I don’t follow prospects much but this is a bad look for the Tucker trade, especially if they don’t extend him.
All I can say is that they better extend Tucker.
I’m really happy for Cam.
My level of happiness is still TBD.
This is the trade that potentially gets Jed fired (among other things)
we gonna regret this trade aren’t we.. a 3rd basement(position of need) for an OF where we had depth. Whoops… If Tucker isn’t extended Jed needs to be banished from Illinois.
This has the potential to go down as an all-time awful trade.
Lost the trade
You better strap in Cubs fans. It’s going to be a bumpy season.
We can’t grade the trade based on this. People are going to try but if Cam were going to bake the Cubs opening day roster, Isaac Paredes would be blocking him. The Astros are being unusually aggressive here. I don’t care if Cam is good or bad, but we can’t do the 1:1 if Tucker re-signs or not. The trade was the trade. Think of it this way. Only other way you get Tucker is if you trade Shaw instead of Smith. They traded the newest prospect to the organization. Cubs fans would have rioted Cubs con if Shaw was gone
Folks should probably keep in mind that from the Astros’ perspective, it looks a lot better to have the centerpiece of the trade in the majors so they can reassure a douchey fanbase that has gotten accustomed to winning both games and trades
Time will tell if Cam Smith is a legit all star caliber player. But some of y’all need to stop acting like the sky is falling because an unproven player made the team. Prospects bust or underwhelm all the time.
For all those “we lost the trade” fans, remember that Tucker is a proven *stud* with MVP votes and Cam has never taken a major league at bat.
Look at Brett Baty. He was the top 3B prospect behind Gunnar Henderson and was hitting 1.000 OPS’ in AAA. Just to flame out and post 3 straight seasons of miserable MLB showings.
Prospects flame out all the time. Cam is crushing the ball and I wish him well, but this is what it costs to get a top 3 outfielder in baseball. Let’s see how both players perform in the majors before we start complaining, okay?
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Cam hits the ball on the ground a lot for someone with that much power. Hope he figures it out but that and playing third are pretty unlikely.
Parades is no longer on the Cubs so it’s impossible to lose the trade.
If Tucker had been hitting the cover off the ball all spring I think the attitude towards this news would be a lot less negative, I assume by June we’ll all be begging for more King Tuck and thanking Jed for making the trade.
Why everyone thinking we do not resign people are so negative
I bet a shiny new quarter that Kyle Tucker has a more productive year than Cam Smith. I bet another shiny new quarter that Kyle Tucker helps us more this year than Cam Smith does. I’m not a Cam Smith hater by any means. But if we are trying to win now, Tucker makes more sense. If our plan is to win in a few years instead of right now, then Cam Smith might make more sense…but so might Tucker. . For comparison, if you are in win now mode, do you keep LuisAngel Acuna, or trade him for Ronald Acuna jr?
This is a miserable thread. Jesus. The season hasn’t even started and I’m sick of y’all.
Tucker’s a stud. Relax.
If he were still on the Cubs in the same situation, the OP and the other whiners would be shitting all over him and the Cubs for making the decision. Constant criticism, while never giving any credit, just like abusive partners.
Both teams should be happy with the trade. The Astros are likely happier than the Cubs, but the Cubs team and fans will be more satisfied with this trade than if it didn’t occur.
With shaw rocketing to majors smith was in a tough spot so while I hate him being traded feel it was best move. If we can just extend Tucker id be really happy.
I’m sure people in this sub won’t be miserable about this
Cube finally make a splash and people have buyers remorse already? Let it play out for awhile first.
Nice little spark under Jed’s seat
If the Astros just turn around to sign Tucker next season this could really go down as an all time horrible trade. Not even counting what Parades and Wesneski could do.
Still glad we did it though. It’s past time we took a shot at the playoffs again.
I just hope that Tucker has a good year and they extend him. Best of luck to Cam!
