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  1. davell
    For NEXT year, in the majors, I'd put Rizzo, Schierholtz, and Castro(think he'll snap back bigtime) ahead of Javy. I'd put Bryant next, by the way, ahead of Castillo.
  2. davell
    It has NOTHING to do with how much money they're making. It has to do with the debt structure of their deal with Zell. Its a very valid topic.
  3. davell
    The Twins screwed Bourn last year. He was in line to get more himself, then Minnesota traded Span to the Nats and Revere to the Phils. This, after Atlanta went with Upton because Boras wanted 100 mill for Bourn.
  4. davell
    I think I'm OK leaving him where he is. Let things play out over the winter and spring. If his stuff looks good, start him in Daytona next year.
  5. davell
    Yeah, I think Iowa is where he starts, with a June callup. That said, its going to be very interesting to see what we do positionally with him. If he moves to 3B, is Olt in the majors? Villanueva repeats AA when he doesn't need to? Bryant back in Daytona and Candelario stuck in KC? If he moves to 2B, what are you doing with Alcantara? We've got a logjam, no matter what.
  6. davell
    Am I reading that wrong? He's saying guys will get big contracts, isn't he? After Cano, Ellsbury is likely going to get the biggest of anyone else.
  7. davell
    The funny thing is, its not impossible to see Theo putting all this out there and then winning the Tanaka bid, signing Ellsbury, and trading for Stanton or Price with Shark, Alcantara, Vogelbach, and Lake.....
  8. davell
    I think people are going to be surprised when they see the offseason contracts this year. There's very little to spend money on, but a lot of teams have a lot of money. Most of them aren't going to just not spend it. Total money available is going to be divided among the available free agent class, even if it's bad. We're agreeing too much.
  9. davell
    Why wouldn't they? Teams are flush with cash right now. And the FA classes are getting weaker and weaker. I think he'll get that type of contract. Maybe even more if teams with protected picks are buying.
  10. davell
    Nothing. But a chronic hamstring injury to Ellsbury could make a 6/100 type contract look really bad, really quick. This is getting silly. Whats wrong with that statement? Hell, I'm not opposed to signing him even. Just figure we won't go that route if we're still fucked financially. Signing BJ Upton seemed like a good idea last year, didn't it? How about now? [expletive] goes wrong sometimes. If we're strapped, we've got to make sure when we make a big move, its the right one. Its not OK to question giving an oft-injured, speed guy coming up on 30, a longterm deal?
  11. davell
    Nothing. But a chronic hamstring injury to Ellsbury could make a 6/100 type contract look really bad, really quick. With a bad contract on the books, it'd be just like having to deal with an artificially low payroll. That'd suck... I'd be happy enough to get him, even at that price, I guess. But if we're going to be hampered financially again, I see us adding Hughes, a decent bullpen arm, and a Granderson type, and see what happens.
  12. davell
    Nothing. But a chronic hamstring injury to Ellsbury could make a 6/100 type contract look really bad, really quick.
  13. davell
    Not a Sickels fan, but it'll be interesting to see how many guys we have that are at least C+ prospects. Last year we had 29, which led everyone. I can honestly see 35+ this year.
  14. davell
    when is he going to get promoted? Getting hurt cost him. He hasn't played since July 21st.
  15. davell
    Rob Z 3IP 2H 0R 2W 4K. I'm having a really hard time placing guys like him, Skulina, Masek, Frazier, Wilson, Torrez, and Leal in a top 30. Obviously not all make it, hope we hear more on each guys stuff. Arguello says Torrez is up to 93, by the way and certainly has control. He's going to be really tough to leave off......
  16. davell
    Alcantara and Javy BB.
  17. davell
    I'll take that bet going forward and not think twice.
  18. davell
    Its going to be extremely hard(maybe impossible) to win a high dollar posting bid without losing money in a calendar year, since the money all goes at once. Unless we literally do nothing else that offseason.
  19. davell
    That was reported once somewhere, but I don't know if it's actually true or not. It's not. The closest offer was $10 million less than the Dodgers'. Actually, I think no team other than the Dodgers offered more than 10 mill for him, according to Keith Law.
  20. davell
    I want to know more(even though we never will) about the debt structure. Does it hinder us with longterm deals? Is it a total commitment thing or is it a year to year thing? Can we sign Annibal Sanchez for one year and 20 mill and still have more money to spend than if we signed him to a 5/80 deal at 16 per? If it has more to do with total debt, it makes it that much harder to see us signing multiple longterm contracts currently for big money until this other crap plays out......
  21. davell
    Soler had alrwady agreed to our deal prior to the Dodgers new ownership had taken over. Honestly, thats why I think we got him.
  22. davell
    The Dodgers The Dodgers got many more looks at Puig than anyone else did as well. I've got a buddy who's friends with Logan White. I can't remember the story now, but I'll ask him later today what the deal was again. It reminded me of us lucking into seeing Trey McNutt though, once everyone else had given up on the area.
  23. davell
    There's obviously going to be the "perfect offseason" that can help a team into the playoffs. That said, its not like any single team got all of those players. They were spread around throughout the league. But it IS the approach the FO is taking. They ARE trying to spend what little money they're veing given intelligently. To ask them to bat 1.000 is what we're doing here. They're good, but not THAT good. No one is.
  24. davell
    Here's where you and I diverge. I don't expect my team's owner to spend money out of his own pocket on the team or something. That said, the team should be profitable enough and produce more than enough revenue on its own to sustain a really high payroll. Actually, we don't though. I think professional sports owners ought to make plenty of money. And the Cubs do. However, it seems to me that the Cubs profits currently are going straight to Papa Joe's bank account. And as a businessman without an interest in sports whatsoever, they're going to stay there. Leaving the kids enough to pay their bills the new hobby has given them. With the chance the kids can work hard and earn more(reno and TV deal) to help them do better at their little project. Papa Joe is the devil, basically. The kids are just playing with their new toy daddy gave them and he's making them earn anything above what he already gave them.
  25. davell
    I missed that. To your point, I agree. It'd take an epic meltdown of the economy for them to lose money here. And for it to happen prior to the new TV deal.
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