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  1. davell
    According to Biggs, we have 10.5 mill of cap space. Franchising Melton would take up over 8 of that. Restructuring Peppers and/or extending Tillman are basicalky the options we have, assuming we want to keep Melton AND get a solid OT in FA.
  2. davell
    Yeah, I agree. The computer system alone was expensive. I can't imagine we're spending more on these things though, than the numbers you threw out. The cover up phrase is "behind the scenes" and we'll never know. With them wanting to bring everyone along from the bottom up, I wish someone could ask Ricketts to elaborate somewhat. Not a dollar amount, just more about what that phrase even means, assuming its not just a coverup of spending less.
  3. davell
    Arizona had the 7th waiver claim. It goes by inverse record inside the league, before heading to the opposite league. Arizona obviously wanted him and must have thought other teams did as well. A good example of how waivers works is that Sandy Rosario guy we claimed earlier in the offseason. Trying to remember the exacts, but he was dealt to Oakland or Boston, DFA'd, picked up by the other one, DFA'd again, and we picked him up after he made it all the way through the AL. When we DFA'd him, the Giants claimed him, as the last possible NL team that could have and he passed back thru the AL again(as he had a week or so before). We would have kept him in our system basically, if not for the Giants.
  4. davell
    While true, I'm pretty sure that doesn't come from the baseball ops budget. If they have to take away from that, in order to restore the facilities, its not a good thing, in my opinion. Its not like this crept up on them, they knew going in(and received a discounted overall sale price) because of these factors. I understand the Ricketts family isn't the Guggenheim Group, but this team shouldn't have to rob Peter to pay Paul either. In the end, the new TV deal and renovations may make this a moot point, but it certainly makes sense why Theo took the route he did. He may not have had a choice.
  5. davell
    The Astros can go ahead and lay claim to Rodon, they may not win 40 games this year. The Twins, Marlins, and Rockies are all going to be awful as well. My guess is thats the top 4(or bottom). After that, it'll get really shaky. If we miss the playoffs, it makes since to finish in the worst 10 records, especially since I suspect we'll be after higher end FA next offseason. But I think it'll take a relatively large selloff for us to finish in that area personally. Right now, I think the Orioles, Royals, Mariners, Mets, Pirates, Brewers, and Padres will all be in the same win range as us.
  6. davell
    I don't get this, other than in the generic "we don't need any players at all because we're rebuilding." If he has a small amount of value, then I don't see why a bad team wouldn't benefit from his stolen bases even more because of their lack of SLG. So, you'd keep him on our 25 man roster over Sappelt? You've got Jackson in AAA too, waiting to be called up. Campana has one very nice tool and was squeezed out here. Plenty of value received for a 25th guy that wasn't even a fit to be our 25th guy.
  7. davell
    AZPhil broke news(I think) with a comment he made today: Cubs have a VSL team now. I don't know whether it comes at the expense of one of our DSL teams or not.
  8. davell
    Sori evidently gave the Cubs a group of 6-7 teams he'd accept a trade to.
  9. davell
    Leal throws 87-90 right now and Badler says he's a "legit" prospect, according to CubDen. At 17, he'll likely be stateside, which says quite a bit in itself. Damn good return for someone I thought may get claimed but didn't think anyone would give anything up for.
  10. davell
    Damn, Towers is a weirdo.
  11. davell
    Seemed like Tony Rizzoti and Jonathon Gray drew the most complements out of the week 1, non-elite(for now anyway) guys.
  12. davell
    Out of the organization by this time next year? Unless they're traded or have a career ending injury(which can be said for any player ever), what would possess the Cubs to release any of those guys?
  13. davell
    I'm pretty sure I saw an article on Forbes that mentioned we profited 25 mill + in 2010. Attendance was 3.2 mill that year and our payroll was 144 mill +, according to Cots. We've added revenue streams since then and upped ticket prices as well. Its a major market team. When the time comes in 2-3 years that 150 mill is NEEDED, if Ricketts can't handle that, he shouldn't be owner of the Cubs, as far as I'm concerned. The renovations and new TV deal honestly shouldn't be needed for us to be able to handle 150. He gets a pass right now, since we're rebuilding, but if this IS the case, it makes it that much easier to see why Theo took the approach he did.
  14. davell
    I've got a Samsung Galaxy S3. It CAN copy and paste, but anytime I've tried, it says I can't go back to the previous window.
  15. davell
    They've yet to spend on the renovation though. Hell, the extra ad revenue they created has probably paid for the Dominican Academy. This is the owner of a major market baseball team. Fielding 150 mill payroll should never be "unsustainable" in my eyes. The revenue the renovation and the new TV deal will hopefully allow for it, but I definitely see the route Theo took. The ability to buy out mistakes doesn't appear to be nearly as much as I was thinking it could be.
  16. davell
    Figured it needed its own thread. I'm on my cell, so I can't paste the article from yhe Trib. At any rate, he said that payroll during the last years of the Trib were "unsustainable". Really? Higher tickets prices, team made money during the last year of that bloated payroll(according to Ricketts) and all the profits are supposed to go into the team(Ricketts words, even if they WERE stupid).
  17. davell
    Ogletree with the DUI.
  18. davell
    This has been awful all the way around.
  19. davell
    McNeil, Dunston, and Carreno. Kyle Hendricks should definiteky be a possibility to vote on at this stage.
  20. davell
    I'm not getting worked up over a 25th man. Hell, Lillibridge was solid himself in 2011.
  21. davell
    McLeod was watching RHP Trevor Williams of Arizona State tonight.
  22. davell
    Not sure about a Gamecast thing, but there's enough people covering the upper echelon guys that solid reports will come thru Twitter all night.
  23. davell
    Meghan Montemurro, a beat writer for the Nothwest Herald is a good follow on Twitter for Cubs stuff. @M_Montemurro. Had never heard of her before today.
  24. davell
    I wish the one guy who truly broke the swing down would show up and post his thoughts. At any rate, its spring, time to be optimistic. Having a solid pre-arb CFer would make things a lot easier moving forward, especially if the power isn't affected too much.
  25. davell
    Well, I can't imagine any team spending a 1st rounder on him or going overslot as a supplemental rounder either. From there, I guess it just depends on what he thinks he SHOULD get. My guess is if he's willing to take between 500-800k, a team could roll the dice on him in the 2nd round, since its a weak draft. Doubt we'd be interested though, considering Jed and Jason's past with him.
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