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  1. Sammy Sofa
    http://aroundthesphere.files.wordpress.com/2009/12/simpsons_nelson_haha2.jpg
  2. Sammy Sofa
    Don't suck, Pena.
  3. Sammy Sofa
    Move Fukudome to 1b and let him start the first half of the season with Laroche coming off the bench. Switch them up during the 2nd half of the season. Find new RF who's not Tyler Colvin. Actually, I'd bench Fukudome once the calendar hits May. Of course.
  4. Sammy Sofa
    OK, you're either blind or delusional. Take your pick.
  5. Sammy Sofa
    This site is racist against bulls.
  6. Sammy Sofa
    [expletive]?
  7. Sammy Sofa
    Hey!
  8. Sammy Sofa
    Motherfuck. That is horseshit.
  9. Sammy Sofa
    Huh? Like 5 minutes ago you said "who said to only look for prospects"? Now the answer to that question is you. What the [expletive] are you babbling about?
  10. Sammy Sofa
    Until a chickenshit puts a stop to it.
  11. Sammy Sofa
    Bears 30 Pats 21 Don't be pussies.
  12. Sammy Sofa
    Because you can ideally get good prospects or maybe even good young players (at least younger and less risky than what they currently have) that are more valuable to the Cubs in the long run than who they already have. I really don't think this has to be spelled out for you.
  13. Sammy Sofa
    That's how I interpreted the comment, "take your lumps now instead of prolonging them for the next 3 years." Sounded like prospects to me :shrug: The players we're talking about trading aren't going to net you impact players that will turn this team around in the near future.
  14. Sammy Sofa
    Depending on the team it would merely be a formality.
  15. Sammy Sofa
    Depends on who he is traded to.
  16. Sammy Sofa
    Who said to only look for prospects? This isn't a matter of just dumping guys coming up on big paydays.
  17. Sammy Sofa
    Why? Why hold on to Soto? Yes, he's cheap, but time is not on his side in terms of when it's likely that the Cubs can have him on a good team again. Why hold on to Byrd? He's older and only signed through 2012. Wells and Gorzelanny are useful but one of the few things the Cubs can produce are pitchers (and have a bunch of them in the pipeline in the near and relatively near future) so why not trade a couple of useful starters to help bolster the offensive side of things? Colvin is Colvin. These guys would be much more useful on the Cubs if the Cubs actually had a chance at a good team on the horizon in the next 2-3 years, but they don't. If they want a youth movement, then [expletive] go for a REAL youth movement and then look to sign smart FA signings down the line.
  18. Sammy Sofa
    Making guys available and listening to offers is a whole different thing than having an explicit intention to "deal Wells, Marmol, Byrd, Colvin and maybe even Soto." What? I want them to make them available and listen to offers with the explicit intention to deal them. There's zero reason to hold on to them. The Cubs are in a transition period that they need to embrace. Holding on to mostly decent but not game changing players doesn't accomplish anything outside of padding losing season records.
  19. Sammy Sofa
    Many of the players mentioned could be major contributors on the next contending Cubs team. That's one reason why. Another reason is because the firesale strategy usually fails. Bad teams that sell their good players for prospects tend to stay bad. The Cubs don't have many good players that will still be good when the Cubs are competitive again. Relievers are flighty enough, and someone like Marmol is a massive injury waiting to happen, so why hold on to him for 2-3 years of mediocre Cubs teams when teams who are in the hunt will be willing to pay big for a guy as effective as him even if it is just for immediate impact? Like it was pointed out, catchers don't have a terribly long shelf life, and Soto has already had injury and weight issues that are just going to pile up as he gets older. He's already near 30, so again, why keep him on for 2-3 years of mediocre Cubs baseball when someone with his skills will command a very good return for 3-4 years of being a very good offensive catcher he probably has in him? Why cling to someone like Byrd? Or Wells? Or Gorzelanny? Or Colvin?
  20. Sammy Sofa
    They already have a crap on-field product. Again, not talking about backing the truck up all at once. It's a matter of making guys available and listening to offers. They don't have to dump everyone now.
  21. Sammy Sofa
    So you want them to cling to players in the short term who could bring them value in the long run via the trade because...why?
  22. Sammy Sofa
    It's not being broke so much as it is recouping some of the cost of paying a [expletive]-ton of money to buy this team.
  23. Sammy Sofa
    Because they have such little money at their disposal.
  24. Sammy Sofa
    Man, it's sad that such a well respected franchise is being so embarrassed.
  25. Sammy Sofa
    They don't have to spend a cent to have a really good shot at upgrading the bullpen.
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