Sun Times bashing Ricketts

[Backtobanks]

You're at 71.25 with Montero, Ross, Rizzo, Castro, Soler, Lester, Hammel, and Edwin's money accounted for.

 

You're giving Arrieta a big raise(3rd year arb)and you're paying 1st year arbs to Rondon and Grimm. 3rd for Strop and Coghlan.

 

Wood, Herrera, and Medina will get DFA'd, while Turner is a question mark.

 

You've got KB, Schwarber, Russell, Javy, Hendricks, and La Stella at the minimum. Plus plenty of others like Alcantara, Olt, Szczur, Ramirez, Rosscup, and Edwards that have the ability to factor into 25 man roster decisions.

 

After arb raises, I'll put us at 95.(that's giving Jake 10, which may be a bit light)

 

At any rate, you can lose Castro's 7 or Montero's 14 from that figure, if we choose to.

 

Our IFA spending will be down considerably(at least 10-12 mill) as will our draft budget, which both factor in to our overall budget.

 

We'll need an SP, a CF, a bench bat probably and a bullpen arm too.

 

In other words, we're set up very, very well if we can afford 120 mill. If it drops back down to 105 or so? We're flexible enough to be fine that way too.

 

So if we don't lose Castro or Montero we have between $10 - $25 million to add a SP, CF, bench bat, and a bullpen arm. So much for Price or any other TOR pitcher.

A Price level signing/contract may not be possible (personally I think it's ridiculous they couldn't add a Zimmerman or Price for contract reasons but that's not the point for now), but if they are more interested in the pursuit of a young controllable arm (Carrasco, Ross, Gray in a long shot, etc) it's possible we can take care of most of those thing and stay around $20 million.

 

That was my point initially. Trading for someone like Carrasco gives you a young controllable arm to fit in your budget for the next 6 years and if it costs Baez, so be it.

[Clem Fandango]

They could always backload a Price contract with the TV deal looming in the future.

[Guest]

You're at 71.25 with Montero, Ross, Rizzo, Castro, Soler, Lester, Hammel, and Edwin's money accounted for.

 

You're giving Arrieta a big raise(3rd year arb)and you're paying 1st year arbs to Rondon and Grimm. 3rd for Strop and Coghlan.

 

Wood, Herrera, and Medina will get DFA'd, while Turner is a question mark.

 

You've got KB, Schwarber, Russell, Javy, Hendricks, and La Stella at the minimum. Plus plenty of others like Alcantara, Olt, Szczur, Ramirez, Rosscup, and Edwards that have the ability to factor into 25 man roster decisions.

 

After arb raises, I'll put us at 95.(that's giving Jake 10, which may be a bit light)

 

At any rate, you can lose Castro's 7 or Montero's 14 from that figure, if we choose to.

 

Our IFA spending will be down considerably(at least 10-12 mill) as will our draft budget, which both factor in to our overall budget.

 

We'll need an SP, a CF, a bench bat probably and a bullpen arm too.

 

In other words, we're set up very, very well if we can afford 120 mill. If it drops back down to 105 or so? We're flexible enough to be fine that way too.

 

So if we don't lose Castro or Montero we have between $10 - $25 million to add a SP, CF, bench bat, and a bullpen arm. So much for Price or any other TOR pitcher.

Have you ever heard of backloading or deferred payments?

[sontensei]

Yah and teams like the Mets still pay for those..

[sontensei]

Basically montero and Castro really need to he moved that's alot of money.

[Clem Fandango]

Yah and teams like the Mets still pay for those..

 

Are you referencing the Bonilla contract and using it as an example of why backloading contracts is a bad idea?

 

Cause that's silly.

[Guest]

Yah and teams like the Mets still pay for those..

 

looooooooooooooooooooooooolllllllllllllll

[sontensei]

Yah and teams like the Mets still pay for those..

 

Are you referencing the Bonilla contract and using it as an example of why backloading contracts is a bad idea?

 

Cause that's silly.

