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  1. Sammy Sofa
    Meh. That's a pretty dumb article when you've got the writer basing it around the idea that he thinks signing Kosuke was Hendry's biggest mistake. Kosuke was a very sought after player and if the reports are true he actually took LESS money than what was being offered out there to come to the Cubs, so it's not like a a Soriano situation where Hendry pushed his way to head of the pack by offering an insane amount of years and money. Plus Swisher wasn't very good in 2008. That's not to say things wouldn't have been different if he had joined the Cubs, but you also have to wonder how much of his success since then has been the result of being able to be in that Yankees lineup.
  2. Sammy Sofa
    you realize that other people can read your posts, right? Yes I realize that and I highly doubt anyone on here would disagree with the above statement or sentiment. We can barely manage the TE position, let alone the entire roster. EDIT: None of the 2007 draft picks made by Chicago remain on the roster. Nah, most of the people here aren't football whoooo-ahs.
  3. Sammy Sofa
    Glad you've come to your senses.
  4. Sammy Sofa
    TAKE THE SHOT.
  5. Sammy Sofa
    True, but that's not what I'm saying. I'm saying having a decent OFer to fill-in for Sizemore and Choo while they are on the DL is more valuable than money to the Indians. How much can the Indians up their payroll? They may have been trying to keep from adding much payroll either because they're right against their cap or they plan on pursuing another player(s) who will cost money. Right. Kosuke is a role player move, not an impact player. That team doesn't spend a lot and very well could be crunching the numbers in anticipation of an actual impact move before the deadline.
  6. Sammy Sofa
    Makes sense. The Cubs' system looked a LOT worse 2 years ago, Soriano would have been even more expensive, and the best players that the Cubs had (outside of Soto) were pretty expensive themselves.
  7. Sammy Sofa
    Because Kosuke Fukudome isn't the kind of player you can force a last minute deal for.
  8. Sammy Sofa
    I would assume the Cubs wanted some kind of player return and that's the best that was made available to them of what they wanted.
  9. Sammy Sofa
    I'm having trouble following your logic. Given that these guys are in the Indian's minor league system and aren't any great shakes I can't imagine they're making all that much. Why would the Indians, a team with limited financial resources, take on more of Fukudome's contract instead of giving up a pair of likely inconsequential prospects who almost certainly aren't costing 500k, much less a million dollars? Money is more valuable to the Indians than these guys.
  10. Sammy Sofa
    Don't really follow the logic here. I'm wanting the Cubs to give less money to the Indians in return for taking no minor leaguers in the trade. Instead of getting organizational filler and covering 4 million of his contract. Take no players back and pay less of Kosuke's remaining salary. That way the Cubs would have more money to spend on their draft picks. How much are these players making?
  11. Sammy Sofa
    Maybe. I mean, I like Kosuke, but he is what he is at this point and the Cubs simply were not in a good position to get much back for him.
  12. Sammy Sofa
    I guess it can't rebound then. If he's this bad, why are the Indians trading for him when they have so much at stake this season? I guess their scouts are idiots. But if they want him, they want him. It doesn't mean the Cubs have to take these guys in return? Just cover less of the salary. Because maybe the money saved her is going to signing their draft picks from their very good draft this year. Really would rather go with that than picking up the tab for Kosuke so they can get a marginal increase in the return they're getting from the Indians. And the Indians probably want him because he's cheap in this deal and because there's the chance his OBP could rebound. I'm just pointed out the trend that would indicate why the Cubs weren't going to get a very good return for him. You're simply overvaluing him.
  13. Sammy Sofa
    His defense isn't very good. Look up his metrics. It's serviceable, but in no way are we talking about some kind of defensive whiz. Fukudome's OBP month by month this year: .486 .389 .315 .329
  14. Sammy Sofa
    So then I will ask you, too; why do you think a team would give up a younger player? I guarantee you the only way they'd have a chance of that is if they took no money back. And it would probably have been only that one prospect. And even then it probably wouldn't have been offered. Fukudome has minimal value right now.
  15. Sammy Sofa
    THE MILK'S GONE BAD.
  16. Sammy Sofa
    Yes, all, of his stats this year have somehow come against the Cubs. It's really rather amazing.
  17. Sammy Sofa
    I still don't understand why you're so convinced the Cubs could have gotten younger prospects if they wanted to. It's not like they had much leverage. "Oh, so you won't give us a better return for our expensive, declining, old corner OF who hits for almost no power and doesn't really play very good defense anymore? WELL, TOO BAD."
  18. Sammy Sofa
    Man, if he's starting anywhere in the OF opening day for the Cubs next year I just may cry. Probably Jackson, no? Or would that be too soon for him? Probably too soon, though if he was starting the season with the Cubs I'd expect him to get the nod in CF and Byrd to get the shift to RF.
  19. Sammy Sofa
    No, I was talking about the "wheels officially falling off" NOW because of Marlon Byrd joking around. As opposed to what, they hadn't "fallen off" when they've played baseball garbage the entire season. Yeah, a player half-joking about wanting to go to a team in a playoff race as opposed to staying on an awful one is just chaos in the clubhouse. Better trade him fast before he infects everyone else.
  20. Sammy Sofa
    Man, if he's starting anywhere in the OF opening day for the Cubs next year I just may cry.
  21. Sammy Sofa
    Yeah, he's been pretty solid for a while now. I say keep him around. It's $3.2 million dollars, but it would only be for the one year. His team option 2013 is, I believe, a separate decision that doesn't automatically vest if the 2012 option is used. He'd ideally be backup if a starter went down, too.
  22. Sammy Sofa
    Huh. What's the general consensus on using Shark's 2012 team option?
  23. Sammy Sofa
    What the [expletive] are you talking about?
  24. Sammy Sofa
    How?
  25. Sammy Sofa
    Probably not. I really wouldn't lose any sleep if he was kept on for his final year, but I doubt a new FO would do such a thing.
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