Chicago Cubs have lots of QUESTIONS for 2025
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- Опубліковано 20 жов 2024
- Full recap of the trade deadline and what it means for the Cubs entering 2025. Plus: Cody Bellinger and Isaac Paredes both in the lineup as the Cubs continue to struggle, how to view the last 53 games, and more.
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i’m convinced whoever gives sam a tough time for being negative and down is not a cubs fan nor a baseball fan
He’s a realist like me. If the team is not performing, don’t sugar coat like they’re soooo close. They’re not and Jed needs to be held accountable.
These Boyz should be on ESPN
This season guys has been a train wreck. I hate to say it but I really cant stand this particular team. I have a problem with every hitter we have. Amaya is bad all around. Busch fans way too much. Nico swings hard but the ball goes nowhere. Dansby - 177 mill and cant hit. Suzuki and Happ way too inconsistent. PCA fun to watch but just a wild swinger. Bellinger and Paredes - ????? U can win with them. Counsell has been very average as manager. White flag is waving for me. Think about this we had our Ace tonight vs a scratched fill in starter/ pen game. And Lost. Steele is starting to worry me. He has pitched in some big games lately and been bad.
Steele said he's been sick. He probably has too much pride to sit out until he's well. That's when the manager is supposed to step in, but Counsell seems like he's just an observer this season and is hands-off. It's strange. As for the game, game outcomes have no meaning the rest of the season. Just look at it as 2 months of exhibition games.
Ehh Busch is a rookie and a pretty solid one at that so I wouldn't throw him on this list w/ the overpaid asshats who should actually be performing on the field
For a rookie Busch is fine
@@JediPrime11 i typed that before Sam even mentioned it. I was pissed about the game and just came to vent. Busch has been really good. I do wish he would cut his Ks however.
@@troym2784 Well said, Steele needs to develop another go to pitch between now and next spring, I think the league has pretty much figured him out and it looks like the Central Division for sure has.
Busch does strike out too much, but the whole team pretty much does. Happ strikes out quite a bit too, but it seems like he does it in critical situations and he’s always at the top of the order no matter how he’s hitting.
Thank you guys for the good shows
As a long life Cubs fan I agree the Cubs need a star player. I'm hoping in the next few years the Cubs can have some home grown star player at least one.
Who's the coach in Milwaukee Pat Murphy. Brewers look the same if not better this year. He was the bench coach under Craig Counsell for 8 years. For the past 8 years in Milwaukee they get the best out of their players, also without the money to spend. The one difference really for the Cubs from last year( a fun, energetic team to watch) is our manager. Sorry to say, the Cubs are reflecting their manager, boring, no urgency, looks like a deer in headlights to me. I've seen this in business where an assistant manager is doing all the work and makes the manager look good. In my opinion Pat Murphy was the leader in Milwaukee, someone in Milwaukee knew that, because they made him manager and they look the same for the past 8 years. Cubs last year I told my kids I love the group of guy's the Cubs had, they hit and were fun to watch. What changed Craig Counsell.
PCA fields and runs the bases like Griffey Jr. He hits like Mick Kelleher
No, He hits like Helen Keller.
@@ynotcougarlol
he fields nowhere near KGJR, what an insult to Griffey lol
@@cubswin66 I disagree
Yes, you’re right, but the whole,e team is underperforming. How about a new hitting coach?
Bummed that more wasn't done. Pleased with the first couple moves, but was expecting more.
That's b cuz hoyer is 🐎 shit, doesn't know anything about good baseball talent, made couple moves nothing impressive at all, rickets are a joke, another 100 plus years for world series champions 😂👎👎👎
Paredes goes 0-4. He's fitting right in. Also, Morel homered in TB lol
He literally stole home for an additional run 😬
Paredes is in a 3/42.
At least Paredes can play a position
Big deal..Just one game..Paredes i will take him over Morel any day...Paredes also did not strike out i bet Morel did..
At least Paredes put wood on the ball and had quality AB's!
They should have sign carlos correa but to late. We need stud or two players and a Ace pitcher and Ace closer like Miller. Look at the Yankees and the Dodgers. Come on owners this is Chicago.
