January 4: Hosmer and the Cubs are now in agreement, per Jesse Rogers of ESPN.
January 3: The Cubs and first baseman Eric Hosmer are close to a deal, reports Jon Heyman of The New York Post.
Hosmer, 33, had the good fortune of having the best season of his career just as he entered free agency. He hit .318/.385/.498 in 2017, his last season with the Royals, leading to a wRC+ of 135 that indicates he was 35% better than the league average hitter. He was worth 3.8 wins above replacement that year in the eyes of FanGraphs, with that mark and his wRC+ from that season still standing out as his career best.
Prior to the 2018 season, Hosmer signed an eight-year, $144MM deal with the Padres that went beyond most predictions. That overpay became even more stark once Hosmer’s production dipped with his new team. Since signing that deal, he’s hit .265/.325/.409 for a wRC+ of 100, exactly league average. Though he has four Gold Glove awards, advanced defensive metrics are far less enamoured with his work in the field. All of Defensive Runs Saved, Ultimate Zone Rating and Outs Above Average consider him to be a below-average first baseman for his career. Taken all together, he’s essentially been a replacement-level player over the past five seasons, with his fWAR tally at 0.3 in that time.
Given his large contract and diminished performance, Hosmer’s name has popped up in trade talks for years. The Padres weren’t able to line anything up until this summer. They originally included Hoz in the Juan Soto deal but he used his limited no-trade clause to block that from happening. Luke Voit was put into that deal instead but the Friars then flipped him to Boston along with a couple of prospects, with pitching prospect Jay Groome going the other way. San Diego had to agree to eat all of Hosmer’s remaining salary except for the league minimum in order to get that done.
The Sox promoted young prospect Triston Casas down the stretch and were encouraged enough by his debut to release Hosmer after just a couple of months in Fenway. That left Hosmer free to sign with any team for the league minimum, with the Padres still on the hook for the three remaining years of the deal. The Cubs have seemingly stepped up to be that team. The fit is a fairly logical one for the Cubs, since there’s no real risk for them. If he can make any sort of turnaround towards his previous form, it would be a nice bonus. If not, they’ve made no commitment to him and can simply release him again whenever they want.
The Cubs had no real everyday first baseman in 2022, with the playing time scattered between Alfonso Rivas, Frank Schwindel, P.J. Higgins, Patrick Wisdom and some other role players. Aside from Wisdom, who can also play third base, they all had disappointing years and are no longer on the team’s roster. Higgins and Rivas were both designated for assignment last month while Schwindel is heading to Japan this year.
Arguably, the best in-house option the club has is prospect Matt Mervis. An undrafted free agent who had drawn little attention this time a year ago, he shot up prospect rankings with a monster showing in 2022. He began the season in High-A and completely mashed, producing a batting line of .350/.389/.650, wRC+ of 189. He got bumped to Double-A and hit .300/.370/.596 for a wRC+ of 148. After moving to Triple-A, his line was .297/.383/.593, 152 wRC+. Incredibly, his walk rate improved from 4.6% to 8.7% to 10.4% as he moved up the ladder, while his strikeout rate fell from 24.1% to 20% to 14.6%. The Cubs decided to keep the good times rolling by sending him to the Arizona Fall League, where he hit .262/.324/.590 in 17 games.
Though Hosmer’s addition blocks Mervis from the everyday job in a sense, it also shouldn’t prevent Mervis from seizing it at some point. As mentioned, Hosmer can be jettisoned at any time with no real repercussions for the Cubs. If Mervis seems like the better option, either in Spring Training or later, it should be a fairly easy swap to make. If Mervis struggles to carry forward the momentum from his excellent 2022, Hosmer gives the club a passable veteran to hold down the fort.
The Orioles were also connected to Hosmer since his release from Boston, but they will have to look elsewhere, assuming the deal with the Cubs gets finalized. The O’s have been looking for lefty bats to work into their first base/corner outfield/designated hitter mix and seem to be focused on low-cost options. They’ve signed Nomar Mazara and Franchy Cordero to minor league deals and also claimed Lewin Díaz off waivers, though they later designated Díaz for assignment and traded him to the Braves. A similar situation played out with Jake Cave, who was claimed off waivers from the Twins but then lost to the Phillies on a subsequent waiver claim. Earlier today, the O’s acquired Ryan O’Hearn from the Royals, adding another option into the mix.
Wow!!!
I hope the NL Central 2nd baseman are ready for some ground balls.
