(12-04-2017 10:01 AM)CG_Hawk06 Wrote:  

(12-04-2017 09:44 AM)Seahawkhoops Wrote:  

(12-04-2017 09:42 AM)CG_Hawk06 Wrote:  

(12-04-2017 09:21 AM)bricksnivy Wrote:  Ohtani sweepstakes:

"Hideo Nomo’s son is Ohtani’s translator. Nomo works in padres front office. Ohtani’s old trainer is head of sports medicine for Padres. Ohtani’s agent is from a city within San Diego (Point Loma).”

But, don't count out Theo, from David Kaplan: MLB executive just told me that Theo and Jed are pulling out all of the stops to impress Ohtani. “Theo and Jed are being incredibly creative with their pitch. They’ve thought of everything. And I mean everything. Still going to be tough to land him but they are in there hard.”

Granted, Ohtani sounds like the best Japanese MLB prospect in recent memory, but I wasn't all that thrilled with the last one we brought over. He was definitely below avg once it all panned out. Seems like most of these guys are overrated in a Japanese baseball system then come over and get a taste of The Show and they're star power falls to realistic earth pretty quickly.

I'd rather we look to spend big money on arms. That's what we were really missing this last season. The last thing I feel like the Cubs should be doing is wasting big money on another bat. That's not going to solve our pitching problems that plagued Chicago last year.

He's probably a better pitcher than hitter!

At the cost he's going to bring to a team, I'd rather the Cubs go after two to three other quality arms that are proven in the MLB.

The way it's set up now with his age, they could see a 3 year sample very affordable. It's not like it used to be with a large money dump immediately.