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  1. BigbadB
    Juan must be trying out some new toys.
  2. BigbadB
    And I'm interested in Angelina Jolie. And I have about the same chances of acquiring her as the Cubs do of acquiring Peavy. Your table is ready, Mr. Pitt.
  3. BigbadB
    I think the target date is March 8th, not the 22nd.
  4. BigbadB
    There is a Cubs roster discussion thread in the Cubs Discussion forum.
  5. BigbadB
    Pretty sure Griffey signed as a FA with Cincy No. I believe Griffey and Cincy agreed to rework his contract so that much of it was deferred to fit into Cincy's budget.
  6. BigbadB
    March 21-22 might be available for me. I have to see what weekend we are going up to Solvang. I want to say it's March 28-29. I'm in Vegas Wednesday through Monday of March 11-16. I think I could be free after 5pm on March 8th. The more I think about it, the more the evening of the 8th seems to work for me. Double check that Brian as that would allow Adam to be there too. I am pretty sure I am around that weekend because we're going to Sorensen's the weekend before. I'm running a 135 player pool tournament that weekend, but I think I can schedule it where I run a little bit later on Saturday night and start a little bit earlier on Sunday morning, so that I finish in time to make the draft. 5pm is probably the earliest I could get home, though.
  7. BigbadB
    March 21-22 might be available for me. I have to see what weekend we are going up to Solvang. I want to say it's March 28-29. I'm in Vegas Wednesday through Monday of March 11-16. I think I could be free after 5pm on March 8th. The more I think about it, the more the evening of the 8th seems to work for me.
  8. BigbadB
    Is anyone opposed to a weeknight? How about pushing the 3/18 date back by 3 hours or so? East Coast: 7pm Central: 6pm West: 4pm
  9. BigbadB
    It's pretty sad that guys like Paul Bako and Brad Ausmus can still have major league jobs in their late 30's.
  10. BigbadB
    I'd fall over laughing if Hendry traded Hill for anyone of Batista, Silva or Washburn.
  11. BigbadB
    I'm probably going to miss it if it falls on the weekend. March is busy for me. I think the only weekends I have free until April are February 28-29 and possibly March 21-22, and the second one is the weekend Adam can't be there. There could still be a bunch of free agents available on February 28-29. I'll just have to be very cautious with my auto draft, I guess. A weeknight would definitely be better for me.
  12. BigbadB
    I like that. I'll send my proposal to Bud Selig, who will probably use it to start a fire or wipe his butt.
  13. BigbadB
    Yeah, I was the same way. There were several moments that I just had to chuckle at the choices, but Twisted Sister at #17 was the clincher.
  14. BigbadB
    Reminds me of the classic and underrated, "Real Genius": "Ok, lets just take a step fwd. Now take a step back. Now take a step fwd., and back....and now we cha-cha!!" Real Genius is awesome!!! Did you know the singer is the lead singer from the band Survivor? Someone watched the VH1 Top 100 Rock songs. :D After watching that, I felt quite ill. Their top 100 was missing about 80 songs that are in my top 100. That's all.
  15. BigbadB
    This. Hey Jim, We get it. You used to work for Andy MacPhail. That doesn't mean every trade has to be with him.
  16. BigbadB
    i also think there should be an exception for guys traded within the last year - the brewers should not get compensation for losing sabathia IMO. I disagree. That allows small market teams the opportunity to contend now, while rebuilding for the future as well. It's a fairly large incentive for those teams to make the "go for it" trades that can excite the team and keep fan interest high in what is otherwise a non-entity. It needs to be adjusted, but taking away such an important thing for teams like Oakland, Milwaukee, Minnesota etc, that can't justify spending $100m on individual players, or trading away prospects for superstars, would be a big mistake. Fair enough. Remove the service time clause, and I think I like my plan better than the current plan. With my plan, you can also remove the arbitration clause. Just award the team losing one of their best players, period. If it's a given that these smaller market teams NEED compensation for players they are going to lose and can't afford to offer arbitration to, then make it mandatory that teams that sign them lose the picks to the teams losing the player. Take the gamble out of it altogether.
  17. BigbadB
    Guzman has zero durability. Everytime they stick him in the rotation, he ends up missing a significant portion of the season. Best case for Guzman would be to acclimate him to short inning relief work and hope he eventually adapts. His stuff dictates that if he ever adjusts to the bullpen, he could very dominant in that role.
  18. BigbadB
    Agreed. A whole lot of offseason maneuvering to be worse than they were last year. Way to work them phones, Jim!
  19. BigbadB
    What? Was Chad Hermansen not available?
  20. BigbadB
    if salary doesnt matter in this discussion, then neither does durability. Umm, that really doesn't make any sense. At all. If durability doesn't matter, neither do runs. good lord. youre that said we're talking about how good marquis is, not his salary. so somehow durability matters but salary doesnt to this discussion? The ability to take the mound without hurting your arm is a factor in how good of a pitcher you are. no, it's definitely not. you asked for proof of how wolf is a better pitcher than marquis. i gave it to you. why cant you just admit that wolf is better and end this silly argument? jesus, it's fairly obvious. I'd say you haven't proved it enough to end the argument, otherwise the argument would be over. There was a time when Randy Wolf was definitely a better pitcher than Marquis. But, that was before he got hurt. Now? It's too difficult to say.
  21. BigbadB
    I hope you're right. But, if Fontenot gets off to a slow start, Piniella can very quickly bring the hook on the youngster in favor of the "proven veteran".
  22. BigbadB
    if salary doesnt matter in this discussion, then neither does durability. I disagree. Salary doesn't matter because Marquis was already a sunk cost. The fact they are paying a significant portion of his contract to pitch for someone else this year certainly matters if you are just going to replace Marquis with someone like Randy Wolf. If you give Randy Wolf 8m this year to finish out the back of the rotation, essentially, you are paying him 12m (adding in the 5m that the Cubs are paying Marquis to pitch for the Rockies) to potentially be a worse pitcher than Marquis.
  23. BigbadB
    Umm, prove it. Especially factoring in durability. three year splits... wolf -- 4.63 ERA, 300/143 K/BB marquis -- 5.08 ERA, 296/221 K/BB proof enough? You are missing the durability factor. Wolf- 109 IP AVG over the last 3 years Marquis- 184 IP AVG over the last 3 years
  24. BigbadB
    Marquis is not a great pitcher. I actually kind of despise the guy. But, for the 10m he was getting, you could count on him to pile up innings and not miss his starts. The Cubs were 17-12 in games that Marquis started last year, which is nearly a 66% winning percentage. He's not a 10m pitcher, but he was good enough as a #5 to keep around if you don't have someone better to throw in there. Especially if you are paying most of his salary to pitch for someone else.
  25. BigbadB
    The bench? yeah, it sucks. But, just wait until Theriot and Miles are hitting at the top of the order everyday.
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