Sammy Sofa
-
Posts
98,222 -
Joined
-
Last visited
-
Days Won
208
Content Type
Profiles
Joomla Posts 1
Chicago Cubs Videos
Chicago Cubs Free Agent & Trade Rumors, Notes, & Tidbits
2026 Chicago Cubs Top Prospects Ranking
News
2023 Chicago Cubs Draft Picks
Guides & Resources
2024 Chicago Cubs Draft Picks
The Chicago Cubs Players Project
2025 Chicago Cubs Draft Pick Tracker
2026 Chicago Cubs Draft Tracker: Picks & Bonuses
Blogs
Events
Forums
Store
Gallery
Everything posted by Sammy Sofa
-
Excellent breakdown. It's definitely a positive that our FO was in the group that saw something valuable in this guy and were willing, to a point, to offer something close to what was needed to sign him when so many other teams weren't. It's worrisome, however, that they were yet again unable or unwilling to seal the deal. -
Out of random and meaningless curiosity: is there anyone that prefers ending up with Soler as opposed to, say, Cespedes on his A's deal and Puig for something like 6 years/$50 million and no Soler?
-
I've never tried to say he had the same level of interest as Soler and Cespedes. That's certainly one way of putting it. Another would be is that these kind of IFA signings was exactly the kind of thing the FO themselves emphasized as being critical to improving the Cubs in both the short and long term. Another would be to yet again point out that this was a player the FO was very interested in and was apparently willing to spend a lot of years and money on (along the lines of what the Dodgers ultimately signed him for) and yet he ended up with another team. No, it's not some screw up, but it's definitely a very noticeable failure in that this is exactly the kind of signing they were adamant about wanting and needing and they didn't get him.
-
Again, it was mostly analysts/reporters/bloggers/message boards/etc. that were laughing at them. When actually look IN "the industry" you had other teams very interested and willing to spend a lot of money, including the Cubs. Who gives a [expletive] if the people on the outside were laughing? They were laughing because they were out of the loop and wrong.
-
2013-14 International Free Agency Thread
Sammy Sofa replied to CaliforniaRaisin's topic in Cubs Minor League Talk
http://cdn.videogum.com/files/2011/02/cape_fear.jpg -
Well, I didn't expect anyone to actually break it down by specific seasonal records. And like I said, the Cubs had a less terrible run over the timeframe. Hardly anything to lord over another fanbase when the scattered bright spots have been surrounded by dreck.
-
That seems pretty flimsy. The Brewers has a great regular season and were two victories away from the WS. To act like the Cubs had a way better year because they were one win away instead is really splitting hairs.
-
Because the Bulls are dead by the time the first round starts? That's been repeatedly demonstrated to be a load of crap; the only player that arguably has injuries due to overuse by the time the playoffs rolled around was Hinrich, and he's been a breaking down mess for years now.
-
Wait, how are they "terrible at managing players with injuries?" Because they didn't force Deng to get surgery? Because Rose and co. are idiots?
-
What the [expletive]? Only the assholes in the bleachers get those?!?! RRRRRRRRRRRRRAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAGE.
-
Weird because one year they got to the ECF, the next year their superstar tore his acl in the first game and last year we made it to the second round despite injuries to Deng and Hinrich. Not sure where we being tired comes into play. I guess you could make an argument that we could have beaten Miami in the ECF but that's a stretch to say we lost because we were worn out. Or you could say playing so many minutes in a strike shortened season contributed to playoff injuries to Rose and Noah. How could playing too much cause Rose's ACL to tear? It doesn't work that way. And plantar fasciitis is just a thing that you have; you don't get it from playing too much and sitting doesn't make it go away; it's just about whether there is pain or not at a particular moment.
-
Uh, no. How are the Cubs brief flashes of being not terrible better than those teams in that period? I don't know about 30 years, but I can definitely tell you that I would much rather take the Cubs' past 20 over the Pirates' past 20, and if you don't see why then you're crazy. Probably than Milwaukee's too, but not by as much. 03 alone makes it better than both those franchises. Pretending otherwise is foolish. Please show your math. How is the Cubs' 2003 so much crazy better than the Brewers' 2011?
