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Or a Starlin Castro? Time will tell. Im leaning toward Castro being a great player, but I also thought that Corey Patterson would be the next Rickey Henderson, so who knows.The point is, with Byrd, Ramirez, Barney, Soriano, Pena, Fukudome, and Castro, our team is full of good players, but we sorely lack a star. If you look at all the teams who perenially contend, they have at least 1. So sign a star. Superstars don't HAVE to be developed internally. Yes, obviously, it would be ideal, but it's not the end of the world if the Cubs' farm system doesn't produce another star for several years outside of Castro but is able to produce several good, everyday players. -
Because in order to win a title at some point we are probably gonna have to have a star. Teams are doing a better job of signing those type guys through their prime years. Thus it's gonna be harder for us to go out and buy one. Why? The Cubs are about to have a ton of money to spend starting after this year. Develop good players form the farm (and it looks like they've produced a star at SS right now) and sign smart impact FA.
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well that's a very optimistic way of looking at things, considering that wells and cashner pitched only one game each and won them, so you're projecting a very small sample size over a very long season. nonetheless, i admire the mental gymnastics required to make it seem like the team with the fourth-worst run differential in baseball is a bad break or two away from being very good. I'm really hoping we hit on this draft pick, we can't afford to keep crapping out on top 10 picks. There's a HUGE middle ground. Again, producing useful everyday players would be a huge improvement. They don't to make the leap from cranking out mostly [expletive] to superstars to make very different, very better teams. And the top 10 is hardly the only place where superstars come from. I agree that its great to be able to crank out useful everyday players, but it would be nice for once to produce a Ryan Braun, Joey Votto, or Tim Lincecum. Yeah, there was Prior, but that didnt work out so well in the end. Or a Starlin Castro?
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well that's a very optimistic way of looking at things, considering that wells and cashner pitched only one game each and won them, so you're projecting a very small sample size over a very long season. nonetheless, i admire the mental gymnastics required to make it seem like the team with the fourth-worst run differential in baseball is a bad break or two away from being very good. I'm really hoping we hit on this draft pick, we can't afford to keep crapping out on top 10 picks. There's a HUGE middle ground. Again, producing useful everyday players would be a huge improvement. They don't to make the leap from cranking out mostly [expletive] to superstars to make very different, very better teams. I'm aware, but we really need to hit on a star at some point. Why do they NEED to? I'm seriously asking this. Why not just at least several good players in short order?
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well that's a very optimistic way of looking at things, considering that wells and cashner pitched only one game each and won them, so you're projecting a very small sample size over a very long season. nonetheless, i admire the mental gymnastics required to make it seem like the team with the fourth-worst run differential in baseball is a bad break or two away from being very good. I'm really hoping we hit on this draft pick, we can't afford to keep crapping out on top 10 picks. There's a HUGE middle ground. Again, producing useful everyday players would be a huge improvement. They don't to make the leap from cranking out mostly [expletive] to superstars to make very different, very better teams. And the top 10 is hardly the only place where superstars come from.
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That's nice and everything, but every team should plan on having some missed time from their starting pitchers, and the Cubs probably more so than any other. If the fill-ins suck, that's on the team just as much as if the regular guys do. The Cubs should plan for pitching injuries more so than any other team? Why? And you don't think the Cubs wouldn't have signed guys like Davis with that in mind? It was just bad timing that two guys went down after their first starts of the year. Few teams are going to be able to handle that. I'm not denying that it was tough luck. I just think the whole 'we're good with our team intact' thing doesn't hold much water because a MLB pitching rotation is extremely unlikely to stay intact for a whole year. Right, and like I said, bringing in guys like Davis likely would have happened anyway. It was just unfortunate that you get the one-two punch of two guys going down after their first starts when few teams are prepared for such a thing.
