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  1. davell
    What was the bush league shot at Wendell Kim that Gonzalez tweeted?
  2. davell
    The dude with 2 written statements?
  3. davell
    This Ricketts family Q&A has turned into people reading prepared monologues of praise. I'll bet it was screened.
  4. davell
    http://chicago.suntimes.com/cubs-baseball/7/71/298758/cubs-another-big-move-winter Well, Theo says there's still a chance for something significant.
  5. davell
    Strop filed for 3, we offered 2.
  6. davell
    Castillo and Valbuena not there.
  7. davell
    Honestly? I don't think so. There's a reason the very best manager gets paid about the same as Wada. That makes sense, I know it's impossible to quantify clubhouse [expletive] and all, but I'm hopeful Maddon gets more out of the youngsters than what the typical guy would. Unrealistic of me probably.
  8. davell
    Batting the pitcher 8th aside, doesn't Maddon equal SOMETHING? A couple of wins maybe?
  9. davell
    I'm fine with Rasmus or Fowler for sure. Kind of doubt Span or Leonys Martin is possible. Are there any options that seem realistic that I'm missing? (Maybin, I guess, but not sure he's a true starter either)
  10. davell
    Exactly. MLB tattoo, faux hawk, I do WTF I want.....He's going to be awesome.
  11. davell
    Please be great, it'll be awesome having the guy everyone hates.
  12. davell
    I didn't pay attention to attendance numbers and if they were up or down again from the prior year. But the whole debt structure [expletive] was in line with our revenue basically. So if revenue was up, our payroll would then be able to move up too. Not sure about any of these small TV deals, radio deals, ad revenues either. But I was hopeful that we'd be able to spend 115ish or so and we're barely busting 100 after arb guys right now.
  13. davell
    I missed it here and put it in the other thread, but damn.....I cracked up. It's like he was learning how to talk.
  14. davell
    The recent Mooney articles act as if we're up against our max payroll and we may even need to get rid of Castillo and Wood to add a CF. PTR is still a thing.
  15. davell
    http://thebiglead.com/2015/01/16/jim-tomsula-needs-to-work-on-his-interview-game/ Geez, at least we didn't get this blithering idiot.....
  16. davell
    Theo mentioned today they view Alcantara as a utility type more than as a CF. thinks he'll fill in at quite a few spots, which does lend to them still actively pursuing a CF.
  17. davell
    Is that a thing? What was last year? [expletive], isn't there? I can't remember, but it seems they like to have SOMETHING new and good to get people excited. Maybe not. Last year may have been the renovation stuff. I know one year was Wood re-signing.
  18. davell
    I'm guessing the typical "big announcement" this year will be extending the FO? I can't seem to think of any other possibilities, short of Scherzer or Shields deal getting announced. Which ain't happening.
  19. davell
    I figure Escobar plays 2B this year for them.
  20. davell
    Mooney's article from yesterday lines up with what Rosenthal tweeted. I'd prefer to add a LF myself and push Coghlan/Denorfia to the bench and give Alcantara CF, instead of having him play all over. Once KB comes up, that's what I envision Valbuena morphing into. Either way though, an upgrade at either spot would be nice heading into the season.
  21. davell
    I'm sure Shields hated the success he had with the Rays and thought that they'd be much better off taking a different approach. I also think Shields will almost definitely take less money to play for Arizona, as he'd feel the challenge of pitching to pitiful backstops is too much to pass up. My honest guess is Stewart is so idiotic that he'll not be capable of making trades with.
  22. davell
    He DOES sometimes. He's definitely not a defensive whiz out there, but he seemed decent there this past season.
  23. davell
    @Buster_ESPN: Cubs among the teams still looking for help: They are hoping to add outfielder with an ability to play center. Am I the only one who'd be OK with Ethier, assuming the return is minimal and the Dodgers paid half of his deal or so?
  24. davell
    Reading Arguello? I guess it's a fair deal, but I'm still hopeful we find a better OF than that. I'd rather just trade Castillo for prospects and use our system to find a better bat than that. That said, we do match up well with them, they're looking for SP as well, Wood kind of makes sense in an expanded deal with them.
  25. davell
    That is weird. What is and why?
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