Being a Cubs fan will take years off my life
You deserve a Purple Heart Sam for gutting it out with the Patrick Wisdom teeth issue. Much appreciated! Aloha from Hawaii!
I'm wore out and weary, BUT if Cubs go 40-13 they will make playoffs...Go Cubs!
I was thinking the same thing last night after the loss
Paredes was a great pickup. He had good AB's all night and that's his MO. Infact, he will end up being the best hitter on this current team. That being said, we're not making the playoffs in the forseeable future.
Hard to believe that other clubs didn't want our scraps. Last place team with a bunch of overpaid clowns. Why is everyone surprised ????
In my view, PCA has a lot more to learn in order to become a complete MLB player. This is understandable since he is a rookie. But I believe you should see the upside from a young player like Michael Busch who has had a herculean task of learning to be a first basemen in the MLB and learn to become a better MLB batter. I think he has by far surpassed what PCA was able to do so far this year. I am hoping for great things from both of these young men in 2025!
Well no surprise Morel already hit home run for Rays
Big deal..Paredes is way better hitter..I take him over Morel anytime..Paredes hitting like 40 points higher than morel..YoU think Morel will get to the 240's Ba your dreaming..And he has just hit Three more homers then Paredes..One game. lET'S see at the end of the year how they compare..Paredes will mop the floor with Morel.
Need a Juan Soto.
I think there are roster spots open. Realistically SS, CF, and C can't feel very secure about their Cub futures. We really need to upgrade those positions
Happ doesn't like leading off and a 230 hitter should be able to dictate his place in the lineup. Leadoff is very critical (Dexter Fowler led the Cubs to WS win) but Happ the prima donna has an issue with it.
Happ has the goofiest freaking swing I've ever seen he's so predictable man gets hot for 2 weeks then cold for 2 months he's so frustrating they need to let Cassie or Brennen Davis if healthy a shot I dont wanna see Happ next season day in and day out fuck man
Go get Santander!!!!
Even if they "prove" it (the offense) the last 2 months. Why the hell would jed expect this team to NOT stink again with a fresh year, as they have done, under pressure, for all the years he's been in charge? He thinks fans are stupid.
Can we be a winning team by the end of the season? This should be our goal!
I’m not sure anything was going to be solved via trade - even if some guys had some value pre-contract. It’s time to rethink this whole thing.
Thank you
Next home game the seats will be filled, the beer will flow.....that is all that matters
The team needs better leaders with a different personality than
-Happ coffee and golf and acts like he’s 55 years old.
-Dansby NOT worth 7yrs 177million
That’s 45m
And Belli at 27mil/year for 3 years.
Is too laid back. Which is fine IF!!!!…they’re all fine if you have an Anthony Rizzo, or hahemmm, Rossy that tells Morel, Busch, Amaya to RESPECT 90!
Nico and PCA have, “IT” but PCA needs some
More AAA at-bats… maybe just enough for 2/3 weeks. Leading off-,batting 1st, 2nd, or hitting 9th.
Give Dansby some
protection. And QUIT giving up on people that do what you want them to do. Hunter Bigge, Ty Johnson, pinango, Rivera-who shouldve be sent back to South Bend and taught to quit stepping in a bucket like he is afraid of the pitch! And learn how to play every position! 3rd 2nd 1st LF RF. But it’s too late. Bigge or Pearson? Looks like Bigge is about to be better RIGHT NOW!! But Jed, Carter, and Counsell make Zero good decisions. Maybe getting Paredesis good.
But we gave up 5 players+Leiter and Morel for Paredes and Pearson, and Neely. And the guy with a broke hand. And Nico has the best heart-like Grit, like pCA… but Nico’s swing looks like he’s blocking the ball. Not hitting the ball. Dustin Kelly did a good job with Belli last year. And I do believe they added Mallee.?!!?? They never hit when he’s staffed. Which is every 3/4 years it seems. Wrigley may be a problem. Have a short porch with wind blowing in. Base hits. Batting avg does matter at Wrigley! Unless Grace and Sandberg come back in Prime there needs to be some changes. Let Luis Vazquez come spell Nico and Dansby.
