With Turkey Day around the corner, we jabronis got together to talk about the MLB awards, speculate on what’s going to happen with Juan Soto’s ridiculous contract-to-be, and explore the trade speculation surrounding Nico Hoerner and Cody Bellinger. Also some discussion on what Jed Hoyer needs to do to keep his job past 2025, plus bonus Bears talk.
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Well crap, there goes one pitcher and with a price point set for others
https://bsky.app/profile/jonheyman.bsky.social/post/3lbrqqael722w
Kikuchi –> Angels, 3/$63MM
Guess they’re trying to try
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Woot
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(dying laughing)
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I do kinda love we have a significant FA signing before thanksgiving. Let’s get this rather depressing party started.
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Derek Holland was the landmine at 2% (dying laughing)
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Heh, we were talking about Buster Posey
[The Windup: A show about Baseball] Starkville | Buster Posey talks about his new position with the Giants & what’s next for the team #theWindupAShowAboutBaseball
https://podcastaddict.com/the-windup-a-show-about-baseball/episode/186839084 via @PodcastAddict
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I somehow missed that Posey became SF’s POBO. (dying laughing)
I have a feeling he’ll be the first HoFer born after me.
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Got to use Cubs legends Carlos Silva, Clayton Richard, and Brent Lillibridge
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A lot of people remembered David Aardsma.
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This Snell Dodgers contract is weird
https://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2024/11/dodgers-blake-snell-agree-to-five-year-deal.html
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Snell —> dodgers
Berselius —> (dying laughing)
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berselius,
Boras, also (dying laughing)
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(dying laughing) at Dodgers fans who have to slog through watching him pitch
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Woot
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Baumann must be stopped at all costs
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Took one go with the Cardinals to convince him to hang it up
https://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2024/11/brandon-crawford-announces-retirement.html
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So I guess everyone remembered Jim Abbott.
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Merry Thanksgiving to my friends and RC
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Happy Thanksgiving, jabronis
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Hm
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Happy Thanksgiving
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(dying laughing)
Happy Thanksgiving, amirite?
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Let’s go bears love da bears longtime fan
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berselius,
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Bears are cursed until they switch their logo from the giant bear head back to the simple c
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Flus needs to hop in the Time Machine and get early career Andy Reid to advise him on clock management
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Go pack go. Or don’t. I can’t tell you what to do.
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Once again, the Negro Leagues are my Waterloo.
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berselius,
The decision making or lack thereof extends far beyond just knowing how to read a clock
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After getting bombed I decided to go back and try to find guys who weren’t Larry Doby or Satchel Paige
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Yeah check out the final plays again and let me know if I’m missing something because wow
https://youtu.be/qD67jzL81Rk?si=aHMXrirT6ggenCEw
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eberflus
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This dumb bastard
https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/42668132/bears-clock-management-handled-right-way
There are a few possibilities
1. He truly believes his own bullshit
2. He needs to cover to save his job
3. Both
Unbelievable
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Mini mines got me but I did get to use former Cubs legends Paul Bako and Jason Kendall
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Eberflus —> fired
Merry Black Friday, jabronis
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100 run column was kinda tough for rarity. But I did get to use Josh Fogg today.
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Hm
This is a good point, I didn’t know he got to actually talk to the press before he was fired
https://x.com/CourtneyRCronin/status/1862552287035420910
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Now to see how the bears screw this up in the offseason. I like their new play caller but bumping him up to HC might take away the sauce they’ve had with this Caleb resurgence.
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berselius,
HC would at least get final say and this guy has earned some faith that he might know which plays will actually work
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Hoping the Luke Fickell will be available to interview with the bears
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Tommy Edman back to the dodgers for 5/74? I’m generally enjoying this dodgers offseason so far.
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They also probably have another half billion to spend so why not I guess (dying laughing)
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All Cubs today.
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Bah, shouldn’t have picked Mickey Mantle
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Travel day here, I’m inspired with the idea that the dems would have won the election in they made summary execution of people who watch videos without headphones in airports or airplanes a key plank in their campaign
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Texas doesn’t have a lot of HOFers eh
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berselius,
I wonder if they could have done better by explaining policy positions in more lay terms rather than leaning into “that guy sucks” or “we’re not that guy”
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No
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This one is for the Boyds
https://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2024/12/cubs-to-sign-matthew-boyd.html
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We’re all Fried away from Oops All Lefties
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Woot
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https://www.acmepackingcompany.com/2024/12/1/24310423/detroit-lions-play-call-leak-2024-green-bay-packers-jahmyr-gibbs
Oops
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Need to put a curtain over that when not actively rehearsing or whateve
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Blah
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berselius,
David Montgomery is on my fantasy team, so here’s hoping he gets the majority of carries this week as punishment for Gibbs (dying laughing).
