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Meh. If anything I think playing every day has exposed his weaknesses. He’ll smash his share of mistake pitches but he’s not someone you built or rebuild around.

Trading Cease right now might be too big of a waiving of the white flag for them. Keeping up appearances and all. They absolutely should burn it to the ground, but until proven otherwise, I believe they will pursue the stupidest possible route. I personally wouldn't mind if they waited until someone else is making the decisions before they trade their first or second most valuable piece.

They love to broadcast their intentions:

It’s probably safe to call Moncada an overpaid bust at this point. It’s a sad waste of talent but it is what it is. He’s still the best defensive 3B on the team when he can play, emphasis on when. His contract makes him pretty immovable, but it’s not like Burger or Remillard or Romy are better. And I think we’ve finally seen enough of Burger to put any expectations of him being a productive everyday player to rest.

Who does though?

I don’t think anyone is really worried about him not blocking shots. It’s the slow feet, lack of rotation, lazy effort, etc.

Funny what giving him regular ABs does.

In this org? Never!

He’s the SS after the fire sale.

We don't even know if Pedro sees Colás as an everyday player. I still expect plenty of Sheets and Eloy, because this dumb org can't get out of its own way.

Mo Bamba rumours? That would be intriguing.

Could have and should have.

Never fear, Pedro will find a way to play him.

Just put the dollars it would take towards Comiskey III across 35th. Even if it were feasible to do this, it’s just not worth it.

This fucking org just isn’t worth the energy anymore…

Deck chairs on the titanic. Or that rich person sub to the titanic…

We are nearly two years removed from that flash-in-the-pan hot start with Lonzo, a guy who sadly may never play again. Sitting on their hands because a guy got injured is a sorry excuse for not improving the team. Whatever they were with Lonzo is long past, and probably wouldn’t have been sustainable anyway. Hoping Lonzo heals and magically returns them to that brief moment where they looked like a top team is a fools errand. I keep hearing excuses and continue to see a FO fail to find solutions. Saying they are handcuffed because I guy got injured is valid for only so long. They have had plenty of time, yet here we are.

AKME painted themselves into a corner and handcuffed themselves to a mediocre roster. Not losing assets for nothing is hardly something to celebrate when the team as is is going nowhere and has little to no room for growth or hope for improvement. They mortgaged the immediate future and hard-capped themselves for a “competitive” team that isn’t good enough.

Ok great, they added a shooter. What does this solve in the big picture though? They weren’t even a playoff team last year. So they might now have a punchers chance at the 6th seed and that precious playoff revenue? Color me excited!?

When playoff revenue >> making a legit run.

The contract itself is fine. Running it back with basically the same roster though is thoroughly uninspired. The org is stuck in neutral and this is another signing that doesn’t move the needle.

I want to agree, but I don't have faith they will do the right thing. I still think they are deluded enough to stand pat and tell themselves that only being 5 back is still doable.