The Chicago Cubs desperately need a superstar player . Ideally Juan Soto, but considering the financial constraints with the owner I don’t see it happening . What do you think about Kyle Tucker ? It could be a more realistic option. Tucker has the potential to be a great addition to the team, especially as a number 3 or cleanup hitter and he will have an extra year of control I believe . The cubs need a superstar. I would send Alcantara Tauchman Leiter jr Triantos (bregman most likely not returning ) What do you think ?
Elias Diaz is too old, but you've got the right position. The target should Samuel Basallo, a catcher currently in AA for the Orioles. He's positon blocked by Adley Rutschman so with a little enticement he might be available. I absolutely love the idea of trading for Adam Mazur, but you're taking some industrial grade pharmaceuticals if you think that's all you have to give up to acquire him. I'd offer the Pads - Mervis, Brennen Davis and Smyly (eating as much of his $$$ that you have to). Would you be open to selling PCA?
Idk anything about Basallo… being he’s at AA, that doesn’t solve anything now. And again, the point of that exercise was to see who they could buy to make an impact this year. For the long term, I’ll look into him. I really don’t wanna give away PCA. He is one of the few bright spots on this team now. His energy is so good
Good analysis. I agree with almost everything you said. I would add that it's possible they could offload Swanson. I don't expect they could get much for him, but if they could get out from under that contract, I think it would serve them well in the future.
Grow a pair and still go fer it!!! Trade for Pete Aloso, 1b Move Bush to 3b, and sign Bauer, make him the closer. PCA/Tachman Nico Belli rf Polar Bear Seiya/Morel Happ Bush/Wiz Gomes/Amaya D. Swanson
Great episode. I wouldn't buy anything unless we get a longer term no injury deal. Sell a SP if we don't make the playoffs, the return could be huge. Counsell even said a couple years away which was telling.
It seems like you did your homework, Kyle. I like your ideas. However, I"m grieving over the apparent bust of 2024. As I type, Neris just blew a save and gave up a walk-off home run.😧
I agree with you...but I also fear that the farm system is vastly over-rated. Our last productive players from our farm system are Nico & Steele...that's 2 that are from 5 years ago....who was good prior to them? I didn't feel like looking any further. I just know that going over 5 years to produce MLB impact players from your farm system is not good. Will PCA be our next guy? Maybe...time will tell. There are things Jed/Carter have done that make no sense. Shipping out Jeremiah Estrada and keeping Nick Madrigal is nuts.
I think the cubs can buy but you need to be smart about what you buy rather than going all in on someone. I'm not sure the player for this exists but something like the Betts/Soto style trade would make a lot of sense for the cubs because they need to clear 40 man space and their prospect talent is good but they lack elite guys. Coming into the year my thought was they would do this for pitching but really starting pitching hasn't been the issue. Ideally, i would like to move happ and upgrade to a more offensive LFer. Not trying to crap on Happ it's just his profile on a team that needs offense is tough. Same could be said for Seiya. PCA is obviously the long term CF atm and Belli is going to get pushed to 1B. 2B and SS are locked up. 3B would be an option but there's not a lot of obvious guys I'd want to invest long term into. And C is just not an offensive position.
Offense needs to get better on their own we are underperforming, but the bp sucks. We need a closer like mason miller or tanner scott, but the big hole is at catcher. We need a catcher that can hit
Busch has one of the highest OPS on the team. He's a rookie, he'll be fine. Why take on a bloated contract for Alonso or Vlad? We just need guys to perform up to their capabilities. Proven veterans around the league are struggling. Isn't just us. You don't trade Gold Glove players like Swanson and Happ for peanuts.
The front office needs to go. If anything, they need to fix the bull pin. With the bats, they could get better but not if the bull pin keeps blowing leads and games. Even with the offence doing bad but yet still scoring at least 1 or 2 runs a game. They could have won a lot of these games if it wasn't for the bull pin blowing games. If anything is done, it needs to be in the front office and the bull pin.
