I made the mistake of leaving this post in my drafts for too long, then everything changed. The Cubbies went from tight on money, but still contending to a complete tear-down overnight. So now to rewrite everything, but I’ll do it from multiple perspectives, including my thoughts pre-teardown. Before cutting Schwarber and the Darvish trade,…
WHY WE SHOULD NOT HAVE A BASEBALL SEASON IN 2020
Maybe we should just not have a season this year. I love baseball more than any other sport, and I miss it every day. I look at my phone, and my calendar app tells me who the Cubs are playing today according to the pre-Covid schedule, and I get a bit sad. I love summertime…
MLB EXPANSION
In my previous post (Fixing the Playoffs) I touched on MLB expansion. It’s definitely happening at some point. In that post I discussed the playoff implications, and I’d be very excited for that format. But here, I’d like to discuss the actual expansion and what that would look like. When expansion happens, it’ll be 2…
Cubs/Rockies Bryant/Arenado Trade
In my previous post, I urged the Cubs to take a page from the Red Sox to get under that luxury tax threshold (you can read that HERE). The Sox were able to tie in Price (and his big contract) with Betts instead of getting top-notch prospects. A fine idea in my book. This is…
FIXING THE PLAYOFFS
Baseball Commissioner Rob Manfred has proposed a new playoff system. Apparently he feels the MLB playoffs need fixing. The newly proposed system goes like this: Best team in the division gets a buy The other 2 division winners get home field for all games in a best of 3. They also get to go to…
THE CUBS MUST TRADE BRYANT
Year 3 of being over the luxury tax threshold is where teams lose real money. Loss of national television revenue and fines add up to 30 to 50 million dollars. This is why teams are so afraid of the luxury tax, no matter if you’re the Yankees or Red Sox. This is why we have…
Is There Still Some Hope For The Cubs?
If you read either of my recent posts (read them HERE and HERE) you’ll see I’ve pretty much given up hope on the Cubs this season. I’ve stopped dreaming of potential trades, or free agent signings that would improve the team. Going into the offseason I saw three major things the Cubs needed to do:…
THE CUBS GAVE UP
If you read my last Cubs-specific post (read it HERE), then you would know how disgruntled I am with their offseason. I would like to start off by stating I am aware of the luxury tax penalties. I know that the more years in a row you go over, the worse the penalties, and they…
FIXING THE MINOR LEAGUES
Currently, MLB commissioner Rob Manfred (along with the owners?) are in a battle with the minor leagues. It’s not looking good right now, especially with MLB’s most recent threat of cutting ties with the minor leagues all together. Manfred feels like there are a lot of stadiums in disarray, the players travel too much, and…
Are Cubs Owners Destroying Team?
There’s only 6 players left in the top 21 ranked free agents, 2 of which are in the top 10, and no one left from the top 5. Definitely not the slow off season we’ve become accustomed to over the last couple years. The defending World Series Champions are considered winners in the Winter Meetings…
THE REAL CUBS FAN 