Chicago Cubs should sign Jorge Lopez early in free agency

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1. Sam just had to bring up what happened to the Bears. I'll just say this.

   Just knock it down.

2. Until every team spends GDP money to sign players, you're only going to see the Dodgers and the Yankees in the World Series every year.

3. I'd like the Cubs to bring Lopez back. I don't see him as a closer but he could definitely be useful for high leverage/back end stuff.

   As for the world series hope Dodgers win tonight so I can stop hearing about it. Wanted a sweep from the start to get on with the off season. Not expecting Hoyer to make any drastic moves but hoping I'm wrong and the team actually looks somewhat like a contender.

4. The Series won't make it back to L.A.

5. Ben brown is not a closer he almost no hit the brewers and he imo is the best pitching prospect we have had in a decade

6. Bring Soto to Chicago! Thank you for another interesting show.

7. If Ohtani had signed with the Cubs, he'd be watching the WS from his Lazy Boy recliner like he did with the Angels.

8. Wow I forgot all about Chris Coghlan, he did start game one because Heyward was struggling so bad offensively. Here’s my only memory of Coghlan, he left the Cubs in 2017 and went to Toronto. Jays were playing the Cardinals and Coghlan on a play at the plate jumps head first in the air, goes over the top of Molina, touches home plate while doing a somersault, lands on his feet and just keeps running into the dugout. ESPN & MLB Network showed that replay over and over, I guess I remember it so well because it happened to the Cardinals.

9. Sad that with all the holes the Cubs have, and the lack of star talent, the main conversation is about re-signing a journeyman reliever. That just tells you how far off the Cubs are from being relevant again.

10. Why would the cubs sign a proven vet to a contract that cost money when the farm has all the prospect arms. Jed is too smart to fall for that trap

11. Coghlan started over Heyward that day because he good numbers vs. Kluber, albeit it was small sample size.

12. The bullpen will be the most important part of the team to fix. Jed has put together some good bps for the Cubs. He cant miss this year

13. I have the Bears at 6-3 after 9. I had them splitting the road games and pounding the Pats. Go Bears !!!!!

14. Ohtani never wanted to leave LA if anyone has a brain or can see the writing on the wall, so it is Cubs problem that they did not get him??? Stop using Ohtani as an example, there are plenty of other high prized FA Cubs should go after and didn’t which makes more compelling argument.

15. Sign Lopez, but AFTER the Rule 5 Draft. The Cubs have a big problem with the 40-man. Those spots are precious.q

16. Could Mason Miller be a possibility?

17. Depends on money, Lopez had a reason METS got rid of him.

18. Cubs are playing checkers

19. Cubs is entering an upward winning period of next 5 years, so I would start signing older proven star/superstar like Dodgers got Freeman at his age of 31. If Soto doesn’t want to come, Bregman is better than Alonso. I will stay away from Adames.

20. Help me understand…How can the Dodgers load a team with that much talent? Do they just not care about the tax?

21. Any guy you sign will block a prospect. Hoyer needs to make sure they are better than one of our prospects

22. I am indifferent on Lopez. 3M would be tops. I was looking over the numbers last year and Hodge kept pace with Biggie's Cubs numbers. Biggie stood out with 100MPH but just nuts and bolts they both were equal.

    So I feel that he is a guy to build the pen around. So if they want to go more internal they have to decide on Wicks, Brown, Horton, Assad. You can add Kilian and Wesneski

    Wesneski should stay in the pen. He brings a vibe that makes you think sling shot wipe out sliders in high leverage.

    Kilian would have broke with camp then he went down with injury. Craig was impressed with him prior to it. So he got lost in the shuffle and was a after thought. I feel that he should go into middle relief. He is a sinker ball pitcher as a starter but in the pen he can go more 4 up with his curve going down as his main mix. He gets up to 98 with it and can be a great mid inning leverage guy

    Wicks…I am on the fence with him. SO/9 is better than expected. ERA is just crap. I feel that he has higher upside than Assad but are we talking a 4 or a 5 or does he have to ability to push it up to a higher plateau.

    Brown I am concerned with injury. His neck injury was a concern going forward. I am leaning towards high leverage. 98 with a hammer is preferred as a set up.

    Assad I see as a poor team answer to a rotation spot. Keeping him in the rotation just says that Jed is doing a push year again

23. Don’t see Hoyer making any major moves. Prove me wrong Jed!!!!

24. On Soto: the chances are .0001% that it happens.

    But to get to that Cody would have to opt out. Jed would tender Steele and Paredes. The rest cut.

    Payroll would be at 140M. At 26 I would give him 14 years. Pay him 30M per then back load the rest after the deal ends.

    That puts payroll at 170M. At that point Jed has leverage in signing Burnes. 30M per same thing. Back load the rest after the deal.

    I would sit at that and let the season play out. Maybe extend Steele with some of the cap space.

    I do not see Soto getting 700M on the market. Otani was unique as he was 2 way and he brought in a whole new market to the Dodgers.

    Soto is not bringing that kind of brand with him to any team. I do see him getting paid. 14/560 is a strong offer.

25. 41 Lopez

26. Why doesn't Cubs trade a prospect or two for Mason Miller