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Rogers nears deal with the Steelers

rather have him in toledo on starter's schedule then on a bullpen schedule

They still dont

Ok and which player are the cubs gonna cut to keep him, one of the free agents they signed this offseason or their top prospect?

But when he came up didn't they modify it so it was more sinker and less that splitter he had in college?

Workman was taken in the rule 5 by cubs from us. IF he doesn't make the cubs roster he is returned. That is what Edman was referencing. Not the DFA situation

Luis Gonzalez was signed 2 weeks before he was let go

Yeah it might be. I guess i just dont get why so many want jung so bad and want to bring out the pitchforks for tork or he's done or move on or what not, so definitively. This time he was a guy we were counting on and a guy with an arrow pointing up given how he finished 2023. He fell flat last year (albeit still with a positive war) but is that one year enough to just write off a 25 year old No. 1 pick? I dunno i guess i just want to see if that guy bounces back before saying he's done. It has happened before that guys just have bad years.

I dont get why people are so eager for Jace and so quick to just say dumb Tork. Jace hasn't shown much at the ML level either.

i don't think it's fair to say they spend the whole offseason wishing for one player. They wanted him no question. But they did sign Torres and sign two starters to help improve the team. In terms of other RH bats. Literally four other 3rd basemen have signed and all suck. Keith from all indications was heading to first no matter what so you lose that spot. They kicked around on Stranander and the other right handed hitting outfeilders were a bunch of meh. They wanted a really good player and missed. Btu still was one of the more active teams on the market and will see payroll go up next year. That is certainly not just wishing for one player.

It's executive of the YEAR not who built up his franchise by getting the best guys for the future.

They were all one year deals (essentially). So yes it was a need and Dosey and Vildor suck

Um no. I liked kendrick but that was boring af

AI made 'news' that shouldn't be read or trusted

They like em back load for the opposite. if payrolls increae every year naturally. $40 million in 8 years is less of a handicap than $40 million today. And those big deals are usually bad at the end, so i'd rather have the money today to build around than when they're old and I suck

Where are you gonna roster a mccann?

They resigned Nido

Cobb pitched 16 innings and got 14 million. Look of course if he blows out his arm he's not gonna opt out. But then he's lost for that second year anyway.

Really just one 25. No way he doesn't opt out.

Flaherty coming back

Nobody is glossing. They are just facts that paint a whole picture of experience. Whether it's one or 20 years ago. Was just pointing out this is not a coach who ran a 1920 offense and did nothing creative ever in his life and that it's an awful hire. He did do *some* things that have made him a successful coach. And to your last graph, if it's a rb is not relevant to his job as passing game coordinator, why is then his "up the middle" play style at the end of his Stanford career?

Don't disagree with any of it. But it doesn't change what I said and some misnomer he was just power I up the middle for 3 his whole life.

So it didn't happen? (And it was less than 10)