Let’s Play a Little ‘Would You Rather?’ with Various Hypothetical Cubs Moves
Unless you’d like to read about Shohei Ohtani‘s shoulder subluxation or the Yankees’ chances to come back from down 0-2, there isn’t much baseball news to cover. I was going to write something about the latest AFL homer by Moises Ballesteros, but that happened two days ago and I just covered the same topic shortly before. I landed on the idea of getting interactive with a few questions about what you’d like to see the Cubs do, with my initial preference being a simple poll.
Unfortunately, there’s no such thing as simple when it comes to WordPress and its various plugin options, so I spent roughly 10 fruitless minutes trying to figure out how to make it work. The result is that I’m asking you to do a little work by commenting with your thoughts on each of the topics at hand. A lot of you would be doing that anyway, so this should be easy.
Keep in mind that the nature of the questions means we have to imply a lot of context or perhaps suspend our disbelief in order to address them.
Who would you rather sign this offseason?
A) Juan Soto
B) Corbin Burnes + Anthony Santander
You have to trade one trio of prospects and keep the other:
A) Ballesteros, James Triantos, Owen Caissie
B) Matt Shaw, Kevin Alcántara, Cade Horton
What would you rather have when it comes to organizational health/success?
A) Ricketts family sells and Jed Hoyer is extended for life
B) Cubs get new POBO/GM but never exceed luxury tax again
Which would you prefer in terms of roster construction?
A) Elite pitching staff, mediocre offense
B) Elite hitters, mediocre arms
Which level of competitiveness is more enjoyable to you as a fan?
A) Know the team will be awful, but populated by young players
B) High payroll populated by veterans, bounced early in postseason
Pick one player who will be a superstar:
A) Pete Crow-Armstrong
B) Mo Baller
C) ONKC
D) Horton
E) Alcántara
F) Shaw
G) Triantos
The Cubs can trade for and extend both Vladimir Guerrero Jr. and Logan O’Hoppe but they have to trade all of their top 6 prospects. Do you do it?
A) Hell yeah!
B) Hell naw!
Based on how this works out, I may do more posts like this in the future.