Cubs in agreement Epic Houser -Jon Heyman
This made me literally lol
Funny, but Heyman is Boras’s boy.
Lol boras is over ther like Heyman, 5k for a mystery team report right now on the double
Heyman is like we can do it for free this time who’s the player?
Bottom-feeding move.
Glad they found somebody who can groundout to 2B like Heyward. I was worried they would not be able to replace that type of production.
The Human Toilet;
It’s great to read a comment that so describes the commenter!
No don’t worry, nobody can hit a broken bat squibber or pop up like Heyward (sans-2020).
Not sure why folks like to dump on Hosmer. How much did we pay for a catcher that can’t hit who 2 GG’s a LONG time ago with poor 2022 defensive numbers? Having a 4x Gold Glover out there can only help Mervis’s development to learn from the best and have the pressure taken off of him. This will be another Andrelton Simmons to Niko Hoerner scenario.
Hosmer has always been a bad defender and didn’t deserve any of his Gold Gloves. He’s very far from “the best”, and there’s been a few rumors out there throughout the years that he’s not the nicest/most coachable guy
Just read his history. Whatever he did six years ago he’s not that player anymore. Typical of cubs fans who prove time and time again that they know nothing about bb. They don’t deal with facts. They just try to put a good spin on bad players.
Is it better to prove time and time again that you’re a blue chip, gold star hater?
That is such a ridiculous thing to say you must be a White Sox fan. I have nothing against the Sox anymore but anything related to the Cubs brings out the trolls to say idiotic things like a 4x Gold Glover is bad. It’s beyond laughable. You obviously have no idea just how bad 1B was for the Cubs last year at run prevention and OAA.
The Gold Glove award is a joke and has been for quite some time.
Hosmer is definitely a baseball player of all time.
To the practice squad?
Hard to tell what the Cubs are doing these days.
Not really. They’ve got several hot prospects due up in 2023-2025. Bellinger and Hosmer are potential high upside, low risk, short term stop gaps/potential trade pieces to help ease in players like Mervis, Davis, and PCA.
It’s a bit less ambitious than I’d like a team with Cubs’ money to be, but I completely get what Jed is going for.
90% of prospects don’t make it. Bellinger is washed up and has no upside. Tell me again, what are the cubs doing?
Yes, that’s true. But as I mentioned the Cubs have a handful of highly rated pros[ects that have done well at a high level of late so they want to see if they can make an impact on the team. Not all their prospects. Just a few.
Bellinger was incredible from 2017-2019 when he won a RoY and MVP, and he’s only 27, so that’s his upside potential.
And sure thing. Here’s what the Cubs are doing:
They’ve got several hot prospects due up in 2023-2025. Bellinger and Hosmer are potential high upside, low risk, short term stop gaps/potential trade pieces to help ease in players like Mervis, Davis, and PCA.
It’s a bit less ambitious than I’d like a team with Cubs’ money to be, but I completely get what Jed is going for.
I hated the thought of him coming to the Orioles. Instead they grabbed O’Hearn and somehow now I wish they’d have gotten Hosmer. It can always get worse in Baltimore.
I’ll go way out on a limb and predict that the Cubs will release him before the season is out.
If they do they only have to pay him the league minimum.
You will be wrong. He’ll hit 20 hrs at Wrigley. 80 RBI’s. .270 average and play an average 1b.
Last time he had those numbers was 2017. Time changes things.
In 2019 he hit .265 with 22 home runs. His average has been better than that in each of the following years.
At league minimum, it’s not a bad deal.
Five years ago. What has done since? Released by the Padres and Red Sox. But ideal for the cubs.
You guys kill me talking about batting average like it’s important or something.
Making contact is important. It’s like hitting the dang ball which is the point.
OBP is in the .330’s, so not great but average.
Has pop and plays First Base and can DH and if he stinks it up, released and only lost a small amount of money…
No risk, all reward. IF he rebounds.
You mean no risk, no reward signing
love it! hrs ist everything! he will help esp on defence!
How will he help on defense? Hosmer’s defense is so bad that a large contingent of the Padres fanbase blames him for Tatis making so many throwing errors in 2021.
I don’t see the harm in this signing. The dude has had a decent career except for a few years. Y’all need to settle down.
This deal is like betting a nickel to try to win a quarter, not a big deal, but why not? Hosmer will not get in the way when the kids are ready.
Hosmer hits .270 with a .330-.340 OBP, he doesn’t have much pop but plays good defense. Half the guys in the league these days have an OBP under .300
He is actually terrible at playing defense.