@@SetupManCubsbullpen is weird. Smyly is at a 3.52 ERA, Miller is at a 1.82, and whatever Wesneski is at a 2.84 although I’m not sure where he’ll remain
This actually makes total sence don't mortgage the farm for a chance this year call it what it is we hoped it would change it haven't think towards 2025 keep the kids
Cubs totally suck. Dump the whole relief staff. They all suck! Dump all the hitters that are under .225 average. Only good players are the starters. Almost 1/2 done this season and in last place!!!
Do you see him being part of the championship team (if they are competing for that) in a few years? Keeping in mind the Cubs have just 2 years left of team control with him
As much as I would like the team to go to the playoffs I think we should concentrate on playing well and forget about the playoffs. It’s too much on peoples minds and we destroyed team after team looking for answers and the more we do that the farther we are. I think we don’t give players enough time to prove themselves and they are always under stress. You can’t play well that way.
We got rid of Yu and Catarini, caliber players that we lack now. It’s too much get rid of players as if they grew on trees and then you start searching for what you gave away.
@@ibon11 I understand what you mean, but this is a business, and if you don’t innovate, then you die. Look at the Pirates, Rockies, Marlins, etc. Horrible for years and years. The Pirates are just now figuring things out. But the point is, if the value of the player is high, and you know they aren’t in the picture for the team in a year or 2, it’s smart business to sell high. Tauchman’s value is probably the highest it will ever be right now
I think this is why the cubs are stuck in mediocracy. Been trading away their top prospects for awhile. And that worked during the ws run but that ended. Why are cubs buying Swanson and bellinger which Swanson is so overrated. Bellinger can be good but not worth $$. If anything cubs should be trading for more prospects. Not spending money on busted vets. You want to spend money on young talent not players that are dropping out of their peak. Im hoping Fernando Cruz turns into a star one day
At the time, Swanson looked like a bargain because of the other guys that were signing for crazy high $$ at SS. But I think we greatly overestimated his bat. Belli, at least they didn’t sign him to 7 years like Boras wanted
Hoyer and his staff are not to be trusted, they will do the wrong thing. The Cubs must have a big market mind managing the club, not a small market, small minded Hoyer. Get rid of Hoyer and his staff and bring in a true big market mind to run baseball operations. Ricketts says he needs more money, that is a lie, he has made enough off the Cubs to go after Chelsea. We need a baseball President to force Ricketts to spend money on the Cubs.
Why not sell though? See what you can get for Steele, Tallion, Bellinger, and Nico? Also try your hardest and try to trade Happ and Suzki. This might be a long shot but I would trade Shota.
So you basically want Jed to sell off the team like he did in 2021? You want him to start another rebuild 3 years later? Uhh...no. That would be stupid. They need to fire Jed.
Get to know Nico Hoerner: czcams.com/video/UfsrauncT3Q/video.html
What you mean by “not lose” really means, be good enough to sell tickets.
I think we all need to go see a shrink after watching this season.
Right?!
This has been one of the toughest seasons I’ve watched.
Moving on from Jed should be the first step.
Call up Rick Hahn
Man he can't swing a deal. Hated the dansby and bellinger deals too
Swing a *trade
@@Mcgee3880 Jason heyward at short stop
Fire his ass
No you are spot on...though didn't see anything for 3B...keep em coming dude.
The Chicago Cubs desperately need a superstar player . Ideally Juan Soto, but considering the financial constraints with the owner I don’t see it happening . What do you think about Kyle Tucker ? It could be a more realistic option. Tucker has the potential to be a great addition to the team, especially as a number 3 or cleanup hitter and he will have an extra year of control I believe . The cubs need a superstar.
I would send
Alcantara
Tauchman
Leiter jr
Triantos (bregman most likely not returning )
What do you think ?
I love that. Tucker is definitely a star, and even though he’s an outfielder, I’d make room for him.
