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  1. KingCubsFan
    Agree. Bosio is becoming our own sliver of Cardinal Magic.
  2. KingCubsFan
    Given that those who were ahead of him this year are either injured, struggling, or graduating to the majors (or likely going to be graduating to the majors), I think you do have to make a legit case for him to be #1. I'm going to pat myself on the back: http://www.northsidebaseball.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=62607&p=3032777&hilit=bryant#p3032777
  3. KingCubsFan
    No, but it is amazingly easy to lose lots of games just by having your worst players be as bad as possible. You can have your better players still play well but those black holes really drag everybody down. As illustrated by every offensive player on our team not named Castro, Rizzo or Valbuena.
  4. KingCubsFan
    If we had anything resembling a competent outfield, I wonder where we'd be. our production at the catcher position has also been league-worst Remember when we randomly cut that remarkably decent-hitting backup catcher at the beginning of spring training? Sometimes it's hard to avoid the suspicion that they are trying to lose. Yes because if there's anything that will determine the outcome of the season, it's the backup catcher.
  5. KingCubsFan
    WSR has made a posting career out of it.
  6. KingCubsFan
    Yeah, who cares if they perform. I've *seen* them. With my *eyes.* BP has become so awful. Maybe so, but they understand scouting slash lines and nothing else is [expletive] stupid. I like to think they learned that after the Brendan Harris debacle.
  7. KingCubsFan
    Norwood has signed.
  8. KingCubsFan
    Cutter usage now up to 19.7% (and slider down to 2.2%).
  9. KingCubsFan
    Can't imagine him being in the organization much longer.
  10. KingCubsFan
    That's been pretty obvious for at least 6 months now, although there's still a chunk of the fanbase in denial. I see what you're saying, but I also can't imagine them going into next year with a $50-60 million dollar payroll, either.
  11. KingCubsFan
    Cease's slot is $269,500. If he's getting a million like everybody seems to think, Stinnett is going to have to take underslot, but probably not by too much. If he takes $1 million, you still have about $200k to play with even after Cease gets $1 million. I don't think Cease signs for less than what Sands got. Even with the injury?
  12. KingCubsFan
    Cease's slot is $269,500. If he's getting a million like everybody seems to think, Stinnett is going to have to take underslot, but probably not by too much. If he takes $1 million, you still have about $200k to play with even after Cease gets $1 million.
  13. KingCubsFan
    A DH prospect with a sub .400 SLG is not necessarily disappointing? That list is depressing. Vogelbach shouldn't be on there, nor should Stinnett. I'd put Tseng and Torres above them for sure.
  14. KingCubsFan
    Me too. I think you can get a guy with Shark's potential AND another piece or 2. I'd rather save the 100Mil, get a couple prospects and then have an assload of money to spend to fill the holes from whatever prospects don't pan out. I'm so disillusioned with pitching prospects that I'd just assume keep him, keep trading and signing for Arrietas/Hammels and use the farm system to build the greatest offensive juggernaut the world has ever seen.
  15. KingCubsFan
    5/90 seems pretty fair for Shark.
  16. KingCubsFan
    Kind of strange that they would listen on offers for Arrieta but not Travis Wood.
  17. KingCubsFan
    Clifton off to a good start. 2IP/4K/0BB. It would be nice if one of millions of pitchers we've drafted the last few years turned out to be really good.
  18. KingCubsFan
    I can't fault the front office for going for a college bat, particularly the one with the most raw power in the draft. Pretty much everything I read about him pre-draft said "great hitter, but defense is questionable." Couple that with the fact that he's got limited upside due to his age and body type, and I can see why he wasn't ranked as highly as others. The draft guys tend to favor high-ceiling, up-the-middle position players and pitchers who throw hard. Schwarber is neither.
  19. KingCubsFan
    What does that have to do with anything. The question wasn't whether they made the right decision. They were in a crappy situation and made the most of it, but that does not make the draft good. As it turns out it probably would have been better to win more games in 2013, oh well. Or lost more games.
  20. KingCubsFan
    Why don't you think they'd target third base? Baez, Bryant, Alcantara (not that he'd play at 3B, but in the way that if he emerges he could force Baez there)....maybe Villanueva at the fringe of that mix if he figures out how to hit AAA better. I don't really see any of those guys as viable at 3B long-term, except Baez (and the front office seems to prefer him at 2B).
  21. KingCubsFan
    Why don't you think they'd target third base?
  22. KingCubsFan
    Soler is the one guy I felt could significantly change his timetable from those lists. What I put reflects what's happened with him so far, but he could change it in a hurry if he can get back in the lineup and hit like he has in that limited time at AA. I very much doubt we see Hendricks before September, if at all. The return on Hammel and if Shark gets traded will probably determine which of those two it is. Plus he doesn't have the same service time considerations as the others.
  23. KingCubsFan
    I'm guessing they target Sandoval, Headley, Rasmus and Cabrera
  24. KingCubsFan
    I'm no scout, but I saw him at a Kane County game last year and he has absolutely no secondary pitches. He basically throws 80% 2-seamers at 87-89.
  25. KingCubsFan
    I'm pretty sure that's Schwarber's actual nickname.
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