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  1. mul21
    Seriously, these refs aren't calling [expletive] and Illinois is just rattled by it.
  2. mul21
    I'm not sure this game could be played any more sloppily than it has been. And Leonard has amazing vision.
  3. mul21
    Just more speculation by another media goon but something. kind of. That's definitely odd, especially because Strauss isn't one to typically throw stuff out there if he's not pretty damn sure of it. He's not just another rumor mongerer like so many of these guys have become. I'm really kind of perplexed by that.
  4. mul21
    Sullinger might be broken. Just hurt his foot against South Carolina, tried to come back in and then limped back off the court.
  5. mul21
    My favorite part is when he says they have a proven "mythology" for doing background checks. How does an idiot who can't speak in public effectively become the GM of an NFL franchise?
  6. mul21
    He's just 25 years old, has a very good approach at the plate (15.7% BB rate), and has shown the ability to hit for power in the minors (.497 SLG in AAA, though a grain of salt because it was PCL). And the line you posted is his career minor league line, not his PCL line. In 1 PCL season (477 PAs), he's posted a .253/.379/.414 line. Not too encouraging, but consider this: 1st 237 AAA PAs: .244/.363/.360 Next 225 AAA PAs: .279/.404/.497 He's shown pretty clear improvement in a similar number of PAs. 279/404/497 in the PCL from a 1b still doesn't excite me either. A .901 OPS doesn't excite you? I understand the PCL inflation, but that's pretty damn good and if you can get him without giving up too much, him putting up and .850 OPS at Wrigley isn't a pipe dream by any means.
  7. mul21

