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No, but the Cubs don't have enough money for both, and they certainly could have signed Tucker with the money they have. Bregman is a damn good player but he's already 32. He's been a 3.5-4.4 fWAR guy for the last three years, and I don't expect that to go up at 32. He's probably still a 4ish WAR guy next year but he's in his decline. Tucker is 4 years younger and has been a consistent 4.5 fWAR guy. You're likely going to get that production for a few years longer than Bregman, and RF is a bigger hole than 3B was for them.

Need Jacksonville to win, so we can avoid Buffalo in the 2nd round. Both of these teams would own us (Jacksonville already did) but I'd like at least a reasonable chance to win a playoff game in the divisional round. Pittsburgh would be the most ideal opponent.

At no point do I ever want Matt Shaw on my team because I will always actively root against him.

I get it, but you'd end up with Shaw as your 3B/2B with Vargas at 3B occasionally (or you trade him for something). Shaw has a shot to be a good player, and they could always look to trade him or trade some of their infield prospects down the road for help in other areas. I try to never assume a team has "too much" of anything.

For sure. Same with Dick Allen tbh.

This too.

We all knew they wouldn't resign Tucker, because the Ricketts are cheap AF

That data seems a little low. I wonder if they looked only at NFL or if they included all levels. Need to dig into it. In my experience, its higher than that.

Plus he was a shitty baseballer for the last of it too

Its going to be long. Good bet he misses most if not all next year. Again depends on if it ruptured from the vone or in mid-substance.

Link? Because it appears that @TheBooneLoganEra is correct.

The front office gave him the ok…I haven’t seen anything to suggest the players supported it. Pretty sure I read or heard somewhere that many didn’t.

Shaw certainly has more power potential than Meidroth due to their profiles, but Shaw baseball savant page is much uglier. The guy swings a whiffle bat.

I seem to recall him having the full support of his team and the organization.

Cubs2023 up in here.

Meidroth also has zero power potential.

He attended a funeral. For shame.

He played outfield in college and there has been speculation that the Cubs could try him there again with the Bregman signing.

Meidrotyh with a 1.3...few seem excited and he can play SS.

Leaving your teammates in the middle of a playoff run is typically frowned upon

Why are people comparing Bregman to Tucker. Is Tucker going to sign for $175 million?

Yeah, no idea why we’d waste trade resources on another infielder.

Whitaker's got 75 career bWAR compared to Kent's 55. Weird that the Tigers' organization isn't screaming for him to get it.

Shaw wasn’t accused of domestic abuse. He actually didn’t commit a crime at all. I know your post is in jest but no one wants Cowles, not even the Sox.