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Not for about a year. But there are..."extenuating" circumstances...
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Still plenty of talent around. Taurean Green, DJ Strawberry, JamesOn Curry...
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Aaron Gray, 7-2, 271. Projected late first to early second. Not a bad pick.
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Noah is 7-0, 225. PJ Brown is 6-11, 240, and Wallace is 6-9, 240. It's not beyond a stretch of the imagination for Noah to put on a good 10 lbs of muscle in workouts and training. I think it's a lot closer than you would think.
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Couldn't disagree more...he is much more likely to bust than to ever be a star. Take away the crazy hair, the great supporting cast he had (he was actually part of the supporting cast to Horford/Brewer), the famous parents and the bombastic personality and you're left with an above-average, undersized non-scoring tweener. Most overrated player in the draft. How is Noah undersized? 7 feet not tall enough? 225 not built enough?
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I look at it as "the next Brad Miller" vs. "the next Ben Wallace". I think Noah actually makes someone like Wallace expendable, and usable as a piece in a trade to bring in a big money player.
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I'd much rather see the Bulls either use the 9 pick as a trading chip to get in a big time player (and no, Zach Randolph doesn't really count), or use it to trade into the bottom of the first round and pick up a Dudley or Fazekas.
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I'd rather draft Wright than Hawes, personally. He just looks in the mold of the next big white guy.
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Santana, Peavy, Cabrera, Pujols, Reyes
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I am very confident in the Cubs ability to secure at least the wildcard if they continue to win at the same pace they have been over the last 6 days.
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I look at it as they are paying 5 million whether or not he plays, so it doesn't hurt them any more to play a better player in his place. -
At this point I'd be pretty disappointed in a 3-3 homestand.
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Tulowitzki was the key hitter for the inning. Rockies have no power on the bench, so just throw strikes, Marmol!
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Apparently not Ohman. Rockies have 7-8-9 coming up in the 9th, 9 spot likely a PH. A nice, easy inning would be a pleasant surprise.
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On the plus side, it won't be 8-3.
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2-run HR for Atkins after decently long flies to Holliday and Helton. Get out of the inning with the lead, Petrick, that's all I ask.
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Sigh, nothing more frustrating than not being able to find the plate with a 4-run lead. Well, ok, maybe hits on 4 consecutive pitches to turn a 5-run lead into a 1-run deficit is more frustrating.
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If I were Lou, I'd stick with Petrick in the 8th, with Howry ready to go in the 9th if there's trouble. Ohman would only be worth it on Helton or Hawpe, but Helton's coming up too early in the inning here.
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Hopefully the kid can get through the 8th giving up no more than a run, and the Cubs can add about 3 more, so it's safe going into the 9th.
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There are misses in any system, and it could turn out to be correct about Fazekas too. Yi also falls outside the system. Oh, I'm not saying there aren't misses, I'm just concerned that the 3 potential "biggest busts" are all likely to be there when the Bulls pick, and I have a hard time seeing the Bulls pass on all of them. EDIT: That and Brandan Wright is rated so high, and yet is disappointing in workouts (so I've heard).
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When looking at a player most people use their 3 year averages, all I did was add this season to that. Who cares what someone did 4+ years ago? 4 years ago Sosa was a 35+ HR hitter still. One year of good stats can be a fluke so easily you want to look at more than 1, two years can still be pretty flukey especially with a guy like say Peralta who had one good and one bad year. Three years gives you a decent size sample. You guys are really stretching things to try to make your argument. How are we stretching things to say Zambrano has been a better pitcher than Sheets outside of April and May of '07? Take any year, take any 3-year split, take the whole career, coming into this year, Zambrano was better than Sheets every year aside from '04 which could be called a wash. Yes, we know, Zambrano had a lousy start to this year. Very lousy,, even so much as to push his "3.5 year splits" about even with Sheets.
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So if it came down to Brewer, Yi, and Hawes, the correct choice should be...Fazekas? Yikes.
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Lots of room for improvement for Brandan, no doubt. But he'd be a steal at 9 and I like him more than Julian -- both in terms of fit for the Bulls and ceiling. Hollinger put together a college prospect ranking system recently. Good read (it's free!) and interesting tool. It's high on Brandan Wright. Certainly makes TT and Deng look good.
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For the Cubs to win the wildcard, they would have no choice but to play very well for an extended time. For the Cubs to win the division, they would be able to back into it by playing averagely if the rest of the division plays poorly. Given the Cubs' play this year, the second scenario seems to be more likely.
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What signed?
