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Hopefully. Kenney really isn't that big a deal. +1
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I would hope not. If the likes of Friedman or Cashman are being interviewed and they point out that as a condition of being hired that Kenney must be sent packing or put in the far corner, I would hope that Ricketts would comply. Why....why would they say that? Why would they care one iota who Crane Kenney is? I figure they'll be like most Cubs fans and have very little clue about him beyond his name and the whole goat stunt thing (if that).
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Ramirez has the highest OPS among 3B
KingKongvs.Godzilla replied to 17 Seconds's topic in Chicago Cubs Talk
We'd still be way better off. I agree with dew, and I hope Ricketts ponies up for all 3. -
Ricketts is definitely thinking big. http://www.chicagotribune.com/sports/baseball/cubs/ct-spt-0821-next-gm-cubs-future-chica20110821,0,7572084.story I have a small suspicion that Girardi would leave with Cashman if Cashman actually left. I hope Ricketts is thinking this big. Maybe crazy big...like include CC in a Yankee pillaging, and STILL sign Fielder (ala the Yankees' '08-'09 offseason with CC/Tex/Burnett). ^^ Wishful thinking.
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I assume you mean Logan White? Even then, with either name I completely agree. It'd be switching Hendry for a lesser known version of Hendry.
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Grady Sizemore
KingKongvs.Godzilla replied to RynoRules's topic in MLB Draft, International Signings, Amateur Baseball
The Rangers were bankrupt around this time last summer. Now it's barely a memory. -
In today's Daily News Cashman shot down the idea of going to Chicago and said he'd like to stay in the Bronx. Could be posturing. I hope it's posturing, because he'd be a legit coup here IMO. Just the fact that he's being asked about it is a good indicator of the perceived quality of the Cubs' job. Completely agreed. It really shouldn't be surprising how high profile this job is though. Chicago is really the only city anyone cares about between NY and LA (stfu Philly), this franchise is one of the game's oldest, there's the whole haven't won a WS in forever thing, and we're one of the few teams who's shown a willingness to spend some of the ridiculous amount of money an MLB franchise makes its owners. It's a huge opportunity for anyone, and with success they'd become stars themselves. So I just thought....what if Ricketts missed on this hire? I get the feeling it'd be devastating in a tone-setting kind of way.
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In today's Daily News Cashman shot down the idea of going to Chicago and said he'd like to stay in the Bronx. Could be posturing. I hope it's posturing, because he'd be a legit coup here IMO.
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The line is age. I'm also sure he's also just plain more highly thought of than either of those guys in their draft year. I think his swing potentially offers him excellent plate coverage which might lead to decent plate discipline, but that's me assuming alot and should be taken with a grain of salt. That said, I'm confident that his approach is a solid one for an 18 year old. Just to throw it out here...a draft pick we'll hear of within the next two years is Trey Martin. Big (6'2, ~180 lb) HS OF with plenty of tools and athleticism. I think Callis mentioned him, but he's a name that caught me on draft day. At the least I'll track him until I don't.
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Grady Sizemore
KingKongvs.Godzilla replied to RynoRules's topic in MLB Draft, International Signings, Amateur Baseball
Nobody said that. As far as trading for a franchise OF goes....Justin Upton >>>> Matt KemP. I'm not as big on Kemp as maybe I should be. I feel like he's a COF about to be paid like a CF. I know he was rumored to be available earlier in the year, but given his recent breakout, I have a difficult time seeing the Diamondbacks trading him. I'd love to have him, but I'm not sure how the Cubs could get him. I could say the same thing about Kemp. Both have been made available in the world of flimsy rumors, and I'd much rather pay for Upton than Kemp. I'd way overpay for Upton over Kemp, which is what's going to happen with either. Still, in the end I'm just playing pipe dream... Of the two Dodger guys I'd take Ethier. -
Yes. Vitters and I'll throw in Junior Lake aren't putting up breakout numbers right now, but the talent and solid numbers are there to imagine an explosion next year. They could absolutely thrive in the PCL.