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2011 Chicago Bulls Playoff Thread (5/26 7:30pm CST - TNT)
Sammy Sofa replied to chuckywang's topic in Other Sports
Nice (except for the racism). People complaining about dirty plays/players in the NBA today makes me feel really old. -
2011 Chicago Bulls Playoff Thread (5/26 7:30pm CST - TNT)
Sammy Sofa replied to chuckywang's topic in Other Sports
You were there for both? OK, now I'm jealous. -
That's nice and everything, but every team should plan on having some missed time from their starting pitchers, and the Cubs probably more so than any other. If the fill-ins suck, that's on the team just as much as if the regular guys do. The Cubs should plan for pitching injuries more so than any other team? Why? And you don't think the Cubs wouldn't have signed guys like Davis with that in mind? It was just bad timing that two guys went down after their first starts of the year. Few teams are going to be able to handle that.
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Or maybe we just need to consider what really happened after 2009. I know there were injuries last season, but I still find it suspicious when someone suddenly drops from a consistent .900+ OPS to the low .700's in what should be the prime of his career. So the catastrophic injury was just a cover story?
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Eh, I'm torn. I love the guy and want him to do well, but I'm getting more to the point that I'd prefer the Cubs just buy him out next season. [expletive], what a crappy feeling.
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2011 Chicago Bulls Playoff Thread (5/26 7:30pm CST - TNT)
Sammy Sofa replied to chuckywang's topic in Other Sports
James Posey was the Heat who clotheslined Kirk. Wasn't a clothesline, it was a premeditated free-safety hit in the open floor. It was the dirtiest play I've ever witnessed live in the NBA, and considering I watched Rajon Rondo a few years later that is saying something. Haha, ok. Hey man, you're talking about a span of NBA basketball from Posey to Rondo. That IS saying something. And what a coincidence that both plays happened against the Bulls. -
that's being pretty optimistic. the cubs really aren't any better than average as far as their prospect pool, and they're lacking (as they have been for years) in any sort of true impact players. jackson and mcnutt could be above average but really don't have frequent all-star ceilings. I'm perfectly happy with decent everday players coming from the farm at this point. That's still a huge improvement over the last few decades. Fill those roles internally and then you can focus the money on impact players instead of having to spread it around and dilute the FA signings.
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Wait, what? He's survived far, far worse than this one game. No I meant this season. He's also survived far worse than this season. It's gotten to the point that I expect his firing to finally happen out of the blue seemingly over nothing, like after a win streak. I gotta think last year was his freebie. If this keeps up I don't see how the Ricketts can keep him on. This team is bad and besides BJack and maybe McNutt there isn't a lot to be excited about in way of future help. Really? The farm reports are a lot of fun these days. Plus I wouldn't be surprised if The Hug alone bought him another season.
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Wait, what? He's survived far, far worse than this one game. No I meant this season. He's also survived far worse than this season. It's gotten to the point that I expect his firing to finally happen out of the blue seemingly over nothing, like after a win streak.
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Wait, what? He's survived far, far worse than this one game.
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This is really [expletive] funny following this on Yahoo. Did the rest of the bullpen die?
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how else is the poor guy supposed to look angry Well played. He really is the stuff of nightmares.
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Yup, just leave him out there, too, Quade. Just be sure to look all angry and show your teeth a lot in the post game press conference.
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Awesome inning. A real group effort. Thumbs up, fellas.
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I don't care what Z had done against Rolen in the past; he should have never faced him after putting 5 straight on base and giving up 3 runs.
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Let me guess...nobody's gotten up in the bullpen yet?
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Ba-boom.
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2011 HR Derby Discussion & Transactions
Sammy Sofa replied to Southpaw191679666239's topic in Chicago Cubs Talk
Ugh, the ASB can't come soon enough. -
Unless Ricketts is willing to go to $140-150+, I'd probably hold off on Reyes in the hopes I could get Kemp. We have tons of middle infield depth in the minors even after dealing Lee and some combo of Barney/DeWitt/Baker should be decent options until Lemahieu or somebody is ready or a cheaper (yet still good) FA option comes along. That's if we get Pujols, that is. Yeah, it all hinges on what the money is. If they can afford them all, great. If it's a choice between signing Reyes for 2012 or waiting for Kemp in 2013, then I agree, wait for Kemp.
