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  1. Andy
    And Edwin Jackson..Can't wait until they dump both those losers..Why the [expletive] don't they just play Valbuena at 2B and Olt at 3B? Either let Olt play or just send him down..Barney is such a [expletive] block. i hate darwin barney much much more than i hate jackson (which is not really at all - not to say that he doesn't need to do better). oh, and mike olt might even be a worse option than barney, which i can't believe i'm saying. I hate watching Barney, but I can't [expletive] stand Jackson. We can easily win a game when Barney sucks - it's much harder to do it when Jackson does. I'm sure a big part of it is annoyance that he's the only big contract we've handed out in years.
  2. Andy
    I will accept that adjective when we're winning playoff series on the backs of such players as opposed to moving from super-duper shitty to just shitty with them
  3. Andy
    Yeah, if Alcantara can come up after the deadline and establish himself at 2B/CF, then it would help out for next year a lot. The key is adding a FA outfielder. Get a solid guy, even for the short term like Cruz or Markakis, and the Cubs have very few black holes in the lineup for the near future. Start the year with: 2B- Alcantara 3B- Valbuena 1B- Rizzo SS- Castro RF- Cruz/Markakis LF- Lake CF- Sweeney/Ruggiano C- Castillo By June, you could have: CF- Alcantara 2B- Valbuena 1B- Rizzo LF- Bryant RF- Markakis/Cruz SS- Castro 3B- Baez (still think he ends up at 3B rather than 2B) C- Castillo The latter is a lineup you don't dread anyone coming up, except when they are in a cold streak which Castro, Alcantara, Baez, and Castillo have all been prone to. What to do with Lake? Does some GM overvalue him? Could he bring back a nice package due to his contract controllability? The short answers to these questions are 'hopefully nothing important', 'no way in hell', and 'absolutely no way in hell'.
  4. Andy
    except there's a very good chance that taking $100M now is max value There's also a very good chance that either Kaplans number is [expletive] fed to him by the cubs or samardzija wants to get the [expletive] out of here Kapman has no pipeline to the Cubs anymore. When Hendry was here he spoonfed Kapper stories that were just trial balloons. Jed and Theo don't play media favorites and there aren't the leaks(cough) we had before. He just makes up stories to have something to talk about on the radio. EJax makes $13M and Shark can see he's better than him. But he'll also be 30 next year and to commit $16-18M for a number of years, before you see what Baez, Bryant etc.. do up here is silly. Trade him now for a great package and we can move on. I'm not saying Shark is the person to do this with, but at some point Theo and Jed are going to have to try to compete without having actually done it. You can play this "can't sign X without seeing what Y and Z do up here" game forever otherwise.
  5. Andy
    Holy [expletive] was that great.
  6. Andy
    If you are, you're not alone.
  7. Andy
    This one caught my attention
  8. Andy
    Given the position we're in and the control left on Shark, I'd rather keep him and hope he becomes more amenable to an extension than drop my expectations. I wouldn't settle for a "good enough" trade for him. Me too. IMB mentioned how the Royals were raked over the coals for how much they gave up. If we can't get a team to give up more than most pundits assume he's worth, I'd just as soon keep Samardzija.
  9. Andy
    I wouldn't count Bonifacio or Ruggiano to be contributors next season. Bonifacio is a prime trade candidate and Ruggiano is his year's Schierholtz. Bonifacio might be out until close to if not past the all-star break, so if he was a trade candidate he probably won't be now.
  10. Andy
    It's increasingly obvious that the Cubs Way pamphlets do not at any point mention calling for a pop up.
  11. Andy
    whatever that K rate is exactly, I love it. Shade over 20 percent. One less K and it would be exactly 20
  12. Andy
    I just can't stand him. He's awful. He's been awful from the minute he showed up.
  13. Andy
    Len and JD don't know. Speculating Rondon may be 'tender' and Renteria is giving him a couple of days. Ramirez is at least as good anyway, so it works for me.
  14. Andy
    No Rondon tonight?
  15. Andy
    We had a good couple of months last year, Pedro. It's over.
  16. Andy
    I can't believe Tony Gwynn Jr. is hitting leadoff in an MLB game.
  17. Andy
    Petition to immediately replace both current road unis with this one.
  18. Andy
    That does not sound at all easy.
  19. Andy
    In that case he should be a shoe-in as an AS reserve, no? Rizzo and Samardzija (and perhaps Hammel too) are already after ASG spots. I'd be surprised if there's room for Valbuena.
  20. Andy
    Val(muy)buena
  21. Andy
    Does he still have an NTC? I thought we gave him one in the original 5Y/10M deal Hendry gave him, but that would have expired by now, no?
  22. Andy
    Not that it matters much (and not that we developed him much), but Rizzo could be counted in 2012.
  23. Andy
    Military appreciation day in Pittsburgh. I can't [expletive] stand the camo. Putting aside any issues of offensiveness/jingoism/etc, it looks terrible. You're offended by camo? Personally, I don't care, but some (Uni Watch's Paul Lukas) don't like decking people out in camo for any occasion remotely related to the military.
  24. Andy
    Military appreciation day in Pittsburgh. I can't [expletive] stand the camo. Putting aside any issues of offensiveness/jingoism/etc, it looks terrible.
  25. Andy
    LOL what the [expletive] Marte
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