Sullivan: Payroll raised to...

[JeffH]

Please forgive me if this has been posted elsewhere.

 

Hendry's payroll is likely to be raised from $100 million to $120 million-$125 million, which should give him plenty of leeway to find the caliber of player he's seeking.

 

http://chicagosports.chicagotribune.com/sports/baseball/cubs/cs-071113cubsbits,1,2709116.story?coll=cs-cubs-headlines

[YearofDaCubs]

Well, you can't blame the Trib for not giving him enough money to work with. Unfortunately, Hendry just doesn't know how to spend it wisely.

[jyoung55]

This is 5-10 million higher than what was originally report, isn't it? If so, can we really trust Sullivan that the payroll will be above the $115 million range I thought was previously reported?

[Mephistopheles]

Maybe we can get a real shortstop for the second time in how many years? Ernie Banks last season as a SS?

[Soul]

I think I would need independent confirmation before I would take this as sacro-sanct.

[JWCUB]

Maybe we can get a real shortstop for the second time in how many years? Ernie Banks last season as a SS?

 

:-k Hmm...I wonder who is available?

[Ding Dong Johnson]

this only means we can overpay for even more mediocre players

[TruffleShuffle]

haha this pretty much shows our confidence in hendry, instead of saying "hey this gives us a lot of money to spend on a real impact player" everyone just assumes that he'll blow it on mediocre talent and saddle the organization with more lousy long-term contracts

[Have a seat, Neifi]

We have absolutely no excuse not to win this piece of crap of a division with a payroll that high.

[CuseCubFan69]

Maybe we can get a real shortstop for the second time in how many years? Ernie Banks last season as a SS?

 

Not only that, try thinking of the last good CF the Cubs have had.

[Mephistopheles]

Maybe we can get a real shortstop for the second time in how many years? Ernie Banks last season as a SS?

 

Not only that, try thinking of the last good CF the Cubs have had.

 

Brian McRae was alright

 

The last good one was probably Rick Monday in the mid 70s iirc.

 

using BR Adolfo Phillips was good for a year before Monday. Then you got Richie Ashburn. Man it's dry

[BDWeav71]

Maybe we can get a real shortstop for the second time in how many years? Ernie Banks last season as a SS?

 

 

Umm, what about Jeff Blauser?! He absolutely destroyed the Cubs.

[abuck1220]

this only means we can overpay for even more mediocre players

 

the extra boost is only going to make the blanco, eyre, etc. contracts hurt more when the cubs are $5 mil short in getting arod instead of $20 mil.

[SouthSideRyan]

Maybe we can get a real shortstop for the second time in how many years? Ernie Banks last season as a SS?

 

Gutierrez was pretty good.

[muntjack]

I would kill for Ricky right now, lol. Heck, I'd take AGonz.

[TruffleShuffle]

shawon dunston had around a .265 EqA during his prime, which isn't bad for a shortstop. but man his plate discipline was lousy (shocking i know)

[Yanksfan1523]

Maybe we can get a real shortstop for the second time in how many years? Ernie Banks last season as a SS?

 

Not only that, try thinking of the last good CF the Cubs have had.

 

Brian McRae was alright

 

The last good one was probably Rick Monday in the mid 70s iirc.

 

using BR Adolfo Phillips was good for a year before Monday. Then you got Richie Ashburn. Man it's dry

 

How about Bob Denier? He was alright in CF.

[Banedon]

Lofton played pretty decently in CF during the time that we had him.

[CubColtPacer]

Lofton played pretty decently in CF during the time that we had him.

 

Yeah, 2003 was one of the only good years for the Cubs in CF. Patterson had an 831 OPS in CF in 325 AB's, and Lofton had an 858 in 203 AB's. Even with bench guys composing another 125 AB's or so, they still finished with a .302/.344/.466 line overall in CF, which is probably one of the only times they have broken .800 in CF in a long, long time.

