Sammy Sofa
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Total Hypothetical Here...
Sammy Sofa replied to Tim's topic in MLB Draft, International Signings, Amateur Baseball
But what is this system? A bunch of mediocre ceilings at the top and quantity over quality. I would be more than happy to let them take just about anything they want, and lots of it, then let Theo's boys bring in fresh meat next June. Enough project to be useful everyday starters that I'd be reluctant to just ship nearly everyone off. Those are the type of players that the Cubs do need to be producing instead of having to go out and sign too many of, and emptying out the farm system right now, unappealing as it may be ranked to you, would essentially seeing the Cubs to building their teams for the next several years almost totally via FA. The time just isn't right, unfortunately, since the Cubs aren't producing enough players that make an impact on their own team or can make them major suitors in a deal like this. -
Curse of the Great Bambino to the Curse of the Great Theo
Sammy Sofa replied to rawdog20's topic in Chicago Cubs Talk
OOOOH BABY I LIKE IT RAW -
Total Hypothetical Here...
Sammy Sofa replied to Tim's topic in MLB Draft, International Signings, Amateur Baseball
Yeah, I'd love to have him, but I'd have to imagine it would essentially gut the system. -
LaRussa retires!
Sammy Sofa replied to mul21's topic in MLB Draft, International Signings, Amateur Baseball
He hasn't been with the team in months since his wife has a serious brain tumor(as if there's any other kind). I'd have to say it's a longshot he returns to St. Louis. I thought the talk for a while was that Duncan was only going to keep coaching so long as he was working with TLR. -
Wait, don't the player bonuses eat into that take? There's absolutely no way they have an extra $24 million from the playoffs to throw at Pujols. There's likely less than $10 million that could go towards a signing after the player's pool and other expenses.
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dave, how much money would you guess they have available from the WS win? And please, don't give us some "nobody knows" crap as if that justifies making ridiculous suggestions along the lines of Pujols being more likely to sign the smaller deals reportedly offered by the Cardinals because of a signing bonus based out of WS money. I really want to know what you think they have at their disposal to offer along these lines. Let's use the reported 9 years/$195 million deal. How much would you guess the WS would allow them to add upfront to that deal?
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Great analysis.
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Signing Fielder or Pujols doesn't mean they're hinging their bets on being real contenders again immediately. Passing on both because 2012 is a long shot to be much better than around .500 at best is stupid.
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Pretty much. This is goofy, even for davearm2.
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I did 20 years ago.
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That's all well and good, but it's difficult to operate as if prospects panning out and the right FA being available line up more often than not. Many times you need to take the real opportunity that presents itself lest you be stuck in a "well, I guess Soriano is the best option out there"-type scenario because the team was sitting around hoping another prospect or two pans out. If true impact players are available in a position of need and you have the money it's likely a good idea to take the plunge instead of hinging on the crapshoot of baseball prospects to pan out when the timing is just right for whoever the next big FA is down the line.
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Huh. I had never seen that pic until now. Now I need a bigger version for my desktop. SOMEBODY HELP ME.
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Seems like there's plenty of room to add a video board the same size as the scoreboard, or even larger, immediately to the RF side of the current scoreboard, without obstructing any rooftop views. http://vineline.mlblogs.com/2009/03/24/wrigley-field-at-work/ Works for me. I'd love to see it happen.
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Man, I hate Wrigleyville.
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I said add it to their offer. If that offer was $200 over 9 or whatever, now it's $200 + x. That still seems like it would put them too far apart, at least over a contract the length of what Pujols reportedly wants. I dunno what it'd take for the Cards to get Pujols to re-sign, and neither do you. What we do know is that they have more money in the bank now than if they had missed the playoffs. Using that extra money to boost up their offer sure seems reasonable to me. :shrug: Ergo, winning the WS does change the equation in the Cards' favor. No. Winning the WS does not improve their long-term financial resources to retain Albert Pujols. I seriously doubt you're suggesting they'd offer up some kind of absurdly front-loaded contract, so let's just nip this silly tangent in the bud right now.
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http://static.sportressofblogitude.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/04/farewll-sweet-prince.jpg
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Man, I'm a little bummed I'll likely never see Aramis play for the Cubs again.
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I'd like to see them keep the scoreboard, but also figure out how to install a video board (or boards) without the rooftop vultures keeping it from happening.
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I said add it to their offer. If that offer was $200 over 9 or whatever, now it's $200 + x. That still seems like it would put them too far apart, at least over a contract the length of what Pujols reportedly wants.
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And the money they're making due to this WS translates to them paying his entire new contract....how exactly?
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IMO you're grossly understating the size of MLB's casual fan pool... that group that will tune in if their interest is sparked a bit, but will flip to something else otherwise. Now whether the whole HFA thing provides that spark is certainly debateable, but MLB has a huge "undecided" audience they're trying to capture. And they're not going to capture it with most of the ASG's. It's a fool's errand.
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Mainly b/c ownership may realize what a bad PR move this will be. The WS win only underscores the importance of AP in the line up, team player, community, etc... He's a future HOF'er and the modern day Gehrig. Also, whats the market for him? Looking at the list of top payrolls (ranging approx. from $118M - $200M) - the 2 NY teams, Boston, us, White Sox, Phillies, Tigers, LA Angels - there is either no need for a 1B or the no appetite to increase payroll. The next tier of team payrolls begin at $90M and of those teams - who would increase payroll 28% for a period of 8 years? (assuming he signs in the neighborhood of $25M/year). The bottom line is that there are teams out there that can and will pay either what he wants or at least close to what he wants (last year's top payrolls do not sum up everyone who could pay him if they chose to do so). So far the Cardinals have not demonstrated a willingness or ability to do so. Basically this is all on the Cardinals. Seeing as how much production he's given them for well under market value he's likely going to expect at least 8 years from them, and probably the 10. I can see him technically given them a "discount" (ie-coming down from the $30 million per), but not to the levels that they've been reported as offering. They're going to have to at least match and likely technically exceed Howard and Arod's annual salaries to keep him.
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Gonna be pretty funny when they end up with Jeff Baker + spare part.
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Why do you think the WS makes him more likely to return to the Cardinals? Or make them more likely to pay so much more?
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i'm not sure this is correct. when the cubs were really good (2008), the ASG game thread was 112 pages. that's ridiculous. if it were just an exhibition game, even with a number of cubs playing, the game thread would not have been nearly that long. we cared about it because we (foolishly) thought it could matter to the cubs. now i still think it's a dumbass way to decide HFA, but i'd argue that it definitely builds interest among fans of the handful of teams that are serious world series contenders. It's true that they often (but not always) draw more when big market teams are good are have at least several AS players and a stake in winning, but overall the ratings are still typically abysmal (this year's was the worst ever); making it "count" made little difference in that regard.
