poppysox

It seems a lot longer than 12 days.

You could be right....but I think they will let him catch every day at AAA.

Suzuki, Flowers, and Molina in that order.

Need to see the pay grade of each position to know for sure.

Senior Vice-President and General Manager is RH current title. Sounds very lateral to me.

It was suggested that Cease and Stiever would make a fair deal for Darvish...I disagreed. I believe it is an overpay considering the Darvish salary.

That was the payoff for Sale on a very affordable contract. Darvish is not going to get a Sale like return IMO. I guess how someone interprets who is a top prospect is subjective.

I am fine with Darvish but we should only push a token player into the pot. We would be taking on a really big salary giving the Cubs salary relief.

Nail meet hammer.

I like that he is edgy. We have lots of nice guys. Edgy is a good counterbalance to all that nice.

Thanks for the tip. I did not know this site existed until I saw this post. The website is very well done.

I had been holding out a small glimmer of hope. Sorry to lose him but it was inevitable once Grandal was signed. He did sign for a couple million per year more than I had envisioned. Good for him...nice guy!

That is a little-used option that should be used by all of us more often.

For most of the offseason, I thought Q would be the 2nd starting pitcher added. I now lean toward James Paxton as the best available in that bracket of not Bauer candidates.

Quite probably.

Many forum members are underestimating Eaton IMO.

People claimed that Moncada & Robert had such big paydays that they couldn't be extended. Rick must know what to whisper in their ears. Gio looks difficult to extend but I trust Rick to get it done. Vaughn, Madrigal, and Lynn will all fall under the Rick Hann spell eventually. It has been proven that the extension adds trade value so no reason to stop this practice IMO.

Agreed...this isn't Tony's first rodeo. He does know how to fill out the lineup card.

I believe Tony is number 4 in the pecking order...not second. Rick probably seeks the opinion of Tony but reports to KW. They are not totally turning the organization upside down for 1 or 2 years of TL.

Mercedes seems like such an obvious solution until Vaughn is ready...what's the point of having him if he can't fill in for a couple of weeks? If he proves up to the job we have an asset to use in trades with the NL should they approve the DH.

At this point in time, they have improved over last year in RF and SP...while being worse in RP and the Catcher position. I think a catcher like Flowers or Molina...a closer like Hendriks or Colome and an SP like Q are the bare minimum we see. Now...step back slowly.

John Middleton doesn't seem like the type to turn over full control to a Dave D. Doesn't seam like a marriage made in heaven to me.

Yeah...you are right. Their 2021 payroll stands currently at 132.6 million. I thought the Harper and Wheeler contracts did more damage than that.

His greatest success has come from ownerships with open wallets. Philly will be interesting since the money has already been spent.

DD always wins wherever he goes. He is never afraid to jump into the deep end of the pool. Just one of those guys who you know will be fired when the money runs out.