Max Fried would be a great match for the Chicago Cubs

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1. Adames over Fried for me, so many pitchers on the market and Adames would lock up third base for the next five years

2. He's a good pitcher but we have so many holes, just hope it all works out.

3. Whatever trade they make this off-season will end up blind siding everyone like the Michael Busch trade last off-season. Point being if they do make a trade it's going to be for someone that nobody is suspecting.

4. I am having a hard time even thinking about what the Cubs may do or who may meet their needs. There's just so much uncertainty around their "budget" and what direction they will take.

5. This is now a back up plan if they don't sign Sasaki…

6. matt is kyle tucker

7. I also bet Lions at halftime, wish i had bet more lol

8. I predict the Cubs dont sign anyone new and go 62-100. And the Ricketts blame the fans then raise beer prices.

9. The same fix to his batting stance is adopted by Paredes that saved Amaya's season then I'd say keep Paredes, but if he's unwilling to change, trade him!!!

10. If the same fix to his batting stance is adopted by Paredes that saved Amaya's season then I'd say keep Paredes, but if he's unwilling to change, trade him!!!

11. So, y'all wanna turn the Cubs into 'Braves North'?!?! ;0) …I'd love to have Fried and Roki both…. pay the $Million fine!!! …still well worth the bargin!!!

12. …and grab their catcher too, why not! Sounds Perfect!!!

13. If Soto goes to LAD, then YES, I would be disappointed in Baseball, in MLB leadership for allowing it to happen!!!

14. Wins and loses do matter. I wish people would start seeing the entire picture instead of just the sabermetric side of it and dismissing the entire other side as not mattering at all.

    I swear Moneyball ruined so many people's brains.

    You get one half of the story from traditional stats, one half of the story from the sabermetrics. Combined it gives you all of the story with a player from a statisical line.

    The only thing stats can't do is predict the human element. Who is going to do what when. Who is going to have a good day vs a bad day. Who is going through major shit in their lives and it is affecting their play on the field. Who might be fighting through an injury because they want their team to do as well as possible.

    Those things stats can't tell.

    Everything a player does or doesn't do as performance, it can. But all of it matters.

    You can't track OBP without base hits and walks.

    You can't track slugging without every type of hit from a single to a home run.

    OPS, same.

    Get into the metrics and it is the same story. It takes stats to make stats. If a player goes up and does nothing but strike out, it is still a stat line.

    I don't care how good a pitcher is, if they go 5-17 with a 5.73 era, but the metrics say he pitched like a 20 win starter, no he didn't. Even putting in offensive issues that would have cost him many wins, he still didn't pitch well enough to come close to a 20 win season.

    He shouldn't get the Cy Young over a pitcher who went 18-5 2.73 and 200+ K's, even if the metrics say he he was more like a 14 win pitcher with luck on his side. Pitcher B still had the better season.

15. The mold count is very high, Sam that’s what your problem is

16. As for a pitcher, I would rather get Roki Sasaki. Max Fried….I would be happy to get, but I am not wild about 3 lefties back to back in the rotation. No matter how good they are. I just would want to see 2 righties that break it up so that that teams can't just go righty heavy lineups against the Cubs.

17. Holy Cow! Great show and good news. Thank you for making my day.

18. I don't quite understand the penality or how it could influence future international talent, sign a Japanese pitcher than Fried

19. Great trivia question Matt!
    Bonus:
    It’s baseball. Anything can happen. Soto’s stock would tank.

    (He’s already won a chip, so wouldn’t a person want to try and beat them (not join them)? Where’s the competitive spirit of the game?

    That film – man i liked the cut of their jib – we got nobody like that on this team. We’re soft. That’s where real scouts at the MLB level are needed. NOW!

20. Fried is a risk health wise, I would be careful how much we pay him and how long. I personally don’t think Cubs is really in on Fried, it’s maybe just some agents trying to jack up the price. For 25m and up for Fried, it woukd be more smarter to just add another 5-8m to go for Bournes

21. I don't get it sometimes – we had such good talent, could've kept them all but spent on the most important like catcher and then slowly get pitching again

22. They aren’t going to start three lefties in a row no matter what else happens.

23. Matt would you trade Matt Shaw for Logan Gilbert. I want to know your threshold of pain.

24. d’Arnaud is a much possible and reasonable target for Cubs, although I would try to trade for A’s Shea Langelier or Angels’ O’Hoppe first.

25. There is this misconception that Cubs did not involved in Soto. But I believe Cubs did, just the initial price range is way out of Cubs mind, that’s why they pulled out. I am ok with it that I don’t want Cubs to be used as a tool for Boras to jack up his price. If Boras tell you Soto price is at least 600m for 12yrs, how much Cubs payroll will be over adding other needed bullpen pieces? And if you know the price will be way over that number in the bidding, are you still trying to “fool” fans that we are going for him? Just to “cheat” the fans?? Which GM you want? A straight shooter or a lier?

26. Hidy-hooooooo!

27. Add Fried and fix the bullpen and enjoy the playoffs

28. As a long time Cubs fan, Tom will not allow his jester Jed the moron to get Max. Too cheap.

29. I’m here for Fried if we don’t get Roki. I don’t know that we need both, although a luxury of riches would be a nice change. And some bold moves are definitely needed for next season. And I like the idea of the Fried/d’Arneaux combo deal – does that come with 🍟.

30. Matt dropping the bad take soundbite 😂