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-Is Feilhaber even healthy? -We only took one overage player? -I like that roster more than a lot of Bob Bradley rosters over the past year.
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Claudio Reyna offially has made his last overly conservative backpass to a central defender today.
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But how can that be? He is a headcase and only has one pitch?
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Imagine the job Gebe Clynes would have done with him this year amirite?
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Cubs Talking About Greene?
USSoccer replied to kjfoster 1553's topic in MLB Draft, International Signings, Amateur Baseball
Greene isn't cheap anymore, is he? I dunno...I really doubt Theriot is going to play at this level all year long. That said, Greene has been awful, but to be fair, his team sucks. I can't think of a fair deal. Marquis/Fuld? I wouldn't want to give anything of value up for him. I'd much rather leverage any assets towards a pen arm like Fuentes. As an aside, we went into this season with 2 offensive black holes; SS and CF. Is it a foregone conclusion that the bottom isn't going to fall out of the Jim Edmonds Experience? We only have 16 days until the deadline. That's not enough time for him to tank and for us to look, is it? -
Howard still has trouble with that, and that's why he's not at Man U anymore.
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I think the Chicago media is waiting for the chance to label Harden as Prior/Wood redux. There's no other excuse for the lack of basic research that has gone into some of the crap written so far.
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Has the fact that Gary Hughes was at Petco Park watching Maddux pitch last night been discussed anywhere? Why does no one seem to see that Marquis is actually better than Maddux? Because he's not. Based on what exactly? Putting Maddux in a division with parks that trend heavily towards hitters parks in August isn't exactly a sound decision. Marquis sucks, no doubt, but Maddux's numbers this season are influenced by the parks in that division.
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Has the fact that Gary Hughes was at Petco Park watching Maddux pitch last night been discussed anywhere? Why does no one seem to see that Marquis is actually better than Maddux?
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i would agree with that. i just don't see this trade having the potential to bite the cubs in the ass. i guess gallagher has the highest ceiling of any of the guys leaving, and i don't see him as anything more than a #3. should have waited until after tonight's game so murton could hit against harang though. That's the thing. Even if we get 3 starts out of Harden, we aren't going to be pining for any of these guys. Marshall has a better future than Gallagher. We gave up the right kind of players
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Great point.
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We all need to hope Rothschild and O'Neal learned something from working with Wood and Prior. At least we have Lou keeping an eye on Harden rather than Baker. I stil can't believe the best player we gave up was Gallagher. I'm really shocked.
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Yeah, I think this is a good deal for both teams. I'm sad to see Gallagher go, but there's a numbers game at play with Zambrano, Lilly, Dempster, Marquis, Marshall, and Hill. Swapping him for a shot that someone like Harden is healthy is a good gamble. And it keeps some of our chips in case he does get hurt. We still have Hill, who could step in eventually and be good again, for instance. From Oakland's point of view, I think we kind of hosed them.
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As long as this is healthy Rich Harden, we win this deal hands down. We gave up two guys who were bench guys at best on this club, a 4th/5th starter and a C prospect for a #1/2 guy. We didn't give up Pie, Hill, Ceda, Colvin, Veal, Cedeno, or Vitters. We held on to a lot of our better chips. We kept Marshall. This is a good deal.
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So Donaldson in addition to, or in place of one of Murton or Patterson?
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Murton/Patterson/Gallagher for Harden is a freaking steal. If that's the package, let's hope Beane didn't sell us a busted pitcher.
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I would too, which is why I'd have no interest. Greinke is somebody I'd have interest in though. He's about to start making the big bucks in arbitration, which could entice them to trade, but he's still got a couple years before free agency. A deal for Grienke would be pretty costly, but KC have enough holes that one could reasonably match us up with them fairly well. It depends on what year Moore is targeting that team to be competitive for.
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That would be a good move for them. Their pen sucks, and might be one of their only weaknesses.
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I would think Meche would be more likely than Grienke.
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This has nothing to do with anything, but if there are any BigSoccer readers here...is the poster there named "Voros" that does all sorts of ridonkulous statistical runs Voros McCracken, the baseball statistician?
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If I were them, and could get a good deal for Rich Harden, I would be. As Vance said, Beane goes all in or all out. If that 5-6 becomes 8 prior to 7/31, he'll sell if we offer a good deal. Yeah, if you were Beane, but Beane is Beane, and Beane never sells. Perhaps he's looking at the pythag and thinking his team should be in first. Odds are it's going to take a huge offer to entice him to make a move. But what if I am Beane? Then I'd like to work on patching you through to Hendry's receptionist. I tried calling but he was in a meeting. I think he's ducking my call, though.
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If I were them, and could get a good deal for Rich Harden, I would be. As Vance said, Beane goes all in or all out. If that 5-6 becomes 8 prior to 7/31, he'll sell if we offer a good deal. Yeah, if you were Beane, but Beane is Beane, and Beane never sells. Perhaps he's looking at the pythag and thinking his team should be in first. Odds are it's going to take a huge offer to entice him to make a move. But what if I am Beane?
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If I were them, and could get a good deal for Rich Harden, I would be. As Vance said, Beane goes all in or all out. If that 5-6 becomes 8 prior to 7/31, he'll sell if we offer a good deal.
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The system was highly rated with Hendry at the helm, but was it actually any better? The Cubs have actually begun to produce big league talent since Hendry left the minor league matters to others. Prior to Hendry becoming GM, the system produced Zambrano, Cruz, Choi, Hill, Patterson, and I suppose Wellemeyer. Z is the only guy to have sustained success. Patterson had the 1.5 good seasons, Wellemeyer has had a nice 1st half this season, and Cruz is a decent reliever. Post-Hendry GM has produced Soto, Theriot, Fontenot (who shouldn't count since he wasn't from our system), Murton (ditto), Gallagher, Hill, Marshall, and Marmol. The post Hendry years are more productive, and it's not really that close. It depends on how you define post and pre-Hendry (i.e. drafting). Prior, Nolasco, Theriot and Soto were drafted the summer before Hendry became GM. Marmol was signed 2.5 years before Hendry became GM. But all of them were developed after he became GM, but you could say the same for guys like Z, Cruz and Wellemeyer (some of their development came after Hendry was promoted). True. You could split hairs on this one. One could also question how much Hendry or Wilken have to do with the actual development of the players they sign/draft.
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While those guys aren't the same as drafting or signing your own, I think they should still be partially attributed to the system, somehow. They each spent significant time in the minor league system before coming up to the majors and achieving some success. That kind of strengthens the argument, then. I suppose, though, one must consider that the best player developed by Hendry (Z) has more value than the best post Hendry player (Soto).