Not true. He’s average not terrible.
I’ve watched him for years. He is total dog water on defense. You will see him do things and be like what we he thinking. I don’t care what metric you can find that says other wise. He is just not good on defense.
Cubs should sign him and keep him until may then release him. That’s about the only month he doesn’t suck.
If you read the article it clearly says that the metrics don’t rate his defense as being very good, despite four gold glove awards. The metrics agree with you.
youtu.be/Yfvsh8vrEl4 watch this
And that’s his highlights.
Thanks Pobrecito, now I’m going to have nightmare flashbacks tonight. Hos was so frustrating to watch.
And that was only the first year?
I get it but you don’t. The guy is a minimum contract for 1 year unless he improves or he’s released if he plays bad like in the past.
His salary allows the Cubs to sign another player.
Got him.
Good defense? Are you making this up as you go along?
Are they all in?
Because signing Hosmer/Barnhart/Bellinger says “ehh maybe?”
Stroman, Taillon, and Suzuki are all big ifs too.
I actually like the Swanson signing for them.
Take it easy and enjoy the Cubs until their prospects mature.
And who have the Brewers signed? Waiting..?
Oh wait…the Brewers are a “Yelich Renaissance ” away from having a good offense. Yeah, right. A Bellinger Renaissance is just as likely.
I’m not a Brewers fan. Yelich has been way better than Bellinger though.
Well, the Brewers did trade away Renfroe and Wong.
And Hader
Idk about signed but they did steal William Contreras for one Esteury Ruiz who was left unprotected from the Rule 5 draft a year ago.
He comes at league minimum, so CHC will get a lot of bang for their buck with SD paying the vast majority of the $36M he’s still owed. Cubs could do a lot worse.
Just worried how this effects Matt Mervis and if this starts him in AAA no matter what he does this spring or will they move him to the DH spot where he cannot improve his defense at 1B?
Also worried about the Veteran Team leader long leash excuse if Hosmer stinks but continue to plug him in the everyday lineup.
The kid could DH and play first with Hosmer doing the same, so there is room still.
My issue is Wisdom is still at third base…
I still think cubs end up with donaldson..with yanks paying a good chunk of his salary
Things would look a lot better with him in a DH platoon.
My guess is Morel gets a lot of starts at 3B this year. Wisdom is probably more of a platoon utility guy now and I’m guessing they will sign another RH bat as well
Didn’t Wisdom sign to play in Japan this season?
Nope
No
God I hope not. He’s a decent player, but he’s also a complete tool. Perfect for the Yankees.
Mervis does not have the fancy pedigree where the FO would hold him back to delay the service clock. If Mervis is ready to play, both he and Hosmer will be playing regularly one at 1B and one at DH. Wisdom will start over Morel at 3B, Morel will back up both Wisdom and Bellinger.
Matt Murton*
youtu.be/Yfvsh8vrEl4
LosPobres1904;
I watched 10 seconds…..
Do you have one of his pickups of bad throws at 1B? clutch hits? HR’s?
Highlight and lowlight films are just propaganda.
How is he supposed to give you a link to something that doesn’t exist?
Us Padres fans watched him play like crap, giving you heads-up but what ever.
Better off giving someone in AAA a shot that’s hungry, someone that cares etc.
Of all the players the Cubs could have signed, Hosmer is definitely one of them.
They should just stick with Korey Lee. By this point, he’ll probably break out like Jeremy Pena, and lead Houston to another title.
Eric Homer King
I don’t know kind of has the feel of when we acquired Eric Karros. He ended up being solid
Eric Karros was supposedly done when the Cubs got him, but he was a great pickup. Good times!
Cubs will be major trade deadline players
Yes, Cubs will be dumpster diving at trade deadline as well.
Your team is a dumpster.
If it can play 2b, we’ll take it!
White Sox will be begging to get Madrigal back
If this is true worst move of the off season. Brutal
All risk no reward
LosPobres1904;
Very little risk concerning the salary……
Which you team is paying, so I can understand your position. However, Hosmer is hardly the only outrageous signing your POBO has made in 15 years, yet your crazy owner continues to throw dollars at his feet as if they were rose pedals.
Trust me – there’s more on that roster that will be just as bad. Your team paid Wil Myers $41m the last 2 years. Will and his agent were happy to get a $6m contract from the Reds a few weeks ago.