[Ding Dong Johnson]

How about Bob Denier? He was alright in CF.

myth

[MSG T]

Maybe we can get a real shortstop for the second time in how many years? Ernie Banks last season as a SS?

 

 

Umm, what about Jeff Blauser?! He absolutely destroyed the Cubs.

 

He did alright before he got to Chicago too. :wink:

[Mephistopheles]

dernier

 

AGE YEAR TEAM    G     AB    H  2B  3B  HR    R  RBI   SB   CS   SO   BB  HBP   SH   SF  IBB  GDP   BA   OBA    SLG
23 1980 PHI-N   10     7    4   0   0   0    5    1    3    0    0    1    0    0    0    0    0  .571  .625  .571
24 1981 PHI-N   10     4    3   0   0   0    0    0    2    1    0    0    0    0    0    0    0  .750  .750  .750
25 1982 PHI-N  122   370   92  10   2   4   56   21   42   12   69   36    1    3    2    0    6  .249  .315  .319
26 1983 PHI-N  122   221   51  10   0   1   41   15   35    7   21   18    0    5    1    0    2  .231  .287  .290
27 1984 CHI-N  143   536  149  26   5   3   94   32   45   17   60   63    2   11    0    0    5  .278  .356  .362
28 1985 CHI-N  121   469  119  20   3   1   63   21   31    8   44   40    3    7    2    1    7  .254  .315  .316
29 1986 CHI-N  108   324   73  14   1   4   32   18   27    2   41   22    0    5    0    1    7  .225  .275  .312
30 1987 CHI-N   93   199   63   4   4   8   38   21   16    7   19   19    1    1    0    0    4  .317  .379  .497
31 1988 PHI-N   68   166   48   3   1   1   19   10   13    6   19    9    1    3    0    0    2  .289  .330  .337
32 1989 PHI-N  107   187   32   5   0   1   26   13    4    3   28   14    0    1    3    0    1  .171  .225  .214

               904  2483  634  92  16  23  374  152  218   63  301  222    8   36    8    2   34  .255  .318  .333

[Guest]

helps explain the fluke that was 1984

[rawaction]

helps explain the fluke that was 1984

 

Sosa and a team full of Derniers in 1998.

[TruffleShuffle]

dernier

 

AGE YEAR TEAM    G     AB    H  2B  3B  HR    R  RBI   SB   CS   SO   BB  HBP   SH   SF  IBB  GDP   BA   OBA    SLG
23 1980 PHI-N   10     7    4   0   0   0    5    1    3    0    0    1    0    0    0    0    0  .571  .625  .571
24 1981 PHI-N   10     4    3   0   0   0    0    0    2    1    0    0    0    0    0    0    0  .750  .750  .750
25 1982 PHI-N  122   370   92  10   2   4   56   21   42   12   69   36    1    3    2    0    6  .249  .315  .319
26 1983 PHI-N  122   221   51  10   0   1   41   15   35    7   21   18    0    5    1    0    2  .231  .287  .290
27 1984 CHI-N  143   536  149  26   5   3   94   32   45   17   60   63    2   11    0    0    5  .278  .356  .362
28 1985 CHI-N  121   469  119  20   3   1   63   21   31    8   44   40    3    7    2    1    7  .254  .315  .316
29 1986 CHI-N  108   324   73  14   1   4   32   18   27    2   41   22    0    5    0    1    7  .225  .275  .312
30 1987 CHI-N   93   199   63   4   4   8   38   21   16    7   19   19    1    1    0    0    4  .317  .379  .497
31 1988 PHI-N   68   166   48   3   1   1   19   10   13    6   19    9    1    3    0    0    2  .289  .330  .337
32 1989 PHI-N  107   187   32   5   0   1   26   13    4    3   28   14    0    1    3    0    1  .171  .225  .214

               904  2483  634  92  16  23  374  152  218   63  301  222    8   36    8    2   34  .255  .318  .333

 

i knew he wasn't great but boy, i didn't remember him being that bad