Re: Cubs upset with Theriot?

[Shilzzz]

this team has relied on luck so often it's sickening.

[hardcorecubfan]

this team has relied on luck so often it's sickening.

 

You make your own luck, and that explains the Cubs

[Banedon]

The Cubs don't expect a last-minute settle with Ryan Theriot before his arbitration hearing, and are ready to go to battle with their starting shortstop.

 

Theriot asked for $3.4 million, and the Cubs filed at $2.6 million. Hearings are scheduled for the next two weeks in St. Petereburg, Fla., and there's been no recent negotiating between the two sides.

 

"I haven't spoken to his people for a while," general manager Jim Hendry said Tuesday at Wrigley Field. "There's always a chance (for a settlement) until it's final. But I can't say I'm optimistic, either. We're already settled with the other seven (arbitration-eligible players). So if the situation ends up going to a hearing, then that's OK too.

 

"Everbody has a right to (a hearing). It won't affect, obviously, the way we feel about him or the way he plays."

[TruffleShuffle]

the cubs will have nsbb in the room to evaluate theriot's defense during the hearing.

[wvcbxl]

"...It won't affect, obviously, the way we feel about him ..."

 

Obviously.

:^o

[Bruce Miles]

the cubs will have nsbb in the room to evaluate theriot's defense during the hearing.

 

 

Are you guys going to be "scouts" or "stats people" with Theriot's defense? :D

[TruffleShuffle]

the cubs will have nsbb in the room to evaluate theriot's defense during the hearing.

 

 

Are you guys going to be "scouts" or "stats people" with Theriot's defense? :D

 

mostly i hear on this board that theriot's defense is God-awful, so NSBB will be the scouts crowd. theriot will bring UZR as his support.

[Rob]

the cubs will have nsbb in the room to evaluate theriot's defense during the hearing.

 

 

Are you guys going to be "scouts" or "stats people" with Theriot's defense? :D

 

Any smart person would split the difference and say he's average, give or take a couple runs.

 

But that's not the way the arbitration process works and, by golly, it isn't the way the internet works either.

[17 Seconds]

can somebody tell me if facial hair is accounted for in the arbitration process

[Rob]

can somebody tell me if facial hair is accounted for in the arbitration process

 

For first year arb-eligible players, just the left sideburn and mustache. Second year arb-eligible get to include the other sideburn and any hair on the chin. It's not till the final year that you get to include the full beard.

[Skyballer]

the cubs will have nsbb in the room to evaluate theriot's defense during the hearing.

He'll owe the Cubs money if they listen to NSBB

[Pushfrog98]

When is his arbitration hearing? I keep seeing a bunch of other hearings and didn't know how long this usually took.

[A-Cal]

i live in st. pete...i think i will go by with a starlin castro shirt and pie theriot in the face

[Four and Twenty]

i live in st. pete...i think i will go by with a starlin castro shirt and pie theriot in the face

 

I'd rather you go to the Orioles camp in Sarasota and Theriot Pie in the face.

[Wilson A2000]

I have not been following Castro's career, but I hear that he can hit for average, has some power, and has decent plate discipline. What about his speed and defense?

[BCVM22]

Reports differ on his speed and/or what he can do with it, but all the scouting reports rate him as a plus defender.

[Cubswin11]

When is his arbitration hearing? I keep seeing a bunch of other hearings and didn't know how long this usually took.

Article on Cubs.com said it's going to be either Friday or Saturday and Hendry is flying down to Florida (where the hearing is) tomorrow.

[wvcbxl]

From The Cub Reporter:

 

Z was taking grounders at shortstop today. As one Cubs blogger noted, Z has out OPS'd Theriot over the last two years. Watch your back little man.

 

:-)) :-)) :-))

[Sammy Sofa]

My guess is that they'll use Theriot as the "clubhouse canacer" excuse if the team doesn't make the playoffs this year.

[jersey cubs fan]

I don't quite understand why the hearings have to be in Florida. Since they are planning these for late February, when players are arriving at spring training, doesn't it make much more sense to have hearings in Florida and Arizona?

[Pushfrog98]

On facebook, the article the Cubs posted about Theriot's arbitration mostly got a lot of comments such as "Theriot IS our team. GIVE HIM THE MONEY!" and "He's one of the BEST SS's in baseball... I see this being ANOTHER DeRosa deal. Get with it, Hendry!"

 

It made me VERY embarrassed to be a Cubs fan.

[Rob]

Whelp, the streak is over. There was no last minute deal before the hearing.

 

Figure expected to come tomorrow.

[CubsInNC]

Theriot loses:

 

http://tinyurl.com/ybycl68

[David]

Good.

[vance_the_cubs_fan]

Good.

 

good for the team; not so good for Theriot