He’s a waste of roster spot there’s a reason he was given away by the Padres and The Red Sox didn’t want him for.free.
This is a wasted spot on the 40-man roster. The only reason we are signing him is because he is cheap. He will be DFA’d by May 15. Heck, would rather keep Heyward and have him for defense than Hosmer.
League minimum. Average numbers. People have been sour on Hosmer because he was overpaid to begin with, and because of his ground ball rate. I have watched him for years at 1B. He was better than the stats show. He saved a lot of infield errors with his glove. I was glad when they got rid of him because Bell should have been an improvement. I think the Cubs will be glad if they sign him.
No he wasn’t better than stars say. He was far worse.
The only reason his numbers are average is because he finished out April with a 1.054 OPS. After that, he had a .240/.305/.336 and OPS below .650.
Exactly, was similar the year before.
Don’t even ask him to change his swing he has already said he isn’t ever going to.
The cubs would be elated with those numbers in April. They are just buying some time for Mervis. If it works out great, if not, oh well.
Are you kidding? Hosmer was an atrocious defender.
119 career RC+ against RHP for the league minimum.
Hopefully they can help him hit more fly balls
That’s generous. He’s got about a 105 OPS+ against RHP for the last couple of seasons.
Great move by the Cubs. Low cost with potential upside. Give Hosmer 30-40 games, 100-130 ABs. If he stinks, cut him loose. Otherwise keep him and spend some money elsewhere.
No no, when he starts hot trade or release him. After April it’s down hill.
Hosmer in the NL Central will hit well. Look for a bounce back.
Milktoast 1B goes to milktoast organization.
Interestingly Hosmer in his career at Wrigley Field is 17-63 with 0 HR’s. We’ll see just how friendly “The Friendly Confines” will be for Hosmer this season
Nothing wrong with this move. They won’t factor into what happens in this division. It’s still a two-horse race between St. Louis and Milwaukee. If Bellinger, Hosmer, and Barnhart are playing well midway through the year they will probably flip them. Bellinger is maybe just maybe an extension candidate if things go well.
I’ve seen so many comments about Hosmer and his groundballs. What’s not been mentioned is how LH hitters stand to benefit quite a bit from the elimination of the shift. Granted it’s not going to help slug, but OBP and BABIP will be affected. All those ground outs to short RF become hits. I’m no huge Hosmer fan but the key thing here is having a veteran mentor around Matt Mervis. The rookie has nothing left to prove in MiLB and should not be blocked. Hosmer won’t block him and as a fellow LHH, he might be able to help Mervis along.
Does Hosmer have the personality to be a mentor?
I’ve seen so many comments about Hosmer and his groundballs. What’s not been mentioned is how LH hitters stand to benefit quite a bit from the elimination of the shift. Granted it’s not going to help slug, but OBP and BABIP will be affected. All those ground outs to short RF become hits. I’m no huge Hosmer fan but the key thing here is having a veteran mentor around Matt Mervis. The rookie has nothing left to prove in MiLB and should not be blocked. Hosmer won’t block him and as a fellow LHH, he might be able to help Mervis along.
The shift is not eliminated, it is limited. Players who were shifted often will still b shifted right upto the limit. Hosmer is not very fast so a limited shift is not going to have all that much of an impact for him.
“The rookie has nothing left to prove in MiLB.”. I don’t agree. Mervis has been in the minors for two whole years. He his .204 in 2021.
Hosmer can be signed for league minimum salary. What are he and the Cubs negotiating about? A no trade clause? A fourth year option?
Probably other teams that want him for that same minimum salary. He gets to make the decision on where he plays.
I’d see that as a decision just for Hosmer’s side once he knows which teams want him. But I guess there could be some dialog about how the team intends to use him.
So we’re really listening to Heyman now? Is that what we’re doing?
Yeah, he said that some guy named Correa was signing with the Giants, then the Mets. Can’t wait for the next contestant on “Where’s Carlos?”
It’s the new Where is Carmen Sandiego, right?
Arson Judge XD XD XD
Git’r done!
Sign him, add Adrian Sampson and trade them to Baltimore for Santander to full-time DH and let the kid play at first.
Are you sure that’s a fair deal? Maybe the Orioles should throw in Rutschman and Bautista to go with Santander, wouldn’t want to fleece the Cubs too hard here.
This from Mlb Trade Simulator: “MINOR OVERPAY” “Although one side of this trade is giving up a little too much, there is still a high probability it would be accepted if each team’s needs are met”.
