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  1. Rob
    That's just not true. The Cubs have promoted plenty of guys to the next level without any semblence of success behind them. Perhaps I should clarify... In the farm systems of teams that have a clue, age relative to level is worth looking at.
  2. Rob
    What makes a good prospect? As far as I'm concerned... being young for the league might be the most important indicator. It indicates plenty of past success, or else, hey... you wouldn't have been put in that league. At the same time, it also allows the player the most time to develop... whether at the same level or at the major league level. Players like Delmon Young, who can more than hold their own against AAA pitching at age 20... it's just hard to find players like that who never manage to pan out. But you'll find plenty of guys like Kevin Orie who were old for the leagues, mashed, but never could figure it out when they finally had to face harder pitching and face a fairly strict timetable for breaking into the league.
  3. Rob
    Money still talks in this game. We would have to overpay. If the Muts offered 14/season the Cubs would have to offer 16-17/season. What other choice do the Cubs have at this point? Hendry has put the Cubs in this position. Now going into 2007 the Cubs have a gaping whole in that rotation. I would rather overpay with $$$$ than prospects(see the Juan Pierre trade) Actually, you'd only have to offer another penny... If memory serves me correctly, in an open bidding war... no Boras client has ever signed with the team that offered less money.
  4. Rob
    Agree completely. CLee will be grossly overpaid and Murt is already looking like a cheap and effective #2 hitter. Soriano would be most welcome at 2B but unfortunately Jim will want a ballcatcher there. I'm just hoping Jim will be captivated by Soriano's basestealing. He seems to value that sort of thing. Sort of his ignorance clouding his bad judgement?
  5. Rob
    I doubt we could get much from the Phillies for Pierre... at least not enough to offset the two comp picks we can get for offering him arbitration this offseason.
  6. Rob
    It'd be absolutely amazing to see Rusch and Neifi's contracts off the book for next year. Let's wish the big man some luck!
  7. Rob
    But VORP is cumulative, and Bynum hasn't played much. Give him time. He'll reach savior status eventually. Well at least Bynum's has been heading in the right direction...
  8. Rob
    Bynum's VORP: .4 Neifi: -7.4 Bynum appears to be slightly better than replacement level. So that's something, I guess....
  9. Rob
    You know what I'm starting to think? I'm starting to think there hasn't been more than maybe one or two racist letters for any of those guys. Society is getting to the point where it isn't necessary to drop an "n-bomb" to be accused of racism. I'm not so naive as to believe that there haven't been any truly racist letters received... but I am beginning to think that if somebody writes Dusty a letter and calls him a s***head, they're trying to spin that into "He's hated because he's black." instead of the more accurate "He's hated because he sucks"
  10. Rob
    He's already freed up nearly 3 million dollars and spots on the 40 and 25 man rosters... not to mention his offense isn't hurting us nearly as much as Neifi's did. What more do you want from the guy?
  11. Rob
    I'm not sure we haven't thrown some cash in to even out this trade... Either that or the new guy has leprosy. Otherwise, it's too much to give up for just Neifury alone.
  12. Rob
    GLEE!!! :D
  13. Rob
    Yeah, he's such a team player that he moved to 3B when the Yankees signed the best defensive SS in the AL...wait, that never happened. Jeter, through his service in NY, should hold the preference of position played. Again, you're making something out of nothing. You're saying that he should get to play whatever position he wants out of deference to his tenure, regardless of the fact that it's detrimental to the team? No, I'm not saying whatever position he wants. Jeter has developed as a SS and deserves to play that position until his skills dictate otherwise; another player acquisition should not be the reason of a position shift. Who says Jeter's defense is detrimental to the team anyway? He may not have A+ range but he turns the DP and fields balls that should be made. The Yankeee's infield defense is definitely not a problem of the squad. So you're telling me that if we acquired David Wright... who is a better hitter and gold glove defender... that Aramis shouldn't be the one to move to a less demanding defensive position... simply because he's been here longer? Aramis has the skill to play the position marginally well... same as Jeter at SS. But why rearrange the talent in a less beneficial manner because of tenure?
  14. Rob
    According the the Davenport Translations on BP, he's been worth 3 runs over average so far this year. Then again, it's a pretty small sample size for use with fielding metrics...
  15. Rob
    I would have loved Jose Cruz over Cesar Izturis... and quite obviously, I think we could have had him, plus maybe a mid-grade prospect.
  16. Rob
    Maybe, but his stock has fallen so much he just got sent down to AAA. That's just crazy. Its a rehab assignment.
  17. Rob
    I don't get what all the hype over Adenhart is about. Sure, he posted a sub 2 ERA at Cedar Rapids, but he still had 10 "unearned" runs to his name. That's a pretty big chunk when you've only got 23 earned runs. Kinda scary, that's all. I'm just wondering if he's not a great prospect, but that he just had people with no defensive skills on his team, so that he wasn't held accountable for much of what was his fault.
  18. Rob
    What I'm stuck here wondering is, why aren't we hearing about Hendry renegotiating Aramis's contract? If I were Hendry, I'd be sitting down with Aramis and his agent and trying to offer him up another couple million dollars over the next two years in exchange for taking out the opt-out clause. If Aramis were to refuse, then you know for sure he's planning on opting out, and then you trade him. Just don't gamble with a talent like Aramis based on "indications"
  19. Rob
    Yeah, Dusty would do real well with rookies with makeup problems. He can barely keep the well behaved ones from imploding completely.
  20. Rob
    Lew Burdette and Ted Lyons match the career path as well, I guess. Though even using those guys is a stretch, as both had better strikeout and walk rates than Wang. Two successful pitchers on that path in 80 years kinda puts the odds against Wang though, I'd say. Especially when you consider how much the game has changed since those guys played.
  21. Rob
    Its extremely rare to find a pitcher that can handle more than a couple seasons of success without at least a league-average K rate. So rare, in fact, that I can't think of a single one off the top of my head. Tommy John might be the closest... but his K rate always hovered right around league average, even if a bit on the low end. And his walk rates were damn good.
  22. Rob

    OF Defense

    Rob replied to UMFan83's topic in Chicago Cubs Talk

    Murton is actually 12 FRAA this year. The other guys come in at league average.
  23. Rob
    Wow. We should have just traded him for cash considerations. We could've gotten something out of that.
  24. Rob
    I thought he picked up Murton when the Expos wanted a prospect that wasn't Murton. Hendry threw in Brendan Harris and said he'd take Murton. At least that's how I remember it going.
  25. Rob
    I'm at 606 right now... Adrian Gonzalez, Xavier Nady, and Chan Ho Park are killing me... and Izturis getting injured and Batista getting cut are killing me...
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