2020 Team

[rok]

I actually like that signing a lot. Jeffress is a pretty good dude too.

[Butcher]

I mean...sure. Why not, I guess.

 

This feels like one of those signings a team that is in rebuild mode makes, hoping he'll perform well enough that they can trade him to a contender before the deadline for a couple of prospects.

[rok]

I think we're a lot closer to another rebuild than many fans are willing to admit, sadly.

[Butcher]

I think we're a lot closer to another rebuild than many fans are willing to admit, sadly.

 

My guess is that if this team isn't in the playoff race this season, a full-blown rebuild will start at the deadline. Not adding any new contracts for the last couple of years (Descalso doesn't count) would definitely point to this.

 

Just in time for their fancy new network...

 

It's unfortunate -- I totally bought into the Ricketts' kool-aid. All profits go back into the team, the new network would bring in wheelbarrows full of cash (also spent on the team), building a consistently competitive organization that won't require rebuilds (like the Dodgers). All of that appears to be bullshit. Or maybe they just fucked up and grossly miscalculated pretty much everything. Either way, it sucks.

 

We'll always have 2016, at least...

[mrfelina]

Regarding new contracts, don't forget about Kimbrel (or were you just talking about off-season additions?).

 

 

Wonder if he's going to be a mess this year too.

[Butcher]

Regarding new contracts, don't forget about Kimbrel (or were you just talking about off-season additions?).

 

 

Wonder if he's going to be a mess this year too.

 

The Kimbrel addition only happened because of Zobrist's leave of absence. But, sure -- it's still an addition.

 

It will be interesting to see how he looks this season, for sure.

[Kid]

https://twitter.com/MLBastian/status/122...3551694848

[VanSlawAndCottoCheese]

Who's jettisoned from the Forty man to make room for the new pick-ups: Sadler, Tepera, or Winkler?

[rok]

Coin flip?

[Kid]

What kinda crazy 3-sided coin you got?

[VanSlawAndCottoCheese]

 

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I think we're a lot closer to another rebuild than many fans are willing to admit, sadly.

 

My guess is that if this team isn't in the playoff race this season, a full-blown rebuild will start at the deadline.

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There is too much young talent on this team to do anything close to a full-blown rebuild. This isn't 2010/2011 where our best players had at most 5 full years left in the league.  I mean go back and look at the careers of the stars of those teams.

 

Stars and last year in MLB:

 

Derrek Lee (2011)

Carlos Zambrano (2012)

Ted Lilly (2013)

Ryan Dempster (2013)

Carlos Marmol (2014)

Alfonso Soriano (2014)

Aramis Ramirez (2015)

 

The only player of note still in the league is Jeff Samardzija, and he didn't really become a useful starting picther until 2012.

[Butcher]

 

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<blockquote class="ipsBlockquote" data-author="rok" data-cid="352632" data-time="1580235893">
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I think we're a lot closer to another rebuild than many fans are willing to admit, sadly.

 

My guess is that if this team isn't in the playoff race this season, a full-blown rebuild will start at the deadline.

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</blockquote>
 

There is too much young talent on this team to do anything close to a full-blown rebuild. This isn't 2010/2011 where our best players had at most 5 full years left in the league.  I mean go back and look at the careers of the stars of those teams.

 

Stars and last year in MLB:

 

Derrek Lee (2011)

Carlos Zambrano (2012)

Ted Lilly (2013)

Ryan Dempster (2013)

Carlos Marmol (2014)

Alfonso Soriano (2014)

Aramis Ramirez (2015)

 

The only player of note still in the league is Jeff Samardzija, and he didn't really become a useful starting picther until 2012.

 

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If they aren't actively working to improve the roster now, then what the fuck are they doing then? The window with this core is close to closing.

[rok]

Explain to me how a rebuild isn't inevitable if the FO isn't allowed to extend any of our core players? 2021 is the end of the line.

[funkster]

I dont see Tepera going.



What are the chances this asshole votes for Trump?



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[rok]

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