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  1. rawaction
    Still the point remains. Even if Soriano is better, those guys didn't get close to 4/40 so it's hard to imagine Soriano would at 34. And it's not like he is that far removed from his struggling. And it's not like he doesn't have a ton of red flags suggesting he will struggle again and probably for the better part of the next 4 years.
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    Chone Figgins (32) got 4/36 from the Mariners. Tim Hudson (34) got 3/28 from the Braves. Randy Wolf (33) got 3/29 from the Brewers. Brian Roberts (32) got 4/40 from the Orioles. John Lackey (31) got 5/82 from the Red Sox. Also, Matt Holliday at 30 got a 7-year deal. And that's just deals starting in 2010, not counting players signed before the 2009 season. If Soriano were a free agent available to be signed in the offseason, he wouldn't get more than 4/40 and may not get four years. However, if he's still OPSing .900+ by the deadline and a team feels that it really needs a good bat, one may bite on Soriano for that price. I didn't count Figgins or Roberts or any of the pitchers because I was responding to the claim that several teams would pay 4/40 to an "AGING POWER HITTER". Nobody you listed qualifies except for Matt Holliday if you stretch, considering he's 4 years younger than Soriano, isn't coming off an injury plagued 700 OPS season. And all of those deals you named are probably all regretted by the teams that signed those deals. Only Hudson is living up to his contract right now. They serve as more evidence that you don't give big money and big years to players well outside of their prime years.
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    I honestly don't know if Soriano would get 10M per if he was a free agent after the 2009 season. If he was a FA today, he probably would after a month in the 1000 OPS neighborhood. But I'm pretty sure nobody would give him a 4-year deal either way.
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    Jordan would have been "allowed" to do whatever he wanted with the Bulls. His separation from the organization is pretty much all based on his own doing and his own decisions. The Bulls treated their superstars just fine. They paid them a lot of money and built teams around them that enabled them to get 6 rings as Bulls and retired their numbers and treat them with reverence and celebration the few times when they show up for an event. It was Jordan's decision to end his career with another team as a player, not the Bulls, and they did bring Pippen back so he could finish his career with them. They then gave him a job with the organization but he left that to work for ABC, then he got caught up with the idea that he could keep playing. I don't see how you can really fault the Bulls with these guys. When did I fault the Bulls? I agree with everything you said. But I'm sure DWade doesn't see it that way, which is why I said he obviously doesn't know what he's talking about. My point is, him looking at the Bulls right now and not seeing Jordan or Pippen involved in the organization should cause him to raise an eyebrow....justified or not.
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    Why should Wade care about the Bulls being loyal and giving jobs to Paxson, Armstrong, Cartwright, Pete Meyers, etc? He's a superstar. He should only be concerned about how teams treat their superstars. Jordan and Pippen were not allowed to finish their careers with the Bulls. They are not with the Bulls currently in any capacity. He should be concerned about that to be honest. Obviously, he doesn't really know what he's talking about but he has every right to wonder why neither superstar is involved with a team they took to 6 championships in 8 years.
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    You don't see any team paying an aging slugger 4/40? The Yankees would do it in a heartbeat, especially if they are struggling for offense and the Rays keep on winning. The Yankees. The Cubs-like impotent Mets. The Braves, Giants and Rockies. Maybe another half dozen AL teams. 4/40 is not a stretch at all for an aging slugger. I could see the Giants being desperate enough for a bat that they do it. But I think even that is a longshot. 4/40 for an aging slugger is not a stretch. 4/40 for an aging slugger that is a liability on defense, has a recent history of leg issues which has taken away another dimension of his game, and who has 2 lackluster seasons out of 4 without Rudy Jaramillo (who a team trading for him won't have) with one of those good seasons being his contract year 4 years ago.....is another story. I think teams are wising up about long-term, double digit million dollar deals to older players. The Ibanez deal has been biting the Phillies in the arse since about August of last year. Jermaine Dye did not get signed. Guys like Damon, Vlad, Matsui, Tejada, and Beltre only were able to get 1 year deals despite most coming off of strong 2009 seasons. Only Beltre was able to get more than 8Mil.
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    Waaaaaay too much credit.
  8. rawaction
    You don't see any team paying an aging slugger 4/40? I don't either.