See as
I enjoyed this video
Elias Diaz is too old, but you've got the right position. The target should Samuel Basallo, a catcher currently in AA for the Orioles. He's positon blocked by Adley Rutschman so with a little enticement he might be available. I absolutely love the idea of trading for Adam Mazur, but you're taking some industrial grade pharmaceuticals if you think that's all you have to give up to acquire him. I'd offer the Pads - Mervis, Brennen Davis and Smyly (eating as much of his $$$ that you have to). Would you be open to selling PCA?
Idk anything about Basallo… being he’s at AA, that doesn’t solve anything now. And again, the point of that exercise was to see who they could buy to make an impact this year. For the long term, I’ll look into him.
I really don’t wanna give away PCA. He is one of the few bright spots on this team now. His energy is so good
Good analysis. I agree with almost everything you said. I would add that it's possible they could offload Swanson. I don't expect they could get much for him, but if they could get out from under that contract, I think it would serve them well in the future.
Grow a pair and still go fer it!!!
Trade for Pete Aloso, 1b
Move Bush to 3b, and sign Bauer, make him the closer.
PCA/Tachman
Nico
Belli rf
Polar Bear
Seiya/Morel
Happ
Bush/Wiz
Gomes/Amaya
D. Swanson
Great podcast!!! Go Cubs!!!
Great episode. I wouldn't buy anything unless we get a longer term no injury deal. Sell a SP if we don't make the playoffs, the return could be huge. Counsell even said a couple years away which was telling.
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It seems like you did your homework, Kyle. I like your ideas. However, I"m grieving over the apparent bust of 2024. As I type, Neris just blew a save and gave up a walk-off home run.😧
I’ve been way too many days in 2024
I agree with you...but I also fear that the farm system is vastly over-rated. Our last productive players from our farm system are Nico & Steele...that's 2 that are from 5 years ago....who was good prior to them? I didn't feel like looking any further. I just know that going over 5 years to produce MLB impact players from your farm system is not good. Will PCA be our next guy? Maybe...time will tell. There are things Jed/Carter have done that make no sense. Shipping out Jeremiah Estrada and keeping Nick Madrigal is nuts.
Can Poles GM all Chicago teams?
So you spend 225 Million to be around 500 record lol
Yeah, not a good look. Basically the same payroll as the Phillies
How about bregman or Alonso
I think the cubs can buy but you need to be smart about what you buy rather than going all in on someone. I'm not sure the player for this exists but something like the Betts/Soto style trade would make a lot of sense for the cubs because they need to clear 40 man space and their prospect talent is good but they lack elite guys. Coming into the year my thought was they would do this for pitching but really starting pitching hasn't been the issue. Ideally, i would like to move happ and upgrade to a more offensive LFer. Not trying to crap on Happ it's just his profile on a team that needs offense is tough. Same could be said for Seiya. PCA is obviously the long term CF atm and Belli is going to get pushed to 1B. 2B and SS are locked up. 3B would be an option but there's not a lot of obvious guys I'd want to invest long term into. And C is just not an offensive position.
YES!
Offense needs to get better on their own we are underperforming, but the bp sucks. We need a closer like mason miller or tanner scott, but the big hole is at catcher. We need a catcher that can hit
So many holes
The Padres trade sounds legit. Although Neris's value plummeted yesterday after blowing a save big time.
Yeah, that one hurt. I definitely recorded that before the blown save lol.
So how do we get Jackson Ferris back?
😂
Busch has one of the highest OPS on the team. He's a rookie, he'll be fine. Why take on a bloated contract for Alonso or Vlad? We just need guys to perform up to their capabilities. Proven veterans around the league are struggling. Isn't just us. You don't trade Gold Glove players like Swanson and Happ for peanuts.
The front office needs to go. If anything, they need to fix the bull pin. With the bats, they could get better but not if the bull pin keeps blowing leads and games. Even with the offence doing bad but yet still scoring at least 1 or 2 runs a game. They could have won a lot of these games if it wasn't for the bull pin blowing games. If anything is done, it needs to be in the front office and the bull pin.
