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  1. Rob
    $5 says we try to pass him through waivers again before May 1.
  2. Rob
    I expected a crummy ERA and good peripherals. In reality, he's got a crummy ERA, crummy peripherals, and averaged 89 mph with his fastball while working primarily out of the bullpen. He hasn't been particularly interesting in a couple years, not since he stopped being a college pitcher beating up on kids in A ball.
  3. Rob
    I'm not sure he's wrong. Castro is locked up cheaply for a looong time. Zimmermann has one modestly cheap year left.
  4. Rob
    Alright, what's the Nationals fan board we need to send Kyle to?
  5. Rob
    Sounds good to me. If we're out of it at the deadline, shop him. If not, let him walk after the season and the draft pick compensation should help to offset the cost we paid to acquire him. I have to imagine that even after his disastrous year, Masterson gets more than $1M though. Either way, I'd still have a lot of interest there if the price is right.
  6. Rob
    The more I think about it, the more I'm into a trade for Miguel Montero. I just don't love the idea of handing out big contracts to catchers to begin with, let alone ones that are already on the older side.
  7. Rob
    I think Lake is perfect for the Brooks Kieschnick type of role at this point. Yes, whatever it is Kieschnick is doing now, I'm sure Lake would be great at it. Apparently he's running a BBQ joint now. http://www.alamoicehouse.com/
  8. Rob
    I think Lake is perfect for the Brooks Kieschnick type of role at this point.
  9. Rob
    In my hypothetical situation where we got Drew, the Cubs never stopped trying. And we still got Kris Bryant because his pre-draft demands were that he wouldn't sign with anyone else. And my hairline isn't slowly receding.
  10. Rob
    I'm reading through the original thread from when he was signed. I went a bit over the top with the doom and gloom. I'm glad I've mostly learned to wait a day or two before responding to big news now. Anyway, the big debate at the time was JD Drew or Alfonso Soriano. Since both deals are finally over with, I guess we can compare them. Alfonso Soriano signed an 8 year / $136M deal with the Cubs. For that production they got: 19.6 fWAR ($6.94M/WAR) 7.9 rWAR ($17.22M/WAR) Corey Black JD Drew signed a 5 year / $70M deal with the Red Sox. For that production they got: 12.4 fWAR ($5.65M/WAR) 11.4 rWAR (6.14M/WAR) No prospects I liked having Sori around. But we probably would have been better off signing Drew at the time, like quite a few of us wanted. Even if you buy into the fangraphs defensive numbers more and see them as pretty close, getting out from under the contract 3 years earlier would have been pretty nice.
  11. Rob
    Meh, it was probably a slight overpay even if you factor in the extra playoff revenue. But depending on what Corey Black does for us that could still change. It definitely wasn't anything like the sort of albatross people made it out to be, though. I wasn't a fan of the signing, but it turned out about as well as could reasonably be expected. Hell, I can't think of more than a couple mega-deals that have worked out any better.
  12. Rob
    Here's some one year FA SP signings from last offseason: Wandy Rodriguez - $13,000,000 Jorge de la Rosa - $11,000,000 Dan Haren - $10,000,000 Josh Johnson - $8,000,000 Jason Hammel - $6,000,000 Ryan Vogelsong - $5,000,000 Edinson Volquez - $5,000,000 Roberto Hernandez - $4,500,000 Bruce Chen - $4,250,000 Gavin Floyd - $4,000,000 Chris Capuano - $2,250,000 Jerome Williams - $2,100,000 Tommy Hanson - $2,000,000 Felipe Paulino - $1,750,000 Paul Maholm - $1,500,000 Chris Young - $1,250,000 James McDonald - $1,000,000 Looking at that, I really like Wada at $4,000,000.
  13. Rob
    I like Estrada better as a player, but their contract situations mostly cancel that out. Pretty minor move though. The best case scenarios for either player have them topping out at 3ish WAR.
  14. Rob
    I'm excited about this.
  15. Rob
    Guys, cut him some slack. People deal with death in different ways. I had about a half dozen terrible jokes go through my head when I heard the news. That's just the way some of us are hardwired to react to these sorts of heavy, awkward situations -- we try to lighten the mood. It was in poor taste and he shouldn't have said anything. I'm sure he realizes that now. Let's not all pile on.
  16. Rob
    Wow, Logan White is a huge pickup for the Padres. And it sure takes some of the sting out of the Dodgers picking up Friedman.
  17. Rob
    I seem to recall that we tried to get Byrnes either in addition to or instead of Jed Hoyer. Not entirely sure which (or if the rumors were even true at all).
  18. Rob
    I'm gonna go with content. The Astros offense isn't anything to write home about, but you can only work with what you're given. Astros wRC+: 2012 - 82 (the year before Mallee took over) 2013 - 85 2014 - 96 That's not a fair comparison at all for a number of reasons, but I just don't care. FWIW, he seemed to help Carter make a big adjustment that turned him into a 2nd half monster.
  19. Rob

    Fantasy Rants

    Rob replied to UMFan83's topic in Fantasy Sports

    Fantasy baseball rants good? I've had a standing sidebet with my league nemesis for the last three years in my money league -- $50 to whichever team finishes highest in the regular season. I've won all three years. After his first lost bet, he was going to pay me back at the live draft for our next season. We both got way too trashed and forgot. Oh well. He lost again the second year. Again, the plan was to repay me at the live draft. Well, we all had to cancel the live draft at the last second. I told him to just paypal me the $100. He said he wanted to wait until after the season to do it all at once. He lost again. Now he's decided the amount of the sidebet has gotten funny and is refusing to pay me because he thinks it's all a joke. $150 is enough to pay my power bill for the month, so I'm starting to get a bit peeved about it.
  20. Rob
    I don't think they've got the payroll space to retain him, but I could be wrong about that. He'd probably need to take a sweetheart deal after winning the world series or something though.
  21. Rob
    Is this 2008? Use a board style with the profile pic on the right. All the cool kids are doing it.
  22. Rob
    By BaseRuns, the Cubs should be 71-69 right now. NL Central BaseRuns Projected Standings: Pirates: 74-65 (.530) Cardinals: 71-68 (.508) Cubs: 71-69 (.507) Brewers: 68-71 (.493) Reds: 65-74 (.467) Things are going to be interesting next year.
  23. Rob
    Well, they can expect better years from Prince Fielder and Shin Soo Choo next year. Andrus is better than he showed too. They should also get some more production from young guys like Profar and Odor next year. On the pitching side of things Holland, Harrison, and Perez have combined to throw just 75.2 IP this year. They should be better there too. That gets them back to below-average. I don't know how they're going to right the ship past that though.
  24. Rob
    Yeah, that's pretty much it for who jumped out at me too. (Aside from new Boog Powell on Beloit). It wont be as fun as when it was a Cubs affiliate, but I'm still looking forward to tonight.
  25. Rob
    The money is there, but I think Theo talks the "18-24 month thing" and "when the revenue comes in" stuff to keep expectations in check. If the prospects keep coming and producing and pitchers like Hendricks and Ramirez keep pitching like they have been, there's no reason for Theo to commit to spending a lot this off season. He can afford to patch the holes while he waits to see what develops and what the team really needs. there is no reasonable scenario in which the cubs don't need top-end pitching. Junior Lake and John Baker both covert to starting pitching in the offseason.
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