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  1. BigbadB
    Or Burnitz for that matter. I remember hearing that Wrigley didn't usually have any homerun benefit for lefties, but I can't recall where I heard that and I can't find homerun park factors that break down according to platoon splits. I wouldn't take it on faith that Wrigley is a great environment for lefties without checking up on that first. The problem is that the Cubs haven't had many good power lefty hitters to make decent comparisons.
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    To say NSBB would explode would be the understatement of the year if ever a deal like that went down! I mean, he's completely serious with that post. I, uh, don't know what to say. Hahahahahaha, I guess the Orioles just release like 7 guys from the 25-man after that deal, and who the hell is Bradford that we'd give up Veal for him? I don't know a Bradford. After Roberts and Bedard and excluding the whole baseball team the Cubs are sending in that deal, is there anyone other than Markakis worth keeping on the Orioles 25 man roster?
  3. BigbadB
    Couple that in with the fact that the NL Central has the best hitter's parks in baseball, and I can definitely see 20+
  4. BigbadB
    Deal!
  5. BigbadB
    Padres can give Eckstein the 2nd or 3rd biggest contract offer in team history. :wink: if one of the other two california GMs were the GM of the padres, i'd say that this would be very possible. Gotta keep up with the Joneses.
  6. BigbadB
    Murton really has value. I wish he would play here, but I get why they are dealing him. He'll likely be part of the package that lands Hendry Brian Roberts. I'd prefer him and Gallagher go toward landing us Blanton, and Pie and Hill and EPatt land us Roberts and Bedard, and Dempster and Marshall and Derosa land us Burnett. (Just listing some of the rumors in this thread!) Imagine, if you can... Zambrano Bedard Burnett Lilly Blanton :shock: =D> \:D/ :pig: :shock: :shock: That could theoretically work. Yeah, it could, though it would empty the farm, and would still leave us short two OF. (A CF and a 4th OF) But, heck, with that rotation, an NL Pennant would seem to be virtually assured. You have obviously forgotten that we have Sam Fuld. He can be the CF and the 4th OF at the same time.
  7. BigbadB
    if mark prior goes on the market, s.d. will not get him for cheap. there's too much potential there for other teams to not get involved and drive up his price at least a little bit. I'll take that bet.
  8. BigbadB
    Padres can give Eckstein the 2nd or 3rd biggest contract offer in team history. :wink:
  9. BigbadB
    Yeah 1/17 at the RiverPlex (same site as last year)...we havent been notified yet who will be on the Caravan. I miss those. I haven't been to a caravan since Mitch Williams attended one the year he became a Cub. Showing my age again. :D
  10. BigbadB
    No deadline that I'm aware of. But, the Fukudome contract increases the value of the team in several ways.
  11. BigbadB
    LOL. Excellent article. Tim would like to buy you a beer for that one. I'd buy you one, but the only time I'm in Chicago is to switch planes. :D
  12. BigbadB
    I think it's clear Hendry has no idea how to haggle. If we were exchanging baseball cards, I'd be all over it.
  13. BigbadB
    That dude needs a raise.
  14. BigbadB
    Chase Headley is interesting. Matt Antonelli won't be offered in any trades. After that, they really don't have much to offer. Of course, the Cubs "could" help. Bay to San Diego Greene to Cubs good young players from Cubs to Pirates.
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    So, that leaves Mike Cameron as the last CF free agent available, right? Or is Lofton still looking for work? Cameron isn't exactly enticing to any team other than the Padres, since the Padres offered him arbitration AND he's suspended for the first 25 games. Could still be some CFers available, however. Coco Crisp hasn't been moved. Damon isn't exactly a CFer anymore, but he'd probably say he still is.
  16. BigbadB
    Welcome to the forum! :D lawl... thanks! ahaha!! no more davern/davharm mixups? aaaa... Wrong. Now I can't remember which one of them changed their name. Therefore, they must both change their name. :wink:
  17. BigbadB
    Another Hendry miscue. Shoulda got that PTBNL BEFORE Littlefield left town. :P
  18. BigbadB
    And it's brilliant because if the Cubs can land one more extreme fly ball pitcher, it really wouldn't matter how bad of defense you put at SS since he won't field many balls anyway. Just stick any GOOD bat at SS. :D
  19. BigbadB
    Brilliant! Which is why Hendry wouldn't do it.
  20. BigbadB
    If he goes anywhere, it will be San Diego. San Diego played this very same game with Marcus Giles last year. They made offers to Atlanta that Atlanta wasn't the slightest bit interested in, then waited until Atlanta non tendered him and picked him up on the cheap. Meanwhile, they kicked Todd Walker to the curb after losing an arby case with him.
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    Be very afraid that the AL pitcher the Cubs are after could be Dontrelle Willis.
  22. BigbadB
    If the Reds are going to be including Bailey and Hamilton and more in a package to get Bedard, I really don't like the Cubs chances of beating that price.
  23. BigbadB
    Of course the Cubs overpaid for him. What team that honestly thought they had a chance to get a guy wouldn't overpay to get him in this market? I'm just glad that all the rumors that had the numbers escalating higher everyday while we waited weren't true. The money the Cubs offered probably wasn't much more than Hendry's original offer, with maybe an extra year tacked on.
  24. BigbadB
    You could be right. I just threw that out there because I think of the 2 other SS's mentioned, Peralta might be easier to land. I also didn't really spend a lot of time thinking about what players it would take.
  25. BigbadB
    I like Michael Young, but agree with the sentiments that he is too expensive. I don't think Hendry would give up what San Diego will want for Greene, even if it is Cedeno, Prior and Pie. I know Cleveland said they weren't interested in trading Peralta, but I don't see why he would be that untouchable. The Indians were very happy with Asdrubal Cabrera last year when he took Barfield's spot at 2b. If they moved Cabrera to SS, they still have Barfield to put at 2b. Maybe Hendry could work a 3 way deal between Pittsburgh and Cleveland that looked something like this: Pittsburgh gets Andy Marte, Kelly Shoppach, Ronny Cedeno and Matt Murton Cubs get Jhonny Peralta Cleveland gets Jason Bay
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