The problem isn’t that we traded away a player of Smiths’ caliber, it’s that the Cubs franchise is too cheap to make Tucker a serious offer to stick around and also they’re unwillingness to surround him with enough players to be the clear favorites to win the division in the one year that we’ll have him.
What are we even doing..?
My question is, when King Tuck has 30 bombs and is hitting .320 in August, are you gonna delete this thread or your whole account?
Honest question to those reading:
Would you rather have Paredes – who’s hitting profile does not fit Wrigley and has questionable defense – at third, Suzuki patrolling RF, and potentially Shaw (but more likely someone like Workman) at DH, with Smith in the minors OR
Would you rather have Shaw starting at third, Tucker starting in RF, Suzuki full-time DH, and a guy like Workman on the bench/platooning third? And we DFA’d Keegan anyway, we might have ended up having to DFA Wesneski as well, lets be honest.
When you trade a prospect – especially one who looks like a stud, like Smith does – there is always that “what if we kept him”. But he’s getting this chance because the Astros have holes in the roster that we don’t have. I want them to extend Tucker to cement the trade has having been worthwhile. But even baring that, there is simply no way Smith would have been starting in RF for the Cubs, with our glut of OF prospects, and I think he would have been behind both Shaw and Paredes at third.
The problem isn’t the trade the problem is the fact that the cubs are gonna let Tucker walk cuz they’re cheap as fuck
I have no connection to Cam. He was in the minors for a total of 6 months. This moves nothing in me.
This is gonna look REAL bad if Cam is the stud that this sub was saying all off season!
Let’s see how he does in the bigs.
Cubs continue to do Cub things.
That’s amazing for him but man is that fast. I hope he can handle it.
Thank you cubs.
This just seems insane. He was more potential than production in college, played one year of pro ball, barely got a cup of coffee in AA, and now he’s getting two more promotions based on 38 spring AB’s? That’s a trajectory that I don’t think we’ve ever seen for a position player. If he’s as good as the Astros evidently think he is, we are going to be so, so sad.
I drafted Cam Smith just a few weeks ago in my dynasty league. What a fast rise to the bigs!
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I don’t follow prospects much but this is a bad look for the Tucker trade, especially if they don’t extend him.
All I can say is that they better extend Tucker.
I’m really happy for Cam.
My level of happiness is still TBD.
This is the trade that potentially gets Jed fired (among other things)
we gonna regret this trade aren’t we.. a 3rd basement(position of need) for an OF where we had depth. Whoops… If Tucker isn’t extended Jed needs to be banished from Illinois.
This has the potential to go down as an all-time awful trade.
Lost the trade
You better strap in Cubs fans. It’s going to be a bumpy season.
We can’t grade the trade based on this. People are going to try but if Cam were going to bake the Cubs opening day roster, Isaac Paredes would be blocking him. The Astros are being unusually aggressive here. I don’t care if Cam is good or bad, but we can’t do the 1:1 if Tucker re-signs or not. The trade was the trade. Think of it this way. Only other way you get Tucker is if you trade Shaw instead of Smith. They traded the newest prospect to the organization. Cubs fans would have rioted Cubs con if Shaw was gone
Folks should probably keep in mind that from the Astros’ perspective, it looks a lot better to have the centerpiece of the trade in the majors so they can reassure a douchey fanbase that has gotten accustomed to winning both games and trades
Time will tell if Cam Smith is a legit all star caliber player. But some of y’all need to stop acting like the sky is falling because an unproven player made the team. Prospects bust or underwhelm all the time.
For all those “we lost the trade” fans, remember that Tucker is a proven *stud* with MVP votes and Cam has never taken a major league at bat.
Look at Brett Baty. He was the top 3B prospect behind Gunnar Henderson and was hitting 1.000 OPS’ in AAA. Just to flame out and post 3 straight seasons of miserable MLB showings.
Prospects flame out all the time. Cam is crushing the ball and I wish him well, but this is what it costs to get a top 3 outfielder in baseball. Let’s see how both players perform in the majors before we start complaining, okay?
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Cam hits the ball on the ground a lot for someone with that much power. Hope he figures it out but that and playing third are pretty unlikely.
