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Spoken like a true abuser. Well done. I guess victims of police brutality and those who have lost loved ones to drunk driving should just get over it too. Please log off Soxtalk and leave the rest of us in peace. /rant

Aside from coming from a reputable news outlet, sure.

I would not want to include Foster. Sub someone lesser, then perhaps. Stiever, Leury, and Foster feels like giving up actual value.

If Vaughn needs time to develop, as is your reasoning for signing Ozuna, he's not returning multiple controllable SPs. Dropping 4/$100M on a DH when this offense already has the potential to be tops in the AL, while also not addressing the other other needs, is fallacy.

Locking up a 30 y/o DH long term, blocking your best prospect bat, and blowing a huge chunk of change while NOT addressing team needs makes no sense.

If they know for sure they can't/won't sign Springer, I would take a flyer on a Stiever + a low level lottery ticket for Bryant. He probably goes to FA no matter what happens, but I take his production in a prove it/prove healthy year and re-address RF again next winter.

Ok great, he's still a DH only bat at this point, and you still need a RF, a closer, a backup catcher, and a 4th starter; all assuming you have acquired a cost controlled #3 starter or better for a package headlined by Vaughn. It just doesn't seem like a smart use of available resources, nor does it seem feasible to me.

Unless you plan on trading Vaughn for pitching, paying Ozuna to DH and maybe rotate with Eloy in LF is a poor use of resources. Fantastic bat, but right handed and not a RF.

You are correct. 27 year old non prospect no glove right hand hitting DH's *ARE* undervalued in today's MLB. You've discovered the new market inefficiency. Be proud.

I don't think Marquez is ultimately worth the acquisition cost, and its presumptuous to think that Colorado will use his value simply for a salary dump. With the lack of TOR options on the FA market and the chairman's historical reluctance to pay top dollar for pitching, signing the best available RF and trading for pitching makes the most sense.

Cool, cool, cool, go ahead and dangle Yermin as the centerpiece and see what kind of return you get.

His guesses feel off to me too. I don't think I could include Heuer or Bummer in such a deal.

If Springer is locked in I'm open to trading Vaughn for pitching. 1B/DH is far easier to fill than RF or TOR starting pitching. At worst Eloy gets a bulk of those DH at bats and that's not entirely a bad thing.

Sign a closer/re-sign Colome, unleash Bummer wherever needed. This pen is a big big weapon with proven closer at the back end.

10 gamers in LF & RF have been right around $300 the past couple of seasons. An extra $35-40 isn't a deal breaker, but it is not an insignificant jump either.

None of these things are ovely evident in the scouting / highlight videos I've seen. I really really hope he has put in the work since March, because I don't see Small Forward when I watch him.

Everyone 4-10 seemed like a reach, but this feels like the reach of reaches. I didn't like Haliburton or Hayes but I would have understood taking a playmaker. I don't even know if the Bulls are better after this pick.

If he has real intel, there's no way that guess is accurate. Why would the Cubs add cash to move a Cy candidate, while also taking back such a light package in return?

Looks like ownership has a mandate to cut payroll. Not sure how much leverage they will have push comes to shove.

Which is probably for the best ??

Not at all surprised. They look headed to a tear down or full rebuild, and I see no way Theo goes through it again w/o his ability to overpay on draft and INT bonuses.