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3 minutes ago, Lucky_13 said:

Call me crazy but I'd give Mike Wright a shot at it. His stuff played way up in short outings last year. He also has an intensity to him that might work as a closer and I'm pretty sure he's out of options this season. 

Or sign a guy like Jake McGee. 

If they get a SP for Britton I think it makes the team better than if they keep him

I like Juan Nicasio as a free agent option. Failed starter but is a different pitcher since being moved to the pen.  

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9 hours ago, phillyOs119 said:

I don’t know if I can call this team a playoff contender without upgrades.  I’m a fan of trading veteran pieces but I wouldn’t call it blowing up the team, just doing what the Yankees had been doing for the past few years before 2017. Trading veterans and giving the youth movement a chance to succeed.

Potential contender. If things fall the right way and we upgrade the SP.  All possible and doable. Rebuild/retool in 2019 when we have lot's of FA money

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11 hours ago, Lucky_13 said:

Call me crazy but I'd give Mike Wright a shot at it. His stuff played way up in short outings last year. He also has an intensity to him that might work as a closer and I'm pretty sure he's out of options this season. 

Or sign a guy like Jake McGee. 

If they get a SP for Britton I think it makes the team better than if they keep him

Mike Wright is crazy talk! I don't know if he has a pitch to get lefties out, and based on his body language I don't see him doing well mentally in high pressure. 

I like McGee, but if we are signing a free agent you might as well keep Britton.

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The Cubs’ bullpen search figures to be expansive this offseason, but Patrick Mooney of NBC Sports Chicago provides some insight into the team’s thinking. Per Mooney, while the Cubs performed their due diligence on Zach Britton at this week’s GM Meetings, they found the asking price to be too high this past summer and aren’t likely to rekindle those talks. Rather, they’ve landed on free-agent righty Brandon Morrow as one potential ninth-inning option and will also monitor the market for former White Sox/D-backs/Mets closer Addison Reed in free agency, according to Mooney.

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I also wonder if there would be any interest in Brach. With two years and significantly cheaper, he might have more value than Britton, actually. I was pretty down on Brach's performance in the closer role, but other teams might see his closer experience as a positive. If we are really going for it, the move might be to keep Britton and move Brach.

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2 minutes ago, Aristotelian said:

I also wonder if there would be any interest in Brach. With two years and significantly cheaper, he might have more value than Britton, actually. I was pretty down on Brach's performance in the closer role, but other teams might see his closer experience as a positive. If we are really going for it, the move might be to keep Britton and move Brach.

Brach will be a free agent after this season. And if he is worth more than Britton, we are in even worse shape than I'd thought.

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15 hours ago, Lucky_13 said:

Call me crazy but I'd give Mike Wright a shot at it. His stuff played way up in short outings last year. He also has an intensity to him that might work as a closer and I'm pretty sure he's out of options this season. 

Or sign a guy like Jake McGee. 

If they get a SP for Britton I think it makes the team better than if they keep him

Sure I agree. 

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21 hours ago, NCRaven said:

To be fair, as of this moment, midway through November, the starting pitching behind Bundy and Gausman sucks.  But, today is not opening day.  So while the O's may not be a contender at this moment, they could be on opening day if Duquette makes some positive moves between now and then.  At least for a wild card.

I wouldn't mind seeing the young guys up building for the future. Why can't the O's do what the Astros did? It took a few years. They won the WS. This go for it in 2018 is not the way to build a team. IMO

 

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19 hours ago, Aristotelian said:

Granting that trading Britton for something is probably the best option, who closes if he is gone? I don't know if I can do a full season of Brach.

There must be someone that can close. If the FO can trade Britton I am all for it. 

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Trading Britton and gambling on Brach or someone else being able to close makes sense. New solid closers emerge just about every year. For example, in 2017 - Knebel, Rivera, and Doolittle. In 2016 - Dyson, Gomez, Jeffress, and Madson. My point being, it makes sense if we can get a solid return / fill a need like starting pitching. 

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