Quote from: tower912 on January 18, 2026, 01:23:13 PMRight now.  7+ feet and bouncy is always worth a shot.  If he develops, you get McCaskill.  If it doesn't work out you get McMorrow or Mbao.

The difference here is that McMorrow and Mbao played sparingly/never when it became apparent they weren't Big East players, and were quickly and politely shown the door.

Josh clark and bounce was not the scouting report I was expecting.

Batting average is an outdated metric for thy type of analysis.

At this point the answer should be "why not?"  I don't particularly care if we finish last or second to last in the conference.  At the very worst he gets in, is totally outmatched and appears clueless and uncoordinated on both offense and defense, and we give him 12+ minutes a game like Hamilton.

Quote from: JWags85 on January 16, 2026, 07:48:16 AMI mean, speaking as a Cubs fan, I'm not thrilled about losing Tucker, but they just signed a big name All Star/Gold Glove third baseman for $175MM last week.  They signed another All Star/Gold Glove player in Swanson a few offseasons ago.  They aren't Little Sisters of the Poor who can't afford any top free agents.

If not the Dodgers, the Mets were gonna overpay for Tucker.  He was gone anyways.

Listen, what the Dodgers are doing is absurd.  I saw that they are actually paying $120MM a year for Tucker (The $60MM plus luxury taxes on it).  That's larger than some team payrolls.  They have more than $800MM in contracts in excess of the total contracts of the Padres, who are second, and have a bunch of inflated contracts of their own.  Any disappointment I have is divorced from any Cubs fanship cause I assumed he'd likely be going to Queens anyways.

What I think is more insane is, while he is a very good player, Tucker (4x AS, 1 GG, 2 SS) is making DOUBLE the annual salary of Mookie Betts (8x AS, 1 MVP, 6 GG, and 7 SS) and only $10MM (14%) less than Ohtani who is the best player of the last 25 years and who has a realistic chance of chasing down Bonds' 7 MVPs.

Paying 60 million for a .266 hitter is absurd. Now if he batted over .300 it would make a little more sense.

Quote from: Heisenberg on January 18, 2026, 10:10:56 PMYour record of what is allowed and what gets banned/thread locked is highly partisan.

Picks fight with moderator.  Shocked he has been treated "unfairly".  Seems he lacks self awareness.

Quote from: willie warrior on January 18, 2026, 06:13:46 PMGotcha. Transparency and unwillingness to admit that he has to change somehow are not important

He's in the middle of the season. It's been crap but who wants a coach that will throw his current players under the bus by saying he should have replaced them in the portal and effectively give up on the rest of the season? Not me. Shaka has been a good coach at MU until this season. I think we'll see roster and staff changes after the season. Besides. I'm not convinced the MU job would attract anyone better.

Quote from: GB Warrior on Today at 10:07:43 AMI'm seeing Daboll chatter... I think Josh will be forced into injury retirement within 3 years if Daboll is allowed a second go at him

That or possibly this is how they keep Joe Brady in town.

I'm seeing Daboll chatter... I think Josh will be forced into injury retirement within 3 years if Daboll is allowed a second go at him

I bequeath the recap.  For this game, someone can be heir Friar.