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Well, there are 160 some odd players that are not up for grabs. Kind of hard to find a superstar player with that many players locked up already.
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The funny part about Wells is that the Padres lowballed him even though San Diego was where he wanted to finish his career. He went to Boston instead. Padres traded arguably their top prospect for him at the deadline. -
David Wells was traded to the Padres for George Kottaras last year at the deadline. Wells was 43.
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I don't think I'd draft Izturis in a 60 team league.
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The hope would be that the long man comes in for blow out games (Cubs winning, of course) to rest a guy like Prior. We should attempt to spare him long outings and much over 170 IP. This team very well could be playing in October, and they don't need a taxed rotation. Hill and Prior shouldn't be anywhere near 200 IP, IMO. If the starter gets through 5, the pen should be able to take it the rest of the way. Not every starter will get pulled after 5. The extra off days at the beginning of the season gives the pen extra rest, also.
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I Like This: Piniella Wants Pitchers to Throw Strikes!
BigbadB replied to vance_the_cubs_fan's topic in Chicago Cubs Talk
I think the only thing negative about Jones' defense is his arm. -
And with Marquis being one of the rotation arms, they will DEFINITELY need a decent long man that can go several innings. That battle probably comes down to Cotts or Miller.
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24/7/365 Think about it. You just penciled in 3 days in June for the draft, 2 weeks of Spring Training and a 1 hour daily highlight show. 24/7/365
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The Fielding Bible had Neifi ranked ahead of Izturis, FWIW. I hope we don't end up missing Neifi by midseason. Of course, Detroit would probably love to give him back at this point.
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Actually, I think he does have to convince the Rangers.
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Uh, what? I know it's not your fault Vance (you just copied it), but that author who wrote that must have made a typo somewhere. If TB called heads, and it came heads, how did they not win the third pick? One of those facts must be wrong. It is the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. They had the choice of 3rd or 4th pick and evidently liked their chances with the 4th pick more. Sort of like choosing to kick or receive. :D And it is the Cleveland Browns. They're probably pissed that Tampa took the 4th pick instead of the 3rd pick. :D
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Would the Cubs have offered Maddux arbitration? I'm not so sure they would have.
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Brandon Wood Moving to 3B (maybe not permanently)
BigbadB replied to CaliforniaRaisin's topic in Cubs Minor League Talk
Yeah, Aybar probably more closely resembles Hanley Ramirez because of the speed and AVG. I noticed you didn't say anything about my Royce Clayton/Orlando Cabrera comparison. :D -
I'd forgotten that was the year you were in the league. She's not in the league anymore; she dropped out a couple of years ago. Your buddies, Greg (aka Mini) and HenDog are still in, though. :D (HenDog, however, has grown up a lot the last couple of years.) Happy to hear that. I think that was my first year playing Yahoo leagues. Wasn't that a Cubs.com fantasy league? 2003?
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Lofton is now with his 11th different major league team. What's the record for position players?
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To be fair, this is probably the earliest he arrived at camp in a decade or more. I don't doubt his desire to get those 12 homers and then some. I think the whole key to his return is whether or not he's lost any bat speed, and whether or not he can ever lay off the pitch down and away. I don't know if someone can be gone for a year after a very down season and regain former abilities. It'll be interesting. Hasn't Ruben Sierra done it? Juan Gonzalez keeps trying, but not having much luck. Richard Hidalgo missed last year and was pretty crappy in 2005. Julio Franco?
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Brandon Wood Moving to 3B (maybe not permanently)
BigbadB replied to CaliforniaRaisin's topic in Cubs Minor League Talk
They traded Alberto Callaspo. They have Erick Aybar. But, he's more of a speedster, hit for average SS. As far as glovework is concerned, Aybar may be a better defender, but the offense Wood provides is not of this world. I suppose if I had to make comparisons, Aybar compares somewhat to Brandon Phillips, and Brandon Wood compares to A-Rod. Meanwhile, both are blocked by a SS (Orlando Cabrera) that closely resembles Royce Clayton. Go figure. -
And I've spoken on this topic until I'm blue in the face. It's a new season and I have a lot to be excited about in 2007, so I really don't want to dwell on the '06 season. I just wanted more for Maddux. And I think Hendry could have gotten more than a high priced, no-hit, oft-injured utility player.
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I don't agree that Nomar would have replaced Jones. The Cubs signed Cliff Floyd this year and they have Murton and Jones. Nomar, Murt and Jones could have split time in the outfield and when Cedeno started struggling, I wouldn't have hesitated to put Nomar out there at SS. Of course, Lee got hurt pretty early in the season, which would have locked down a guaranteed job at 1b for the duration of Lee's injury. Nomar provided depth to the team. No, we didn't know Lee would get hurt. But, we did see Aramis nursing an injury the two previous years, which gave Nomar an opportunity to play some 3b as well. By the trade deadline, if Nomar really didn't have a place on this team, he could have easily been traded to a team in need. More than anything, he provided insurance (ie, depth) to a team that ended up really struggling last year because they didn't have any.
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what is IIRC If I recall correctly, it stands for if I recall correctly. :D
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Have you seen the programming on the NFL Network? Other than one game a week for 3 hours for 17 weeks, it's a bunch of garbage. The ratings have to be in the toilet. What could possibly be interesting on a 24 hour baseball network? Anybody ever watch ESPN sportscenter two or three times in a row? Boring. Same show repeated. It gets boring. And they cover ALL sports. NFL has cheerleaders, so the constant barrage of cheerleader shows on that network gets boring. Baseball doesn't have cheerleaders. Can an MLB Network be trusted to give you anything worth listening to? What you'll get is a bunch of retired old school baseball players who don't know a thing about being a broadcaster (Joe Morgan, Dusty Baker, Harold Reynolds, John Kruk, etc. ad nauseum. And a previous poster was 100% on the money. If you need baseball news that badly (24/7), that's what the internet is for.
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The Nats will be just fine. They have Christian Guzman manning SS. A guy with a glove like that will save the pitching staff all kinds of runs.
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Which makes it harder to accept that at best he will be platooning with Cliff Floyd this upcoming season. "At best"? What are you talking about? Floyd's going to get his chances to play a lot. The lack of lefty bats in the line up is the main reason why. You and I may agree that a lefty bat in the line up isn't really all that necessary if the righty bats are just as good or better than the lefty bats. But, there is an old school line of thinking by the managers that you have to have lefty bats in the line up. I'll be happy if Murton gets 500 at bats.
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What's even worse was that she left him in her starting line up all year.
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Just because someone is offering you crap in return for a dependable arm, doesn't mean you have to accept the offer. An overpaid, arthritic, part time, utility infielder is a crap player and nowhere near the value of a pitching arm for a team attempting to make the playoffs. Neifi Perez at 2.5m and Glendon Rusch at 2.5m or Nomar at 5m. I'll take Nomar every time. It would have prevented Glendon from ever stepping on the mound, and it would have prevented Neifi from getting more at bats at the top of the order. And honestly, can we really complain about Nomar's sidearm throwing angle after watching Juan Pierre's girly arm and Jacque Jones' pathetic release point in two of the three outfield spots last year? Probably wouldn't have mattered whether we had Nomar last year or not. The team was still going to be lousy with or without him, and I have zero faith Hendry could have gotten anymore out of Nomar at the trade deadline than Maicer Izturis, Cesar's brother.
