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  1. Sammy Sofa
    Sullivan and Carmichael got 0 votes of confidence by reporters in their respective cities. We better not freaking botch this hire with Sullivan. Clements hasn't exactly gotten any glowing reviews from reporters, either. I couldn't really care less about that. No kidding; I haven't heard a favorable report press-wise about Clements, while I've heard multiple local journalists bemoan the firing of Lovie.
  2. Sammy Sofa
    Man, this would be a huge letdown with all of the quality names out there.
  3. Sammy Sofa
    Of course nobody wants them to overpsend when they don't have to; why would the Cubs simply pay whatever Boras wants if there are no other serious bidders? I'm talking about these deals as if those are what it takes to get him signed with other teams competing. If nobody else will come near those deals, then of course the Cubs shouldn't spend that. That's just common sense and should be assumed.
  4. Sammy Sofa
    Then lets become the Dodgers! You say this like that kind of spending power isn't desirable.
  5. Sammy Sofa
    The numbers you're quoting ($12 million per/$15 million per 4/5 years) are hardly unreasonable, so I'm not quite sure why you're talking about like this is some kind of shell game where the Cubs have to play poor and can't swing a deal like that. If Boras wants more than that, of course, walk away, but deals in that range? Why let the Mariners walk away with him? If the Ricketts say they can afford him, great.
  6. Sammy Sofa
    On something with a better value, Bourn even in this era is not likely to be worth a 4/5 yr 60+ mil deal, IMO. If he gets around 4 yrs at 10 mil per, I could see that working out for both parties but not at 15 mil per. I'd rather see that cash used long-term to lock up Rizzo, Samardzija, and/or Garza than possibly overspend on Bourn. I'd rather have Morgan at 1/4 than Bourn at 4/15, even before factoring the draft pick. Bourn isn't likely to be worth $12 million or $15 million a year for only 4-5 years? Based on what? Are we really just going to act like guys who are largely valued for their speed just fall off of a cliff after they turn 30? Fangraphs has him being worth just about $19 million a year in 2010 and 2011, $29 million last year and $22 million in 2009. We're pretty damn far from a Soriano-type situation where you have the Cubs shelling out seemingly based on a single season for a seriously flawed player.
  7. Sammy Sofa
    For what?
  8. Sammy Sofa
    Strike that "barely;" he didn't touch on ANY of them.
  9. Sammy Sofa
    Cutler has obvious flaws, but Boomer was mostly just meatballin' and barely touched on any of them. The main thing he was trying to get across was "HUR DUR, CUTLER IS NOT LEADER."
  10. Sammy Sofa
    "Like soap and water?" Jesus Christ, these concussions are out of hand.
  11. Sammy Sofa
    Yeah, that made my day.
  12. Sammy Sofa
    As posted on this very page: Nobody is saying anything like "oh, he made Tebow good;" he managed to work with a dramatic (and most would argue largely detrimental) change to the offense. It shows that he's adaptable. Adaptable to a totally different style of offense that the Bears will never play. So what? In three season he had to work with three wildly different QB's (one of which was a former Bear and one you really, really, really hope that the Bears' current QB can be anything like given his ability) and managed to succeed.
  13. Sammy Sofa
    As posted on this very page: Nobody is saying anything like "oh, he made Tebow good;" he managed to work with a dramatic (and most would argue largely detrimental) change to the offense. It shows that he's adaptable.
  14. Sammy Sofa
    "Haters?" Is Backtobanks cloning himself?
  15. Sammy Sofa
    Yeah, that's he had so much success with such varied QB's is really impressive. He's definitely my #1.
  16. Sammy Sofa
    But I'm a 25-year-old powerlifter.
  17. Sammy Sofa
    Though the initial point is redundant to begin with since the Marlins are unlikely to even want Shark in the first place.
  18. Sammy Sofa
    We don't really have a prospect comparable to Maybin. Baez is close, but I think Maybin was a consensus top 10 prospect at the time he was traded. We certainly don't have a pitching prospect close to Andrew Miller. I would hate to give up Rizzo, but there's really no reason why anyone should be hesitant to give up any and all prospects for Stanton. That's essentially my thinking; the argument that Shark and Rizzo in the same deal is too much makes much more sense as opposed to arguing that any prospect pushes the deal over the line (which I don't think anyone was actually doing).
  19. Sammy Sofa
    We can stop with the stupidity of calling Stanton Pujols. It's hyperbole; calm down, spaz. Hyperbole can't be stupid? Spaz. Sweet, I broke gooney.
  20. Sammy Sofa
    You're going to be choking on so many waffles next season.
  21. Sammy Sofa
    We can stop with the stupidity of calling Stanton Pujols. It's hyperbole; calm down, spaz.
  22. Sammy Sofa
    Well, you shouldn't. Prospects have a wide range of value and the guys listed on this are pretty valuable. Two quality major leaguers plus two quality prospects is a very steep price to pay. Well, yeah, and the return is pretty damn valuable. And while I like Rizzo and Shark a lot, they've both managed close to one successful season each in their ideal roles. I'm not saying that this is the ideal package I'd want the Cubs to give up, but I don't think it's all that far off from being fair/what it takes.
  23. Sammy Sofa
    Which ones? There's no way trading Rizzo, Baez, Vizcaino and Samardzija for one player makes sense. Agreed. Not trying to sabotage the thread, but if we're going to trade the farm, wouldn't it make a bit more sense to trade for David Price (assuming Tampa makes him available after this season)? I think I'd rather have arguably the best pitcher in the game than Stanton. I'd be wary of trading the farm for an arm but I agree with Tim that the specific proposal he mentioned was outlandish. Why? I know Stanton has injury concerns and I don't follow the farm all that closely, but is Baez really that close to being a lock to succeeding? I tend to shrug off nearly any prospect in a trade for an established player, plus Vizcaino is coming back from surgery and if he does make there's a good chance it's in the bullpen as opposed to being a starter.
  24. Sammy Sofa
    Which ones? There's no way trading Rizzo, Baez, Vizcaino and Samardzija for one player makes sense. It sure as [expletive] does if you think you've got a Baby Pujols or Baby Cabrera on your hands. Half of the guys you listed are just prospects.
  25. Sammy Sofa
    Which ones?
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