07-29-2021, 03:35 PM
I'm more than ready for some major changes now and have been for some time, but it's funny to think about this year's team and how it may have been different if not for that freeze in spending from ownership. At one point the Cubs were 11 games over .500. Schwarber is 2-3 WAR better than Pederson, Same with Darvish over Davies. Moreover, I feel like Darvish would have had a very good chance of putting a stop to the that horrible slide in late June/early July.
I suppose peak 2021 Cubs were <span><span>benefiting </span></span>from a bullpen that simply wasn't going to keep doing what they were doing, and you're still a starter away from it mattering with the Brewer's rotation, but you can see where a few different decisions (particularly if you want to go really back to not signing Castellanos) could make a difference. Same with every team I know. But the Cubs becoming cheap robbed this core of another legit shot, for better or worse.
I suppose peak 2021 Cubs were <span><span>benefiting </span></span>from a bullpen that simply wasn't going to keep doing what they were doing, and you're still a starter away from it mattering with the Brewer's rotation, but you can see where a few different decisions (particularly if you want to go really back to not signing Castellanos) could make a difference. Same with every team I know. But the Cubs becoming cheap robbed this core of another legit shot, for better or worse.
