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  1. BigbadB
    Tampa wants cheap front line starters. Not guys that are about to get expensive. They would have zero interest in Jennings. I don't think Colorado is enamored with Jacque Jones. I believe Hendry is the one attempting to get them to be enamored with Jacque. And since the Rockies are looking for a CF, why wouldn't they just make a straight up trade with the Rays for Baldelli?
  2. BigbadB
    This is so silly. If you are going to overpay for someone, overpay for the best guy out there. Not the mediocre guy.
  3. BigbadB
    I agree. And I've actually been parading this site preaching the necessity of Lugo. I'm about as anti-Izturis as it gets. If the Cubs overpaid to get Lugo, I wouldn't have been upset. But, I can't blame them for not overpaying, either. I can blame Hendry for not recognizing the importance of OBP in the line up. I can blame him for viewing Izturis as the answer at SS. I can blame him for expressing his interest in Lugo to play CF, rather than the position we actually need him. It basically comes down to Hendry not understanding how to build a baseball team, and he's proving it even more this offseason.
  4. BigbadB
    And how much more does Jones' value increase if the Cubs stuck him out there in CF in 2007 and he does a good job?
  5. BigbadB
    Well put. Nothing wrong with letting teams know that someone is available in trade, but if you go all Corey Patterson on 'em and attempt to throw him in on every deal, you end up with Nate Spears. Atlanta is playing it cool with Giles. Colorado is playing it cool with Jennings. That's how Hendry should be handling Jones.
  6. BigbadB
    Great idea, but don't you think Novoa should be used to acquire someone like ARod or Tejada? Drats! Foiled again.....
  7. BigbadB
    Marmol please. We can even throw in Novoa to help replace all those great relievers they parted with to the Reds for Kearns and Lopez.
  8. BigbadB
    Ditto. Damn good GM they have there in Boston. Yeah, great move there trading Hanley Ramirez and Edgar Renteria so you can throw $9M a year at a guy that is worse than both of them. Colletti is also quite the genius giving up Joel Guzman and Sergio Pedroza so Lugo could sit on the bench during the stretch run last year. That really paid off. Good points.
  9. BigbadB
    Seems like just one about to happen: Meh. So, who will Hendry be targeting next for CF since Lugo is off the market?
  10. BigbadB
    Meanwhile...... Hendry went to bed way early tonight from the headache he got from being on the merry-go-round too long.
  11. BigbadB
    Have there been any trades today? Seems like the winter meetings have turned into a free for all with agents working all sides of the room to get the best deal possible for their client, leaving little room for trades.
  12. BigbadB
    Well, let's hope it's no more than what Washburn got, since that's what Lilly said he wanted.
  13. BigbadB
    At 9m per, I have to hope Ryan Theriot is close to being as good as he was last year, because I would hate for the Cubs to be saddled by a Julio Lugo contract when it came time to hand out an extension to Zambrano.
  14. BigbadB
    This is definitely a problem. Hiding Izturis in the 8 hole all year will not be pretty. On those days that Blanco is catching, the bottom of the order will be horrible. Unfortunately, Hendry seemed to be more interested in Lugo as a CF, so I'm not so sure he sees the huge hole we have at SS. Not a shocker, since he never seemed to notice the gaping hole in RF the last few years.
  15. BigbadB
    Whoops. 4/36 is overpaying.
  16. BigbadB
    I think that's out of line. Everyone here realizes what the market situation is. Regardless of what the market situation is, 9/36 is overpaying. Plain and simple. Look up Julio Lugo's stats and tell me he's worth 9m a year, because he's not. I wanted Lugo. I like his abilities. But, for 9m, no thanks. Take that extra money and offer it to Schmidt. Trade for Ryan Church to play CF and let Boston deal with Lugo for the next 4 years. But, save the high and mighty talk. It doesn't become you.
  17. BigbadB
    I can actually already see it now. Schmidt will sign for a reasonable deal for the market (14-15 million per) with a West Coast team, and then people will be upset that we didn't match. I just have no idea if Schmidt would take that from us specifically, and it's hard to tell how high we'd actually have to go to make the extra money worth it to him. That's not to say that Hendry shouldn't go hard after him-he should, but I'm not sure that anything can really be gleaned from the contract if it is to a West Coast team, because there is a decent possibility he turned down a larger contract from somewhere else. If he was so content, why isn't he signed already? Seattle is interested, yet they don't have him locked down. Rumor has it they are currently seeking out cheaper options.
  18. BigbadB
    Schmidt, Soriano and Church would keep me from getting too angry.
  19. BigbadB
    Funny... a few weeks ago, I suggested 3/24 and got laughed at for "overpaying." It is definitely overpaying, whether you suggested it or Boston offered it.
  20. BigbadB
    And Manny.
  21. BigbadB
    I'd be shocked if Manny would agree to be traded to Canada. :D But, anything to get Seattle out of the Schmidtstakes.
  22. BigbadB
    bump
  23. BigbadB
    Oh, but you didn't look hard enough. IBL :D
  24. BigbadB
    Okay, no more Schmidt threads. I'll send the other one to social since it steered completely off course. But, let's attempt to keep these rumors a bit organized. Thanks!
  25. BigbadB
    I can only hope he is steering a wheelbarrow full of cash in Jason Schmidt's general direction.
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