Bob Sacamano

@Y2Jimmy0, did you hear or nah?

Still very profitable no matter slashing the payroll or not

Nothing here yet?

NL didn’t have the DH spot yet. Ohtani was always ticketed for an AL team.

At this point? Probably me.

I figure they would add a 1B and Bellinger would play CF to keep Judge in RF.

“Real shot” and “White Sox”….why?

Tucker also only has one year of control. I think they just knew they were going to lose him after this upcoming season.

Luis Robert for Cam Smith + +

Larger shape 1B should def take that.

Using Cam Smith? I could actually see it. Don’t think they’ll do a complete tear down.

I think Cubs just sold Morel when they could and then realized Paredes profile' doesn't fit at Wrigley as a RHH pull hitter. Dude might mash again with that short left field in Houston though.

The OF is still crowded so they will probably dump Bellinger as well to Yankees still.

I'd say a team's #1 draft pick from this past year and a 3B for the next 3 years for a rental is pretty good. Edit: plus another prospect or SP they can plug into their rotation (with some control) right away Edit 2: God damn, guy put a 4.7 WAR season only playing 78 games.

He's a better fit in Houston as a RHH pull hitter and the short LF.

I don't see any reason why they can't rebuild and add short-term (1-3 years) type deals in FA. You at least field a somewhat MLB team and have guys that can either be extended later or traded at some point for more young pieces. Although I guess the time for that would have been last year after the #10 pick was a lock.

Guess he was odd man out with Cole, Fried, Rodon, the RoY Gil, and Stroman.

Nestor Cortes going to Brewers

Disregard everyone lol

NVM LOL

I haven't seen this. I keep seeing more Cubs smoke on Twitter.

That's fun. I started digging down another rabbit hole last year where I reviewed the payroll from season to season to see what the Sox spent on wastefully that year instead of if they had signed Harper or Machado (starting with 2019). It was frustrating and I quit after a couple of seasons because I didn't even need to pick out who we wasted money on the first couple of years. They would have just easily fit and been well below luxury tax.

Still gotta have a decent one to possibly trade. Especially if you grab a cheap veteran from free agency and hope for a good half season.

Think the poster is referencing this year, not long-term. I will go ahead and guess the closer isn't in the organization yet.

Seems like it