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  1. mul21
    Shut up England, he's Scottish!
  2. mul21

    2015+

    mul21 replied to bearjuice's topic in Chicago Cubs Talk

    I think this is ridiculous. He may well have been taken advantage of by Zell, but it certainly wasn't due to naivety. I'm much more inclined to believe it was due to the fact that he was the only one that wanted the Cubs badly enough to agree to the deal as it's structured.
  3. mul21
    That would totally make sense if he'd hit the HR against Bartolo Colon.
  4. mul21
    Guerrier's wind up reminds me a lot of the Weavers. Also, did we fix him? 2 days in a row of 1 2 3 innings (essentially, w/o the Barney error).
  5. mul21
    So I tell my girlfriend this and mention that he's 19 yrs old. She's a nurse and immediately responds, sort of sheepishly, "So is he, um, you know?". I told her I have no idea if a Cubs outfield prospect is gay, but I was thoroughly amused that that was the immediate medical thought that came to her mind.
  6. mul21
    Man, tough to blame Gregg for that when it wasn't even a strike. That's a hell of an AB.
  7. mul21
    So is Blake Parker a thing or is this some sort of mirage?
  8. mul21
    Is this some alias for Javy I'm not aware of? :-"
  9. mul21
    i suppose it depends on your definition of "mastered," but he's 10th in ops and leading the league in home runs. and he's shown significant improvement in the past couple of months. i don't know that you leave a prospect at a level until he just completely destroys that level for half a year. he certainly seems like he's advanced enough that he won't get to AA and completely fall flat on his face. I mostly agree, and I'm aware of the tremendous strides he's made in the last month or two. I'd just like to see him do it at that level a little longer. It would suck if he went back to struggling worse than he did at the beginning of the year again so soon. I think that light switch moment of controlling his swing and the public statements to that effect make me feel more okay with this than I otherwise might. Here's hoping he adjusts to the new level quickly.
  10. mul21
    Gameday is wrong. The last pitch was in the dirt.
  11. mul21
    I would greatly disagree with this. You find the special player to acquire and then fill in around him because they're so hard to come by.
  12. mul21
    For me, he wins the best name in the draft prize. He's no Rock Shoulders, but that sounds like a totally made up video game name.
  13. mul21
    He has tightness in his hamstring. We should all pitch in and get WSR a jump to conclusions mat.
  14. mul21
    Obviously because he brought the #want. :roll:
  15. mul21
    Are you looking for something along the lines of the only name I recognize is Yeiper Castillo because he's in the Cubs system now?
  16. mul21
    Resembles Soriano quite a bit there.
  17. mul21
    Weird because one year they got to the ECF, the next year their superstar tore his acl in the first game and last year we made it to the second round despite injuries to Deng and Hinrich. Not sure where we being tired comes into play. I guess you could make an argument that we could have beaten Miami in the ECF but that's a stretch to say we lost because we were worn out. Or you could say playing so many minutes in a strike shortened season contributed to playoff injuries to Rose and Noah.
  18. mul21
    He's got a great arm and I wouldn't be surprised to see him sent to Iowa to learn how to throw the cutter we've all been hearing so much about that has apparently helped out Travis wood so much. That and having him throw less different types of pitches. Right now he has a 4 seam, a sinker, a slider, a curve, and a change. I wouldn't be surprised to see that cut down to 3 of those plus a cutter. As smart as the FO is, I have to believe they see something fixable in this guy to bring him in in a trade like this.
  19. mul21
    Unless he's a free agent apparently. Money is one thing, but giving up prospects for a guy you may only have for 3 months is completely different.
  20. mul21
    Yeah, I think the lack of household name big stars is really a major part of the problem. You don't have guys like Pujols and Jeter and ARod putting up huge seasons on good teams right now. The downturn in offense along with, as jersey said, the lack of big market teams having good seasons have to be playing a part as well. If guys like Davis and McCutcheon were playing in New York, Boston, Chicago, or LA, you might have a little more buzz.
  21. mul21
    Waddle and Silvy had somebody on yesterday who was talking about how Thibs and upper management will get together on things, come to some sort of consensus, and then Thibs just goes and does whatever he wants anyway. This included the overuse of players and emphasis on winning regular season games. I can see Gar's point here and what he really did was take away one of Thibs' yes men to hopefully make him a little more accountable on things like playing time for a guy like Noah who clearly needs less time on the floor during the regular season. Made it sound like Thibs is his own worst enemy.
  22. mul21
    By my math, that leaves them $3,018,150 minus the $800k to Moreno. So, $2,218,150 left for Jiminez. Maybe he signs for less than expected. Or there's more weird slot bonus deals.
  23. mul21
    He's not making any sense at this point and is just arguing to argue. Apparently just signing two big name IFAs is a solid class for him and we don't need to add anything else, especially that highly thought of guy ranked around #25.
  24. mul21
    No, because they could have signed without making any of those trades. Do you honestly think that Hoyer is going to acquire all that IFA pool money and not use it? That has nothing to do with what you asked. The extra pool money isn't allowing them to add the elite guys, it's allowing them to add the 2nd tier guys after spending their own money on the elite guys. Not true. The top 3 guys they had targeted would have likely exceeded their pool allowance even with the 5% overage included. Not 100% as it will depend on what the last big bonus turns out to be.
  25. mul21
    Feldman had consistently good peripherals for a long time. There's a difference between finding value in guys who have been good but superficial numbers make them look bad, vs. finding guys who have been actually bad that you think you can turn into good. Does Arrietta currently throw a cutter?
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