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  1. TruffleShuffle
    weren't you gone until next year? j/k I'm suspending judgement until the contract details become official. But if they're confirmed at 3/$28M, then I've already said my goodbyes :D
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    SERENITY NOW!
  3. TruffleShuffle
    well I guess if the title of this thread is true, merry christmas and happy new year to you guys. see you next year.
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    real, on both accounts
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    Sorry, the extrrrrrreeeeeme pessimism gets to me sometimes. It almost seems like people are going out of their way to make sure to be as mad and dissapointed as possible. To say we have an ace and 4 #5's, that's just crazy. we just a signed a guy with a 6.00+ ERA. calling him a 5th starter is being genous. so i rephrase...we have one #1 starter, four #5 starters, and one AAA pitcher. funny how you assume that the 6.00 ERA pitcher pitches just as badly in 2007, yet the 4.17 ERA, 111 ERA+ pitcher who was outstanding in the second half, doesn't repeat those numbers (which would make him at least a solid #3), and Ted Lilly doesn't repeat his 109 ERA+.
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    Um, I'm pretty sure I did... forgot to change that one :wink:
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    Sorry, the extrrrrrreeeeeme pessimism gets to me sometimes. It almost seems like people are going out of their way to make sure to be as mad and dissapointed as possible. To say we have an ace and 4 #5's, that's just crazy. No, it's not crazy at all. Everyone besides Z has performed pretty terribly for a less than insignificant period of time in the not so distant past. Is it pessimistic to say that? Probably. Probably? Of course it's pessimistic. You're assuming that Marquis pitches as poorly as last year, that Hill completely loses what he had in the second half of last year, that Lilly pitches like he did in his worst season (2005), that Miller doesn't get back any of what he had before his injuries, that Prior stays injured/ineffective, and that none of the kids stay healthy and prove they're worthy of a place in the rotation. That's how you end up with four #5 pitchers. It's really unlikely, and it's ridiculous to present this as something that's likely to happen in 2007. It's just as likely that everything goes right, but in reality, the results will be mixed.
  8. TruffleShuffle
    I'm in the wrong line of work. Sure wish I could get $6M per year to suck at my job.
  9. TruffleShuffle
    :roll:
  10. TruffleShuffle
    i'm still trying to figure out if I'm leaving the board until next year
  11. TruffleShuffle
    DWI on Saturday morning??? Doesn't he have a game on Sunday?
  12. TruffleShuffle
    Well, nobody is paying Marquis $8 million first of all, and second, take a look at how our 16 pitchers did last year filling out the rotation. Those were not reasonable numbers for a 5th starter. Good call on that one. :roll: Wait til the real numbers come out :roll:
  13. TruffleShuffle
    If the over/under on his ERA was 5.00 this year, I'd defininely take the over, especially pitching half his games in Kauffman.
  14. TruffleShuffle
    I think it's funny that you can see his jeans and nikes
  15. TruffleShuffle
    lmao
  16. TruffleShuffle
    Boy, I sure hope so. I'm still nervous though - probably just because it's the Cubs.
  17. TruffleShuffle
    TAMPA BAY (+3) over Atlanta CINCINNATI (-11) over Oakland (haven't picked Oakland once ATS, probably won't before the year is over either) WASHINGTON (+1.5) over Philadelphia NY Giants (+3) over CAROLINA Minnesota (+2.5) over DETROIT Indianapolis (-1.5) over JACKSONVILLE KANSAS CITY (-3) over Baltimore Tennessee (+1.5) over HOUSTON (oh how I wish I was in Vegas to bet this - can't believe Tennessee is actually getting points in this game) MIAMI (+3.5) over New England Seattle (-3) over ARIZONA SAN FRANCISCO (-4.5) over Green Bay NY JETS (-4) over Buffalo Denver (+7.5) over SAN DIEGO New Orleans (+7) over DALLAS ST. LOUIS (+6.5) over Chicago
  18. TruffleShuffle
    Keep holding on to the Tums. This same source thought the Cubs would get Soriano at 6 years and $96M. Then look what happened... well, your source got the yearly salary just about right... only needed two more years on his deal
  19. TruffleShuffle
    Holy Cross played Duke, Syracuse and Dayton already, and they still have Providence and George Mason left. I'd argue that they have a tougher OOC schedule than Penn State.
  20. TruffleShuffle
    This sounds far more reasonable than that stupid 3/$27M thing being thrown around. Where did that come from, anyway? Even in an insane market like this, a guy with a 6+ ERA last year is not going to get that sort of money. That's the sort of deal where you can give him a shot, and dump him easily if he pitches like he did last year.
  21. TruffleShuffle
    Well, nobody is paying Marquis $8 million first of all, and second, take a look at how our 16 pitchers did last year filling out the rotation. Those were not reasonable numbers for a 5th starter.
  22. TruffleShuffle
    That's not true at all. He was coming off an injury in 2004, but I do remember him being a highly valued prospect, and he had a really solid year in 2002 at just 22 years old. He was more than just a throw-in to that deal, as Baseball America noted at the time. The Cards also got Ray "Burger" King in the trade.
  23. TruffleShuffle
    if dotel can get back to where he was at while in houston you may be wrong. I'd have preferred to see some indications of him getting back there before I signed him to a hefty offer.
  24. TruffleShuffle
    Stony Brook isn't Division I right? If they aren't, the loss doesn't go against PSU's RPI because the RPI only takes into effect the Division I games. I know this for a fact because last year, SIU lost to D2 Alaska-Anchorage, but the game didn't count as far as the RPI. It still qualified as one of our "bad losses" to the selection committee, but as far as the RPI went, it didn't help or hurt it. No, Stony Brook is an America East team. They were 4-24 last year, but they are D-I.
  25. TruffleShuffle
    Rome wasn't built in a day. This team was AWFUL last year, and at the very least, they're in a position to be considerably better than they were last year. Yeah, they could throw lots of money at every free agent out there and then block every prospect in the pipeline and guarantee that they'll be cash-strapped in future offseasons. I'd prefer that the Cubs improve some and start moving toward where they're trying to get, that to go crazy right off the bat.
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