In news that surprised very few people, first broken by Jon Heyman after his little tiff on the radio (his anger was probably justified to be honest) and confirmed by Jeff Passan, the New York Mets have reportedly signed Juan Soto. This was probably always going to happen, as there was little reason for Soto to leave New York even with the Red Sox and Blue Jays rumored to have thrown armored trucks full of cash into his yard. There was also little surprise that Steve Cohen would be Mr. Moneybags and outbid the Yankees at some point.
Per early reports, the number is 15 years for $765 million, no deferrals. That means Soto will be paid more than Shohei Ohtani in both actual value and the big shiny number at first report. It would seem that the market can open up now and we will see if the Yankees or others will overcompensate and trade someone to the Cubs for Cody Bellinger.
(dying laughing)
Apparently there’s an opt out too, imagine opting out of that much guaranteed money but have the possibility to have more in the next contract (dying laughing)
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No whammies, but also not super impressive.
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Haven’t been too plugged in to the news, have the cubs mentioned that they were in the conversation yet
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Looking forward to the Mets bouncing back to 83-79 next year (dying laughing)
berseliusQuote Reply
It begins, per Morosi…here’s the earlier news
https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/42833289/sources-roki-sasaki-expected-posted-winter-meetings
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Cubs legend Mark Bellhorn
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That was probably too easy
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#101 – 12/09/2024
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berselius,
No, they upstaged the signing by announcing their new coaching staff members this morning. Suck on that, Mets.
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Cueto blew up my grid today.
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At least this one was easy.
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#101 – 12/09/2024
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Sure, Cohen spent $760 million on Juan Soto, but if he really wanted to win he would’ve signed TWO Sotos.
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andcounting,
I wonder if future MLB would regulate cloning like they did in Star Trek
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andcounting,
Maybe they can bring in Martin Maldonado for his finger tape WAR (surely this translates to pitchcom)
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Cubs may get their catcher who is not Thaiss after all
https://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2024/12/cubs-carson-kelly-nearing-a-deal.html
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berselius,
(dying laughing)
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Awww
Tauchman –> White Sox
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Well that was pathetic
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Oopsy
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#102 – 12/10/2024
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Damn, Ryno’s cancer is back
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https://www.bleachernation.com/bears/2024/12/10/report-bears-poles-unhappy/
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Fried –> Yankees
Also Cubs pick at 17 in 1st
https://www.mlb.com/news/mlb-2025-draft-lottery-results?t=mlb-draft-coverage
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berselius,
This is the dumbest story. “Guy doesn’t like having a boss,” no shit. (dying laughing)
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andcounting,
(dying laughing)
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andcounting,
For me it reads more like “Guy thinks boss is an idiot”
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Bah
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That’s better.
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Wonder how revenues would get divided amongst the Chicago sports entities should this actually happen
https://www.bleachernation.com/cubs/2024/12/11/a-marquee-chicago-sports-network-merger-is-reportedly-possible/
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Woot
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Tougher than expected
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#103 – 12/11/2024
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Tough-ish today.
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#103 – 12/11/2024
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Hey yall the Cubs might be trading for Kyle Tucker
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Rice Cube,
Paredes makes sense, but Rosenthal says they want Seiya too. They’re eyeing Cam Smith as well, which is a hard no for me.
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andcounting,
I think they have to at least ask, but some prospect that is not Shaw or Smith and knocking Seiya off the list seems fair for just Tucker, if it includes Seiya I think Houston should take Belli and send back Framber Valdez (dying laughing)
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Rice Cube,
Kyle Tucker might be the most boring good to great player of the past ten years.
I hope the Cubs manage to hang on to Seiya.
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After the past few years, it feels weird to have a Winter Meetings where signings / trades are actually happening!
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berselius,
They have to do a “not actually schmollusion” reset every now and then
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Rice Cube,
The thing about the Shohei signing last year was that it was entirely unhelpful for setting the market, it may as well have been in Schrute bucks. This Soto deal (and the renewed faith that buying championships is fashionable again, thank you Dodgers) is probably going to make free agency great again and make trades a bit sexier too. Fun meetings so far.
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Sounds like Crochet will be trading Sox instead of sides of town, unfortunately I suppose.
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https://www.espn.com/college-football/story/_/id/42913316/flag-planting-ohio-state-felony-proposed-law
(dying laughing), never change aOSU fans
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andcounting,
At least the Cubs only have to deal with him once instead of twice next season
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Juan Soto press conference gonna be fun
https://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2024/12/mets-to-sign-juan-soto.html
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Nifty
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Bleah
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#104 – 12/12/2024
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Still awaiting news of a Belli trade and/or a Tucker trade and/or any other trades, watch them do everything during our pod record
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The MVPs are hard
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Probably should’ve known the 2016 guys would be there
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#105 – 12/13/2024
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Blerg, I missed that Tucker only has one year left before free agency.
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berselius,
The word of the day is “extension”
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Devin Williams–> Yankees
Unfortunately I think the Cubs will have to deal with the Nestor Cortes goofy delivery
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Kyle Tucker trade imminent 👀
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New shit unless I cursed it –> https://www.obstructedview.net/kyle-tucker-cub/
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