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Aruba, Jamaica, Bermuda, Bahamas, Key Largo, Montego. Just a few thoughts.

It’s kind of football 101. If you are playing a good offense, you have to disrupt it. The Bears don’t have any disrupters. Offense like the 49ers isn’t making a ton of mistakes if they aren’t forced into them. It’s why the Bears need to make a big swing for Myles or Maxx in the offseason.

At this point, I say keep Robert and make a run for the last playoff spot. It’s going to take some luck and a couple breakthrough performances on the pitching side, but I think the lineup can actually be pretty good next year if we hold onto Robert. Maybe bring back Tauchman on the cheap and add him to the OF / DH mix, but I think there is a very talented core in place and one that is setup well against both LH & RH pitching. Just not very excited about what I expect the Mets to offer and don’t see another obvious fit at this time. As such, let’s roll the dice and see if the baseball gods help us luck into the playoffs. Crazy s%*# has happened and I’m sick and tired of fucking losing.

This offense played awesome - defense is very weak but this team is for real. Luther and Loveland are studs and they will be even better when Rome comes back. Caleb played great today - still left a few plays out there. Sucks to lose but this was a great game.

Collinsworth nailed it on that 3rd down from Caleb. He’s gotta hit the easy ones.

Looks like Orlando…I mean Bartolo is still making up rumors based off what he reads here. What a fucking loser.

Robert’s xwOBA last year was .033 points higher than his wOBA and above league average overall. And that’s despite a rough start to the season when he had little protection and was still working through stuff. If he can play even 2/3 of a season and hit like that he’s well worth his $20M salary. If he can get his wRC+ to say 115 and stay healthy, he provides a fuckton of surplus value. I can’t guarantee he will stay healthy, but I think there is a good chance he gets his wRC+ to that figure and erases the notion he is suddenly a bad hitter. Given we have nothing else of value to use the money on, I’m ok rolling the dice on Robert and seeing what happens.

I don't think any player was ever directly confirmed by Whittenmeyer (which i guess isn't surprising). Petty was listed as an example of what was on the table. Nothing about a comp pick in the Whittenmeyer article either. He brought up Julian Aguiar and Brandon Williamson, both of whom are recovering from TJ surgery. Williamson is also 27 so not super interested in him. Aguiar is 23 so maybe? His minors stats are just ok. If all three were offered maybe? Very much doubt that was the case though. Just don't think there's enough value there to replace Robert for even 1/2 the year unless they have a strong hunch they can fix Petty. As he is, he's a bad AAA pitcher. I just don't get the rush to trade Robert for scraps. I'm 100% fine having him play CF. Not like he's blocking anyone.

Keep him and let’s see what happens this season. I would really love to enjoy a baseball season again. If the org is that strapped for money, it makes zero sense to choose extending him for 20mil then eat half his contract for a return that simply adds some depth to the system.

At the end of the day he is owed 2/30. Release him like a real big boy organization and move on.

Better now than in the playoffs

Not sure. I only knew what Wittenmyer reported. Any combo of Petty, Aguiar, Williamson with a comp pick would’ve been a great return at this point and better than they’ll do at deadline. Asking for any of Reds young position players is a mistake imo. Not sure if they did.

We really have devolved into an eristic society.

Feels good.

DJ making the cheese grater hat blow up is magical.

Captured my feelings pretty well

I hate the idea of making Quero a backup. I’d rather trade him while he still has some prospect/young player with 6 years of control shine for another area of need.

Damn! That was a great watch though, honestly not even upset

LBGTASSEATERS++

Which is exactly why repeating the cycle is such a waste.

Sunk cost fallacy is where the alternative of the cost is superior. Obviously that doesn't apply here when Robert is still a quality player. You could apply it to Benitendi where we could get similar production for that 17 million from some guy off the street by sinking the cost. It's clear Robert has more upside than downside at this point. Wasn't the case two years ago. Probably wasn't the case last year. That is all of course because he's hit his downside the last two years, leaving much more room above to where hes at now. No reason to make a trade just to make a trade in some attempt to correct the mistake of not trading him the last two years.

Suddenly your letters to JR make sense.

he had .2 fWAR and a wRC+ of 103. He's like a 1 WAR player at best at this point with no future here. I'd rather give 100% of his PA to someone like Brooks. He's also a butcher but he's also got some pop and is 25 with some development left.

It's remarkable how bad he is in a small LF at G-Rate. He is mildly useful as a bat, but his terrible LF defense means he's a 1 WAR player at this point.

For the ass-eaters out there maybe

I hope “Bartolo’s Colonoscopy” isn’t considered a “foodie”. 🤢🤮🤣

His destination is LF for the Sox.

Korea

125 PAs in half a season sounds about right.

That stretch in Charlotte for Baldwin was insane. It honestly felt like he went deep every single game for a couple weeks.

For me personally this would be awesome. Braden Fiske on the Rams Dline went through my high school.

Anyone but Tauchman - he can't play in the field either. Watching him in the field or just run in general in September was like watching one of those commercials of dogs locked in cages with no food.

Burden looked to get tied up with number 7 in the end, but I couldn’t tell what happened. Hopefully it wasn’t a major injury but Odunze really needs to get back if it was. Williams looked good but some of those throws where he missed should have been had. Some of the defensive penalties were dumb tonight. My concern is they will have to play against the Packers in the wild card round of the playoffs and lose at home this time. Call it Chris Conte PTSD.

Booker looks like a piece - not saying he is a stud - but he’s a solid end. But yeah the free agent defensive line signings were huge disappointments. But overall I’m super excited - hope they get one or two or even more in playoffs.

Rest everyone that needs it next week. Hope Luther is ok. Spam defense in the draft, holy hell.

Hell of a game. 0 defense from both teams.

Complete embarrassment that play

Some of the ugliest missed tackles you’ll ever see. Bears making Purdy look like Joe Montana.

It could never be clean enough. Even after sitting in one of those boiling torture pots from the show Shogun.

Yeah I agree. They probably put out the “we’ll pay some $” to see what offers came in but weren’t going to trade him unless they got what they wanted.

A Bills win would have really helped the Bears by keeping the Eagles at bay. I really don't get why Buffalo went for it. *You are playing at home *In front of a rabid crowd *And most importantly your defense completely shut down Philly in the second half. Odds are better you make the extra point as opposed to a two-point try. Kick the point, tie the game and go into OT. Oh well.

Yeah, I’d be ok with that.

Teams aren’t going to pay up for 2 months

This is the first time I can recall making a case for Benny, post signing.

He has another team option and could be QO’d after that if he mostly returns to form and stays healthy. If he produces and stays healthy (both ifs obviously), he is no longer a pure rental at the deadline and any return would reflect that.

Why are we releasing him? He put up positive production this last season, and he's relatively cheap.

Well, if the Bartolo Colonoscopy tweet has any veracity, they'd get a starting pitcher they could work on this season, a CF who hasn't made the transition to AAA yet, and a Comp pick that pads out the 2026 draft even further. While that is certainly not the Crochet return, this would definitely be workable for $10 and Robert.

I think that's where we are. The league sees Robert as what he's produced in the last 2 seasons, and Getz sees him as the post ASB guy, which means he won't be dealt unless it's for a price that nobody really wants to pay. Which is fine. I look forward to the old Robert awakening and making the league rue their miserly off-season ways.

Denver Broncos AFC West Champions...first time since 2015! Thanks for the assist, Houston!

Being in shape, playing elite defense and base stealing are all traits of hustle guys that work hard. EXCEPT for Luis Robert, for some reason.