Me when I see people talking about who the Cubs should target this offseason
December 8, 2025
Me when I see people talking about who the Cubs should target this offseason
7 comments
Do we think he takes a deal that means he plays 3B?
Because we need to be realistic
I like Bo Bichette, he’s a good baseball player. But I also don’t think he’s the solution for the Cubs without a really big trade on the back end. Part of this is the Cubs inability to be allowed to be spend like the Cubs, but part of this is their current makeup.
Entering the off-season the Cubs are off of a top-5 run scoring offense and while they are losing Tucker still have a top 5 fWAR group. That will drop as teams add, but their current fWAR would put them squarely top-10 almost every year. Their pitcher f@WR is 21st.
The reality is the team only have money for one big FA get. Then will need to take the remaining money and build a bullpen and likely one pretty good bat. Considering how their pitching lags behind, that’s likely where the money is spent. Especially because right now the rookies are likely ticketed for a starting job or to contribute significantly, which makes a trade trickier.
In a better world the Cubs drop $25m on Bichette and $25m on a pitcher and $15m more on the bullpen. But this is the world we live in, and a SP just makes the most sense.
Because we have an infield log jam as is and we have a power outage with Tucker gone.
Starting pitching needs to be bolstered.
bo Melton?
Where are you going to play him? His arm rates poorly for a SS, so it would likely be worse as a 3B.
I don’t know. He was pretty beat up in the strike-shortened 1994 season. Plus, he’s 63 now. But fuck it, Bo knows Cub. Let’s go.
7 comments
Do we think he takes a deal that means he plays 3B?
Because we need to be realistic
I like Bo Bichette, he’s a good baseball player. But I also don’t think he’s the solution for the Cubs without a really big trade on the back end. Part of this is the Cubs inability to be allowed to be spend like the Cubs, but part of this is their current makeup.
Entering the off-season the Cubs are off of a top-5 run scoring offense and while they are losing Tucker still have a top 5 fWAR group. That will drop as teams add, but their current fWAR would put them squarely top-10 almost every year. Their pitcher f@WR is 21st.
The reality is the team only have money for one big FA get. Then will need to take the remaining money and build a bullpen and likely one pretty good bat. Considering how their pitching lags behind, that’s likely where the money is spent. Especially because right now the rookies are likely ticketed for a starting job or to contribute significantly, which makes a trade trickier.
In a better world the Cubs drop $25m on Bichette and $25m on a pitcher and $15m more on the bullpen. But this is the world we live in, and a SP just makes the most sense.
Because we have an infield log jam as is and we have a power outage with Tucker gone.
Starting pitching needs to be bolstered.
bo Melton?
Where are you going to play him? His arm rates poorly for a SS, so it would likely be worse as a 3B.
I don’t know. He was pretty beat up in the strike-shortened 1994 season. Plus, he’s 63 now. But fuck it, Bo knows Cub. Let’s go.