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  1. KaiserCesar
    Offensive depth worries me, but I'll be an optimist at 11 assuming Marshall and Jeffery play the whole year.
  2. KaiserCesar
    I've had Cutler as a backup a couple of years and then when I had to make a move, traded my starters for help elsewhere and moved Cutler up due to the year he was having. In both instances, (2011 and 2013), he got hurt about a week after I made the move. That being said, I think Cutler is starting caliber this year, but I wouldn't go after a non-Rodgers or Manning except Brees until the 6th. He'll probably be one of the viable starters left once RGIII, Cam, Stafford, Luck, Brady go off the board and could have a better year than all of them.
  3. KaiserCesar
    I'm in. Its been a few years since I had a 2nd team.
  4. KaiserCesar
    Here I thought we were talking about socks with sandals
  5. KaiserCesar
    http://i.imgur.com/SjE0FkY.jpg?1 Brilliant
  6. KaiserCesar
    I keep it open and vote a few times when I'm between articles online or between innings when following the game on gameday.
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    http://i.imgur.com/6MplvVo.gif
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  9. KaiserCesar
    Either Strop's ears are really small, or I keep expecting him to look like Marmol and they are just small by comparison
  10. KaiserCesar
    Well, that inspired me to get an avatar.
  11. KaiserCesar
    If he comes up firing from the ground, its a good chance it sails into the stands.
  12. KaiserCesar
    Rizzo smiling makes me smile.
  13. KaiserCesar
    http://img4.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20130502032535/arresteddevelopment/images/7/7d/S4_GOB_(01).jpg
  14. KaiserCesar
    3 miles west of Wrigley here. Its a lot of water. It may let up by the start time but it will be a little while before the game starts.
  15. KaiserCesar
    While its still June 2014.... Cubs' Lineup Today Coghlan LF Ruggiano RF Rizzo 1B Castro SS Valbuena 3B Lake CF Barney 2B Whiteside C Wood P Looks like it may be a delayed start due to rain in the area. Radar looks pretty nasty.
  16. KaiserCesar
    Really tough result for Iran. I still like their chances to get the 2nd spot in that group.
  17. KaiserCesar
    I actually just posted about this in the 'musings' thread. They have 2 top 35 position players and 3 top-90, but Bonifacio is the only one 90-180 and Castillo and Ruggiano are the only ones 180-270.
  18. KaiserCesar
    I wouldn't count Bonifacio or Ruggiano to be contributors next season. Bonifacio is a prime trade candidate and Ruggiano is his year's Schierholtz. I wouldn't, either, but they haven't been huge contributors this year, anyway. Their place among the Cubs' top performers underscores the need for more players who can play at an average level at least.
  19. KaiserCesar
    At least until Argentina plays. Costa Rica isn't that much further from Fortaleza than Uruguay, so I wouldn't see too much of an advantage for Uruguay in that match.
  20. KaiserCesar
    Going into the season, I thought the Cubs' medium-term problem was a lack of elite talent which would require all eight starting positions as well as the bench to be at least solid contributors. After glancing at the fWAR totals so far this year, it looks to be the opposite situation. The Cubs have their fair share of top players with Rizzo as the 16th best position player, Valbuena in the mid 30's and Castro giving them a 3rd in the top 90. However, beyond that, you have 1 player in the 90-180 range (Bonifacio) and 2 in the 180-270 (Castillo and Ruggiano). If you don't count the pitchers, Lake is the only other positive player, not even leaving the Cubs 8 positive fWAR position players. From this perspective, the major league team is actually in a very good position to be improved by graduating prospects in the upper minors. Elite production from Baez, Bryant and Soler would be a huge plus, but Rizzo and Valbuena's emergence makes contending with a few additional average contributors a reality. It also makes free agency a much more viable solution to filling the needs of the team.
  21. KaiserCesar
    I fully credit the 25 all star votes I just gave Valbuena.
  22. KaiserCesar
    If I only look at 2-5, I start feeling pretty good. Might still be a better lineup than the Phillies, though.
  23. KaiserCesar
    Ruggiano, please
  24. KaiserCesar
    The blackout isn't to protect ticket sales. It's to protect the local cable companies. They don't want you to be able to watch the game on your computer because they you aren't buying cable with CSN. I'm moving to Bloomington, IN in a couple of months, and I think its going to be one of those areas of MLB blackout hell. Its at least a Cubs, Sox and Reds blackout, but there's a portion of the west part of the state which also blacks out the Cardinals, I just can't tell if it spans all the way over to Bloomington based on the map. Uverse may be able to pick up CSN Chicago, so we'll see.
  25. KaiserCesar
    They don't have a huge homefield advantage record-wise, so I don't see how this holds weight unless you thought they wanted to stick it to Samardzija.
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