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crazy Jawa
I say sign wieters to a 3 year max deal. 10 mill a season. Only other option is to go with Caleb.
orangeblaze
I’d think about handing the starting job to Chance Sisco before I’d give it outright to Joseph. Caleb Joseph just looks lost at the plate. A far cry from the on base machine he looked like he was going to be in the low minors.
Who knows, if Wieters decides to go elsewhere. They’ll probably be battling for the starting spot next spring.
orangeblaze
Correction: I must have been mistaken when I made the “on base machine” comment about Joseph. Chance Sisco’s milb batting average is almost as high as Caleb Joseph’s milb obp.
.320 to .326 respectively.
Red Sox rob
16 million a year For a career 250 batting average 20 homeruns a year average if that ……ridiculous
Red Sox rob
Theo is overrated he signs about 15 new players most of which are elite 10 million contracts and people call him a genius
Ry.the.Stunner
You’re a moron. Rizzo, Bryant, Russell, Baez, Contreras, Soler, Schwarber, Hendricks, Arrieta, Strop, Rondon…none of those players were “signed”. He absolutely fleeced the Orioles, Rangers, Padres, and A’s in trades that netted him elite young players who are contributing to what is now the best team in the MLB.
There’s absolutely nothing overrated about what Theo has done with this Cubs team. You’re just bitter grapes because he left the Red Sox in the dust.
gmflores27
Rob you’re the type of Sox fan that makes your fan base look bad
bradthebluefish
To be fair to Rob, Theo’s signings of Edwin Jackson and Jason Heyward do not look so good.
eilexx
Theo may have been overrated in Boston…he inherited a team that went to game 7 of ALCS when he became GM. However, what he has done in Chicago has been absolutely incredible, and might be the best 5-6 year plan/execution that any baseball executive has ever done. Yes, they’ve signed a few big free agents, but they’ve built an incredible team through great drafting (although picking in the top 5 helps; it helped Tampa become good for a while), and even better trades. I’m not a Cubs or Theo fan, but his tenure in Chicago has been remarkable, win the world series or not.
crazysull
The Cubs have done nothing wrong, their years of last place finishes and top draft picks for many years is finally paying off and they are finally major league ready letting them trade other young stars like they did with Castro for other pieces(I know they only got Warren who did a good job with them before he was traded back for Chapman) they are just so deep now that they are able to trade prospects without losing a lot since they have young players to replace them. In a few years this will be the Braves and Brewers and teams like the Royals and Tigers and Rangers will go through their own rebuilding periods. It is a cycle and as long as you don’t cheat the cycle like the Padres your team will be fine
Red Sox rob
Will see when you don’t win the World Series this year either….
Brian Meyer
I feel like the biggest news of the week was Carlos Carrasco’s season ending yesterday. Well, I guess the Preller news was pretty significant. The Carrasco news should still be up here though.
bradthebluefish
Agreed. Carrasco was an ace-like pitcher on a playoff=certain team yet he’s done for the year. Absolutely devastating.
Dookie Howser, MD
I approve of the 5 key stories being a regular feature – especially in the offseason