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  1. davell
    I like SSR's suggestion. Plus, you'd have to wait out the runoff for 14, because you wouldn't know who was available for 15.
  2. davell
    With the closeness of this one, how about a runoff of Underwood, Szczur, and Torreyes for 14, 15, and 16?
  3. davell
    I know I'm docking him 10 spots or so because of the injury. If not for that concern, I'd have him higher than any pitcher in our system not named Vizcaino, Paniagua, or Johnson.
  4. davell
    No order here, but I definitely have Szczur, Alcantara, Amaya, Hernandez, Torreyes, Cabrera, Blackburn, and Underwood ahead of Loux. A few others, like Wells, Martin, and Watkins are possible too.
  5. davell
    Much higher upside for Underwood. Blackburn is more polished, upside of a mid rotation type. Higher chance of success. Underwood has TOR upside, but is much more volatile of a prospect. Control issues, velo inconsistency, due to lack of consistent delivery. Both are good makeup guys and are very coachable.
  6. davell
    Red Sox are close to acquiring Hanrahan. On a side note, I think Boras completely misjudged market on Soriano. He should have stayed in New York. Can't see any team giving up 1st for him, especially with other options out there.
  7. davell
    If they trade Kubel, I think it definitely helps Sori's market. Even moreso if they deal him to Seattle or some other west coast team Sori wouldn't accept a trade to. Honestly though, its going to be really tough to replace Soriano's power in the middle of the lineup, so I'm thinking he starts the season with us, since we've got at least a punchers chance right now. DeJesus is the OF I could see being dealt. Atlanta, KC, or Seattle all seem like good fits for him.
  8. davell
    Cody Ross goes to the D-Backs. I hope they decide to trade Kubel and not Upton, at this point.
  9. davell
    Right or wrong, the fact Struck was left off the 40 man, then was passed over by every team in the Rule 5, affects my thinking on him. Loux? He's somewhere in the 20-25 range for me. But that speaks to the depth of our system. I look at it like this: Sickels averages about 20 guys per team that he gives C+ or higher grades. Making a top 600, in a roundabout way. We had 29 and if Peralta gets returned, it'd give us 30.
  10. davell
    I asked Parks, after a comment on his latest top 101 run thru, how many Cubs were on it and he said 4, 3 in the top 40.
  11. davell
    Martin's ceiling is higher than Golden's.
  12. davell
    Alcantara, Torreyes, and Szczur.
  13. davell
    Kazmir to the Indians on a minor league deal. I wish we had gotten him, but he has a legit shot at making the Indians rotation.
  14. davell
    Jeimer victory?
  15. davell
    ABTY had mentioned earlier in the offseason that the Cubs had an offer out to him, same as Feldman's, but Feldman accepted.
  16. davell
    Damn, Rosario got claimed by the very last team that could have. He'd already passed thru the entire AL recently and based on records, the Giants winning the WS would have been last.
  17. davell
    Wiggington signed with the Cards and Rolen is leaning towards retirement.
  18. davell
    Just your 2nd rounder. The 1st rounder is top 10 protected.
  19. davell
    Exactly where I'm at with Shark too.
  20. davell
    Isn't Delmon hurt right now? Thought I read he may not be ready for the start of the season, but couldn't find it when I ran a search.
  21. davell
    Well, I obviously don't see makeup as an either/or thing, but if you've got two guys rated closely, it can certainly help to be the determining factor.
  22. davell
    That's entirely possible. It's part of why I'm just kind of whining rather than being really pissed off. It's just kind of odd to me since Upton seems like much more a "Theo type of player" than Bourn. My guess is the difference in makeup possibly? Bourn is widely viewed as a plus makeup type, while Upton is iffy.
  23. davell
    It's at least possible they saw enough of Upton in Tampa to where they preferred Bourn or other options to him.
  24. davell
    Yeah, I think it's possible they did tank a season. But again, who was out there to really get that made sense(other than Darvish and Cespedes, who they made plays for). The high pick may very well land them a guy that slots into the top or middle of the rotation very soon and its evidently a very strong IFA class, so that should have a nice payoff as well. Either way, it wasn't likely we'd have made the playoffs in 2012 and the tanking could help lead to getting a Price or Felix and/or a Stanton or Upton by next year at this time. I'm just excited it appears the vision is coming in a year earlier than I was thinking it would.
  25. davell
    By the way, one GIANT mistake I've made was misreading the market. I thought prices would go up and for the most part, they haven't.
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