MLB: ***Official 2019 Chicago Cubs Season Thread***
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It would be so interesting to be a fly on the wall in the front office this time of year.
CycloneErik
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And unless there's something big coming in the next 15-20 minutes, this is our big deadline move?
CycloneErik
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Will be curious to see what they had to send for Castellanos but that was a solid pickup right there. Will probably be batting leadoff. The question now is who may be DFA or sent down to make room for some of these moves the past couple days.
Castellanos is probably a more proven bat than Schwarber is. Heck even his "down" year this year he's still hitting .273 with an on base of .328 which that .273 average puts him just below Heyward's .278 for 6th best on this roster. Schwarber has never hit for more than .246 any season while Castellanos worst is .255
Yeah I am not a fan of his defense either but I'm guessing they did not give up much to get him and given this team's offensive woes who else were you going to get without sending a bunch in return like we would have for someone like Merrifield. This team still is pretty flawed even with these recent trades so it wasn't like they were going to be able to bring in 1 or 2 guys to miraculously fix the offense.
Bye bye Carl Edwards!
https://www.bleachernation.com/2019...ll-carl-edwards-jr-who-is-joining-the-padres/
https://www.bleachernation.com/2019...ll-carl-edwards-jr-who-is-joining-the-padres/
I just texted my friend who is a Padres fan and laughed.
Sucks he couldn’t get it done with the cubs. He showed promise at times.