They have to tired.
Like last year. Use your depth!! You preach about depth depth depth depth depth depth depth
And then you ignore it and acquire new guys. And leave that all
Important with at AAA!!!😡😡
Why acquire Tinoco for him to come here and pitch better than almost every pitcher from your pen(albeit 4 innings), and just give him up. Hell bet them big leaguer after a year of sub 3.35 E.R.A. Word vomit! Apologies!!
Email me! I can help this organization. Quality control. I’m serious. Very. Laugh it up! But I know.
And everyone needs a thorough eye exam!!
That's Wrigleyville for you...
I mean Rickettsville for you...
Dansby contract is a nightmare
MLB is not the NFl you just can't cut guys, unless some team picks up his money, he's gonna be a Cub.
Soooooo Jed and Tom are sure this is a winning group. Run it back.
Cubs need to win @ least 35 of their final 53 games to finish @ least 86-76.
Sam, like you say all year: we are stars in the low leverage…Jes is using the last 2 months as a gauge? He’s clueless
Jed*
Face it fellas this is probably the same team that will be on the field next season. We love Jed🤣🤣🤣
Morel sent 2 out the park as a Ray LOLOL
This makes no sence I'm so confused 😐 2025 is going to be much of the same
I heard he is searching for a Catcher. That is good news
I hope so. Right now the Cubs are very hard to watch.
They're going to seriously regret not moving Taillon and either Happ or Hoerner...too much money for guys that are very average and blocking high potential talent.
Leiter and Morel did well in day 1 A.C (after Cubs). But it's way too soon to declare the trades as losses
Our division is weak, but are they getting better? Youthful players look good for the Pirates & Reds! If we don’t make a move LAST PLACE WILL BE OURS!
Busch is top 5 in Ks in the whole MLB
Sam,
Justin Steele since Aug 1, 2023
(Last 12 months)
165 innings
28 starts
67 Earned runs
(3.66 ERA)
+11 unearned runs
193 Hits/BB
(1.17 Whip)
16 HR allowed
Cubs team record in those starts
= (12-16)
I’ve mentioned this to you before….
But Justin Steele isn’t elite.
Is he a bulldog??? Yes
Is he huge competitor??? Yes
Is he a great leader in clubhouse??
Sure. He prob is.
But Justin Steele isn’t one of the best pitchers in baseball.
He’s good.
What I would call “a plus pitcher”
A decent #2.
Or a strong #3.
But their is like 50+ pitchers in mlb that can give you 150 innings of 3.50 era ball.
That’s who Justin Steele is.
Don't sleep on Bobby Witt Jr.
Dansby Swanson is an Albatross, they need to sit that lousy bat on the bench going forward. Dansby needs to fill the role formerly filled by Nick Madrigal / Miles Mastrobuoni.
Who would you have bat 2nd then?
Juan Soto 😊
@@chrispetryk6079 he’s not on the team
@@timhanner23 I’m aware. I’m talking next year. All about next year now. This year is over as far as I’m concerned
Talk about a disappointing season. I don’t know if I should laugh or cry. The utter lack of star power is telling. 😮
I worried when you make a trailer what's the Tampa Bay rays you normally lose those deals
Sure has been a lot of warning track power the last two nights in Cincy, unfortunately they are nothing but an out.
Soto would sure look good in right field next year.
@@bigran127 all yr I wish that was a stat to follow it's been since the Boston series
You can hear the pain in Sams voice, and can genuinely see how one wrong move could cause immense discomfort.
Props to you tho.
It’s the easiest thing in the world to say
“I’m going to do the show after the procedure.”
But actually doing it ???
Impressive.
Also,
Notice how Sam didn’t bother explaining his tooth removal to start the show ???
That’s 100% from the pain of talking making it not even worth mentioning it to your audience.
Big respect 🫡
Cub fans fill the stadium whether we are good or NOT!
If we want excitement Houyer has to go.
Is it October yet?
