Sammy Sofa
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Well, then that's just indicative of a larger problem. It's very realistic this guy isn't worth that at all, but that's unfortunately the kind of spending we're seeing on these types of signings now, and, for better or for worse, the Cubs have to come prepared to spend big if they want them. -
Aside from the fact that he's an IFA, how is he the type of player they're supposed to be focused on? Guys like Puig, Cespedes, Darvish, and Ryu had a great deal of success in their respective leagues before coming over here, and there was a decent amount of doubt about even them. Gonzalez hasn't pitched in a long time so maybe his stuff has improved, but he couldn't strike people out in Cuba 2 years ago and the reports about his stuff aren't overwhelming in the least. Again, I'm just going by the FO's reported interest. I don't know [expletive] about his guy and honestly could not give less of a [expletive] about knowing anything about him. If the FO thinks he's worth spending on, then they should get him.
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People weren't that big on Puig, too, but the FO sure was, and hey, that seems to be working out OK so far. And the scuttlebutt is, yet again, our FO is VERY interested in this player. I'm more than willing to defer to them.
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I'm calling a continuation of an 11-game winning streak.
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The Dodgers will have given Kershaw an extension by then. They've got Greinke and Ryu as their 2 and 3. If they give Gonzalez over 10 mill a year, you c as n pencil him in. They'll still have Beckett and Billingsley for another year and expect Zack Lee to compete for their last spot as well. If they give a guy 60 mill that doesn't become more than a mid rotation type, it doesn't help them all that much and gives us a better shot at signing one of the other guys. We're not playing on the same field(or planet possibly) when it comes to the Dodgers financially. Better to vet them out of the way, in my opinion, and it gives us a much better shot at the others. Who may be better anyway. We can compete financially with anyone else, given the current landscape. Nobody has any real idea what they can or can't spend, so just assuming/hoping they'll spend themselves out of contention sooner rather than later isn't a sound plan. It ranks up there with people expecting a sudden flood of homegrown talent and the FA market lining up with when the Cubs are "ready to compete again;" you can't just keep talking yourself out of making necessary moves to ideally improve this team. This is exactly the type of player they were supposedly going to focus on to help jump-start this mess and they've already missed out on several key chances.
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Given how his wordy screen name is so similar to other similarly wordy screen names for other similarly crazy posters, this particular crazy theory isn't too surprising.
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Yeah, the whole "let the other teams spend themselves out of competition for later signings"-plan has worked fantastically well so far.
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6/30 Cubs (EJAX) @ Mariners (Bondy) - 310, CSN
Sammy Sofa replied to Tracer Bullet's topic in Fred Hornkohl Game Thread Forum
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And for about a month he had a brutal sub-.600 OPS. Soriano is what he is and everyone knows it at this point. He's a streaky player and nobody is going to be fooled into overpaying for him if they want him. well, if he goes on a monster streak and ends up with an OPS similar to what he had last year (low 800s) before the trade deadline, he'd probably add to his value. but nobody is going to look and see a corner outfielder sub-700 ops and get excited about a hot week. Sure, but it's highly unlikely he does that. Honestly, I'd very supervised if he's moved. Man, I just turned on the game and I could not love these throwback uniforms more. I'd love for them to use a variation of them going forward.
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And for about a month he had a brutal sub-.600 OPS. Soriano is what he is and everyone knows it at this point. He's a streaky player and nobody is going to be fooled into overpaying for him if they want him.
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Alfonso Soriano: master of men and destiny. It was almost as if the bunt offended him.
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You would have been making up interviews with crippled kids outside of the ballpark in no time.
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ONLY SOME TEAM.
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The team has been garbage for two decades and collapsed in pathetic fashion the last two seasons. If they actually do anything this year you'll see people come out, and then next year look better, too. The Cubs had tons of seasons where nobody was showing up because the team had been dog [expletive] for a long time.
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I will kill someone, anyone, if it means this [expletive] [expletive] Bud Light couch commercial stops airing.
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what's so bad about this? samardzija isn't really good enough/young enough to say that you absolutely don't trade him. you listen to offers, and if they start throwing around names like bradley and skaggs then maybe there's something to work on. His age is relative given how different his pitching career has been to this point; there's less wear and tear. And he's looking to be good enough that, yes, unless they're going to give away the farm you're not going to trade him. It's a bad article for bringing him up in the first place because it's simply not realistic that he would be traded.
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I would pay good money to slap you silly.
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Muahahahahahaah! Never in doubt indeed, JD. All of the non-believers can go to the pit of fire.
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Meat.
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What is possibly "unreal" about any of this?
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NO WORRIES. This ends here.
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Psh, no need to worry; Gregg has this locked down.
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No, that involves being dropped on one's head. Repeatedly.
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lolwhut again.
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lolwhut