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Grady Sizemore
KingKongvs.Godzilla replied to RynoRules's topic in MLB Draft, International Signings, Amateur Baseball
Nobody said that. That's the only way paying an injury-prone 35-year-old OF $12-15 million a year makes any damn sense. Well he's a better player than guys like Cuddeyer or Willingham, neither of whom is a spring chicken themselves. OF looks like te perfect place to upgrade with a trade given the FA options....Ethier over Kemp please. -
Nice. That's just great. Who cares about what's best for the organization when you can let "inter-city rivalries" dictate actual baseball decisions. Same goes for first basemen who play for the Cardinals or Brewers; no way can we let that kind of riff raff 'round these parts. Dude this job is going to attract some of baseballs best and brightest front office minds. Hahn is up there, but theres so much competition out there for him that he'll have to be exceptional IMO. If he is then awesome, hire him. Otherwise, I'm not so sure the White Sox are an organization to imitate anyway, sports grudge aside. Personally I think Ricketts wants an experienced GM anyway, like A Cashman/Friedman, both of whom have contracts about to end. The Brewers aren't big enough rivals where I'll care that we steal this 1B/best bat. Who woulnt want to steal the Cardinals best player since Musial?
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If I was Ricketts I'd hold it against Hahn that he worked for the Sox. The Yankees certainly wouldn't be caught dead hiring Mets or Red Sox guy is how I see it. If he was here I'd be forced to try to like him but otherwise he can go screw a goat.
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+ 888,000,000.
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Grady Sizemore
KingKongvs.Godzilla replied to RynoRules's topic in MLB Draft, International Signings, Amateur Baseball
Nobody said that. As far as trading for a franchise OF goes....Justin Upton >>>> Matt KemP. I'm not as big on Kemp as maybe I should be. I feel like he's a COF about to be paid like a CF. -
You notice how Cashman, Theo, Gillick/Amaro Jr., the Blue Jays' new guy, Friedman, Beane, and so on and so forth become names? A GM is and probably should play into marketing a little. At the least it's a very easy position to draw eyes to, and a good one has a chance to be a sports god. The Cubs have the chance to be huge.
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Grady Sizemore
KingKongvs.Godzilla replied to RynoRules's topic in MLB Draft, International Signings, Amateur Baseball
If he'd come on a cheap, incentive laden one year deal to try to rebuild his value, then he's really not a bad idea. He's still been an above average hitter in two of the past three seasons, and at his age there's probably upside. I actually have him behind Beltran as the OF I'd sign, but both would require highly stipulated situations. Both should only be a secondary FA signing/offseason move behind bringing in a big bat or big pitcher. Both should be short on years. Beltran should be paid properly if he's brought in (12-15? That's not my job), and Sizemore should be bought at a number that sounds just enough to be a strong steal if he threw up a seemingly random 3 or even 4 WAR season. 8 million keeps popping into my head, so I'll go with 8 million as the high end number base number. -
It's not that he needs to prove himself, but if he can't handle the starter's workload, then he's a burden on the pitching staff at the MLB level. At Iowa you can skip him, push him back, piggy back him, etc. as much as the organization would like. They can piggyback him at the ML level with Shark/Russell, if it truly comes to that.
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Cashner has nothing to prove in the minors. If he's going to get hurt again it'll happen whether or not he's in the majors, and he's not going to get any better pitching against minor leaguers.
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I think any Yankee FO employee has a good background in numbers. Cashman came up through their scouting/player development side, and Damon Oppenheimer (their current director of scouting or farm director, one of the two) is a very legit GM for any team looking. Neither is a candidate I'd worry about not knowing the numbers of the game. Also, he goes from the Yankees scouting department to the guy who helped shape the Braves' current look on stats. My jump to conclusions mat tells me that his time with the Yankees involved numbers.
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Yes. I'm worried that his stat analysis development may be at the Wasserstrom level, though. He's more interesting than anything. I saw Yankees scouting and Braves stats...Yankees were big on stats before pretty much everyone else so...still not enough to jump near the top to me, but interesting.
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Completely agreed. Davell, you're not higher on LeMahieu than I, since I'd put him above Struck.
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Yes.
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Theo wilin. That task is unpossible!
