Bo’s a Met. Bo Bichette, that is.
Kyle Tucker joined the Dodgers, who offered him a cool $240 million for four years, with opt-outs after the second and third years.
More power to him. If you can get that kinda money, get right on it.
This even though I’ve hated the Dodgers from the git-go. I was raised by people who did not adore Brooklyn and were offended hugely by the way the move was done when they Greeley’d. Personally, it was Steve Garvey’s lantern jaw that I remember. It’s like the stinkin’ Cardinals… and that’s not the only parallel.
Now I look at the Dodgers much as I look at the early Cardinals, who owned the entire minor-league system (they were the principal architects of the system and maintained control until they were made to stop). They’re creating a new paradigm, for better or worse.
The Cubs have a new third baseman. You have to like his will to win, and let’s hope that rubs off.
“In October, it’s ‘Alex in Wonderland,’ and it’s a ‘Bregularly’ scheduled event, no doubt.” — Scott Boras.
Oh, and the Cubs Convention is under way. We’ll be back tomorrow, same bat time, same bat channel, with more of this.
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Today’s playlist. Tons of Bregman vids and a few other things.
- Matthew Lenz (North Side Baseball*): Chicago Cubs make a trio of promotions in their Baseball Operations department. “Jordan Bastian of MLB.com shared an official communication from the Chicago Cubs, announcing three promotions within the baseball operations department.”
- Jon Greenberg (The Athletic {$}): The Cubs are back to being a big-market team focused on winning after Alex Bregman signing. “The Cubs are basically trading Tucker for Bregman.” Patrick Mooney has more {$}.
“He makes contact at an elite level, he controls the strike zone at an elite level,” Hoyer said. “And certainly, those are skills that age well.”
- Matthew Trueblood (North Side Baseball*): 6 suitors for Matt Shaw, and the players Cubs might target in trades with them. “Finding teams interested in Shaw hasn’t been a problem. The question is whether any of them will pay what Chicago demands.”
- Meghan Montemurro (Chicago Tribune* {$}): How star third baseman Alex Bregman landed in Chicago: ‘We knew the Cubs wanted our family to be here’. “Bregman’s life centers on two things: his family and winning games.“
“Literally the first second that free agency really opened I felt like we knew the Cubs wanted our family to be here, and we were excited about it,” Bregman, 31, said. “I thought it was trending that way, probably from the beginning of the offseason. They expressed right away that they wanted me. They made it extremely clear that they valued what I valued.”
- Paul Dietrich (Brew Crew Ball*): Should the Brewers feel pressured to keep up with the Cubs? “The Cubs signed Alex Bregman — what now?“
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