    Cubs DVDs

    mul21 replied to David's topic in Chicago Cubs Talk

    That 5 game series at Wrigley was my first baseball season in St. Louis and that was absolutely amazing to be able to talk trash after that series was over. I haven't had much to talk about since then unfortunately.
  8. mul21
    I think the wild inconsistency/inaccuracy of defensive metrics is the issue. Yes, you can generally tell if a guy is preventing/allowing more runs than an average guy might, but quantifying exactly how many is pretty inexact and something I have a problem really putting a ton of value in outside of just generalizing whether a guy is a good, average, or bad defender.
  9. mul21
    Perhaps a move similar to the Soriano signing in an attempt to boost franchise value prior to a sale?
  10. mul21
    While I don't have any better idea about what's going to happen than anybody else, I do find it amusing to see everyone totally freaking out that nothing has happened yet in spite of Theo's history of appearing out of nowhere with his desired player signed to a contract. Nobody saw Dice-K or Crawford coming to Boston in the least and he got both of those guys. He seems to be a master of misinformation, and while that sucks for us because we're totally in the dark, I'd much rather have it that way than everything out in the open like it was with Hendry. Plus, could he be handling the Z or Soriano situations any better than he has thus far?
  11. mul21
    I'm pretty sure highest bid wins, regardless of what the Japanese team wants.
  12. mul21
    I laughed a lot harder at that than I should have.
  13. mul21
    The fact that the baseball budget will remain the same and it appears we can't spend as much on IFA or the draft would seem to suggest so. If the baseball budget is staying the same and we can't spend as much on the draft or IFA, that would indicate to me that the ML payroll would be able to be increased by the $8-10M that isn't being spent there.
  14. mul21
    I think Levine is being fed information (or instructed to leak it) as a smoke screen. The numbers just don't jive unless the Darvish suggestion is 100% on the money, which it well could be.
  15. mul21
    The Score just had a guy on from Seattle who pretty much said Ruskell would be the worst possible option for the Bears GM. A quote "Find me 5 guys he drafted that you're proud of". As bad as Seattle has been the last few years, I guess it wouldn't surprise me if you couldn't find 5 good guys from his last few drafts.
  16. mul21
    Generally, I completely agree with you. One small point though, the Cubs had the expectation of Soriano not sucking when they were paying $19M a year. So, if he's not living up to his end, I see no reason the Cubs would have to live up to theirs in terms of playing him every single day when he's bad.
  17. mul21
    And that goes back to what SSR said, I'm not sure I really buy defensive metrics for a 1B. Nor do I think they matter a ton, especially in comparison to pretty much every other defensive position on the field. And as long as he's not running into outs stupidly on the bases, is that really costing you that much? A lost run is a lost run, doesn't matter what position it's at. At least, as I understand the metric. Right, but in a situation where that one run really matters (at least late in games), you pinch run for him and mitigate some of that problem. Admittedly, him not scoring from 2nd on a single in the 4th inning could cost you a game, but again, he fills such a huge hole that I'm willing to deal with the downside to get the big bat in the lineup. He's certainly a flawed player, but when a guy has an OPS/OPS+ like he does every year, that's just kind of a risk you're either willing or not willing to take.
  18. mul21
    She's not even in the same neighborhood as hot.
  19. mul21
    And that goes back to what SSR said, I'm not sure I really buy defensive metrics for a 1B. Nor do I think they matter a ton, especially in comparison to pretty much every other defensive position on the field. And as long as he's not running into outs stupidly on the bases, is that really costing you that much?
  20. mul21
    Stop boiling it down to just his offensive numbers as if his major negatives as a baserunner and fielder don't matter. He's so bad at the latter two that they significantly bring down his value. It's as silly as turning a blind eye to anything else. Like saying a pitcher just wins or something. Yea, he can hit, but it's not like those other negative things he's doing aren't happening. His value is a combined product of all these things. He was worth 2.1 and 2.7 WAR those years, regardless of how good a hitter he still managed to be. Well, considering how bad the current Cubs are at hitting a baseball, particularly over a fence, I really don't care about the base running and defense as long as he's not David Ortiz bad in the field or worse than any of the Molinas on the bases.
  21. mul21
    I think if he'd asked for this contract 4 years ago you'd be hearing a lot more of that. The fact that he wanted 10 years when he'll be 32 in the 1st year of the deal kind of takes some of the heat off ownership because that would have been a terrible business decision for the Cardinals. I also think she should just shut the hell up, but Ballgame does make her a more sympathetic figure.
  22. mul21
    Nobody here wants that, as best I can tell. It's a figment of your imagination that you keep perpetrating as fact. It's the reality of the situation that the Cubs are in right now. At some point they have to take the plunge and bolster the team through significant FA signings because their farm system ain't producing enough talent right now to either make their team or make enough impact trades to fix things. The problem is also that the forecast of significant offensive FA being available is pretty barren for a while once Fielder is signed. I agree completely with the first two sentences. Where we differ is, the fact that the forecast of significant offensive FA being available is pretty barren for a while doesn't convince me that signing Fielder to a contract I think will be a mistake, and will hurt the team in the long run, is a wise choice. That's the thing though. The Cubs are a large market team with a large payroll and some big contracts coming off the books. They can afford a less than ideal contract here and there without terribly hamstringing themselves like a lot of other teams would. That's why I'm okay with overpaying for him by a not outlandish margin.
  23. mul21
    FOR THE 8 BILLIONTH TIME: BECAUSE THE OPTIONS FOR SIMILAR PRODUCTION ARE VERY LIMITED!
  24. mul21
    This. 143 lifetime OPS+? Yeah, that's good enough for me. You're turning a blind eye to his WAR? I'm highly skeptical of how much defense will really be a factor for a guy playing 1B. At SS, 3B, or CF, yeah, I'm totally on board. But I'm not going to prefer Pena over Fielder because Pena can't come close to matching Fielder's production at the plate.
  25. mul21
    I'm okay with overpaying to a point. 6/$150 with some sort of vesting option for a 7th year is about as far as I'd be willing to go, much like others have said. His abilities really are pretty scarce right now, especially without having to gut the minors to get something close to what he can do.
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