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  1. Sammy Sofa
    Why do you keep talking about 8-10 years like that's a thing he was actually going to get? Boras/Fielder intentionally set the bar that high because they know whatever they end up signing will be less (or maybe 8 years at the most).
  2. Sammy Sofa
    My only concern is that he'll continue to get worse, to the point where teams won't even want to waste a guaranteed roster spot on him. If you can trade him now with a few million in salary relief for the next three years, I say do it. I highly doubt his value is going to rise much. But if your only upside to trading now is a few million bucks, then it makes more sense to keep him since he could have a good year, making it possible to unload even more money, if needed, or possibly get a prospect. As a big market team with room in the payroll you can afford to gamble a few million dollars on the chance you'll get more in the future. Yeah, no kidding. His value is pretty much rock bottom right now, so the Cubs would probably save, what, $5-6 million from the rest of his contract if they're just looking to unload him? I know that's not nothing, but come on; if they're still scraping for (relative) dollars then it's just ridiculous.
  3. Sammy Sofa
    Is whether it's inexplicable or just bad really worth arguing about or busting out the expletives? And if you think it's bad shouldn't you care somewhat if it were Theo's idea? All I'm saying is that he went from basically having one strike in my book to having none. Theo is awesome. It's not just a good or bad situation; he's overpaid with that deal on any team, but given that it's the Red Sox and given what he had done in the prior two years (and really his whole career besides 2007 and 2008) I understand why they went all out. Yes, I recognize that his skillset makes it a longshot for him to have monster years until the end of the deal, but I also recognize what went down leading up to it and that it was the Red Sox making the deal, hence why I never thought of it as a mark against or warning sign with Theo. I don't think anyone here with a functioning brain cell is already writing off Crawford, and nobody is immune to signing a player who inexplicably has a horrendous year like that.
  4. Sammy Sofa
    Nope. I think he's overpaid, but, like I said, I really don't care if Theo dove into that one guns blazing. The Red Sox don't live in the same awful, awful world that the Cubs are apparently mired in.
  5. Sammy Sofa
    Yeah, saying I don't think it was inexplicable means I thought it was a good deal. Way to davearm the [expletive] out of that one, David.
  6. Sammy Sofa
    The deal was hardly "inexplicable," so I really don't give a [expletive] if it was Theo's idea or not.
  7. Sammy Sofa
    I still don't understand why people talk like they "need" to address what to do with Soriano ASAP. It's nigh impossible to trade him, so what's the rush? He's not keeping them from signing someone else or trading for someone else. Just kick him to the curb when you need the room.
  8. Sammy Sofa
    Now if we could only just get most people to acknowledge how likely it truly is that Prince is likely to "suck" at some point in the contract, we might be able to come to a consensus on how dumb offering 8 years would be. I think most people are aware of that, they're just willing to assume that risk to get the production he'd provide in the first 4-5 years of the contract. I think they're unfortunately forgetting how bad Soriano is right now in a similar situation. Because it's not a similar situation.
  9. Sammy Sofa
    He rebooted.
  10. Sammy Sofa
    Does not compute, eh, dave?
  11. Sammy Sofa
    Willfully fielding a team that's a stretch to crack 75 wins is effectively tanking the season. I'm still optimistic we're going to see some big, smart moves that allay such fears.
  12. Sammy Sofa
    Yes, he has. There's a reason that's the quoted "demand;" it's the ridiculous high-end expectation that nobody will actually give. Boras knows he was never going to get that; he throws that out there to make something like 8/160 seem more "reasonable."
  13. Sammy Sofa
    For devil's advocate's sake, Garza's value might not get any higher than right now, especially given the fact that he just came off his best year. But I generally agree with the point you're making. I'm not opposed to moving Garza whenever the right deal is there. That said, I'm also pretty confident that last year wasn't a fluke and that he'll still be a highly coveted asset come the deadline.
  14. Sammy Sofa
    They can do both. They have very, very few guys that they "need" to trade now before the 2012 to maximize their value; Marshall is pretty much the only one since he's signed for just the one year. Byrd's arguably the other. The rest have enough time that the FO can play the field and construct a competitive team for 2012. If the team falters and it looks to be a better move to trade, hey, great, you've got the trade deadline, or before next season. A fire sale is just an act of desperation that small market teams find themselves having to do when backed into the corner. The Cubs don't have to do that. Yes, if they're being bowled over with great offers, sure, pounce on it...but that's likely not the case. Moving most of these guys is going to take work and time to maximize the return, so the idea of intentionally tanking the season just seems even more ridiculous (trading Marshall and Byrd is not tanking the season).
  15. Sammy Sofa
    Prince getting 10/200 had almost zero chance of happening in the first place.
  16. Sammy Sofa
    :good: Eyes on the prize people. If promoting the long-term dominance we all want means trading guys like Marshall and taking a step back in 2012, so be it. Scraping together 84 wins and hoping it's enough in a weak division is not what Theo and co. were brought here to do. They can and should do both.
  17. Sammy Sofa
    If the needle was in his forehead then we'll all know why this happened.
  18. Sammy Sofa
    Yeah, none of those guys have any value whatsoever.
  19. Sammy Sofa
    The scuttlebutt is that Hendry didn't have the money available to him to land Beltran; he wanted to add him and made an offer, but the Tribune limited the dollars.
  20. Sammy Sofa
    Who wouldn't? I'm just amused by the "THEY NEED TO GO NOW" false urgency from some people. Move them when the deal is there.
  21. Sammy Sofa
    Wait, what? The Cubs weren't typically "taken advantage" of under Hendry; their main problems stemmed from the choices they made when it came to signings and FA.
  22. Sammy Sofa
    Nobody "needs to go" before they can start building for the next good team immediately.
  23. Sammy Sofa
    Still doesn't explain why it's apparently an either/or proposition.
  24. Sammy Sofa
    HE MUST POST.
  25. Sammy Sofa
    Sexy.
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