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Stay as far away from AJ Burnett as humanly possible. I want no part of a high-salary, injury prone pitcher. I'd rather have Millwood, Weaver, or Byrd off of that list, in that order, than AJ Burnett. Ceilings don't always get reached.
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I think all the winners are regulars...
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This has more drama than an NBA draft night :P
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Trot Nixon.
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Kevin Millwood is durable, good and should be signed :D
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Very nice, CPatt :D
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Hmm...you're ahead of me, too...what are you eyeing? :D
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Abreu will cost as much as Giles in terms of contract, plus the top prospects we'd have to give up, since Philly isn't going to just give him away. Giles is the logical choice. The 2 players will put up similar numbers, are a similar age, but only one costs both money and prospects. We can ill afford to give up any top players. Thus, just spend the money and sign Giles.
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The trouble with that is that we don't have a whole ton of players that would be useful in aquiring an impact player. Next, Huff sucked this year, and I don't think he'd outproduce Murton next year. Third, you can move Giles in the 3rd or 4th year if he's declined by then. It's worth signing him at 4/$42 because for the first 2 years of that deal he's a virtual lock to put up numbers that make our corner OF's this past year look like crap, and make us a pennant contender.
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Patterson's value couldn't be lower unless he had one of his legs fall off. I don't see him as an attractive trading chip. And for $12m per, I'd rather sign Kevin Millwood via FA and hang onto whatever prospects we'd have to give up.
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I agree that Pena isn't the answer at any position, but et's wait until CF comes up to address it later today.
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Abreu costs money and prospects (that we don't really have to spare). Giles just costs money. Both are about the same age. Just say Giles!!
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Ryan Howard and Houston Street.
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Jeff Kent may request trade.
USSoccer replied to CubfaninCA's topic in MLB Draft, International Signings, Amateur Baseball
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Just so I understand you, mhuber. You are saying that Giles is your number one option, your plan A, right? mhuber, The issue with dealing for an impact corner OF is that we simply don't have the trading chips to compete with other teams. We have 1 legit position prospect and a bunch of high celing guys in A. That's not the kind of ammo you'd need. Also, none of our pitchers save Pinto project to be top rotation starters. That's why Giles is the best option: it saves our few assets and buys us time to see if the class-A guys develop to the point they'd be real trading chips.
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I guess I disagree. If he wants 4 years, he gets 7-8 mill from me. I'd happily do 2 yrs at 9-10, with an option for a 3rd at 11 or so. Then you have zero chance at getting him to sign. I know there are risks giving a player who is 36 years old a 4 yr deal for about $44m, but Giles is simply the only player definetly available that could nearly single handedly turn the Cubs into a top 5 offense. He is that good and that valuable, and thus his market value is higher because of that, AND because he's likely the premier offensive player available this winter. You try and deal him in year 3 or 4, or live with overpaying him the last 2 years of the deal, especially if it nets us a WS. He is that valuable, and I'd rather pay money than give up the precious few top prospects we have left in a deal that basically gives you a player of similar age (Abreu) and similar salary as you would end up paying Giles.
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When I read that Abreu rumor, I thought the exact same thing. Wow. Just wow. Any line-up that has the players to legitimately and logically have Aramis Ramirez bat 6th is okay by me. If only... Abreu is a pipe dream. Albeit a very pleasant pipe dream. :D
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I think his numbers will stay steady for 2 more seasons, and then we can expect a season similar to Alou's 2003, and then the 4th year all bets are off. However, 36 isn't that old for a ballplayer anymore, and Giles shows no signs of slowing down whatsoever.
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Check out the Murton/Cedeno quote I posted. He seems to think they were Sept. callups.
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D'oh! Anyone have a list of possible OFs other than the ones mentioned? For RF? They could always pick up Burnitz's option, though they'd be fools to do so. They could try and deal for Trot Nixon, if he's available. Juan Encarnacion is out there. Yeah... So, in other words, Brian Giles!!
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I actually think St Louis wins this year. Their pitching staff, from pen to starters, are just really, really good. And that hurt to type...
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We're not at CF yet! Let's stay on topic :P
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That is a good point. What will he be up to next year? Close to 2 million? Probably. But in keeping with the thread rules let's wait til we settle RF :D
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Here was the question:
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He knows that neither were September callups, right? Murton had 135 AB's! It's not like some rookie callup who had 50 AB's and the league didn't really see him. Murton played with the club for about 2 months...