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  1. JeffH
    What don't you understand? Jim Hendry is a very bad GM who is enamored with very bad baseball players. Kaz Matsui is a very bad baseball player. Jim Hendry is enamored with Kaz Matsui. Simple.
  2. JeffH
    A partial list of Marshall's I would not trade for Clint Barmes, let alone Sean: Longtime Hollywood Squares host Peter Former Cubs manager Jim TV's Laverne - Penny Beloved Supreme Court Justice Thurgood Ubiquitous character actor E.G.
  3. JeffH
    Trump, to Hendry: "You're fired!"
  4. JeffH
    Possibly true. However, considering that Hill has more value than Crawford, let's hope that Jim doesn't go there.
  5. JeffH
    I think this is a difficult situation. If Prior doesn't want to accept the 20% pay cut of (does anyone know what his salary is?) he can refuse. Isn't that a lot of money to spend on a guy that won't pitch for 2008? I'm guessing 3.75 or so. Actually, he can't "refuse", but he can go to an arbitration hearing.
  6. JeffH
    Hendry is baseball's worst GM, but I don't blame him for not bringing Prior back in 2008 without some team-controlled option for 2009.
  7. JeffH
    Maybe Hendry wants to add Kaz to help attract Kosuke and Hiroki. That strategy worked so well in signing Furcal's bestest buddy Neifi, that he's going to try it again.
  8. JeffH
    I assume you're looking for an answer more sophisticated than "he's a bad baseball player".
  9. JeffH
    Baseball's worst GM strikes again.
  10. JeffH
    Conception?
  11. JeffH
    http://chicago.cubs.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20071103&content_id=2291714&vkey=news_chc&fext=.jsp&c_id=chc
  12. JeffH
    Remember that they were all minor league free agents, so, if any team wanted any of them bad enough to select him in the Rule 5 draft, they could have just signed him as a free agent and not had to keep him on their 25-man roster all year.
  13. JeffH
    I doubt that very much.
  14. JeffH
    Kendall being a Type B rather than a Type A is good for the Cubs. Now, there's a small, non-zero chance that a team might sign him before the deadline to offer arb to your own free agents. Had he been Type A, there would have been zero chance.
  15. JeffH
    That is one scary thought. I think I'll just re-read that over and over again instead of watching The Exorcist tonight.
  16. JeffH
    If you count all of last year's signing bonuses against the 2007 payroll, it was probably already in the $115 range. In that case, a 2008 payroll of $115 would be essentially no increase. From the standpoint of determining how much ownership is willing to spend, I think it's wise to count the money when it's paid and not when MLB "takes it up" for the purpose of determining luxury tax. Generally, when a signing bonus is going to be paid in installments, it is reported as such (like Jacque's). Otherwise, I think it's safe to assume that it's all paid up front.
  17. JeffH
    Sign Kosuke. Trade Marshall for Scott. Trade Hill, Pie, Murton, and a couple of pieces parts for Santana. Soriano-Kosuke-Scott-Ramirez-Theriot-DeRosa-Lee-Soto Santana-Zambrano-Lilly-Marquis-Hart/Gallagher
  18. JeffH
    Actually, he's one of the few ESPN guys with a clue. In the land of the blind, the one-eyed man is king.
  19. JeffH
    Rob Neyer is very, very dumb.
  20. JeffH
    I counted 16, perhaps you thought of the other A-gon. Doesn't really matter though :) Point is, none of these guys should be Cubs by opening day. :crosses fingers: I assume he meant Alex "Thank heaven for Steve Bartman" Gonzalez, because the other one isn't a free agent.
  21. JeffH
    17 of the 40 perceived "bad values" have played for the Cubs at one time.
  22. JeffH
    Quit thinking like that...now its 2 years 14 million...still bad, but not as bad. Actually, it's $16.25/2. Even worse.
  23. JeffH
    I imagine that the price for Hermida has moved where Hendry won't go - into the Rich Hill neighborhood.
  24. JeffH
    This is true. Although, if I could get a true 3-4-5 hitter somewhere, I'd probably next look for a top starting pitcher. See if you can get Dusty to lean on Krivsky so he'll trade us Jay Bruce, then put together the best Hill-based package you can for Santana.
  25. JeffH
    In what alternate universe has the awful Kaz Matsui "adjusted well" to major league pitching?
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