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  1. CP_414
    I like the hybrid DH idea. Other changes I would like to see: 1. Robot strike zone 2. Eliminate divisions 3. Eliminate the neighborhood play. 4. Allow trading of all draft picks 5. Remove draft and IFA restrictions 6. Remove all comp picks 7. Make the DS round best of 7 8. Shorten the season by just a few games, maybe to 154. 9. World Series home field goes to the best record. 10. Remove the heavily unbalanced schedule. 11. Move the trade deadline to Aug 15. And get rid of the waiver trade deadline. 12. Increase rosters to 26 or 27. 13. Reduce September rosters to a max of 30. 14. Allow college players to enter the draft any year. 15. Draft lottery for the bottom 5 teams and a minimum combined MLB/Draft/IFA payroll for teams receiving revenue sharing money.
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    I live a few miles south of Milwaukee. Due to MLB's absurd territories I'm blacked out of the Cubs via MLBTV. I can buy EI through my cable company and the Cubs are not blacked out on EI (unless playing the Brewers) because the cable is based out of Milwaukee which is not a Cubs blackout zone. Does anyone know if any of these changes would help a situation like mine? I'd much prefer to save $100+ and get MLBTV instead of EI, but I don't think this helps me at all.
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    I understand we'll never be able to stream in market games, but it sure would be nice if this feature allowed me to stream games on freakin Saturdays. It pisses me off every time i get assed out of saturday baseball because fox is showing the yankees vs the mariners or some other bland BS. Weren't the Saturday blackouts fixed? I am in a weird zone where I am blacked out of the Cubs on MLBTV, but I'm not blacked out on Extra Innings, so I get EI. On EI the Saturday blackouts stopped at least a year ago, if not 2 years ago.
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    Some random dude on Twitter has been tweeting at Cubs bloggers this afternoon saying a friend who knows someone told him the Cubs and Shark will announce a 4/65 agreement this week. I normally wouldn't post it, because it's probably crap, but seeing the comment above makes me wonder if maybe it isn't bs.
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    I assume the two options are pen day vs. Philly and Hammel on Tuesday or vice versa? I'd much rather go pen day vs. Philly. I think it's way more likely we win a pen day against Philly than against Pittsburgh. Yes, but if you go with a pen day Sunday you also need a pen day Saturday vs the Cards. I'd also much prefer the pen day on Tuesday.
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    McKinney has played 82 games in the Cubs organization and 4 of them have been in Cf, none this year. He's almost certainly not a centerfielder.
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    Ian Happ is making his pro debut as a CF tonight.
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    What do you like about Leake? 1 good starter: Hamels, Cueto, Shark, Kazmir A left handed reliever: Mike Dunn, the long named dude on the Indians, Duke if the Sox pay off the 3rd year. Edit: nevermind Duke, he sucks. A good late game LOOGY would help the bullpen. That's all for now. If there is a bad injury to a starting position player maybe a bat gets added to my wish list, but as of now there aren't any open positions and Schwarber, Baez, Alcantara will provide nice depth later in the year.
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    It is just setting the stage to blame it all on some poor schmuck far down the totem pole. The higher ups could have known even if there is no paper trail to them. The organization could also have benefited from the information gathered, regardless of who knew how they got it or that they even had it. If Cardinals employees were involved, the punishment should be harsh no matter how high up the employees were in the front office.
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    He's as bad as or worse than anyone on our bench. He's really, really bad at baseball. I don't understand why so much of the fanbase has trouble accepting this. You're seriously the worst. You have no idea (nor does anyone else for that matter) how he'll adjust after last year. He's clearly very qualified to play 3rd and he has enough power to be useful. Even if he turns into Mark Hendricks, he's a highly useful bench piece. In other words, shut your speculative and uninformed piehole. Who is Mark Hendricks? Olt is bad. He has been bad for a long time. Gerting a healthy Ramirez back this year would be tremendous.
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    I hope the bat boy was of consenting age.
  12. CP_414
    Jay is getting the start today for the Illini.
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    I like Happ, but is the K rate high for college baseball? It looks like he's near 20% this year. He otherwise has a huge bat, and if he can play 2b he could be a solid pick at 9. I know Schwarber was quite a bit lower than 20% his last year at IU, but I'm not sure how it compares to most other top college players. Reason for concern?