This off-season is typical Jed. Do just enough to tantalize us that we're going to do something big, and then stop. He seems so fixated on getting the "perfect" deal that he doesn't make many really big deals. I sound like a broken record, but the Cubs are a major-market team that acts like a small-market team. Can you imagine the Yankees, Dodgers, or Astros acting this way?
Astros have been before. Lets not kid ourselves they're not a winner historically. The Astros were really really bad before they cheated to still just barely win a World Series in a full 7 games.
Just like a Cub fans way of thinking,stars don't win games! They got a so-called star manager and it was a disaster.
Main problem this season is the whole team forgot how to hit a fastball man foul off or swing in a miss all game all season long no skills on this team man when it comes to hitting 95mph + pitching
The only way it fixes is a cratering of support for Wrigley & Marquee. Signage in the buildings in the distance & elsewhere of "Sell the team Ricketts". Something has to wake them up to realize in the short-term, he's gonna have to flirt with the luxury tax to fix the team. He has a cable network which needs riveting content, appeal for ads, and he's living off "the brand" Cubs, that was built by WGN on the superstation fron 1978-2014 and assuming "member berries" from that 1984-1989, 1998-2003, 2007-2008, & 2015-2020 periods are enough to satiate the masses to hold on. It's not. You need to do more, whether it's the front office, ownership, coaching or players or all-the-above, something has to change. This. Isn't. Working!
The title i don't agree with yes this team needs things but i wouldn't say we have a LOT of questions. Fix the bullpen. Parades over Morel is a lot more than a marginal upgrade lol he plays a position we desperately needed he is 25 years old coming off back to back all-star games and a middle of the order bat. Morel will never make an all star game. Fixing the bullpen will solve 75% of the problems. 18 blown saves, good teams have maybe 4 or 5.
But THE POINT IS- does the OWNERSHIP CARE about WINNING more than competing!
I think they care. In less than 3 years after starting a major rebuild/starting from scratch, they've developed a top farm system. Unlike everyone else I don't expect winning during a rebuild and I can be patient since I'm not an all-Chicago sports fan, I have good NFL and NBA teams with winning windows right now. I think that's a problem for a lot of Cubs fans...a lot are fans of other Chicago teams too understandably, and they just have nowhere to turn for winning teams, so the Cubs are just failing completely in their minds, Idk.
If PCA isn’t even close to being ready like Sam says, then why in the hell is he there???
Wish these podcasts weren’t so negative but the with the way the Cubs are playing…
Our division record dictates the removal of the dead weight players!
No worries, Jed will fire the hitting coach again and all will be right.
Once again, Jed filled a hole with a .240 hitter. Where is a superstar going to play? The only position not filled is catcher. Jed is in way over his head and Ricketts keep letting him get deeper.
Everyone here screams that Jed/Ricketts need to spend. They spent. Where’s the reward? I saw very few posters opposed to resigning Cody Bellinger. How has that gone? You had to have one of the 4 SS available last year. How has that gone? Ohtani? Was never signing anywhere but where he did. Matt Chapman? Not having a great year. Jordan Montgomery? Not so hot. Nearly EVERYONE here insisted he was what we needed. How’s he doing?
The Cubs need better talent evaluation in the draft/farm system. It’s deep with guys who have roles to play on a good team but no stars who can carry a team and be counted on in clutch situations.
Spending isn’t always the answer.
Get Santander!! Over the winter pay the man where he cant say no!
Nice job, chipmunk.
This team is no fun to watch and I really dislike it. There isn't one single position player I get excited to watch. This team plays like a bunch of zombies and has taken on the personality of their manager. Until there are major changes I'm not paying for Marquee.
That's the point Sam.......the Cubs are a last place team and you didn't see it coming. Guess what? NO ONE saw it coming. I heard nothing but mid 80's to a possible 90 win team, if everything went right. Well, not much went right. How is getting a good defender to play 3rd, who is a more consistant hitter than Morel....a small thing, when you complained about it all season? Next, the spending limit was FOR THIS YEAR. They weren't going into the luxry tax in a year where one more guy isn't going to put them over the top and there was ZERO percent chance of getting "one of those players" at this deadline.. They, CLEARLY, stated that they will breach that first tax line, when the time is right.........not never. The trade deadline has passed. Nothing can be done, until after the World Series. How about kicking back and just enjoying some baseball? Find that space between being a rah rah guy and seeing doom and gloom in everything. I push back because I like your show and both your passions. I actually listen to what you're saying. While I might not agree with all of it, I see where you're coming from.
