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  1. nilodnayr
    Now all he has to do is trade for Dunn!!
  2. nilodnayr
    I'm sorry LAME...its become quite a quality site. The only thing I'm sorry about is that he was right in projecting 3 cubs minor league pitchers (naming Pinto and Mitre) would be traded for Juan Pierre BEFORE ANYONE. His sister site of http://www.rotoauthority.com is great too, but more of a fantasy lean. He also writes for rotoworld. Not cubs related but http://www.thehardballtimes.com has some excellent thought provoking baseball stuff.
  3. nilodnayr
    How about Murton in LF, Drew in RF, and Jones in CF. I just don't think Hendry will trade Jones unless he demands a trade or is wowed by an offer. While I'm sure by Hendry's standards Jones was nowhere near a disappointment due to production of standard stats, hopefully this will also increase Jone's value in the marketplace. Kearns is a good example because hes a rare player that has qualities that we all like and Hendry has been after previously. Also, Bowden is an idiot and although he just traded for Kearns, he horribly flopped in his first month in Washington and has very openly discussed his displeasure playing for the Nats. I have been all about going after Kearns, Church, and Vidro. Church definitely wouldn't stop me from going after Drew though.
  4. nilodnayr
    Not to mention he had two quite good years in Philly. Unfortunately, a couple bad years followed until this year. Quite a Soriano of pitchers (of course to a lesser extent).
  5. nilodnayr
    Sammy put up godly numbers and was loved until the numbers stopped coming. Latroy? He deserved what he got. Ramirez hasn't really been a target of the boo birds more so than any other player the last few seasons. Let's see if his leg injuries continue to be a problem along with his hussle before he gets booed. I think a lot of peolpe on this board are over reactive to way the media portrays players. Unfortunately, I think a lot of us are naive to the power that the media has over the average fan. We are definitely the minority in fandom.
  6. nilodnayr
    Paul Depodesta is certainly not the answer to any of our problems Yeah Penny, Lowe, Drew, and Kent are sure stinkin up the joint.
  7. nilodnayr
    Yeah, now that the paper's finished, I see the joke sucked and that it was not at all obvious I was trying to be over-the-top. Oh well. Way to go John Kerry! But seriously, its quite rare here (and anywhere) that conversation ends in one side acquiescing and honestly changing their opinion when presented with logical arguments from the opposing viewpoint. Kudos to rjchapma for that and dealing with everyone ripping on him in a very clearly inappropriate manner.
  8. nilodnayr
    I can't see how trading a good reliever, a potential 4th starter and a bunch of trash for Tejada would work. Not to mention the fact that the yanks already turned down a deal with the Os for Benson.
  9. nilodnayr
    Agreed. Matsuzaka and Lilly are my top choices in each category. What in this thread has proved to you that Lilly is the top choice of the second tier starters, the high amount of fly balls and homeruns allowed, or the high walk rate? Personally, this thread helped cement my opinion that neither one of them is likely to live up to their contract, and both should probably be avoided like the plague. What tier II FA pitcher, or for that matter, tier I FA pitcher, or for that matter tier I or II FA position player is? Unfortunately we are in a time (worse than any other) where you have to severly overpay for mediocrity, which means that an increased emphasis on developing your own talent is absolutely necessary. Remember 3 years ago or so when all those #3 pitchers got 3/21 contracts? Now #4 pitchers like Suppan, Padilla, Lilly, Meche are projected to possibly get 4 years of 8-9M. The entire Florida Marlins team is going to cost less than most team's back end of the rotation.
  10. nilodnayr
    I like Betemit a lot but I just don't understand why the Dodgers aren't interested. Also, that is a suspicious list of every team that needs a 3B...sounds more like conjecture than actual inside knowledge.
  11. nilodnayr
    Agreed. Matsuzaka and Lilly are my top choices in each category. What in this thread has proved to you that Lilly is the top choice of the second tier starters, the high amount of fly balls and homeruns allowed, or the high walk rate?
  12. nilodnayr
    Nomar's second half: 229/286/408
  13. nilodnayr
    Holy Mother of God, I'm going to start squirting paint at a canvas and (continue) acting like an a-hole.
  14. nilodnayr
    Why do you think Lilly will get more $? Old school GMs amiring his 'stuff'? If thats true, then I'd much prefer Padilla. People are talking here like Lilly is a big improvement. His BBs and HRs really scare me. Hes a very typical cubs pitcher (minus the unhealthiness). He has great 'stuff', high Ks, but gets in big trouble by walking a bunch of guys and giving up HRs. Padilla is much better at keeping guys off the basepaths and the ball in the park.
  15. nilodnayr
    If we retain ARam, then Nomar is pretty much the only 3B on the market. With multiple big market teams in need of third basemen, hes going to be able to get his payday and not have to switch positions. We aren't going to get him on the cheap, thats for sure. And he had a pretty crappy second half. Unless we lose ARam, hes not a good fit for us.