Parades is no longer on the Cubs so it’s impossible to lose the trade.
If Tucker had been hitting the cover off the ball all spring I think the attitude towards this news would be a lot less negative, I assume by June we’ll all be begging for more King Tuck and thanking Jed for making the trade.
Why everyone thinking we do not resign people are so negative
I bet a shiny new quarter that Kyle Tucker has a more productive year than Cam Smith. I bet another shiny new quarter that Kyle Tucker helps us more this year than Cam Smith does.
.
I’m not a Cam Smith hater by any means. But if we are trying to win now, Tucker makes more sense. If our plan is to win in a few years instead of right now, then Cam Smith might make more sense…but so might Tucker.
For comparison, if you are in win now mode, do you keep LuisAngel Acuna, or trade him for Ronald Acuna jr?
This is a miserable thread. Jesus. The season hasn’t even started and I’m sick of y’all.
Tucker’s a stud. Relax.
If he were still on the Cubs in the same situation, the OP and the other whiners would be shitting all over him and the Cubs for making the decision. Constant criticism, while never giving any credit, just like abusive partners.
Both teams should be happy with the trade. The Astros are likely happier than the Cubs, but the Cubs team and fans will be more satisfied with this trade than if it didn’t occur.
With shaw rocketing to majors smith was in a tough spot so while I hate him being traded feel it was best move. If we can just extend Tucker id be really happy.
I’m sure people in this sub won’t be miserable about this
Cube finally make a splash and people have buyers remorse already? Let it play out for awhile first.
Nice little spark under Jed’s seat
If the Astros just turn around to sign Tucker next season this could really go down as an all time horrible trade. Not even counting what Parades and Wesneski could do.
Still glad we did it though. It’s past time we took a shot at the playoffs again.
I just hope that Tucker has a good year and they extend him. Best of luck to Cam!
The problem isn’t that we traded away a player of Smiths’ caliber, it’s that the Cubs franchise is too cheap to make Tucker a serious offer to stick around and also they’re unwillingness to surround him with enough players to be the clear favorites to win the division in the one year that we’ll have him.
What are we even doing..?
My question is, when King Tuck has 30 bombs and is hitting .320 in August, are you gonna delete this thread or your whole account?
Honest question to those reading:
Would you rather have Paredes – who’s hitting profile does not fit Wrigley and has questionable defense – at third, Suzuki patrolling RF, and potentially Shaw (but more likely someone like Workman) at DH, with Smith in the minors OR
Would you rather have Shaw starting at third, Tucker starting in RF, Suzuki full-time DH, and a guy like Workman on the bench/platooning third? And we DFA’d Keegan anyway, we might have ended up having to DFA Wesneski as well, lets be honest.
When you trade a prospect – especially one who looks like a stud, like Smith does – there is always that “what if we kept him”. But he’s getting this chance because the Astros have holes in the roster that we don’t have. I want them to extend Tucker to cement the trade has having been worthwhile. But even baring that, there is simply no way Smith would have been starting in RF for the Cubs, with our glut of OF prospects, and I think he would have been behind both Shaw and Paredes at third.
The problem isn’t the trade the problem is the fact that the cubs are gonna let Tucker walk cuz they’re cheap as fuck
I have no connection to Cam. He was in the minors for a total of 6 months. This moves nothing in me.
This is gonna look REAL bad if Cam is the stud that this sub was saying all off season!
Let’s see how he does in the bigs.
Cubs continue to do Cub things.
That’s amazing for him but man is that fast. I hope he can handle it.
Thank you cubs.
This just seems insane. He was more potential than production in college, played one year of pro ball, barely got a cup of coffee in AA, and now he’s getting two more promotions based on 38 spring AB’s? That’s a trajectory that I don’t think we’ve ever seen for a position player. If he’s as good as the Astros evidently think he is, we are going to be so, so sad.
I drafted Cam Smith just a few weeks ago in my dynasty league. What a fast rise to the bigs!