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Everything posted by bukie
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minnesotacubfan making a hard charge at SCS for the poster that understands the least about player value, but the gap is insurmountable. -
At some point, it just becomes about trying to get as much money out of the team you want to go with as possible.
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Sign Ross, sign Lester, release Ross, everyone wins.
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Considering Montero is projected to outperform Castillo next year without taking pitch framing into account, then...yes.
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The Winter Meetings Thread
bukie replied to David's topic in MLB Draft, International Signings, Amateur Baseball
Not to mention that Ross as Lester's caddy sorta neuters the idea of playing platoon advantage with his games. I'll have to think some more about how Castillo could have to be part of that 'big bat'. Who would want Castillo that has a good OF to give up? Washington? Dodgers? Rockies? Castillo to Washington as part of a Harper package? Okay I'll be on board with that. -
Remember when he posted here? Theo posted here? It seems like just yesterday that Theo was a 15 year old karate enthusiast desperate for a job with the Cubs.
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Obviously they're setting the table to explain why the Cubs didn't get him.
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They should challenge for 3rd in that division. Maybe second if the Tigers collapse.
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http://stream1.gifsoup.com/view2/4752336/miguel-montero-licks-his-bat-o.gif
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The same people that call ND greedy for being independent love to get all snarky about their beloved conference championship games, the most shameless money grab in all of college sports. Take off the ND blinders for a second and understand how absurd it is for Kelly to offer up conference championship games in order to get the 8 team playoff.
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Brian Kelly is willing to sacrifice conference championships to facilitate an eight team playoff. He's a giver, that one.
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Unfortunately, I don't think it's a joke.
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Top position players of the 1980's, by fWAR: http://www.fangraphs.com/leaders.aspx?pos=all&stats=bat&lg=nl&qual=y&type=8&season=1990&month=0&season1=1981&ind=0&team=0&rost=0&age=0&filter=&players=0 1. Tim Raines 2. Mike Schmidt 3. Ozzie Smith (and he had a total of -4.7 offensive WAR for the decade) 4. Gary Carter 5. Ryne Sandberg 6. Andre Dawson 7. Dale Murphy 8. Keith Hernandez 9. Darryl Strawberry 10. Pedro Guerrero 11. Tony Gwynn 12. Tim Wallach 13. Barry Bonds (who started playing in 1985) 14. Jack Clark 15. Andy Van Slyke
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I mean, if the Cubs sign Lester, it's a huge addition to the rotation, and instantly upgrades the rotation. If they get him for a not-too-exorbitant contract as well, all the better. If they go to 8/200 and just blow him away with AAV/length, I probably wouldn't be overly happy long-term, but hey, short term instant upgrade. If they don't sign Lester, it doesn't mean they're punting the offseason, either, as there are other avenues to upgrade the rotation if Lester decides not to come to Chicago. It just ends up being more complicated than it would be to sign Lester, as there is an additional cost involved (draft pick/international bid/player trade).
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I mean, nobody's saying that everyone's response must be overwhelmingly positive to every situation, but there's a wide gulf between there and everyone interpreting each advancement in the narrative in the most insultingly negative way possible. Somewhere in between lies logic, and despite it being a message board, I'd hope there's room for it somewhere, even if some posters make every effort to eliminate the possibility from discussion at every opportunity.
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It never ceases to amaze me how negatively obtuse everyone can be about every minute detail of the process.
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Don't think he actually technically left Parks and Rec, but I know he's producing/writing Brooklyn Nine-Nine.
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If only everyone would stop acting like the offseason is over the second the Dodgers get involved in free agency.
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I just ... how can someone feel this way? The NBA season takes for [expletive] ever Yeah, that's the only thing I could think of. College basketball is just such bad basketball. Even the super teams have no clue what they're doing most of the time. The crowd atmosphere is also about 100 times better in college. Until the NCAA tournament.
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how many voices and who were they? Obviously Javy doesn't know the names of the voices.
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http://www.mossyoak.com/images/blogs---pro-staff/lester5_hdr.jpg?sfvrsn=0 am I crazy or is that buck still alive That's just the buck he rides while hunting.
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It took two years for a Bears ST that had been #1 for nearly a decade to fall to #32 in the NFL in efficiency.
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Screw it, just onside kick every time. The defense won't stop anyone anyway.
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Including Romo 21 for 25 tonight... QB completion % is at 66.7% (298/447). And this is despite facing Manuel, Geno Smith, Bridgewater and McCown this year Basically, the Bears secondary turns the opposing QB for the entire season into Peyton Manning (and I'm not joking, Manning has a 66.8% completion rate)
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Let's put it a simpler way: I think they're losing value in both trade #1 and trade #2. #1: I know some have really soured on Baez thanks to his contact rate issues, but I still think he's more valuable in a trade than almost any pitcher, including Ross. CJ for Grandal also seems like a value sacrifice, so if we're giving up value twice to dump Wood, I'd almost rather just dump Wood for nothing, then. #2: I don't see the value in trading Castro at all, especially if they aren't getting a better player in return, which I'm not sold on for either Harvey or Syndergaard. If they're already trading Baez, there's especially no reason to trade Castro unless the return blows you away, which it doesn't on its own, let alone adding assets to send with him. As for the rest, Headley is a valuable asset if there's a need there, which there'd only be if you're creating one by dumping the existing plan. Jackson for Crawford...sure, I'd rather have Crawford as a 4th OF than Jackson as a 5th SP...but that Crawford contract goes on longer and I'm not sure how much use the Cubs would have with a 33 year old corner OF that's best asset is speed.
