Pujols signs with Angels pg 151

[Little Slide Rooter]

Yep, that's the plan. Sign Pujols and go with Reed Johnson in CF, Brad Snyder in RF, and Bobby Scales at 3B.

 

I wouldn't put it past them.

 

Pretty much the type of [expletive] they pulled throughout the bulk of the Sosa era.

[javy knows my name]

Please don't be mad at us, Albert

[Guest]

Please don't be mad at us, Albert

I think he may have been.

[TruffleShuffle]

it will be so much better when he's doing this for us.

[Sammy Sofa]

it will be so much better when he's doing this for us.

 

Yesssssssss. That walkoff might as well have come with a note saying "do you like me? Check the box for yes!"

[Hairyducked Idiot]

It's going to cost us an extra $5 million/year to convince him to come to such an awful team.

[erik316wttn]

It's going to cost us an extra $5 million/year to convince him to come to such an awful team.

 

His stats will go way down because he won't be able to tee off on Cubs pitching anymore.

[Sammy Sofa]

There's absolutely nothing unique about how he "tees off" against the Cubs.

[Guest]

His OPS is 20-30 points lower against the Cubs than his career mark.

[Hairyducked Idiot]

There's absolutely nothing unique about how he "tees off" against the Cubs.

 

How many other teams does he have back-to-back walk-off HR games against this year?

 

Boom. Factual headshot.

[Sammy Sofa]

ARGH, CRUSHED.

[TruffleShuffle]

he'll require an extra $100 million a year, a share in the team and expert falsification of his birth certificate to come play for a team as bad as the cubs.

[erik316wttn]

His OPS is 20-30 points lower against the Cubs than his career mark.

 

I was mainly being facetious.

[Backtobanks]

From MLBTR:

 

•Rosenthal "can't see" Jim Hendry returning as the Cubs' general manager given the team's current state. "Forget about signing a free agent such as the Cardinals' Albert Pujols or the Brewers' Prince Fielder," Rosenthal writes. "The Cubs are so far gone, they are much more than one player away." Carlos Pena, John Grabow, Kosuke Fukudome, Kerry Wood and Jeff Baker are all trade candidates this summer; MLBTR's Tim Dierkes recently looked at the values of these players and others on the struggling Cubbies.

[Banedon]

From MLBTR:

 

•Rosenthal "can't see" Jim Hendry returning as the Cubs' general manager given the team's current state. "Forget about signing a free agent such as the Cardinals' Albert Pujols or the Brewers' Prince Fielder," Rosenthal writes. "The Cubs are so far gone, they are much more than one player away." Carlos Pena, John Grabow, Kosuke Fukudome, Kerry Wood and Jeff Baker are all trade candidates this summer; MLBTR's Tim Dierkes recently looked at the values of these players and others on the struggling Cubbies.

 

Here's the full Rosenthal article:

 

http://msn.foxsports.com/mlb/story/chicago-cubs-mess-just-getting-worse-ken-rosenthal-notes-analysis-060611

[tfarks]

•"Forget about signing a free agent such as the Cardinals' Albert Pujols or the Brewers' Prince Fielder," Rosenthal writes.

 

No.

[SouthSideRyan]

Rosenthal's not an analyst, he's a reporter. It shows.

[Little Slide Rooter]

Rosenthal's not an analyst, he's a horses ass. It shows.

 

fixed.

[davearm2]

"The Cubs are so far gone, they are much more than one player away."

 

... I can agree with that.

 

"Forget about signing a free agent such as the Cardinals' Albert Pujols or the Brewers' Prince Fielder,"

 

... but this does not logically follow. At all. In fact if you're more than one player away, then you'd better get real good ones.

[Tryptamine]

If Rosenthal has a better solution to the Cubs' need for a first basemen I'd love to hear it. Personally I'm not a fan of relying on the Lyle Overbays of the world until something falls in our laps.

[TruffleShuffle]

the cubs finished last with an atrocious roster built around broken-down starters in 2006, and made the playoffs the next year. apparently rosenthal and lots of other dolts can't remember events five years ago.

[Hairyducked Idiot]

The 2006 Cubs had a lot more pieces in place. I don't see a hitter on the caliber of mid-2000s Lee or Ramirez on this team.

 

Then again, the 2011 offseason promises some better prizes than Soriano.

[TruffleShuffle]

The 2006 Cubs had a lot more pieces in place. I don't see a hitter on the caliber of mid-2000s Lee or Ramirez on this team.

 

not that many players hit like that any more because most players aren't on steroids.

 

castro and soto are a good start and their rotation, when healthy, is reasonably solid. and obviously the main thing is the money coming off the books in the next couple of years. the bottom line is, it's not hard for a team with the cubs' resources to make a quick turnaround.

[Sammy Sofa]

The 2006 Cubs had a lot more pieces in place. I don't see a hitter on the caliber of mid-2000s Lee or Ramirez on this team.

 

Bull [expletive]. The 2006 Cubs had different pieces, not more.

[XZero771679666304]

The 2006 Cubs had a lot more pieces in place. I don't see a hitter on the caliber of mid-2000s Lee or Ramirez on this team.

 

not that many players hit like that any more because most players aren't on steroids.

 

castro and soto are a good start and their rotation, when healthy, is reasonably solid. and obviously the main thing is the money coming off the books in the next couple of years. the bottom line is, it's not hard for a team with the cubs' resources to make a quick turnaround.

 

 

Exactly. The 2006 Cubs had a couple of studs but not much else. This year's team has some young talent, but is missing 1-2 impact players. With all the money coming off the books and players becoming available, that can be remedied quickly.