  16. nilodnayr
    Why the exlamation?
  17. nilodnayr
    Why the exlamation?
  18. nilodnayr
    I thought a lot of his picks this year were the safe, obvious choices, so he will probably increase his % correct over last year. With so many things going on and having cascading effects, it would be nearly impossibly (for an outsider) to predict much of anything with any amount of accuracy. These lists are meant to be more fun than anything else. Like he said, he did just as well as the "insider" Steve Phillips last year. Plus, I bet when you evaluate that list from each team's perspective, you will only find a couple teams that would be happy with the way the market shook out. As cubs fans we should all realize taht you don't always get what you want, but if you try sometimes...well, you still don't even get what you need.
  19. nilodnayr
    With the information provided, a whole lot of those people would have been right...however, we didn't know the dudes shoulder would be worse than....well Kerry Wood's shoulder. If he has a decent chance of being healthy, I would love him, he'd probably cost very little and may even be a non-tender candidate given that he'll be due about 4.5M in arbi if the rangers need his salary elsewhere. He'd be a great use of that $ to back up all 3 OF spots and spell DLee (even though he doesn't want it, he'll need it). Lou did say he wants to play his bench a lot.
  20. nilodnayr
    Crawfords OPS + last year 111 Baldellis OPS +last year 119 Both were their age 24 seasons Assuming all options are picked up Crawford is signed 4 years 27.5M - 29M Assuming all options are picked up Baldelli is signed 5 years 28 +unnamed performance bonuses since Baldelli did not reach 600 PAs in 2006, which would have guaranteed him 4M more. So basically 4 years of Crawford is the same as 5 years of Baldelli. Baldelli has always played center, while Crawford has mainly played left. Even when Baldelli was out in 05, they played Damon Hollins in CF, not Crawford. I know hes a good athelete, but who knows how well he will fair in CF. I'm not so much concerned with his defense, just simply pointing that out. With Crawford having much more perceived value in the marketplace due to his steals, is it really a wonder which one is being heavily shopped by the DRays? They would much rather get rid of Crawford. I'd prefer Baldelli...afterall, we aren't creating a fantasy baseball team here.
  21. nilodnayr
    http://chicagosports.chicagotribune.com/sports/columnists/cs-061104rogers,1,630308.column?coll=cs-cubs-headlines Seems like philly would be paying a pretty steep price there for Sheffield. Looks like Hendry has targeted getting a guy like Schmidt/Matzuka/Zito and Lilly/Batista/Kuroda and a big bat Lee/Soranio/Wells/. I have not seen Hendry linked to Padilla yet this offseason but I would much prefer him over guys like Lilly and Batista. Rotoworld Some stupid guy with initials for a first name disagrees with Roger's assemesment of the Jays effor to sign Lilly. If thats not an easy way to discredit everything you say, I don't know what is.
  22. nilodnayr
    He probably didnt mean the fans. He was the consumate professional and even until the end (and after it) he publically spoke quite fondly of Chicago and his time here. But for a guy who is so used to winning and being in an optimistic environment, being on the cubs in 2005 and 2006 couldn't have NOT been misearable. In fact, if anyone really wasn't miserable those two years I would being to question their passion and desire for the game.
  23. nilodnayr
    I did the same with Bagwell earlier today when some stupid writer pontificated whether or not he'd get in the HOF. His numbers are a lot better than I remembered. The guy had 300 total bases in the strike season with a 1201 OPS (213 OPS+). His yearly OPS+ didnt drop below 130 until his 13 year in the league (when he put up an 897 OPS and was 14th in MVP voting). That is just ridiculous offensive production. Other fun with baseball-reference...in 2001 Bonds more than doubled the park adjusted league slugging 863 vs 422 and got close to repeating in 2002.
  24. nilodnayr
    mlbtraderumors may be right for once Um, seriously? That degrading comment regarding mlbtraderumors might have been appropriate a year ago when it had no credibility, but over the course of the year Tim Dierks' (who writes for the much loved rotoworld) credibility has grown leaps and bounds. He has learned when to post and when not to post rumors and to appropriately divulge the credibility of the source and work to find corroboration. Remember in those first two weeks when he said Cameron and Nady would be swapped and multiple cubs pitching prospects (naming Pinto and Nolasco) would be traded for Pierre? Everyone thought he was a raving loony.
  25. nilodnayr
    Protection isn't usually ever a factor. As far as having a metric to measure it's effect? My memory is that metrics tend to show that it doesn't matter how you construct a lineup in terms of the batting order and its productivity. Could be wrong, though. Actually, that was the perceived thought until 3 of the foremost sabermetric minds published The Book Batting order does matter.
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