Jazz

Maybe they wouldn't be interested in what the Cubs are offering and would be interested in somebody else's offer. I was just pointing out that opting out of his deal gives ARod the biggest freedom, without too much of a risk of throwing away money. That's true, but he'd have to take a discount to play for the Cubs. I can't imagine our budget could handle a 20M dollar player, not at least without trading one or more of Lee, Ramirez, Soriano, Marquis, Lilly and not re-upping Z. If he wants to play for the Cubs as this rumor suggests, his best shot to do so without giving up much cash is to get the Yanks to eat part of his remaining contract in some trade scenario. If he cares more about the money, he should opt out and sign with Boston, who would love the opportunity to pay back the Yanks for Clemens. I obviously don't know Arod, but I'd think after being the highest paid player and being unhappy for so many years, taking 15-17 per for 4 years or something like that and playing in a town that will worship you and a manager that you respect would be something he could swallow. Yes, but the Cubs couldn't. At least not if they resign Zambrano, who will very likely make about 15-18 per season. Now, if the Yankees were to pick up about 4-6M per year of ARod's remaining 3 years, that, combined with what Texas is paying, puts him down into the 12-15M area, and the Cubs might be able to afford that and Z also. If the Cubs don't resign Z, it becomes easier to sign ARod at the price you mentioned. That's really a difficult choice. It's hard to stomach paying any pitcher what Zito got, even one who's young and effective. If the Cubs let Z go, ARod would be a great alternative this offseason, if he indeed does opt out. I don't see the Cubs getting both barring an absolutely brilliant trade, and even then, it would probably mean putting the Cubs into the 110M range with payroll in a couple of years, and I doubt the Trib is going to go that high. How do you know how much more the Cubs could spend? You keep saying they "can't" as if it's a known absolute. I obviously don't know for sure they can't. I'm just basing that opinion on their past behavior. I may be dead wrong about spending and frankly hope I am. Having ARod and Zambrano next season would be great. I personally believe there's no reason a franchise as popular as the Cubs can't have payroll at a level close to Boston, but I don't run the team. i think they can and will. This new regime did not hesitate for a second after MacPhail left to give out the fattest contract of the offseason. The payroll waas raised by almost 20 mil from this year to last, so there is reason to belive we can make room for both Z and AROD

i'm not sure what exactly you mean by score meph

ive seen this two terms used alot, what do they mean?

How is he unhappy in Denver already???? he isn't, just stupid rampant uninformed speculation by the media and irresponsible journalism. http://www.denverpost.com/broncos/ci_5375358

I saw some speculation from a Washington Post writer on a redskins forum that mentioned a possible deal where Denver sends Bly their #1, #2/3 for the #6 pick overall. Washington would then send Springs to the Lions for something like a 2nd rounder and use their picks (they have none of their own at the moment besides the #6 until the 5th round I believe) to trade up high enough to get Okoye. The reported hitch in the deal may be that Denver wants Ladell Betts.....for some reason. How is sean springs worth a 2nd rounder???

If A-Rod wants to get out of NY, then the Yanks have no leverage, especially not when his contract is as much as it is.

that salary is exaggerated greatly. If graham played for 3 years and we cut/traded him after, it would be 3 years/18 mil + 6 mil in bonus to pay. Not that bad. Not great either.

IMO, i think we're going to get a laugh out of this thread in a month or so when Prior is dealing. less than 2 innings of his first crack at ML opposition in a long time is hardly enough to be basing the future of his career around. Now a few more outings like that with that weak of stuff and I'll worry. I aslo try not to get to worried when the reports of his velocity are as varied as they have been. This is typical us speculating to no end about stuff that usually ends up as nothing (see 100s of pages of Dunn threads). Oh well, where were we. CLUCK CLUCK, THE SKY IS FALLING

In the past 3 years there have been exceedingly more insane contracts being doled out to mediocre players. Its not like years past where the TOP playerss are getting the big bucks, but they are being followed by players like lily, meche, and pierre commanding 10 mil a year when they should no way do so. Can anyone simplify this for my uneducated mind and tell me what to expect in the coming years (and whether or not our payroll will increase accordingly?)

http://img402.imageshack.us/img402/928/picture1se1.png reupped to LCC's specs

murton = frotch (fire + crotch)

crap :(

YES! Great move shanny. now just get kerney and a solid draft and we're in business

johan could get upwards of 150 mil if he hits, maybe moree

Wow. Prior is going to be worth $115 million in 2012? What's he going to do over the next couple years to deserve that kind of cash :wink: dam typos

to me, the most likely, and best scenario is to get A-Rod in a trade midseason or after 07. If plug in the numberss of his contract, and the extensions prior (if he pitches like we hope) and z will want, you get: http://img153.imageshack.us/img153/1469/picture4bt1.png so hypothetically speaking, the only way we can fit A-Rod is if we can trade one of, or both of Lily and Maquis, and we can get production out of our young arms to be the back end of our rotation. Also, we'll need the salary cap to keep expanding to around 140-150 in 2010.

updated salaries http://img263.imageshack.us/img263/617/picture1fk8.png

fonz@!

first k on tv of the year =)

really? i just had some lame "stand up and be strong" song.

Okay I have this to say as a Bronco fan that has watched these two guys their entire young careers. Foster is underachieving. For 3 years the broncos gave him every opportunity to shine, and he underachieved at every chance until eventually he was put on the 2nd string to backup OT Adam Meadows, a guy who had been out of football for the entire 2005 season! Only when meadows got injured did he get back his starting role which he played very poorly in. I would not be excited about him if i was a lions fan, but he is probably better than what they have. If the lions don't draft Thomas because of this move, then Millen has made a very bad effort to solve the Lions Oline woes. Bell is a good player, but from my estimation, he has a long way to go to be a solid every down back. I'm not sure how much of his success was from the system, but Bell was never able to be a feature back. He does fit the role that he will play in quite well though, as a change of pace guy for jones.

noice

im in

love that quote.

June 13th vs. Seattle plz