Even accounting for a little artistic license, it sure sounds like the FO is trying to trim payroll. I do believe they can find a bunch of wins with a better bullpen and more consistent play from a few guys, but if saving money is driving the offseason...yuck. - ThreadSky

dealtman.bsky.social • 100 days ago

Even accounting for a little artistic license, it sure sounds like the FO is trying to trim payroll. I do believe they can find a bunch of wins with a better bullpen and more consistent play from a few guys, but if saving money is driving the offseason...yuck.

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ryandavis17.bsky.social•100 days ago

This team has been a constant stream of disappointment for some time. The last time I felt like they were trying to build a WS winner was when they signed Yu Darvish.

sth85.bsky.social•100 days ago

If they do this it's getting to be harder and harder to beat the cheap allegations.

ryandavis17.bsky.social•100 days ago

I can’t believe they’ve somehow been beating those allegations for like 7 years.

sth85.bsky.social•100 days ago

I'm not saying I believe their spin but they would add just enough money to the payroll to stay in the top 10. But if they dump contracts at this point nobody can deny the cheapness

ryandavis17.bsky.social•100 days ago

Being top-third in payroll is as weak a goal as winning 83 games every year.

sth85.bsky.social•100 days ago

Yeah I guess you could say their strategy the last eight years is to be aggressively mid

dealtman.bsky.social•100 days ago

And boy was that short-lived.

mcelwee.bsky.social•100 days ago

And trimming the payroll included SMALL money moves as well. For example, they couldn't have traded Tauchman at $3M to get back anything? But maybe they couldn't RISK that extra 3 million. Ricketts panics hard, like when he slashed the covid payroll by moving Schwarber and Darvish.

tomyniomi.bsky.social•100 days ago

Belli detractors point out he played in the same amount of games in 24 as he did in 23 with much worse production, but it’s also worth noting he was allowed to completely recover from his knee injury in 23 vs coming back way earlier from the fractured ribs and hand than originally thought this year

dealtman.bsky.social•100 days ago

Yeah, he was definitely pressing for one reason or another, entirely possible the lure of a bigger deal had him rushing. My issue was always with the poor batted-ball results, which certainly weren't helped by the weather.

mcelwee.bsky.social•100 days ago

The weather was the main thing for me. Wrigley was a pitcher's park. His away #s were fine.

tomyniomi.bsky.social•100 days ago

I mean in 23 he was obviously sacrificing slug for contact because he had waaay too much swing and miss the years prior, it worked out in 23 because he was able to still get the ball out of the infield, harder to do when you can’t make solid contact because you’ve got a core injury

dealtman.bsky.social•100 days ago

Yeah, but the numbers weren't some of the lowest in the league just due to his two-strike approach. He just doesn't hit the ball very hard, which is fine depending on the park.

mbvader89.bsky.social•100 days ago

If the directive from ownership is to trim payroll after a mediocre season, that's concerning.

louie101.bsky.social•100 days ago

Maybe Ricketts is afraid of the Trump Tariffs and knows the economy is about to be a new cesspool?
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