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Vance and CFICT's Wager
CardsFanInChiTown replied to CardsFanInChiTown's topic in General Baseball Talk
Hah, that's profane. -
zambrano signs
CardsFanInChiTown replied to illiniguy's topic in MLB Draft, International Signings, Amateur Baseball
If I were a Cub fan I'd want this to be true. It'd mean he's less likely to develop a major injury. -
This is a pretty good post.
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Given his workloads at an early age I respectfully disagree. Young pitchers with heavy workloads start to run in to problems around his age. The contract would actually be less of a gamble if he were 28. That said, youneverknow. You did promise us all that Z was injured when he sucked early in the year. And no I'm not bitter at all that you got into my head and casued me to trade Z at the absolute bottom of his value for Rich Hill at his absolute peak. I still don't think he looks right. His arm slot isn't the same and his walk and HR rates are significantly higher then they were 2 years ago.
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FYI - Scott Spiezio on the RL for substance abuse
CardsFanInChiTown replied to wolf stansson's topic in General Baseball Talk
It's an open secret Ankiel enjoyed the stuff. I'm not sure if it was a huge problem. -
Lots of unusually debilitating injuries to major stars for a few of those seasons make looking only at the team's won-loss record an obviously overly simplistic way of judging the job Jim Hendry's done. That said, over simplify away... Are you referring to the pitchers? I think Dusty had a lot to do with that and Hendry hired him. Besides, every team deals with injuries.
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Given his workloads at an early age I respectfully disagree. Young pitchers with heavy workloads start to run in to problems around his age. The contract would actually be less of a gamble if he were 28. That said, youneverknow. Yeah but what were the Cubs options? Hoping that Hill, Gallagher or Veal turn into an ace next year. I think the Cubs have a couple of year window to win a WS. It would be a stretch to come up with a plan to improve the team in the next couple of years if Z wasnt resigned. Yeah, that's the rub. I don't think there will be any FA position players that make sense for them. The Cubs are handing out a lot of contracts, in a couple of years the fallout should be interesting. If they at least don't make a deep run in the playoffs this yes or next, things could get ugly.
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Given his workloads at an early age I respectfully disagree. Young pitchers with heavy workloads start to run in to problems around his age. The contract would actually be less of a gamble if he were 28. That said, youneverknow.
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Would you have prefered that he not be re-signed? when players are making $40 million per year in 5 years, yeah, we'll be thrilled What year was the current highest salary signed? whatever year A-Rod was signed, but no one thought that would ever be a good deal (vs. the marketplace). With people talking about Johan Santana getting $25-$30mil a year this offseason, however... The big difference is ARod is a position player. You aren't going to find many long term deals for pitchers that didn't turn ugly.
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That's cool. It's interesting stuff, you should check it out.
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A team on average will score more runs with the pitcher batting 8th. The impact is just about 2-3 runs a year. I don't know if I believe that. It was detailed in The Book. Who are these guys writing this? Tangotiger and Mitchel Lichtman are very well respected. Lichtman was a Cards adviser for years.
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A team on average will score more runs with the pitcher batting 8th. The impact is just about 2-3 runs a year. I don't know if I believe that. It was detailed in The Book.
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A team on average will score more runs with the pitcher batting 8th. The impact is just about 2-3 runs a year.
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I think the rivalry is fun. I always jaw with Cubs fans at Wrigley but afterwards we always shake hands. Anyway, I'll stay out of this thread. Baseball is serious business.
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Eh, I'm being playful. You see Cards fans do that all the time at Wrigley.
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Why would he want to distract the Cubs fans from the Cubs whoopin the Cards? Your not making sense. Has going 8-7 in your last 15 games made you delirious? Haha 1908 1908 1908
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I guess Jimbo announced the Z contract to distract Cubs fans from today's whoopin'.
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zambrano signs
CardsFanInChiTown replied to illiniguy's topic in MLB Draft, International Signings, Amateur Baseball
They guaranteed him 110.75. -
zambrano signs
CardsFanInChiTown replied to illiniguy's topic in MLB Draft, International Signings, Amateur Baseball
I didn't see that on there. It's about the 6th post down in the Z thread. Oh, whoops. -
zambrano signs
CardsFanInChiTown replied to illiniguy's topic in MLB Draft, International Signings, Amateur Baseball
I didn't see that on there. I heard there is a 6th year player option @ 19m. Can anyone confirm? -
a bomb. lol well played. I don't get you man. You claim to be a Cards fan, but you are neither obnoxious or mean spirited. we're rubbing off on him Does that mean I care more about beer and hanging out at Wrigley then watching the game? :wink:
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It's going to be an interesting stretch run.
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a bomb. lol well played.
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6-0 Cards right now. I'm not sure who you guys are rooting for in that game.
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Heh, baseball is fun when both teams are in the race. you never showed up for the past 3 months I've been busy with my own board. I still like popping in on the game threads.
