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Originally Posted by jd1020
No actually you brought up Russell. I said they were probably equal at SS. Russell is clearly a better defender and DeJong so far has shown to be a better hitter when he probably ends up a league average hitter.
The Cubs arent looking at replacing any of their pitchers in the near future so they have plenty of time to develop a pipeline. It's sink or swim with the current rotation.
Quintana is the nearest pitcher to FA and that wont come til after the 2020 season.
Outside of Darvish returning they also have Drew Smyly about to come back from his TJ surgery and it would be hard to say he wouldn't be an improvement over Tyler Chatwood.
And yes. Chapman absolutely turned the tide. His ERA is what it is because of how Maddon used him. Take any one less elite than Chapman and put him in those same situations and see what happens.
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I brought up Russell after you claimed that DeJong was having a "Diaz like decline" even though a better comparison of like decline would have been Russell.
If they don't replace any of their starters that would surprise me. Yu is really the only one you could hope for some kind of bounce back. Any of the others would just be homer talk, nothing about their stuff would argue otherwise. Quintana maybe improves, but he is not trending that way, even with coming to the NL.