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    Have to bench him in AA first to see if he can handle coming off the bench in the majors.
  10. rawaction
    Milton Bradley and Jacque Jones know why he's not getting booed.
  11. rawaction
    He loads the lineup w/ RHs vs. LHPs, but refused to start 2 LHs vs. a RHP who are better hitters than the 2 RHs he started.
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    Yay for players that should have started!
  13. rawaction
    I'm a sports fan. Hockey will be over. Baseball pretty much sucks. It'll be the only sport on TV worth watching.
  14. rawaction
    Since when does pitching in a major league bullpen require pitching in a minor league bullpen first? If the Cubs want to bring Jackson or Cashner up in the pen, fine. But I don't see why they have to limit their innings now to get them ready for that. Let them throw, work on all their pitches and then call them up and put them in the pen. It's not like they have to learn a new position. It's still just pitching. Zambrano didn't get sent to the minors to work out of the pen. Marshall didn't.
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    Casey McGehee also. Casey McGehee also isn't any good at baseball. He sure is faking it well. He's the Alex Cintron for a new decade. Then who are Jose Bautista, Ty Wigginton, and Kelly Johnson then?
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    Casey McGehee also. Casey McGehee also isn't any good at baseball. He sure is faking it well.
  17. rawaction
    My contribution to this thread: Giving up walks are bad. Giving up walks are not as bad if you don't give up many hits. Giving up walks are not as bad if you don't give up many balls in play. Carlos Marmol is a very good major league pitcher.
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    Casey McGehee also.
  19. rawaction
    For all the attention top prospects get, it seems like the guys who have made an impact in the majors from the Cubs farm system have been middle of the road prospects that took advantage of the playing time they've been been able to get. Theriot, Fontenot, Soto, Wells, and Russell for example have all done well without much hype. Who are the guys we think can be solid under the radar contributors? I like Darwin Barney, Coleman, and Diamond, though Diamond was once a pretty highly rated SP in Texas' system, I believe.
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    I agree in the sense that this has to be done to "make some noise" aka championship contention. I think one team in the last 15 or so years has won the Superbowl without either an offense or defense in the top 10 in the league (Patriots 1st ring, I believe). That being said, I think both Bears units have a shot for top 10. The defense wasn't that bad last year. 17th in total yards. And that was without Urlacher and Tinoisamoa and conceivably lesser talent at DE and DB than they will have this year. The offense has a chance based on Martz.
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    Not when you pick and choose to compare just the "good" offenses, and forget about the other phases of the game. Not when you consider that even if we are just talking offense that the best offenses don't always have great years. Not when you consider that the most talented team doesn't always win. If you want to be good in any phase of the game it makes sense to compare yourself to the best teams in those phases. I'm fairly confident that we can have a good offense relative to the Lions, Rams, and Raiders but that gets you where exactly? For what it's worth I do think the front 7 on D has a chance to be one of the best in the game. But what does each individual player have to do with the unit as a whole? I know in most cases, more talent = better offense. But the Texans were the 4th best offensive team in the league. Yet they only have Andre Johnson who would be a shoe-in to start for the other top 10 offenses in the league. I mentioned Martz's Lions before. They had a bunch of nobodies and were one of the best offensive teams for 2 years. And you even said the front 7 on D could be among the best in the league. Doesn't that mean it could be good enough that the offense matters less? We know the ST will be top 10 in the league. That makes the offense matter even less.
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    Not when you pick and choose to compare just the "good" offenses, and forget about the other phases of the game. Not when you consider that even if we are just talking offense that the best offenses don't always have great years. Not when you consider that the most talented team doesn't always win.
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    I don't get why that matters in the least?
  24. rawaction
    The Blackhawks aren't exactly lacking in the hot goalie department. Their guy actually had to stop legit attacks. That's true. Philly hasn't faced anything close to what the Blackhawks will send at them. And Niemi mostly dominated a pretty strong offensive team in San Jose.
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    And we have at least a couple guys as talented as Roy Williams, and several more talented than Mike Furrey....the same WRs who Martz led to back-to-back 4000 yard seasons. Nobody is expecting the greatest show on turf/grass. But Martz has shown he can put up numbers without great WRs or QBs (Kitna) for that matter.
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