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This.

Forgot about him for a moment, so yeah him too.

This. I'm expecting everyone other than Moncada and Robert with a significant salary to get traded.

They're never going to get it right. They're cursed. They will go a century without one. It will be 2050, I will be in my 60s or dead and they still won't have a franchise QB. They will get one after we're all dead. Think of how many people lived and died as Cub fans never seeing them win a WS. This is our curse as Bear fans.

Or you could think that none of the QBs in this draft are special. I'm not a Fields fan, he's unclutch and fumbles too much, but I don't think any of the QBs are any better than Fields. I think Fields has a floor of average and he might not get any better than that, but you have to admit he's had two absolute dipshits calling plays for him and still has shown growth. I don't think he's the guy either, but if they start over you're probably gonna get Zach Wilson and that's worse.

presser at 4pm per Ben Pope

He'd have to be the 3rd piece in the deal imo.

I'm not interested in Outman. He's 26 already with very little MLB track record.

I don't think either Williams or Maye are any better than Fields. Fields has been average for 2 years, with insane physical tools. I'd rather not waste one of those picks on a QB when MHJ is there. If they don't take him 1st overall they're not getting him because AZ can't get out of the Murray deal.

It seems they know they're going to suck, so this season is all about "Local Boy Makes Good"

Now waiting for the inevitable Merrifield signing and Moncada for Perez trade. Before you yell at me about the Moncada for Perez thing, Moncada has 1 year at $29M and Perez has 2 years at $44M total so if the Royals save money overall.

Oh I thought his 2025 was guaranteed money. That's where I was confused.

Wait isn't Eloy getting paid $12M in 2024 and 14M in 2025? And then there's a buyout on top of that?

Eloy is a 0 WAR DH that's owed 26M over 2 years. It's not surprising at all he has no market.

It's not surprising there's no market for Eloy or Moncada.

Orlando is now Bartolo's Colonoscopy

30 teams can legitimately afford it. It's that they won't commit to spending it. I will continue to believe this until the owners open up their books to the players and prove otherwise.

When I said Robert is not Juan Soto I was talking about the package the Padres gave up to get him, not what Soto would be worth this offseason. I don't think Robert right now would get the equivalent package that the Padres gave up for Soto. There's not enough of a track record.

I'm talking about what Moncada, Kopech and Basabe were thought of as prospects in 2017. Not what they ended up being. So you're talking a top 5 prospect in the game, a top 40 prospect in the game, a top 150-175 guy and an interesting pitcher. Does that make more sense?

No way, think of the Sale deal. That's the most realistic package. Robert is not Juan Soto.

I think that if they could get a deal similar to the Sale package, Getz should pull the trigger.

https://baseballsavant.mlb.com/savant-player/jared-shuster-694363?stats=statcast-r-pitching-mlb https://baseballsavant.mlb.com/savant-player/michael-soroka-647336

Less money and only a 1 year commitment rather than two

I'm kinda expecting a Moncada for Salvy Perez deal.