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    http://forum.brewerfan.net/viewtopic.php?f=63&t=32626&start=360 I also live in Milwaukee, so I follow the Brewers closely, too. Those fans are better than the ones I know or hear on 1250 who still think they are a good couple weeks away from being in playoff contention this year. If they commited to a rebuild, they could get a great head start on it this year. Lucroy and Gomez would bring back a lot. Segura could bring back something solid. Coulter and Arcia look very promising. Lara is far away, but he seems very talented. I get the vibe they are going to halfass it, not trade everyone they should, and be stuck in an extended period of 70-80 win teams.
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    I don't have insider, but based on the Twitter responses I think Law mocked Tyler Jay to the Cubs in his first projection. As we get closer to the draft, the 4 names I really like are Fullmer, Jay, Benintendi, and Happ. I think I'd rank them Fullmer, Beinintendi, Jay, Happ at this point, but a lot depends on how you view those pitchers chamces at starting and Happ's chances of being a capable 2B. Fullmer will probably be gone before 9 anyway. Jim Callis's first mock will be up shortly.
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    Then, "yay!" If you get him at slot or under, then do it. Screw pitchers and the college bats are all fairly uninspiring. If he chooses football, move on to 2016 with 2 firsts and put all the draft savings this year towards going extra craxy on IFA's in July.
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    I know it isn't normally a good strategy, but I wouldn't mind if they drafted Kyler Murray, offered slot or less and took the pick next year when he chooses to play football instead. This draft sucks and they don't have an urgent need to get someone into the system now. The Cubs can wait a year for a probably much stronger group of talent.
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    I took him saying Russell is at 2b because of how thin they are there as a sign that he'll be up very soon. If he was going to be in Iowa for a few more months it wouldn't really matter if they had 2b issues in the majors or not. Of course I am guessing, but I think there's a really good chance he is a Cub this week. Alcantara clearly isn't earning any playing time from Maddon right now. I'm expecting Russell up, Alcantara to Iowa soon, then La Stella can replace Herrera when he returns.
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    This is hardly a low risk high reward situation. The risk is very real that you threw away $4.5m on a guy that will provide nothing. The reward is maybe one season of a good reliever. And how high is the "high reward" if he ends up getting some of the performance bonuses and making $6-7 Million? Hopefully he pitches well enough to get the incentives, but it will be difficult to significantly outperform the contract. Who cares about his performance bonuses? If he earns them that's a good thing. It's not like it kicks in a second year at $15 million. The 2015 payroll will already be set by the time he earns any bonus, so it is highly doubtful the bonus has any impact on acquiring other players. I think it is a pretty low risk move. 4.5 million is not much in this free agent market. If he is close to the pitcher he was before TJ he is easily worth it. If he sucks cut him after 10-15 innings like they did with Veras. There are enough questions in the bullpen at this point to justify taking a little risk on Motte.
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    Passan tweeted that CLUBS were told Headley was offered a 4/65 deal. I'm going to guess this Pepen guy misread clubs as Cubs and rewrote it in Spanish. If it is real, I wouldn't hate it.
  21. CP_414
    You wouldn't be interested in news relating to what city your daughter and grand kids are going to be living in half the year?
  22. CP_414
    Scherzer Arrieta Tyson Ross Hendricks Wood/Turner/Doubront winner
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    I think Schwarber is capable of being the type if hitter that Rizzo is in 2014. Decent average, very strong obp, not an awful k rate, 30 homer power. As a college hitter he could be ready within 2 years. I like Kiley McDaniel's idea of having him catch once a week and play LF the rest of the time, if he proves capable. It would be a nice bonus to not have to use a roster spot on a garbage backup catcher like every team does. His defense adds some risk, but the upside is worthy of the #4 pick in this draft.
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    I like Gordon. He seems to be considered in the same class as Lindor and JP Crawford and I think we'd all be thrilled with something close to those 2 guys. My top 4 right now is Aiken, Jackson, Rodon, Gordon.
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    Rodon Kolek Aiken Jackson Gordon
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