So yeah, I believe if Baltimore is the other team interested in Hosmer than why not dangle a starting pitcher who might be squeezed for a roster spot. Would he not start for the Orioles?
The above trade simulation was Sampson for Santander.
If the Orioles were going to trade Santander, their second best hitter in 2022, it wouldn’t be for a 31 year old journeyman swingman with a career FIP over 5.00 and career high IP of 125 and Eric Hosmer.
Plus Hosmer could just veto the deal anyway since free agents cannot be traded prior to mid-June of their first year with their new team unless they approve the trade.
Rather have Trey Mancini
The problem is not Hosmer. At basically free, he is a good signing. Average can be useful and he isnt Rivas. The issue is this is a major market team that doesnt act like it.
What did they win, 74 games last year – should have won less. And that was with a fluky good rotation in the 2nd half of last year. Contreras is gone and the team is relying on production from Bellinger, Hosmer, Madrigal and Mervis.
Plus, the best hitter left is a free agent after this year and they wont lock him up.
Real chance Cubs are worse than last year if things go wrong. Sure they have a 15 pct chance of things going right plus a lousy division but an offseason of Swanson and retreads isnt going to work.
So you believe the Cubs are ‘relying on Madrigal’? Just curious, for what purpose do you feel?
As of today, yes they are. The hope is that Madrigal can get back to that high average contact style and stay healthy. He still costs nothing but in order for Madrigal to be worthwhile, he needs to hit like .320.
To me, this team has so many ifs and no elite players. Madrigal is just one of many.
Madrigal is a backup on this team who may not even make the final roster cut so he is likely being shopped for a small trade.
C Gomes/Barnhart
1B Mervis/Hosmer
2B Hoerner
SS Swanson
3B Wisdom/Morel
LF Happ
RF Suzuki
CF Bellinger
DH Mervis/Hosmer
I believe you left out Swanson. Not sure if that was on purpose.
I included Swanson in my original post. He is good but he isnt some superstar. If Swanson is your franchise focus, you arent winning anything.
Oh I see it now. Thanks. Nope I didn’t mean to infer that he is the Cubs savior. I just didn’t see the name at first in your post.
Should have signed with the Nats.
Why “close”? There can’t be economic rationale, since he’s going to be at MLB minimum for Cubs, and will be governed by his extant contract for the next three years
He’s likely seeking opt outs tied to playing time. He’s essentially playing for free, so I’m sure he has little desire to sign with a team just to sit on their bench. I can see players wanting to keep playing to stay relevant. With Hosmer not being a FA til age 36 and assuming continued regression, he very well may already b under contract for all of the $ he ll ever earn in MLB again.
I wonder if he can get them (opt outs) without forfeiting the balance of his full salary.
I hope he’s not being offered a bonus to sign with the Cubs.
He ain’t
Low risk signing by the cubs. Probably at the major league minimum since sd or Boston is paying hosmer not to play. He might pull a few into left field bleachers at wrigley.
Better than the marlins or pirates moves. Cubs won’t compete much in 2023 anyway.
For those who say cubs had tops era 2nd half of 2022, mlb hasn’t split a season since 1981.
All this is, paying Hosmer to play 1B for first month is season. Then bring up Mervis, getting an extra year of Mervis before he can become FA. Hosmer will be paid by the Cubs about one Month, then let go, Padres then paying his full Salary.
Cubs need him for one month.
Nah… He will be a Cub at least until mid season, they won’t release him in a month even if he’s performing poorly.
They fixed some of that service time manipulation in the new CBA .
Overpay
Lol – Cubs troll as usual. Only you would find signing someone to the league min to be an overpay
Just buying time for Mervis when he comes up in May or June.
Gonna be alot of double plays caused by Hosmer.
The Cubs are ready to Cub. They’ll miss the playoffs by 6 games in the wild card race.
LOL, still will be more impressive than what the white sox will do
white sox were 81-81 in a year there were supposed to be good! too bad its the white sox, i got to see cubbies playing in nlcs for 3 straight years in 15-17 😉
when is the last time you watched the white sox in 3 straight nlcs? hint: never
Well that would be difficult since they play in the AL 🙂
whoops, you know what i mean… wise-ass… 🙂
Neither the Cubs nor the Sox are playoff teams this year, genius. The Whitesox still have far more talent than the Cubs do. The Cubs earn half a billion plus in revenues annually, yet spend like a small market team. That is an outrage.
