when they hired him a few years back and I still don't know much.
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