今永昇太のカブス残留で一安心する地元局「昇太が戻ってきてカブスは嬉しいはずだよ」【日本語字幕】 - NPBHUB

今永昇太のカブス残留で一安心する地元局「昇太が戻ってきてカブスは嬉しいはずだよ」【日本語字幕】

So, Robert Trent Gisham showa Gabber Torres and Brandon Woodruff accept qualifying offers. Which of those decisions did you think was the most surprising? Yeah, I thought it was Trent Gisham for sure. And like the other ones I kind of saw coming, but Gisham, not really. And he’s a player who’s coming off of a great season in New York. That’s a very weak outfield market overall. And I thought he could be a player who really cashed in on a multi-year deal. And he takes it. He stays in New York. now he is a player now who addresses their center field position but also now with him in town they’re able to keep like they’re going to be still interested in a guy like Cody Bellinger and Bellinger to my knowledge as they were talking about before I hopped on like he’s interested in being back in New York they would like to have him back the door is open for him to return and I’m not ruling it out one bit okay as for show Ianaga the Cubs opted out of the three-year deal then he turned down the $15 million option. Now he accepts the QO. Explain. Yeah, this one was was really odd from the beginning and they declined the option. He ended up declining his end of the option, too. And it appeared like he was headed for free agency and it was no guarantee that he was that they were going to end up extending the qualifying offer, but they ultimately did so because if he left, they would end up getting something in return. But they always in the end wanted him to at least have a possibility of coming back. Now he’s back in Chicago. It keeps an arm there and it also takes an arm off of the market too that plenty of other teams would have circled on. Part of this decision for me like I I wonder how much the home runs that he allowed in the last seven or so innings of last season really played into this decision cuz it kind of left a bit of a murky market. I wondered like I still thought he could get a multi-year deal probably at a lesser AAV but now he’s going to have a chance to really rebuild his value and have a chance at a longerterm deal next off season. All right, as expected, the wheels continue to spin right here on Cubs 360 offseason edition, and today is the day. Pull up a chair, come on in because we have news to bring to you. I’m Cole Wright alongside our Marquee Sports Network contributor. He is the one and only Bruce Levine. And with qualifying offers being issued, one has indeed been accepted at 22 million and a little bit of change. Show Imanaga, he’s back with the Chicago Cubs. Your initial reaction, Bruce? Well, initial reaction is, you know, it it’s a guarantee of a veteran pitcher giving you innings. He’s always done that. Last year he had the injury to the hamstring. Took him he was out for six weeks, but this guy throughout his career in Japan, I mean, he’s been pitching 15 years, so he knows what he’s doing out there. He’s hard to hit. We know about the home run factor, fact that, you know, that was ticked up quite a bit last year compared to the innings pitch. So that’s the one factor, but giving up base hits, batting average, uh he’s a very good pitcher, a veteran guy that you can count on. So I think that they’re they’re back happy that he is back. Number number two, uh it solidifies their their starting pitching. They can go out and move ahead knowing that they’re solidified with at least four or five starting pitchers going into the season. Okay. We’ll get to the nuts and bolts of the rotation. You did see that there was an uptick in home runs and a down tick in velocity. So, how surprised are you that showed that Imanaga did not go out and test those waters and he did accept the offer? Well, you know, there’s a couple things here. Number one, the the looming work stoppage that can happen in 2027. So, you know, the temperature in the market, it was a little bit light as far as long-term deals. Uh obviously after the Cubs turned down the three-year deal with Shota, he turned down the one year, he’s looking at this one year at a higher mark. He can go back, reestablish himself, come back and get a longer term deal next year or the year after. But also, it also opens up the idea that after a one-year deal, if there’s a work stoppage here, there’s nothing stopping him from going back to Japan and pitch. And at that age, at age 33, you know, you’re you’re going to want to continue your career. You know, he’s already made a good amount of money here in the United States. No reason not to go back home. Yeah. Hopefully there’s still plenty of tread left on the tires. Like you said, he’s been pitching for 15 seasons. And the 31 home runs allowed a season ago. Hopefully that is not a key indicator at a potential falloff. So, how do you see Sha Imanaga fitting in to this fiveman rotation, Bruce? Well, very well. I mean now that he’s used to u pitching every five days and the Cubs have done a phenomenal job of skipping him when they can protecting him because in Japan you basically only pitch once a week. Kate Horton’s in the four spot. Did Did you put this rotation together, Bruce? Well, I hope not. Have you have to talk to Miller about that? Okay, Andrew Miller. Let’s get on top of things here. But but I mean when you look at the rotation, there’s some solid guys there now. You have Horton who’s your only power arm. That that’s the only concern that you have right now is fact that you have good pitchers. Steel’s not going to be back till May. You don’t know about uh innings limit. So the Cubs have a lot of work to do still as far as starting pitching goes. You’re not you’re not counting Ben Brown who’s had success as a starting pitcher. You’re not looking at Wix. uh Wiggins coming up from the minor leagues, a power arm that can be throwing around 100 miles an hour. You never know how quickly that might ascend. Absolutely. And we’ll see how everything shakes out. And we also know that at the general manager meetings in Las Vegas, Jed Hoyer, Cubs president of baseball operations, he said that the Cubs, they’re going to be zeroing in on top flight pitching. So, is there still some wiggle room right there to add someone potentially to that rotation? I would say I mean, you know, the commitment right now is probably around $180 million. So last year they were at 210, but with the with the CBT it was around $230 million. Even if they go up to that amount, there’s still plenty of money left. And we’re also not considering the fact that trades could be made with players that are on the team right now. Okay. So we don’t know if somebody is looking at a herer or asking Hap or Suzuki to wave uh their no trade. Okay. So, these are things that are all possibilities going into the year. I’m not saying the Cubs are looking to trade these guys because we’re not putting words into their mouth, but these are options that they talk about all the time. Okay. In other news, we just told you that showed Imanaga, he did accept the qualifying offer. And Kyle Tucker, as we all thought, he declined 22 million. Not necessarily rich enough for his blood. He’s going to go out there and test those waters. So, were you surprised by the fact that he declined? No, not at all. I mean, you know, he’s the the pro projections out there is for him to get somewhere between 350 and $400 million. Is he cut from that kind of cloth? Not to disparage anything that Kyle Tucker brings to the table, but you see I mean, obviously, show Otani, does he want that money? Is that what Why would he not? But is there a team that’s really going to pay him? I mean, I know there’s injuries that seem to crop up a year after year. However, the numbers when he’s healthy, he’s a damage. The smart money is on the Dodgers always. Okay. They have a lot of money. Yeah. and they have and believe it or not, they don’t think they have enough offense, right? So, even with some of the greatest players now and maybe some in history, they still don’t think they have enough. So, for Tucker, a contract for the Dodgers, not a big deal. You always look at the Yankees, you always look at Toronto is a team that is being talked about a lot when it comes to Tucker. Fore! Foreign! Foreign! It’s

今永昇太のカブス残留で一安心する地元局
「昇太が戻ってきてカブスは嬉しいはずだよ」