Here’s your homework assignment: sit down and look at both starting pitching rotations side by side and tell me which is better.
Hint: it’s not even close. F
OK, I’m just putting your inaccuracy about spending like a small market team aside, but since when does being a fan of a team mean you have to be a fan of the owner(s) as well?
I’m definitely not a fan of Mr. Ricketts, not the way he went about getting the new construction at Wrigley, and especially not a fan of his biblical comment… I think it was biblically out of touch, but whatever… I’d like to think the next one will be one i like better
still doesnt change the fact that cubs only finished a handful of games worse than the Sux in an obvious rebuild & experimentation season, whereas the white sox were in ‘win now’ mode… but sure, if you want to take the white sox 5 best pitchers vs the cubs 5 best in a completely unrelated tangent, then you win i guess :eyeroll:
having said that… I’m a Bulls fan too and i’d STILL take Ricketts over Reinsdorf as owner all day
You are an angry person. I hope this is therapeutic for you.
You’re just a jealousWhite Sux fan troll. You should stop posting because you are showing how much of a moron you are. Get a life, seriously.
Also, how does a closer gift a World Series title?? Shows how much you actually understand baseball.
A Cubs fan asking how a closer won them a World Series? You must be new.
Just for laughs, someone needs to make a list of all the mediocre signings by both Chicago based teams the last 10 years or so.
If I want to laugh I would read your posts
Those making the claim Hosmer joining the Cubs is bad, well explain how it is bad if he signs with them?
They ( Cubs management ) believe he has some use and can play either DH or First Base while allowing the kid in the minors to win one or the other position.
Hosmer may not do anything but for the minimum salary is worth taking a look at, so for those mocking the Cubs, well it is weird because of the Cardinals, Brewers or White Sox did it you would see their fans tell us how this is a low risk deal, so I am unsure what the issue is?
For real. Where are some people getting the idea that Hosmer is a “good defender at 1B?” It’s literally not true.
They see the gold gloves and decide that they do not need to think for themselves. Awards mean ever, right?
He is most likely going to DH while working at First Base while the kid from the minors adjusts to the majors.
Also everyone mentioning the Gold Glove winnings should remember Rafael Palmeiro won one when he DH the majority of the time that year, so the award is meaningless.
That’s the guy I was thinking of but couldn’t remember his name. Thanks Jake.
Jake is always there for us. Just ask Mahomey and Rodgers
How dare you bring up Raffy without his prior permission. A finger wag for you good sir
Whoop de do. This move IMO is completely unnecessary. Not to mention, counter productive.
WATCH OUT NL CENTRAL
Serious question since I’ve never paid attention to this matter while watching games Hosmer has played in. Is he a guy that opposing defenses shift on? Just wondering if there’s any possibility to his hits improving because of the ban…
I would have rather played Frank “The Tank” Schwindel at 1B when he wasn’t pitching.
Low risk signing. And it gives them a chance to see if Mervis can cut it at the big league level. If so, bye bye Eric. If not, he’s an okay stopgap for one season I suppose.
Cubs fans should be furious about this offseason. Hosmer is on the decline, can barely hit 20 home runs at a power position at this point and defense is steadily getting worse.
Ricketts is still going to charge you $120 a ticket for a team with Dansby Swanson as their big splash, a guy who’s made 1 all-star team in his career.
Hoyer should really be on thin ice at this point. I could see the Cubs desperately trying to move some of these guys by early as next year’s trade deadline.
It’s great to see Eric Hosmer coming home to replace Garrett Cooper.
Oh wait…you mean to tell me that Kim Ng missed out on another player…a player from South Florida? And she is dedicated to find another 1B even though it seems that the Marlins have given Garrett Cooper the type of job security that you give franchise players?
Congrats Cubs!
I don’t know if you’re being serious or not, I’m guessing you’re not happy with Kim Ng as a Marlins fan? You guys are in a tough division so I can understand the frustration.
Yeah, Kim Ng is wearing out her welcome in Miami. She was a nice story, but has failed as a GM. And from the trade deadline on, it’s been because of a lack of effort while making sure that she doesn’t miss any self-promotion opportunities.
Mancini is still available he would be a good option at first base and he wouldn’t break the bank. Had no idea she did so much self-promotion that’s a bummer.
I understand the redaox have some rookie they think is ready, but their club was weak as his HR totals. They could of used him. I guess those prospects that came with him were good I don’t get it. Same with the Soto trade. Lousy return
I meantvthe Hader trade.