The offense sucks, but if the bullpen was even #10 overall in ERA (which isn’t asking for a ton), this is probably a 40 win team right now
@@SetupManCubsbullpen is weird. Smyly is at a 3.52 ERA, Miller is at a 1.82, and whatever Wesneski is at a 2.84 although I’m not sure where he’ll remain
Cards win the cards win. Fly the C
Jed can’t be trusted anymore
The short answer is NO!
We stinks
It’s depressing
The catcher idea is interesting….big no on other ideas…we need win now guys not more EH
This actually makes total sence don't mortgage the farm for a chance this year call it what it is we hoped it would change it haven't think towards 2025 keep the kids
💪🏻💪🏻
Dansby Swanson bigger bust than Jason heyward
Send this video to Jed!! I really don't trust his evaluation of talent!!🤨🤪
😂
this video right after a blown lead lol
Perfect timing, right!
Cubs totally suck. Dump the whole relief staff. They all suck! Dump all the hitters that are under .225 average. Only good players are the starters. Almost 1/2 done this season and in last place!!!
Why do we trade Tauchman who leads the team in various aspects? If we have one reliable player it’s him.
Do you see him being part of the championship team (if they are competing for that) in a few years? Keeping in mind the Cubs have just 2 years left of team control with him
As much as I would like the team to go to the playoffs I think we should concentrate on playing well and forget about the playoffs. It’s too much on peoples minds and we destroyed team after team looking for answers and the more we do that the farther we are. I think we don’t give players enough time to prove themselves and they are always under stress. You can’t play well that way.
We got rid of Yu and Catarini, caliber players that we lack now. It’s too much get rid of players as if they grew on trees and then you start searching for what you gave away.
It’s tiring for fans I can’t think of what it is for players. The uncertainty of modern baseball.
@@ibon11 I understand what you mean, but this is a business, and if you don’t innovate, then you die. Look at the Pirates, Rockies, Marlins, etc. Horrible for years and years. The Pirates are just now figuring things out.
But the point is, if the value of the player is high, and you know they aren’t in the picture for the team in a year or 2, it’s smart business to sell high. Tauchman’s value is probably the highest it will ever be right now
Eff that! Sell! This team sucks and these guys are not winners! No need to hold on!
I think this is why the cubs are stuck in mediocracy. Been trading away their top prospects for awhile. And that worked during the ws run but that ended. Why are cubs buying Swanson and bellinger which Swanson is so overrated. Bellinger can be good but not worth $$. If anything cubs should be trading for more prospects. Not spending money on busted vets. You want to spend money on young talent not players that are dropping out of their peak. Im hoping Fernando Cruz turns into a star one day
At the time, Swanson looked like a bargain because of the other guys that were signing for crazy high $$ at SS. But I think we greatly overestimated his bat.
Belli, at least they didn’t sign him to 7 years like Boras wanted
I remember a bunch of Braves fans warning Cub fans and saying buyer's remorse will hit... So, there's that
What prospects have the cubs been trading?
Hoyer and his staff are not to be trusted, they will do the wrong thing. The Cubs must have a big market mind managing the club, not a small market, small minded Hoyer. Get rid of Hoyer and his staff and bring in a true big market mind to run baseball operations. Ricketts says he needs more money, that is a lie, he has made enough off the Cubs to go after Chelsea. We need a baseball President to force Ricketts to spend money on the Cubs.
It’s tough when your owner handcuffs you, but $220 mil is more than enough to make a playoff team
Why not sell though? See what you can get for Steele, Tallion, Bellinger, and Nico? Also try your hardest and try to trade Happ and Suzki. This might be a long shot but I would trade Shota.
What?
Crazy talk
@@SetupManCubs why not trade them though? You aren’t going anywhere this year and probably not next year either. Get some prospects
So you basically want Jed to sell off the team like he did in 2021? You want him to start another rebuild 3 years later? Uhh...no. That would be stupid. They need to fire Jed.
@@SetupManCubs it’s not though