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Jonathan Barlock
Wonder if they will give Hultzen a chance to crack the rotation in ST?
Pei Kang
if he’s healthy, sure
nate 15
Without a doubt if he’s healthy.
Lefebvre Believer
Even though offense is still a top priority, I would almost prefer a pursuit of one of the top FA pitchers. They could potentially go that route and instead try to trade for a young hitter. Just not sure if you can really count on Walker and Paxton for an entire year. Either of those two guys might be able to fetch a good young hitter from a rebuilding team too. My number one target on that front would be Jorge Solar.
Bob Bunker
When you have Felix, Iwakuma, Paxton, Walker, Elias, Hultzen, and a pitcher friendly park it makes much more sense to solidfy the lineup then to spend around 20-25 million on Scherzer, Lester, or Shields. Do some 1 year FA pitcher signings for depth at most maybe a Masterson who could thrive in that park. Then go after athletic good hitters like Melky Cabrera through trades or FA. Don’t think Cubs want to give up on Soler after he dominated this past year.
Lefebvre Believer
Doubt the Cubs would give him up either, or if they did it would be a massive cost, but they did just trade away two SPs this past deadline. Thing is, they’ll probably be going after some of those FA pitchers rather than looking to deal for one, especially a young one.
As for the Ms, unreliability of their starting pitching hurt them last year. It’s easy to point at their offense, and entirely accurate if you do, but their starting pitching past Felix and Iwakuma is questionable. They have potential sure, and very good potential, but that’s not something you can really count on.
Whatever the case, the Ms are in good position to compete next year, and compete well.
Daniel Morairity
Chris young is a great story
canikickit
Astros are looking for an OF with pop? So they have little to no faith in Domingo Santana?