 

There are ones way worse I was reading in an article recently. Why don't the ricketts just sell the cubs to apple ? They have like what 250 billion in cash? Lol

[sontensei]

They could always backload a Price contract with the TV deal looming in the future.

http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2015/07/01/bobby-bonillas-isnt-the-only-deferred-money-deal-in-the-game-and-isnt-even-the-worst/comment-page-1/

[Clem Fandango]

They could always backload a Price contract with the TV deal looming in the future.

http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2015/07/01/bobby-bonillas-isnt-the-only-deferred-money-deal-in-the-game-and-isnt-even-the-worst/comment-page-1/

 

Backloaded contracts and deferred payments are not the same thing, you lummox

[sontensei]

They could always backload a Price contract with the TV deal looming in the future.

http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2015/07/01/bobby-bonillas-isnt-the-only-deferred-money-deal-in-the-game-and-isnt-even-the-worst/comment-page-1/

 

Backloaded contracts and deferred payments are not the same thing, you lummox

 

Someone mentioned deferred contracts oh it was Tim. I guess i shoulda quoted him. fcku

[Clem Fandango]

They could always backload a Price contract with the TV deal looming in the future.

http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2015/07/01/bobby-bonillas-isnt-the-only-deferred-money-deal-in-the-game-and-isnt-even-the-worst/comment-page-1/

 

Backloaded contracts and deferred payments are not the same thing, you lummox

 

Someone mentioned deferred contracts oh it was Tim. I guess i shoulda quoted him. fcku

 

Then why did you respond to me (who said nothing of deferred contracts) instead of him?

 

Also, isn't trying to get around the swear filter a bannable offense, mods? Anyone?

[Bryants Disco Ball]

They could always backload a Price contract with the TV deal looming in the future.

http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2015/07/01/bobby-bonillas-isnt-the-only-deferred-money-deal-in-the-game-and-isnt-even-the-worst/comment-page-1/

 

Backloaded contracts and deferred payments are not the same thing, you lummox

 

Someone mentioned deferred contracts oh it was Tim. I guess i shoulda quoted him. fcku

 

Then why did you respond to me (who said nothing of deferred contracts) instead of him?

 

Also, isn't trying to get around the swear filter a bannable offense, mods? Anyone?

 

I think Sontensei has said a few times that English is his second language. Not trying to defend him, but is there a chance [expletive] you is not what he really meant?

[ceres]

Backloaded contracts and deferred payments are not the same thing, you lummox

 

Someone mentioned deferred contracts oh it was Tim. I guess i shoulda quoted him. fcku

 

Then why did you respond to me (who said nothing of deferred contracts) instead of him?

 

Also, isn't trying to get around the swear filter a bannable offense, mods? Anyone?

 

I think Sontensei has said a few times that English is his second language. Not trying to defend him, but is there a chance [expletive] you is not what he really meant?

 

Yeah. I am sure that's it.

 

Is imbecile a language?

[sontensei]

Backloaded contracts and deferred payments are not the same thing, you lummox

 

Someone mentioned deferred contracts oh it was Tim. I guess i shoulda quoted him. fcku

 

Then why did you respond to me (who said nothing of deferred contracts) instead of him?

 

Also, isn't trying to get around the swear filter a bannable offense, mods? Anyone?

 

I think Sontensei has said a few times that English is his second language. Not trying to defend him, but is there a chance [expletive] you is not what he really meant?

 

Yeah. I am sure that's it.

 

Is imbecile a language?

 

is dirtbag a language?

[hawkeyecub]

Backloaded contracts and deferred payments are not the same thing, you lummox

 

Someone mentioned deferred contracts oh it was Tim. I guess i shoulda quoted him. fcku

 

Then why did you respond to me (who said nothing of deferred contracts) instead of him?

 

Also, isn't trying to get around the swear filter a bannable offense, mods? Anyone?

 

I think Sontensei has said a few times that English is his second language. Not trying to defend him, but is there a chance [expletive] you is not what he really meant?

 

Yeah. I am sure that's it.

 

Is imbecile a language?

 

is dirtbag a language?

 

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[Bryants Disco Ball]

I'm starting to think Sontensei did indeed mean [expletive] you.

 

Just want everyone to get along. But, yeah, pretty sure he meant [expletive] you.

[hawkeyecub]

http://chicago.cbslocal.com/2015/08/03/bernstein-cubs-know-theyre-ahead-of-schedule/

 

It may surprise some to know that the Cubs still are concentrating more on evaluating their own players — both prospects and established big leaguers — as best they can at the outset of this phase, believing that a larger sample size of performance is necessary to make the most informed decisions possible when it comes to what all indications say will be an offseason of big headlines and major expenditure.

[TruffleShuffle]

i'm not sure what sontensei meant. probably best to ban him just to be safe.