-
I'm not one of those people who takes the disappointment of losing after doing better worse than just doing worse. 2008 was amazing and one of my most enjoyable years as a Cubs fan. 2003 too. I'll take those "disappointments" over crappy years any day. Well, yeah. I've been a fan for nearly 30 years and I'd be very happy if the Cubs didn't win a WS in the next 30 so long as they were regularly competitive. When I hear people talk like they couldn't take it if the Cubs kept losing playoff series or a disappointing year like 2004 it makes no sense to me; years where you actually compete but don't pull it off in the end, even if it's a disastrous finish, is infinitely more satisfying to me than this monstrosity.
-
Uh, no. How are the Cubs brief flashes of being not terrible better than those teams in that period? I don't know about 30 years, but I can definitely tell you that I would much rather take the Cubs' past 20 over the Pirates' past 20, and if you don't see why then you're crazy. Probably than Milwaukee's too, but not by as much. Yeah, but it clearly said 30, not 20. And even if you're narrowing it down to 20 then the answer is pretty much only the Pirates or the Royals as to who has been worse off, soooooo...aim big, I guess? The Cubs are indeed less terrible than other terrible teams.
-
But why are you presented Soler as if he's worse off than Puig when it comes to these types of issues? Both guys have them; it's a largely irrelevant point. And any debate as to which is better is basically redundant with the Cubs; they wanted both and should have/needed to get both. That they wanted all three of Soler, Puig and Cespedes and only came away with one is hugely disappointing.
-
But the Dodgers didn't sign him "out of nowhere;" other teams were interested and were willing to spend big money. The only "out of nowhere" part were people on the outside looking in with relatively minimal information who were just wrong. The teams involved apparently had a much better idea of who he was/is. That is an argument framed around hindsight, though. It worked out, so the Dodgers knew what they were doing, obviously. And the Cubs wanted to offer him up to 6 years/$50 million, so apparently they did to. Every deal is either good or bad in hindsight; the issue with the Cubs so far in the big IFA signings they've managed to grab one. Yeah, you're going to have busts (Concepcion isn't looking too hot), but they need to be getting more of these bigger names.
-
Rangers sign Manny
Sammy Sofa replied to David's topic in MLB Draft, International Signings, Amateur Baseball
GOOD ONE. -
Camp DFA'd
Sammy Sofa replied to BeerHere's topic in MLB Draft, International Signings, Amateur Baseball
http://i.qkme.me/3r18y5.jpg -
Couldn't agree more with this; couple almost all of the biggest teams being disappointments and/or not really having any compelling players/storylines with baseball becoming more of a pitchers' game again and it makes complete sense why interest is waning right now. People complain about the Yankees and Red Sox, but when they're both really good it tends to bring interest in the game up. The Cubs not sucking would be a huge help, too, plus the Dodgers not being a disaster.
-
Uh, no. How are the Cubs brief flashes of being not terrible better than those teams in that period?
-
But the Dodgers didn't sign him "out of nowhere;" other teams were interested and were willing to spend big money. The only "out of nowhere" part were people on the outside looking in with relatively minimal information who were just wrong. The teams involved apparently had a much better idea of who he was/is.
-
I totally get the people who are and have been long term fans of minor league baseball; and this current mess will probably get some new fans really into it, but the amount of people here who are suddenly hanging on every box score/PA/IP like they're trying SO HARD to convince themselves that they like it is pretty amusing.
-
Exactly.
-
You are a very dull human if you think it is fun to watch the process that has been going on here. Holy hell, YES. The Plan, the Process, whatever we want to call it...it's tedious.
-
Puig seemingly wasn't well regarded by analysts and reporters and message board people and anyone else looking in, but there turned out be teams REALLY interested, included ours, so the "outside" opinions about these types of guys might not always be the most informed.
