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  1. Rob
    If a team is going to give him one they might as well give it for the length, those last two years will be difficult to trade him with the money he is making. You can always eat some of the contract and get prospects. An NTC makes that a lot more difficult. Of course Sheffield brought in a haul, didn't he? And got an extension... Shef wasn't even packing a NTC, though. But he did have a legitimate threat to retire, which functioned about the same way.
  2. Rob
    Yeah, it would suck to add another 30 HR 100 RBI hitter in our lineup... There are actual holes to fill on this team. LF isn't one of them... especially when for a marginal cost of near 15 million bucks for a hitter that isn't much better than a 70% bet to outproduce Murton.
  3. Rob
    Pierre played a ton of games this year. Didn't make him any more valuable than Drew. Heck, Drew in 72 games in 2005 was more valuable than Pierre in 162 that year. I'm not saying injuries aren't a concern at all. But one broken bone from a beanball the last three years has been Drew's only serious injury. So while it's not a great bet that he's going to play in excess of 150 games, I have a hard time betting against him to play in less than 120 either. But let's assume Drew plays in 120 games. Drew for 120 plus Pagan for 42 is a darn good bet to outproduce Soriano, especially when you consider Soriano's numbers are most likely going to start to collape back to his career norms.
  4. Rob
    Does Izturis have a degenerative knee condition? I had heard that his elbow problems were degenerative, but I hadn't heard about his knee. Egads. I think the elbow is degenerative, and not the knee. The only thing I've heard with his leg is his hamstring issues (a little bit in 2005, and of course it flared up with the Cubs). I don't think he actually has an actual condition in his legs though. Yeah, you're right. I had a minor brain fart. I knew he had a degenerative condition, and all I could remember were the leg injuries from the last 2 years. But yeah, it's his elbow. Either way, it adversely affects his fielding, so my point stands.
  5. Rob

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    Rob replied to sweetpeteman's topic in Chicago Cubs Talk

    I think Zimmerman will be a very good player for his career. I just don't see him being a "special" or great one. Either way, I'd take him in a heartbeat if we didn't have Aramis.
  6. Rob
    I've got no problems with picking up Marcus Giles. Most of his peripherals were in line with the last few years, but his BABIP just took a huge dip below what could be expected. He should rebound very nicely.
  7. Rob
    For his career, yeah. But he's not quite the spry youngster he used to be. Somehow I have a hard time believing he's gonna be a good basestealer again.
  8. Rob
    That's right, nobody likes 40 40 guys. we need walks. LOL I'm so sick and tired of Soriano getting credit for being a 40/40 guy. He got caught stealing 17 times! That's a net detriment to his team everytime he started running. Why some people want to praise him for running often even when he was not very successful at it is beyond me. The 40+ HR's? Yeah, he did great there. The 40+ steals? Those weren't worth jack. Edit: I kind of like guys who play most of the time. Drew is still the most overrated guy out there. One significant injury in the past 3 years, and it was from a beanball. I'm not too overly concerned.
  9. Rob
    Wow. That's pretty ridiculous. Matt Murton<<<< Carlos Lee Post All Star Break: .312/.358/.512 .870 OPS Murton: .319/.390/.522 .912 OPS Edit: Ummm... SS is probably our biggest hole of all. I have much more faith in Pie, Pagan, and Theriot to hit like league average CF, RF, and 2B men... respectively, than I have in Izturis to hit like a league average SS. Izturis isn't on this team to hit. He's there to prevent runs, which he is phenomenal at. No. He was phenomenal at it before all the injuries. When you couple that with a degenerative knee condition he will not ever be anywhere near phenomenal again... Perhaps he gets back to solidly above average, but he's not even shown us that he's that good right now. He's a drain on this team offensively, and his glove doesn't even begin to make up for his shortcomings. He needs to go.
  10. Rob
    That's pretty much exactly the way I feel. Ah, to be the Yankees and not ever have to worry about a few crappy 75 million dollar contracts...
  11. Rob
    Ummm... SS is probably our biggest hole of all. I have much more faith in Pie, Pagan, and Theriot to hit like league average CF, RF, and 2B men... respectively, than I have in Izturis to hit like a league average SS.
  12. Rob
    Soriano is the 2nd best position player left on the market. That being said, his real value is nowhere near his market value. Drew is the best position player left on the market. His real value is much closer to his market value, which happens to be lower than that of Soriano. They are, in fact, about the same age (with Drew being 2 months older). I want nothing to do with Soriano until the point where Drew is no longer on the market. At that point, I explore trade options to improve SS or CF. If that fails, then and only then would I be willing to put Soriano as a priority.
  13. Rob
    I have absolutely zero interest in Coco Crisp. They can have Dempster if they'll just take his salary on... but I'd rather save the cash and the roster spot than pick up Crisp.
  14. Rob
    I don't think we'll see much action at the GM Meetings. Marcus Giles very well may be traded, and a few mid-tier free agents may sign pretty small deals... but the real action will be laying down the groundwork for the Winter Meetings.
  15. Rob
    I'm wondering if this stuff transfers over to the new CBA, though.
  16. Rob
    Very true. I would love to have a 3, 4, 5 of Drew, Lee, and Ramirez locked up for about 4 years. Drew and his HUGE OBP infront of Lee and Ram. That would be really nice. Really? I think if you're batting Drew in front of Lee and Aram, you might as well bat him second. Murton, Drew, Lee, Aramis would look nice. Though I'm still somewhat predisposed to using Drew to break up Lee and Aramis...
  17. Rob
    I'm also looking at the fact it's Monday morning right now in Japan. Maybe get some good news about Matsuzaka...?
  18. Rob
    Bagwell and Thomas are easily in the top ten 1B of all time. There's no way they shouldn't be first-ballot guys.
  19. Rob
    I hope not... not for the money he's going to command, at least.
  20. Rob
    Hendy has done very well with the Miller, Wood, and Aramis signings. There is no debate to that. I'm starting to think as well of him as I did going into mid 2004... though I do realize that 3 re-signings done well doesn't make this a good team by any means.
  21. Rob
    Is that because Hendry is a nice guy, or because Aramis loves us almost as much as we love him?
  22. Rob
    If the Cubs got word we'd won the Matsuzaka bidding today and the rumor about us offering Drew a contract that could be finished today are true... I guess Matsuzaka, Aramis, Drew, and Wood would have to qualify as a pretty good day.
  23. Rob
    Now that our own house is in order, and Matsuzaka is still just a waiting game... Drew would now become my #1 priority. I'd go 5/65 right now if I knew that's what it would take to get it done. And the great part is, I think he'll end up being much cheaper than that!
  24. Rob
    A good day for Cubs fans is simply maintaining the status quo. But that doesn't mean I'm enjoying these little victories any less. Hendry as GM 4 Life, Yo!
  25. Rob
    Suddenly the siren song of the pubs has become too sweet for my mortal ears.
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