Jose Abreu

Would anyone want him at this point?

There have been several, and I still really disagree with this. I'm not worried about needing roster spots for the Adam Engels and Hector Santiagos of the world. There are plenty of spots for the 8-9 players who will need protection.

I don't know what the plan is with CF next year. Engel is bad, Leury can't stay healthy, and Cordell needs a shot. Also plenty of stopgap FA options. But letting Cordell mash AAA pitching like he has for the last couple weeks at age 26 helps nobody. He should be getting MLB at bats every day while we still have the opportunity to give them to him

The second worst hitter is leading off and the best hitter is batting 8th. The worst hitter is batting 9th at least, but still some ugly lineup construction

There is really no need for 4 lefties in our pen when we don't have a single reliable righty to go with them.

I'm sure we'll see Frare soon, too. We already had a surplus of lefties and some pretty bad righties so I can see the logic behind this.

Delmonico

Good call. 23,133

Cordell homer

Yes

Honestly, I wouldn't. I'd rather roll the dice on 6-7 years of Adolfo/Rutherford etc. becoming Major Leaguers than have that one month of Harper, even if we were a playoff team. If we're talking about an Alex Call/Joel Booker type, then I'd probably do it.

I wouldn't say "really likes", but he does think Gonzalez can be an average regular.

Rain chance went from 50% to 35%

I do think that Harper ends up with the Yankees, Phillies, Dodgers, or Cubs. But honestly, Trout doesn't strike me as a guy who would just take the money and play in Boston/NY.

Technically, saying "if we keep playing like this" in the middle of an 8 or 9 game win streak (if memory serves) *should* have led to a playoff berth!

Oh, I see. Between Chapman, Russell, and this, I'd imagine they should be used to this sort of thing by now. Clearly, off-field conduct and comments are not of any importance to the organization.

why?

That's the logical move but given that he's "the best shortstop in Chicago and it isn't even close, and also a top 5 shortstop in baseball and if you think otherwise you're an idiot" according to the typical Cubs fan, I would still be surprised. I feel like they could've already replaced him with Baez at SS, Bote at 3B, Happ at 2B, etc.

Why do they want another 2B? Are they converting him to 3B and preparing for Bryant to miss the season?