Jeffrey Vitek

Go Cubs

[Jeffrey Vitek @JeffreyV26105]

@SamOlbur How did Frelick not get Pratt to 2nd?

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@cody_barto @SamOlbur Actually a really ugly game for teams that are known for playing quality ball

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@SamOlbur “It’s not a traditional steal but more of a hit and run assuming Simpson will make contact” -Joe Davis

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@SamOlbur Why the analytics hate the hit and run

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@DobzMiles One push back on “much bigger budget” is that teams are capped on their IF money. And large markets like the cubs are often penalized with lower sums. So in international free agency the cubs often work with less

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@SamOlbur Sounds like you don’t care about gold gloves?

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@nickpfeiffer92 @SamOlbur It was a very good contract. Hard to find a pitcher of his caliber for the $15M they paid him over 3 years

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@loganrwade @SamOlbur What rationale is there for a floor when the Guardians and Rays have bottom 5 payrolls but will make the world series?

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@SonRanto @KICKandSTAND21 @SamOlbur Rizzo came out and said all the players are actively rooting against the Rays, Brewers, and Guardians because it will signal to the owners they don't need to spend to be successful

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@SamOlbur In the last five years, only seven hitters have signed a free agent contract or extension worth at least $85M starting in their age-32 (or older) season: Freddie Freeman, Manny Machado, Jose Altuve, Matt Chapman, Kyle Schwarber, Alex Bregman, and José Ramírez.

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@SonRanto Easy to bolster your farm and have a bright future when you have 3 straight 100 loss seasons and sell every deadline. Sustainable winning is the goal

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@SamOlbur Who you got for the series - Rays or Yankees?

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@SamOlbur I’d be surprised if you could list 10 organizations better than the cubs

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@BuschBangs @mitch_santini But his money would’ve inhibited other moves

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@tmack68AZ @SamOlbur Majority of aces are developed by their club. Sanchez - Phillies, skenes - pirates, Skubal - tigers, mis - brewers, schlittler - Yankees, Tolle - Red Sox. Cubs had Horton and Steele but both injured. We do need to improve pitching development

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@tmack68AZ @SamOlbur Ya I agree he was more traded for his stuff (though wins losses is not a statistic I would show). But outside of Cease an ace is hard to come by in the open market. Look at Framber’s season - did you want him?

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@BuschBangs “Never go after the big guy”
What do you call the Bregman signing? The Dansby signing? The Bellinger signing? The trade for Tucker, Paredes, Cabrera, Gaussman, Holmes?

The Aaron judge and Bobby Witt Jrs arnt just available

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@tmack68AZ @SamOlbur Edward Cabrera was the most sought after pitcher on the trade market. You can go look up teams like the Yankees heavily pursued him. We traded a top 100 prospect and beat out others. If thats not a win now, then what is?

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@SamOlbur Sam I recall you being excited and advocating for both players. Being a baseball GM is hard.