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  1. Rob
    Is he really that much better than Fuld that you'd consider giving up much for him?
  2. Rob
    Lackey is an excellent #2 who has still eaten a lot of innings even when he's been injured the last two seasons.
  3. Rob
    Byrd would probably be a tick above average with the bat playing for us, and perhaps a tick below average defensively (although that's harder to determine with his limited playing time and numbers being all over the place). Any way you want to cut it, he should be pretty close to average.
  4. Rob
    That's all sorts of backwards... Blue Jays trade Taylor to the A's for Wallace Wow... my brain went all farty.
  5. Rob
    He might be worth it, but it's hard to say. He's really sucked in most of his recent years and that was during what should have been his peak. He's already 32 and will be 34 by the end of the deal. He has no upside, but his he could have a really low downside. Short deals with little financial commitment cant have a really low downside. If he pulls a hamstring, cut him. That four million a season isn't going to break the White Sox payroll. It may require KW to get a bit creative and backload a contract, but it shouldn't impact them in any real direct fashion. Again, not saying the move was a good one. Just saying that it wasn't bad enough to justify some of the responses I've seen so far. Sure if they cut him that solves the problem, but I disagree that 2/8 can't have really low downside. First off, it's real money that eats into the budget, and second, managers have a bad habit of letting certain types of really bad players keep playing despite being awful. If he gets a lot of playing time and plays as poorly as he is capable, that could really hurt his team. That's the downside of the manager, not the player.
  6. Rob
    He might be worth it, but it's hard to say. He's really sucked in most of his recent years and that was during what should have been his peak. He's already 32 and will be 34 by the end of the deal. He has no upside, but his he could have a really low downside. Short deals with little financial commitment cant have a really low downside. If he pulls a hamstring, cut him. That four million a season isn't going to break the White Sox payroll. It may require KW to get a bit creative and backload a contract, but it shouldn't impact them in any real direct fashion. Again, not saying the move was a good one. Just saying that it wasn't bad enough to justify some of the responses I've seen so far.
  7. Rob
    Let me guess... because you heard Rob say that earlier in this thread? In fact I believe those were his exact words. Hey now, I fully support anybody who is willing to buy into my opinions and spit them back out verbatim at others. It saves me the effort of having to type them up more often.
  8. Rob
    Pierre is probably worth what the White Sox will be paying him over the next two seasons. That's not to say acquiring him was a particularly inspired move, as they'd have been better served to grab somebody with upside... but still, he's likely to be worth three or four mil.
  9. Rob
    Don't forget that the M's are trading Taylor to the Blue Jays for Wallace.
  10. Rob
    Adding to that... Harden was our best pitcher last year. However, he didn't get anywhere near the best results. Replacing his production from last season shouldn't be so terribly difficult. Likewise for Bradley. Provided we don't make any more moves (aside from Bradley for a PTBNL), I'd expect us to win about as many games as we did last season despite replacing Bradley with Fuld and Harden with Gorzelanny/Marshall/Samardzija/Diamond. Seeing what's on the market at this point, I'd start to seriously consider standing pat. We do have prospects close to the majors and the necessary trade chips to make a bigger splash at the deadline, similar to how the Cards started off last season. Can someone help me to understand where this "Harden was our best pitcher last year" thought process is coming from? xFIP Based on his peripherals, you'd have expected him to have had the best results. He had some bad luck and a very flukey HR/FB rate.
  11. Rob
    No offense taken, I didn't cite a source... though I would think I'm quickly approaching the territory where people should start trusting my statements at face value. He's taken a few opportunities to rip into intelligent thought ever since the 1995 biography Second to Home. I'd cite passages for you, but I left the book at my parents house. Normally I'd give the man the benefit of the doubt when a book was written 14 years ago and assume he might have gotten smarter. But his HoF induction speech, Yahoo articles, etc... seem to paint a pretty clear picture that he still doesn't buy into analytical baseball. He's still about playing the game "the right way," which includes bunting like there's no tomorrow. Oh, and except for last season where he managed at AA, he'd had a DH in the previous two years. Those bunting numbers would likely have been higher if he had the pitcher batting.
  12. Rob
    Adding to that... Harden was our best pitcher last year. However, he didn't get anywhere near the best results. Replacing his production from last season shouldn't be so terribly difficult. Likewise for Bradley. Provided we don't make any more moves (aside from Bradley for a PTBNL), I'd expect us to win about as many games as we did last season despite replacing Bradley with Fuld and Harden with Gorzelanny/Marshall/Samardzija/Diamond. Seeing what's on the market at this point, I'd start to seriously consider standing pat. We do have prospects close to the majors and the necessary trade chips to make a bigger splash at the deadline, similar to how the Cards started off last season.
  13. Rob
    I was thinking John Rocker or Jose Canseco, personally.
  14. Rob
    The trick is you'd have to have somebody whom the public despises more than Bradley. Otherwise, you're just rallying them against Bradley again.
  15. Rob
    Rebounds from Soriano and Soto alone could be enough to get us into the playoffs, and that's to say nothing of potential contributions from some young guys we have reaching the upper minors like Castro, Cashner, Gaub, Jay Jackson, etc...
  16. Rob
    Not a good deal, not a bad deal. Provided he doesn't completely fall off a cliff, he should provide a bit more value that what they're paying him.
  17. Rob
    Also, 2 year for 15.5 mil is an absolute steal for Cameron.
  18. Rob
    If this becomes final, there isn't much out there on the FA market besides Byrd and maaaaybe Crisp. I'd rather run Fuld out there than Ankiel or Pods, and it isn't particularly close. Trade market may have some alternatives. I'd need to look around a bit though for somebody who would come cheaply.
  19. Rob
    Personally, I'd keep him on the team but manufacture a tangible enemy outside the team for him to focus on. The traveling secretary or somebody. It's actually a better option than benching him.
  20. Rob
    We get it, you don't like Bradley. You don't think he has value. You have said as much in every single post you've made over the last 3 months. Stop complaining about him and engage in a conversation worth having, for heaven's sake.
  21. Rob
    Did Bradley touch you or something?
  22. Rob
    Oh, I know that Arredondo is out for the season. But he'd be a great guy to give a cheap one year deal with a cheap 2nd year club option so we could monitor his recovery.
  23. Rob
    Non-tendered players I'd have interest in: Jose Arrendondo Garrett Atkins Matt Capps Ryan Church Ryan Garko Jonny Gomes Kelly Johnson Mike MacDougal Adam Miller Scott Olsen Chien Ming Wang Obviously, this list changes depending on price and whether players are willing to accept bench / platoon roles.
  24. Rob
    That has always baffled me, too. If I were an ML GM I'd stay far away from signing any FA who's done nothing until his contract year and then has a huge season. About 8 times out of 10 he's more of the bust than the superstar. Is that what you've found in your research? He gave a number, I'm sure he didn't just make that up off the top of his head with no real evidence to back it. erik is far too rational and thoughtful of a poster to do that.
  25. Rob
    He could be passable for 2-3 seasons.
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