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Well said. And I will get there. Just had to react to the deadline since it was yesterday. I will not be like that for 2 straight months
Sub .500 team for years to come.
A couple months ago I would have been angry at this comment but this comment actually makes sense I could actually see this happening to be honest with you
Sam CHILL!!!
So our offense stinks and you want to get rid of our best hitter ? Make it make sense
Fire jed any day
Nico out of the leadoff spot…not a good decision
Cubs lose Cody ain't much out there to acquire , PCA has a few good games in 70 plus😂 he is no more than a situational player ""just a fast guy" there's a bunch of situational players on this team...
Go cubs
Wait till next year…..
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Believe it or not, as bad as the White Sox have been this year, the 1899 Cleveland Spiders are worse. They finished their season with a record of 20-134.
I guess I'm an old man, a bunch of whiners.
If anyone had the stats PCA does they’d have their ass in AAA. Gotta be a lot of guys in the minors shaking their heads over his preferential treatment. Bad for morale & development. I’m glad Morel is gone, they lost all their principles trying to make it work & they are doing the same with PCA. A serious team sends him back down a month ago & gives someone else a chance.
People rally around Bettatani. No thanks.
The culture has to change the old timers need to be gone but they are stuck with Happ and Suzuki. Bring up the kids and let them suck at least, this will be groundhog day all over again.
I’d rather have paredes, I don’t care he went 0for4 it’s one game
I'm OK with that move keeping tallion was stupid
We were doing well with the beginning of the season until almost everyone got hurt. Adzolay, Neris, and almost every pitcher had injuries. The lack of RISP has been crushing.
Let tell you a story about a clown named jed
How many games did they lose late,there relief pitchers pathetic, I'll bet win half those,we'd be close to first,so get a decent closer,an hopefully get other decent pitchers,an why doest the hitters open there stance more,might help,new 3rd baseman wide open
They are literally and figuratively stuck in no man's land, in average city, in baseball purgatory! Look at their team! How are they going to replace any of the following players? Happ, Belli, Suzuki, Dansby, Nico, Busch and now an overrated in my opinion Paredes! They're doomed! "Smart spending" has them the highest payroll in the division and last place to show for it! Keep preaching that smart spending b.s.!
First Hoyer should be fired! Second no teams were interested in the garbage we have like Happ, Suzuki, both Catchers, Steele, Assad, most of the bullpen, Neris especially and were stuck with Swanson Hoyers a fool to have given him a 7 year contract Heyward ring a Bell. This Cubs Team will never come close to a World Series game and if Rickets was serious about building a winning Team he'd get on it and fire five year waste Hoyer! $HIT OR GET OFF THE POT Rickets!!!
the cubs have the players to be a good team. however, those players cannot impact the game if they don't swing the bats. they take strike one first pitch, down 0-1. then they take strike 3. that pitch is on the black or one inch above the box or one inch too low. it is too close to take as umpires love to punch you out emphatically. instead the cubs start unbuckling their shin guards as if it is ball 4. every time they strike out. we see when they swing the bats oh look they score 13 runs. it's not hard. swing at the first pitch and ambush it. do NOT take strike 3. a ball in play gives you a chance. even a swing and miss is better than standing there like a moron whining about a pitch that was half an inch too low. come on girls, swing the bats. yes, Busch strikes out looking all the time, so does Suzuki and so does Wisdom.
With hap Horner and Swanson on this team you’re not going to win anything. Next World Series cubs will win is in year 2124. lol
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Lets see more Taylor McGregor and less of these underachieving players
Fire Jed fire Carter worse top operational people I ever seen .long as there still there wait till 2030 to have a winning team ,All the rest in our division are way better and getting better with a lower team salary.