You guys are getting me through the off season/playoffs lol. Sam you’re so right about the NFL right now and where baseball should be marketed. At least college football is getting me through.
Only players I’d be upset trading are Steele, Imanaga, and PCA. Everyone else can go, sure can respect Happ’s .245 with 20 HRs every year but that does nothing to make playoffs. He’d hit 7th on the Dodgers
Agreed, he already has the long, hyphenated name. And then put a weird football number on his jersey and people are not necessarily going to want to wear it.
Pitcher wise, Wood, Prior were face of Cubs. So you need to get couple of those something like 20wins, no-hitter, Cy Young, lead Cubs to WS, being unquestioned #1 SP for more than 4,5 years, etc pedigrees to be considered face of franchise.
I listen every single day from Kentucky. Love the cubs and the pod. It’s gonna suck going to 3 episodes a week like it will eventually I assume. Hoping for a belli opt out , nico trade for an arm Busch to 2nd polar bear at first and Santander in right and Seiya dh. (not gonna happen lol)And Issac can probably hit the road too if it was my choice
I hear ya, Sam. The thing that scares is one day sometime in the future all these postseason games will probably be pay per view. Wouldn't surprise, it's getting to be all about the $$
I remember back in the past both League Championship series were on a major broadcast networks such as Fox & NBC. Now just the World Series is on Fox with selected playoff games on Fox, most on FS1 & TBS before the World Series. I will be honest. Baseball is not as popular as it once was. A lot of baseball fans are older. I remember back in the past non baseball fans complained about the regular programming on Fox getting preempted in October for baseball playoffs. Fox now has a compromise with selected playoff games on Fox, most on FS1 & TBS, & the entire World Series on Fox.
PCA has the chance to be this teams superstar. It'll come down to how well he can hit over 162. If he can't manage around an .800 OPS he'll probably be very similar to Kevin Kiermaier which is still a very valuable player just not a star/superstar.
The 170 million doesn't include Bellinger. But it does include guys that we know will be gone like Smyly, Bote, Wisdom, Madrigal & a couple RP. (Not to mention non-tenders)That all totals up to 20+ million & Bellinger is due 27.5M towards the tax. So the payroll will be about 177 Million after all moves are made & Bellinger accepts his opt-in. Or if he opts-out then it'll be about 150 million. Why can ppl not read & understand fangraphs or Spotrac... Plus both are NEVER accurate anyway cuz Cubs were at 233 million MAX this season according to them but we Cubs went over the tax
Matt and Sam are great but talking about the Cubs is boring now. As long as Jed does not get fired and we do not get a super star, we will always be talking about the what could have been......year after year. If you guys have ties to Tom, go talk to him directly if not dream on!
I wish Bellinger would just go away, he's average slightly above but he contract says it all! He's only about money and not going to go the extra mile to help the team win. 27 million a year he already set for life ? Jed was stupid for agreeing to the opt outs!
Hard to pick anyone on this current team to be a face of the franchise. Maybe PCA or Shota, but it’s too early to tell. Nico has an outside chance because of his love of the game and his defense. If he picks up the offense a bit, he could be it.
Why would you buy a jersey in the first place . How old are you ? Is that important to you ? Do you really want to give Ricketts more of your money ? Other than. The starting staff there are no,stars on this team ! Stop pretending .
Totally agree with you on baseball vs football and can't believe it's not on national TV.
The honest truth is that Baseball is just not as popular as it once was.
Just watched David Fry hit a 2 run Walk Off for the Guardians, There fans went nuts! Why cant we have that?
Being jealous of Cleveland, we're down bad 😂😂😢
Ask Jed
Because Owen Caissie is blocked by Happ, Bellinger and Suzuki.
Trade Happ or Belli
You guys are getting me through the off season/playoffs lol. Sam you’re so right about the NFL right now and where baseball should be marketed. At least college football is getting me through.
Only players I’d be upset trading are Steele, Imanaga, and PCA. Everyone else can go, sure can respect Happ’s .245 with 20 HRs every year but that does nothing to make playoffs. He’d hit 7th on the Dodgers
PCA jersey... He needs a different number. #52 is just a weird number for PCA.
Justin Grimm wore 52
Agreed, he already has the long, hyphenated name. And then put a weird football number on his jersey and people are not necessarily going to want to wear it.
