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  1. Sammy Sofa
    Youk definitely turned into something more than what he was projected to be, but he was still a valued (by the right kind of people) player when he was drafted. Beane was all about getting him until the Red Sox swooped him in and snatched him earlier than he was projected to be drafted, namely because of their pseudo-Moneyball approach to developing talent combined with enough smart signings/trades. Right, Ortiz was a very, very lucky signing, and the Cubs aren't without their luck as well (at least when it comes to trades, as with Aramis and Lee). The big difference is the big picture. Sure, the Cubs struck gold with Aramis, but there wasn't their equivalent of Manny to go along with it, plus they were bogged down by a bunch of middle tier FA and a lack of homegrown talent outside of the pitching staff.
  2. Sammy Sofa
    which is what i would argue the Red Sox biggest problem has been, under Theo's administration Well, no team is going to escape that trap. The Red Sox have been able to counter that with a combination of developing talent like Youkilis and Pedroia, having an eye for signing tent-pole FA like Manny (I know he was signed before Theo became the GM) and Ortiz and making trades for guys like Gonzalez. That's what a skilled FO can do for a team, and that's how a team avoids being bogged down by middling FA signings.
  3. Sammy Sofa
    I could swear that the sausages have been to Wrigley before.
  4. Sammy Sofa
    We'll see. He's so far away from career norms I expect it will get a lot worse. And you think that's primarily due to it being a cold/mild spring/summer and simply more hot weather is going to bring his numbers crashing down? Just look at his data on fangraphs. I did. You think that his data can be attributed almost totally to the weather?
  5. Sammy Sofa
    We'll see. He's so far away from career norms I expect it will get a lot worse. And you think that's primarily due to it being a cold/mild spring/summer and simply more hot weather is going to bring his numbers crashing down?
  6. Sammy Sofa
    Actually, it's very feasible given the FA available after this season and 2012. There's nothing wrong with a big money team like the Cubs "throwing cash" at FA. The key is usually throwing it at the right FA instead of usually overpaying for middling talent. Like Julio Lugo, John Lackey, JD Drew and Marco Scutaro? The Cubs, like the Red Sox, can afford the hit of guys like that. The key is also at least once in a while getting the slam dunk of a David Ortiz and a Manny Ramirez while also developing players internally that can be at least useful everyday starters.
  7. Sammy Sofa
    Sure, but that's still having a GM's first year clouded by a lame duck manager and giving the impression of starting from scratch one year later. If you are a new GM coming in this year, you are either going to look at Quade as a longterm option, or hire your guy. Letting him be a lame duck is pointless. Depends on the GM. If the manager they want isn't available for next year I could see whoever it is letting Quade finish things out instead of forcing in a candidate they don't really want simply for the sake of change.
  8. Sammy Sofa
    He fits exactly into what the Cubs need. A team the size of the Cubs doesn't need to go into full rebuilding mode ever. It's not an either/or proposition of only going with players developed internally or only improving via trade/FA. Garza's trade was a smart move precisely because it looks to the future and not just this year or the next.
  9. Sammy Sofa
    Right. He's made some questionable decisions with SPs, but he's far from Dusty territory. He's not doing a bunch of micro-managing, from what I've seen. So if he's not causing undo harm to pitchers and not bunting in the first inning, for example, who cares. I wouldn't be surprised if a new GM kept him on, at least in the short term, unless there's a specific manager available that the new guy wants. Yeah, pretty much. Given that he'd only be here the first year and doesn't have a reputation as being a "problem" it wouldn't surprise me at all if a new FO just let him rid out the first year of transition and then lets him walk after his deal is up after 2012. I think he's done a horrible job managing his starters, pushing them too far from the start and foolishly risking injury after an hour rain delay. On top of that, I think he's completely in over his head. I also don't see any possible way that a new GM would hold onto Quade for his lame duck season. That's a bad way to start off your regime, and once you fire the guy a year later you've already used up one of your GM lives. Technically they wouldn't be firing him a year later if they just opt to not re-sign him.
  10. Sammy Sofa
    Right. He's made some questionable decisions with SPs, but he's far from Dusty territory. He's not doing a bunch of micro-managing, from what I've seen. So if he's not causing undo harm to pitchers and not bunting in the first inning, for example, who cares. I wouldn't be surprised if a new GM kept him on, at least in the short term, unless there's a specific manager available that the new guy wants. Yeah, pretty much. Given that he'd only be here the first year and doesn't have a reputation as being a "problem" it wouldn't surprise me at all if a new FO just let him rid out the first year of transition and then lets him walk after his deal is up after 2012.
  11. Sammy Sofa
    Definitely. Go with something like a Baker/DeWitt platoon at 3B as a placeholder next season.
  12. Sammy Sofa
    Nice to see a bit of optimistic news in regards to Vitters. Thanks for the stats.
  13. Sammy Sofa
    He's been brutal offensively for at least a month now, so they won't be missing much in that area.
  14. Sammy Sofa
    Just caught it as a news update on Comcast. Apparently due to him hurting his knee on Monday.
  15. Sammy Sofa
    What does the number of words in a response have to do with anything? What does the number of threads started by someone have to do with anything?
  16. Sammy Sofa
    Actually, it's very feasible given the FA available after this season and 2012. There's nothing wrong with a big money team like the Cubs "throwing cash" at FA. The key is usually throwing it at the right FA instead of usually overpaying for middling talent. I was more addressing my impression that some people think that's what should have been done day one of the Ricketts regime and angst over unrealistic expectations over where people think we should be right now. Coming in and just throwing money at the problem in 2009 would have been neither prudent or particularly effective. Ah, gotcha. I agree.
  17. Sammy Sofa
    If the new FO was adamant about hiring a new manager, fine. If not, meh. Quade is nowhere near being a dealbreaker.
  18. Sammy Sofa
    Actually, it's very feasible given the FA available after this season and 2012. There's nothing wrong with a big money team like the Cubs "throwing cash" at FA. The key is usually throwing it at the right FA instead of usually overpaying for middling talent.
  19. Sammy Sofa
    What's the point?
  20. Sammy Sofa
    I like the idea that not creating yet another pointless thread is seen as a bad thing by UMFan. How the hell is not creating threads "hiding?" Less is more. Elegant simplicity.
  21. Sammy Sofa
    They got 2 injuries in the opening week. And a few more in late May. They didn't have an abnormal amount all at once. Having two young starting pitchers simultaneously go on an extended DL stint during/after their first starts of the year is an abnormal amount at once.
  22. Sammy Sofa
    Nah, we'll just wait and see how DivineBovine explains how LeBron scores through osmosis or some [expletive].
  23. Sammy Sofa
    http://www.oocities.org/yomamajoemama/mj/mj_2003.jpg That's so depressing.
  24. Sammy Sofa
    So you said that LeBron isn't a scorer/shooter earlier in the series, now you're saying he can't get to the basket. How exactly is he managing the 4th best scoring average of all-time with all these offensive faults? Hahahahaahah!
  25. Sammy Sofa
    To a degree, but he was never a guy that was mashing hits left and right, and this year he's going to be mostly dealing with bottom of the order hitters who effectively lucked onto first via the walk or a single (and likely are not going to score on double).
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