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  1. KingCubsFan
    I cut off the majority of your post, but I think you equate payroll too much with success. As someone who has followed the Cubs, you should know that the previous regime's strategy of allocating most of the dollars to expensive major league talent while spending little on the farm system is not really a recipe for success. But that has been argued ad nauseum on this board, and probably isn't worth rehashing. I still find it hard to blame Ricketts for a lot of what went wrong with the stadium deal. Some of the things, particularly Illinois's financial situation and attitudes towards public funding of private stadiums, were completely out of his control. The fact that it took so long to get approval of a deal he is completely funding himself only further illustrates some of the idiocy he's had to deal with. Wrigley's situation is completely unique to all other stadiums. Since he's taken over the team, he's hired one of the most highly-regarded general managers in the game, made a commitment to improving player facilities that lagged behind every other major league team and opened up the purse strings for amateur talent. These are the type of things intelligent Cubs fans were yearning for years before he took over.
  2. KingCubsFan
    I think Grover's rationale is that when he told the pizza place the name of the hotel and room number (presumably a suite), the pizza place knew it was for one of the Bulls.
  3. KingCubsFan
    I don't get why the Cubs would be the front-runners for Price and not even in the top 5 for Stanton. If Stanton is available, there's no way Epstein doesn't stay involved in those discussions until the very end. Especially given the Marlins' track record in trading away their stars.
  4. KingCubsFan
    Right but the hope is that at least 2 of Soler, Almora and Baez will be those position players we wouldn't be able to get via FA. If we trade them for Price, we make it even harder to have a strong offensive core. I could go either way...Price would obviously be the best pitcher we've had in Chicago since Prior and makes our staff dominant. a top 5 Baez (as hard as it is to imagine with his performance so far), a newly top 50 Vogelbach (who the Rays have plenty of room for), and one of our many middle infield prospects.. ? It's almost impossible for a future DH like Vogelbach to ever be a top 50 prospect.
  5. KingCubsFan
    He's got an absurdly high BABIP and had a pretty high one last year, too. Also, hasn't drawn a walk yet this year (probably just a SSS oddity, given his history). Either way, Soto didn't need that much luck to look good and still didn't end up being a solid starter for 5 years. Just saying it's a bit early to say that. Not too worried about the walks. His pitches per plate appearance are similar to DeJesus and, like you said, his history shows he'll take a few. Catchers are obviously one of the hardest positions to predict, but between his second half last year and the start to this year, I'm encouraged.
  6. KingCubsFan
    On the plus side, I've liked what I've seen out of Wellington Castillo so far. The nuances of catching still need some work, but overall I think he's a solid starter for the next 5 or so years. The Cubs need more of those.
  7. KingCubsFan
    That is just as absurd a statement as the vehement anti-jumbotron crowd. It ads nothing. It's nice to see expanded stats and replays. I never really got why people are so aggresively against it.
  8. KingCubsFan
    Hence "If he doesn't start improving..."
  9. KingCubsFan
    If he doesn't start improving, I think Theo trades him this season while he's still a highly-ranked prospect.
  10. KingCubsFan
    I'm not trying to be a smartass, but are you surprised by this? I had much better luck last year. I was selling mine at face value almost every game up until about July. This year has been really bad so far.
  11. KingCubsFan
    He's not exactly setting the world on fire either. He has 1 BB and 1 XBH so far.
  12. KingCubsFan
    First Lynch, now Neal. Somebody needs to make sure Vanderdoes doesn't get a girl pregnant.
  13. KingCubsFan
    His velocity has been disappointing (88-90), but I'll blame that on the cold weather.
  14. KingCubsFan
    Torn ACL. Done for the season. And next season if he's on the Rose rehab program.
  15. KingCubsFan
    Interested to see how Scott will do. If he can get the K's up, he's a legitimate prospect.
  16. KingCubsFan
    Yeah, it's setting up for Fujikawa in the 8th and no backup plan if Marmol implodes.
  17. KingCubsFan
    From that chat:
  18. KingCubsFan
    Keith Law will rank him ahead of Baez due to the hitch in Baez's swing.
  19. KingCubsFan
    Agree, and I have no idea what happened after that Michigan State game. Are we certain Zeller is leaving for the draft? He's going to have to be able to shoot the ball better from mid range to make any impact in the NBA as he's going to be soft around the rim in that league. I think he has to. His stock is just going to continue to drop the more he stays in college. The only prospects that benefit from staying are ones who are great athletes but raw. Zeller's flaws won't really get better by staying.
  20. KingCubsFan
    Starlin's contract is looking better and better.
  21. KingCubsFan
    2007. Pittsburgh has been throwing money at prospects for much longer than that. They just suck at it. No they haven't. They used to take guys like Bryan Bullington over BJ Upton for signability reasons. The new front office has spent big on guys like Alvarez, Taillon, etc.
  22. KingCubsFan
    It certainly hurts smart small-market teams like the Rays and Pirates more than anyone else (including smart big market teams). But if you were never willing to use the draft and international free agency to your advantage beforehand, then I agree the CBA doesn't hurt any market size specifically.
  23. KingCubsFan
    That's quite a bit for a guy like Roach. Congrats to him.
  24. KingCubsFan
    Even as a prospect, a lot of publications doubted his ability to hit inside pitches, IIRC. Although the collision didn't help things, I think his failure was mainly due to a flaw in his skillset.
  25. KingCubsFan
    Cabrera continues to disappoint me. I keep hoping that flash in 2012 at AAA was real. Aren't they going to try and make him a starter again? Makes sense he's going back to AAA then. That's my thinking. After a rough go early on, they're likely scrapping the idea of him in the big league pen and going to get him stretched out as a starter in minor league camp ASAP. McNutt and Watkins are probably being sent so they can rack enough as much PT as possible. It was always planned that he would begin the year as a starter. I think the Cubs hoped he could stay in big league camp a little bit longer and make the decision to send him to AAA a bit tougher.
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