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Higashioka —-> TEX
Back to rummaging in the recovering from injury bin for the nth time for the cubs.
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berselius,
If they just sign Danny Jansen it’ll probably be ok
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Oooh aaah
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I’m fairly open minded but I have to say this is a horrible idea
https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/5961016/2024/12/02/golden-at-bat-rule-mlb/
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Should only be allowed for Mike Trout / Shohei Ohtani matchups imo
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Damn Vernon Wells and Kyle Farnsworth
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Soto contract–> at least $600MM
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This is fun, hope it works out better than the last trade with the Sox
https://www.bleachernation.com/cubs/2024/12/04/report-cubs-are-a-viable-candidate-to-acquire-garrett-crochet/
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Aaaaah Matt Stairs you have forsaken me
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Guess the Nico trade rumors have some truth
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This one is also fun
https://www.dailywalkoff.com/
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Oh right results
Daily Walkoff
#96 – 12/04/2024
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Blah
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Fun
Daily Walkoff
#96 – 12/04/2024
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Freaking Sergio Romo
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I think these would be a lot harder if they had multiple columns from the 70s/80s.
Daily Walkoff
#97 – 12/05/2024
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Jason Bay was a surprising landmine
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Perkins,
Yeah this one was relatively easy
Daily Walkoff
#97 – 12/05/2024
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Woah the A’s spent money for some reason
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Rice Cube,
I saw a lot of out of context “The A’s?!” reactions and thought they had signed soto (dying laughing)
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The Cubs will never get these
https://www.mlb.com/milb/news/mlb-draft-competitive-balance-rounds-set-for-2025?t=mlb-draft-coverage
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Damn, some exciting footballing today
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This has been making the rounds and I feel like the rumor mill might be grasping, but if this is real it is dumb as hell
https://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2024/12/cubs-reportedly-determined-to-trade-seiya-suzuki-or-cody-bellinger.html
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Grrr Chuck Finley
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Wouldn’t have thought those guys pitched so much
Daily Walkoff
#98 – 12/06/2024
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I will accept the nonzero chance that even Manfred thinks this is a bad idea
https://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2024/12/manfred-golden-at-bat-idea-has-gotten-a-little-buzz.html
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Bieber –> Cleveland (again)
https://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2024/12/guardians-to-re-sign-shane-bieber.html
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Bert Blyleven was surprisingly popular where I used him.
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#98 – 12/06/2024
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Ok Mets
https://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2024/12/mets-to-sign-clay-holmes.html
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Heyman got hurt in the feelings
https://vxtwitter.com/jomboymedia/status/1865213460042162580?s=46&t=s50dqsVZTecZDLymzdnwkA
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Boom
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#99 – 12/07/2024
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At least I avoided all the most popular ones.
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Among other surprises, Dan Uggla was a hoot
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Fie!
Daily Walkoff
#99 – 12/07/2024
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Passan bomb
Adames –> Giants
https://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2024/12/giants-to-sign-willy-adames.html
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Rice Cube,
I guess I got my answer about what we can expect from Buster.
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To be the kind of rich that can just drop that much money on a hobby https://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2024/12/yankees-mets-reportedly-increase-soto-bids-beyond-700mm.html
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Curse you, McLemore!
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Guess Matt Stairs has a Pirates hat in his collection
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#100 – 12/08/2024
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Hawaii i am no longer in you
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Now we’re talking.
Daily Walkoff
#100 – 12/08/2024
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Will endeavor to set up something new once someone gives Soto the billion dollars, just kind of unmotivated
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Dick Allen & Dave Parker –> HOF
https://baseballhall.org/
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There it is
New stuff soon
https://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2024/12/mets-to-sign-juan-soto.html
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Today’s new shit brought to you by a tiny fraction of Juan Soto’s next paycheck–> https://www.obstructedview.net/mets-reportedly-secure-juan-sotos-services/
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