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  1. Rob
    I wouldn't go that far. There were ways to make this team a fringe contender in 2012 without handing out bad contracts.
  2. Rob
    I'm thinking you're a touch high, unless you're assuming we don't end up trading a couple of Garza/Dempster/Byrd/Soto
  3. Rob
    MLE's are like park effects. If you aren't hitting the ball out of the infield anyways, it doesn't really matter where you do it.
  4. Rob
    Well then we're obviously including DeWitt as the toss in for a Matt Garza to the Tigers trade. You broke the code. It was a tossup whether he deserved to get tendered a contract in the first place. It doesn't take much to shift the scales from there.
  5. Rob
    We were probably planning on keeping DeWitt around. I don't know if the Cubs would be responsible for the entire $1.1 mil. I seem to recall Todd Walker only got a portion of his contract when he was DFA'd in spring training one year despite having been offered arb over the offseason.
  6. Rob
    Nifty little move. Get a bit of upside, maybe save a bit of cash. Not the type of thing that makes or breaks an organization, but it's nice to see Theo and co. making the correct decisions even on the little things.
  7. Rob
    Funny story about why the article has a bit of a fantasy baseball slant... I woke up this morning with an extra dozen or so followers on twitter. Apparently people misread Goldstein's response to my question as him actually recommending me as a fantasy guru. I could have corrected them, but this seemed like more fun.
  8. Rob
    New article up on the front page! I was actually shocked at how similar the two are.
  9. Rob
    Age relative to league is extremely important.
  10. Rob
    We'll lose more games than last year. The Cubs have downgraded at 1B 3B and lost a valuable setup man. They've upgraded in RF and the starting rotation is vastly improved over the Coleman/Lopez/Davis/Ortiz mess accounting for 40% of our starts last year. Garza/Dempster/Byrd trades could change things of course, but the Cubs aren't really any worse off now than they were last season... and the farm system is slowly making significant improvements.
  11. Rob
    Does everyone who battles an addiction have to do it under the spotlight of news organizations pointing out each slip up? When you author a book, detailing your triumph over addiction, are not you at least partly responsible for part of that spotlight? http://www.amazon.com/Beyond-Belief-Finding-Strength-Come/dp/1599951614 At least he can write part II now. Seems like a legit reason to hate on him. It's not like they let guys who have experienced relapses lead AA meetings.
  12. Rob
    Agreed. Yup.
  13. Rob
    Apparently people are blaming the bartender.
  14. Rob
    It'd be a big deal for any team. High profile Cuban pitching talent hasn't really crapped the bed...not that I can remember. High profile? He's either the most high profile of the low profile Cubans, or the most low profile of the high profile Cubans. For $7 mil, I'd lean towards the latter.
  15. Rob
    I'm happy we got him. The contract feels a touch high though.
  16. Rob
    If things go very, very right for the Rays that group could compare favorably to Hudson/Mulder/Zito. They have like a 1/10000 chance to be Maddux/Glavine/Smoltz... but that's still better than most.
  17. Rob
    I'm glad to see he's landed on his feet. He wasn't a great GM, but given that experience and his scouting reputation, he should make for an excellent special assistant.
  18. Rob
    Cubs signed Trever Miller to a minor league deal with a ST invite. He'll get 800k if he makes the team. I'd be surprised if he makes the team above a guy like Beliveau, Maine or Gaub though.
  19. Rob
    That right there is a special type of moron. Short of giving up Ellsbury, the Red Sox probably don't have enough in their entire farm system to trade for Castro. He's one of the single most valuable assets in all of baseball. That's so far above and beyond "significant compensation" it'd be like somebody stuffing the winning powerball ticket in your hand to pay you back for picking up the bill at dinner.
  20. Rob
    I agree that Byrd will likely be moved during the season. However, I think that how soon depends as much on how Brett Jackson does in Iowa than Byrd himself. Of course, if someone were to come to us with an offer, he'd probably be moved either way, and even if Jackson is struggling the Sappelt enthusiasts can get to see him in action. Teams looking for a mid season replacement or spare bat are a lot more likely to come inquiring about Byrd than Upton, Jones, or Ethier. This regime isn't the same as the old one. Service time and potential cutoff dates for Super 2 status are likely to play a more significant role for callups than the old Hendry standby "he's earned it." Unless his performance is just otherworldly, Brett Jackson is likely to spend most of the season marinating in AAA to minimize his future cost. There's no real reason to call him up early in a rebuilding season... just so long as he gets a couple months worth of at bats later in the season he'll be fine.
  21. Rob
    I just wrote up a quick retrospective of Byrd's career with the Cubs and a quick examination of his trade value. If you're interested click here.
  22. Rob
    Listen to ctcf. He knows how to follow the right people on twitter.
  23. Rob
    It still wouldn't be ideal for me, but I'd be much less upset about something like that.
  24. Rob
    [expletive], I think I voted for Pat Buchanan.
  25. Rob
    ABTY7 does have some insider cred. Or did, at least. From what I understand, he was working for the Cubs until recently... I think security or something. He wasn't in on any discussions, but he spent a lot of time talking to people who were.
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