Pitcher wise, Wood, Prior were face of Cubs. So you need to get couple of those something like 20wins, no-hitter, Cy Young, lead Cubs to WS, being unquestioned #1 SP for more than 4,5 years, etc pedigrees to be considered face of franchise.
I think Witt is better than Soto but I'm just glad you didn't forget to mention Witt in the top 5 best players in baseball.
No way they are going to let Witt go anywhere.
@@dave-pm9bu the Royals were smart and locked him down for 11 years.
I listen every single day from Kentucky. Love the cubs and the pod. It’s gonna suck going to 3 episodes a week like it will eventually I assume. Hoping for a belli opt out , nico trade for an arm Busch to 2nd polar bear at first and Santander in right and Seiya dh. (not gonna happen lol)And Issac can probably hit the road too if it was my choice
Ok, don't take this the wrong way, but I LOVED hearing Sam read the hims ad. Lol go slower next time
I hear ya, Sam. The thing that scares is one day sometime in the future all these postseason games will probably be pay per view. Wouldn't surprise, it's getting to be all about the $$
I remember back in the past both League Championship series were on a major broadcast networks such as Fox & NBC. Now just the World Series is on Fox with selected playoff games on Fox, most on FS1 & TBS before the World Series. I will be honest. Baseball is not as popular as it once was. A lot of baseball fans are older. I remember back in the past non baseball fans complained about the regular programming on Fox getting preempted in October for baseball playoffs. Fox now has a compromise with selected playoff games on Fox, most on FS1 & TBS, & the entire World Series on Fox.
PCA has the chance to be this teams superstar. It'll come down to how well he can hit over 162. If he can't manage around an .800 OPS he'll probably be very similar to Kevin Kiermaier which is still a very valuable player just not a star/superstar.
Is bellinger not up there on the q ratings?
The 170 million doesn't include Bellinger. But it does include guys that we know will be gone like Smyly, Bote, Wisdom, Madrigal & a couple RP. (Not to mention non-tenders)That all totals up to 20+ million & Bellinger is due 27.5M towards the tax. So the payroll will be about 177 Million after all moves are made & Bellinger accepts his opt-in. Or if he opts-out then it'll be about 150 million.
Why can ppl not read & understand fangraphs or Spotrac... Plus both are NEVER accurate anyway cuz Cubs were at 233 million MAX this season according to them but we Cubs went over the tax
One game has to start early. U want both going head to head or going to 1am or later if the other starts 9:30 or 10pm ?
Matt and Sam are great but talking about the Cubs is boring now. As long as Jed does not get fired and we do not get a super star, we will always be talking about the what could have been......year after year. If you guys have ties to Tom, go talk to him directly if not dream on!
PCA of the last 3 months is a Star, But He needs to do it for more than a minute to say Yea He is a Dude
And he needs to do it from the top of the order not the bottom . We'll see . Don't count your chickens before they hatch .
PCA is my favorite, but in order to have one stand alone guy, you need to SIGN one and not just let free agents just go by time and time again.
If Swanson retired today I wouldn't miss him one bit . Boat anchor of the team.
The answer is either "no" (which is bad) or Dansby Swanson (which is worse).
Bellinger would be insane to opt out.
I wish Bellinger would just go away, he's average slightly above but he contract says it all! He's only about money and not going to go the extra mile to help the team win. 27 million a year he already set for life ? Jed was stupid for agreeing to the opt outs!
Not currently. Justin Steele probably will be
As far as I'm concerned, at this point/ the two of you are as much of the faces of the franchise as anybody in their official organization.
Jed and Tom
If Cody Bellinger is here for another year, I would get his jersey
Hard to pick anyone on this current team to be a face of the franchise. Maybe PCA or Shota, but it’s too early to tell. Nico has an outside chance because of his love of the game and his defense. If he picks up the offense a bit, he could be it.
I said it before and I'll say it again, I love Sam's enthusiasm and passion for the game.
NO
Sign Bauer nowadays!
The only real face the Cubs ever had was Ernie Banks
Now none
No.
Second
Cubs are ass sadly. Total .500 team for the next several years with their pipeline of AAAA scrubs lol
First
PCA that’s it for now. Imanaga never (99%) will be face of the Cubs, just not enough time to build.
Why would you buy a jersey in the first place . How old are you ? Is that important to you ? Do you really want to give Ricketts more of your money ? Other than. The starting staff there are no,stars on this team ! Stop pretending .