2025 Cubs

[funkster]

Well the unkempt poster child Justin Turner is your newest cub.


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[Butcher]

He's a fine bench guy who can give Busch a day off when we face a lefty starter.

But it feels like...oh, we didn't get Bregman; here's the consolation prize.

[1060Ivy]

He's a fine bench guy who can give Busch a day off when we face a lefty starter.

But it feels like...oh, we didn't get Bregman; here's the consolation prize.

Hmmmmm that consolation prize is akin to your girlfriend telling you that we were going to vacation in Cabo for a week but instead we will be visiting with her parents while her mother has her bunions removed.  Fun times 

Buster Olney calls Cubs management more interested in profits than winning

https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/4390...ree-agency

[jeffy]

He's a fine bench guy who can give Busch a day off when we face a lefty starter.

But it feels like...oh, we didn't get Bregman; here's the consolation prize.

Hmmmmm that consolation prize is akin to your girlfriend telling you that we were going to vacation in Cabo for a week but instead we will be visiting with her parents while her mother has her bunions removed.  Fun times 

Buster Olney calls Cubs management more interested in profits than winning

https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/4390...ree-agency

I don't hate it, although he has fallen off recently. I didn't realize he was 40 already, but then again it does feel like we've had to endure his ugly mug for quite some time now.

[1060Ivy]

Turner provides a nice, veteran presence, right handed back up for first basemen and DH and emergency back up for a few games at third but an aging Turner is not in same league for production that Bregman might have provided

Few rationales that Cubs couldn’t have signed both Bregman and Turner - other than the potential biblical losses that might hit at any moment in time

[rok]

Age difference aside, his numbers haven’t actually fallen off that much since 2021 compared to Bregman’s. And I’d rather have Turner for $6M vs. Bregman for $40M. There, I said it.

[1060Ivy]

Turner’s value is likely more in the $8 - 12 MM range while Bergman’s is more likely in the $32 - 38 MM range (based on 2024 WAR and my professional keen skill set of pulling numbers out my ass)

Turner gave the Cubs a discount while Bregman would not so no need to guess who the Cubs have on their roster and who will not be. Again, would prefer to act like a team that isn’t forced to go the discount rack for free agents and have both players on the roster

[rok]

Meanwhile the addition of Bregman is causing some drama in Boston. Devers doesn’t want to move off third, so they’ll likely shift Bregman over to 2B. Not ideal, as Bregman is the superior fielder at 3B.

[Butcher]

He's a fine bench guy who can give Busch a day off when we face a lefty starter.

But it feels like...oh, we didn't get Bregman; here's the consolation prize.

Hmmmmm that consolation prize is akin to your girlfriend telling you that we were going to vacation in Cabo for a week but instead we will be visiting with her parents while her mother has her bunions removed.  Fun times 

Buster Olney calls Cubs management more interested in profits than winning

https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/4390...ree-agency

Olney ripped him a new one. Well deserved, too.

[1060Ivy]

Sun Times Morrissey plies on ripping the Ricketts a new one

https://chicago.suntimes.com/cubs/2025/0...ex-bregman