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  1. Rob
    That's the 2010 Cubs problem. But if Tyler Colvin is the opening day starter for the 2011 Cubs, that will be part of the problem. Let's not pretend 2011 isn't a lost cause already.
  2. Rob
    As far as who's avail. Werth as an unrestricted FA will likely be the best position player avail., if Colorado does not pick up the option on Hawpe, he would be the other interesting option. I'd be more interested in Carl Crawford than Jayson Werth. And I want no part of Brad Hawpe... He was a born DH.
  3. Rob
    You do realize the Cubs operate with budgetary constraints, right? Yes, but that doesn't meant they have to spend $400,000 on a RF who makes an out 70% of the time. Even if we adjust his BABIP down (and it's not terribly high), and his HR/FB rate down (which is higher), he's still not going to be much more than about 1 win below average over a full season... in his first real playing time... at 24 years old. There is absolutely nothing wrong with giving a player like that a real shot to make adjustments as he enters his prime. Especially when it costs nothing. That is almost exactly the sort of player that teams look for to fill out the roster alongside their higher-paid superstars. Our problem is that our higher salaried players don't nearly earn their paychecks... not that guys like Colvin aren't superstars.
  4. Rob
    You do realize the Cubs operate with budgetary constraints, right?
  5. Rob
    I don't think he is valued much around the League either. He's basically viewed as an expensive RF'er that doesn't hit well enough for a corner OF spot. I don't know if that's the view around all the teams in the league (as shown by smarter teams like the Red Sox being interested), but it seems to be the Cubs view... which is what's really killing the trade value.
  6. Rob
    I don't know how you can say probably not. If he's a sub .300 OBP corner OF there most definitely is something wrong with him as a starter. The more he's played, the worse he's been. The ability for the Cubs to have Tyler Colvin starting everyday, and not suffering as a result, is very much in doubt. A NL average RF is hitting .263/.333/.447 so far this season. He may end up a bit light on the OBP side of that, but is showing he can do the slugging. And he has some extra value with baserunning and fielding. An average to slightly below average RF making league minimum? There's real value in that. Not every team can have superstars at every single position on the field... Hell, not even the Yankees can do that. Besides, we're not going anywhere. Where's the harm in seeing what we've got with him? (I had a problem with this before, as it would sink Fukudome's trade value... but that damage is already done)
  7. Rob
    Colvin is better than most here are giving him credit for. Is gonna be a superstar? Unlikely. Is there anything wrong with him as a starter while he's cheap? Probably not.
  8. Rob
    On the contrary, I'd love for us to eat his contract. Realistically, this team probably wont compete next year. So any salary of Silva's (or any other player) that we pick up to facilitate a trade wont exactly keep us from adding those one or two missing pieces to put us in the playoffs. And it's not like any savings in the budget will go towards 2012's payroll. Really, the best thing we can do is pick up as much of the contract as we can afford... that way we can get some very nice prospects.
  9. Rob
    We all need to remember that, in general, firing a GM during the season simply results in the assistant GM taking over for the rest of the season. The real search to fill the position is done after the season. So really, the question is whether you'd rather have Jim Hendry or Randy Bush the rest of the season. I know who I'd choose.
  10. Rob
    You're not doing yourself any favors going out of your way in every single thread to talk about how little you think of Vitters. The act is getting stale.
  11. Rob
    Vitters is already a bust! BUSSSSTTTTT!!!!
  12. Rob
    The Angels were going to take Simpson before the Cubs had another pick.
  13. Rob
    A circus has some plusses. Lou will be let go at the end of the year. Hendry can kiss his job goodbye. Higher draft pick next year.
  14. Rob
    Say hello to my new sig.
  15. Rob
    I sure as hell want to.
  16. Rob
    I've been picking some good ones to go to this season. Had some real nice seats three rows behind the Cubs dugout, perfect weather, and a great game.
  17. Rob
    I'd say he is relative to what free agents have been getting the last few offseasons. Would he get a $13M/yr deal if he was a FA right now? Don't forget, the teams that would be acquiring him are the ones who are looking to make it into (or further into) the postseason, making a marginal upgrade more valuable to them than it would be to other teams. That said, if we're going to move him, I don't have a problem with us picking up the whole sum and getting back some real nice prospects. It's not like the window will be open next season, so the payroll wont be handicapping us from making the move that might put us over.
  18. Rob
    Any thoughts on who might get sent directly to Boise after signing?
  19. Rob
    lincecum is different, though. i have the feeling that that guy could throw 200 pitches and not be the worse for wear. his mechanics are just too perfect. at 5-10 you don't have much room for wasted energy, everything has to be fluid in order to throw so hard and so well. it's why his dad made the pitching coach at washington promise to leave his delivery alone before he'd allow him to sign an loi. strasburg is in wood/prior mold. lots of energy moving in conflicting directions, enormous legs putting thousands of pounds of pressure on a lagging elbow. unsustainable curveball. i give him 200 innings before his first major career-impacting injury. lincecum has already lost velocity and the knock on him his whole career, even pre-draft, has been poor mechanics and too much movement in his delivery I don't know that I'd say his mechanics are "poor", but they're certainly unorthodox.
  20. Rob
    I'd be real happy with Gray if he's still on the board when we pick.
  21. Rob
    Glad to see Huseby still listed as a pitcher. I was beginning to wonder given the DHing. Really anxious to see what Alcantara can do.
  22. Rob
    It takes like 5 seconds to hit "add foe" and never have to see somebody's posts again. For all the complaining about certain members of this board, I haven't understood the reluctance by so many to hit a button and make them essentially disappear.
  23. Rob
    Probably already been posted, but... http://www.theonion.com/video/soccer-officially-announces-it-is-gay,17603/
  24. Rob
    This is stupid.
  25. Rob
    If it's what it took to get him to sign, I wouldn't mind pulling a Casey Kelly with Eibner.
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