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  1. davell
    I've read he may get 180 mill. Forget him.
  2. davell
    I'd stick to competing next year personally. My goals for this season have become extending Garza, watch for more of the same out of Shark, sell as high as possible on Soto and Dempster, hope LaHair can be better than the worst defensive LFer in history, hope Rizzo and Brett can become solid starters, and find a few bullpen arms that have staying power. If these things happen, we'll make some major moves heading into next year. Oh, I'd love to see Stewart lock down 3B for the next couple of seasons too.
  3. davell
    LaHair should be 4-4 tonight.
  4. davell
    Is it though? We lost Omiyale and didn't sign a swing type.
  5. davell
    He was drafted late, maybe 18th round or so. We gave him a tad more than 500k to sign. Pretty sure he was a multi sport guy, who everyone was shocked we would throw money at. He's a SS by nature, came up at 2B because we had Hak -July Lee at SS. He had no pop whatsoever, but was good defensively and put up a nice OBP with some speed as a lefty top of the order type. Last year started showing more gap power and it's translating so far this year too. Great makeup guy too.
  6. davell
    I will say this: If he won't come off of 5 mill, he's not worth the shuffling we'd have to do to fit him in our budget. Healthy or not.
  7. davell
    Obviously, it could be lip service, but it really seems like Tice is committed to Webb. I don't care either way as long as whoever is the best option plays.
  8. davell
    I disagree, to an extent. It's his last year under contract. I think the Bears, rightly or wrongly, are enamored with Webb and his potential upside. I think the Bears have time invested in Webb at this point. Yeah, I can see Williams beat him out, but my honest guess is the Bears WANT Webb to be their LT. My thinking is they look at moving Williams as a necessity, to give the OT position some depth. OG already has some.
  9. davell
    I'm more worried about Hamels being from California, I guess than you are. I don't think having Kershaw is going to hurt the Dodgers chances personally.
  10. davell
    Law of averages says Dempster has to have a bad game at some point soon, right? I know he's a very solid SP, but he's not THIS good. Maybe Beltran being out helps out though.
  11. davell
    Wow, that's some insight. Well, read the couple of posts above mine, asking whether or not he's going to get a chance to start or not. Not sure how else I could follow that up, other than saying it's up to him and he'll be given a chance. If you prefer, I could say Webb sucks and Williams should automatically get the job, because we don't know that he sucks. Sorry, if that was the response you were looking for.
  12. davell
    With the Dodgers going to be involved and wanting to make their "splash", I bet we're talking 7/161 or something like that. With multiple teams bidding, it could even drive the damn years up to 8. I like him a lot, I guess we've cleared all the payroll we need to to, to make some moves like this too, so if he's who we want, go get him. I'm tired of bitching about the whole "too much money" crap. All FA are going to be paid too much, it's why they elected to be FA. But, I think our entire interest in him is resting on how well Shark does the rest of this season. If he is what he's been, a top 3 of those guys would obviously be pretty damn good.
  13. davell
    Watkins with his 3rd homer, lake with his 6th walk in 7 games. These are both excellent developments obviously.
  14. davell
    If he moves to OT, then his play (and Webb's) will dictate who starts. He does need to earn it. I wouldn't dare say he's done enough to just come out and say the job is his to lose. He needs to play his way in. If he does, my guess is he'll start, if not, Webb will. It's what we've got to work with, it's not ideal on any level, but I'm going to trust Tice, one of the best O Line coaches around, to make the right call. After the first few weeks of last year, once they moved Jay around some, Webb wasn't even a real issue until Cutler went down and we had no one capable of getting rid of the ball quick or having the ability to evade pass rush whatsoever. I think we only allowed 23 sacks through Jay's 10 games, that's not bad at all, and with the WR's we've acquired, Jay is going to feel even more comfortable getting rid of the ball quick. While the line will NOT be a strength, I actually believe them when they say it won't be a problem either. If it is, we can address it in the 1st next year.
  15. davell
    While I agree with a lot of what TT said, I'm not so sure I agree with the notion if he's healthy, there's not a large difference between him and everyone else. Certainly, there's a developmental curve he's yet to go through, but it's definitely possible he IS a Strasburg type when he's 21. There's definitely not anyone else in this class that you can say that about currently. With the caveat that Strasburg himself wasn't a Strasburgian talent coming out of HS himself. So, I guess the million dollar question is if he IS sitting there at 6, what does he need to do between now and June 4th, to get you guys to take him? Clean meds enough? Hitting 97-98?
  16. davell
    I think our rotation next year is Garza/Shark/Maholm/Wood and a TOR guy added thru FA or trade.
  17. davell
    If I remember correctly, his only potential plus pitch was his curve. I don't think he even tops out at 90. He was a senior sign by us, and only got a 40,000 bonus. Meaning we probably overdrafted him to spend a little more elsewhere. Very polished, but definitely a finesse guy. I think everyone thought he'd move very quickly, but would stall out in AAA. Maybe his control is good enough to get him a job in a pen at this point though.
  18. davell
    Is he too big of a risk for us? If he makes it to us, I will have reservations about why he's there to begin with. On the other hand, even if he has to have TJS, it only sets him back a year and we'd still have 3 other early picks to see some dividends out of. I go back and forth on everything with this draft, but I think I'd take the risk here, no matter who else is on the board for us. Even if it meant waiting out a worst case scenario. I think the eventual payoff is just too big in his case.
  19. davell
    They very well might now. A team forfeits their 1st now, they lose a huge chunk of their draft allotment. They can't make it up by going above slot elsewhere. Yes, it's obviously still going to happen, but it's most likely only going to happen for the younger, bigtime FA. And with the escalating prices of FA, I find it hard to believe all teams won't look at the draft differently than before.
  20. davell
    If we miss Deng for the first half, Rose for the first 2/3 of the season and are without Korver, Brewer, and Watson, I certainly think the Lottery is a possibility. Granted, the timetables are obviously a guess on how long those guys will be out.
  21. davell
    No. It's very, very doubtful anyone does. The only question is whether he'll head to Iowa or try to catch on elsewhere. But he'd forfeit his major league deal to do it.
  22. davell
    Pinetarpress is a Royals centric website, for what it's worth(not much). Nut if this guy talks to as many scouts as he says, I'd hope the Royals are the one team he actually has a good read on
  23. davell
    I'm actually basing that off of the guy who writes for Pinetarpress, that posts on PSD and has credibility. Not their main insider, but a guy they all listen to. He says KC just doesn't like Appel.
  24. davell
    As far as Rusin goes, I just said someone will take him, if we don't protect him. With Russell and Beliveau, I kind of doubt he's got a future with us. I like Watkins though. Solid plate discipline, lefty bat, can play multiple positions and appears to added a bit of pop. Granted, this just described a better prospect with a lot more pop, in Flaherty, who we let go. I think Watkins' defensive ability and speed keeps him here though.
  25. davell
    I've read a couple of people that have mentioned them being extremely high on Correa and Almora. But yeah, they would be the team most likely to take him, if he doesn't go first.
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