Sammy Sofa
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He's like a half-step worse than Hendry. That's because the World Series trophy he is carrying is slowing him down. So if the Cubs had won the WS in 2003, and then everything else afterward plays out exactly the same as we've seen in the last 7 years, Hendry would suddenly be a good GM?
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So Marmol either is or will be a superstar...but you declare he won't net the Cubs much in return. Hey, it's great that you can have it both ways. Stop lumping in a guy whose ceiling is being a closer with Soto, Cashner and Castro. Marmol's kicked ass, but it's extremely unlikely that he'll pan out to be some kind of freak that has a long effective career. I also like how you bemoan the Cubs having Soriano, like he's terrible for them this season. Just stick to your usual ridiculous video game trade suggestions.
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He was effectively told "no" plenty of times until after the 2006 season. I'm obviously not saying he hasn't had resources available to him that many other GM's don't, but you're being way too broad. That's not "all the tools." With as much money as the Cubs have had since he's been on board, there's a drastic difference between how much he could spend prior to the 2006-2007 off-season and then the the 2007-2008 off-season. There's no need to overstate the circumstances as to how bad Hendry's been at his job.
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Colitis.
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Yeah, remember that amazing catch Holliday made last year to save their season and send them hurtling into the WS so they could win yet another one?!?!? Oh..right.
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Nobody here is. What people are doing are offering measured responses to things like this: This is an inaccurate statement. I'm assuming "all the tools" means the budget as we know it now, and that didn't occur until after the 2006 season, and really only existed leading into the 2008 season, too. Hendry has not done a good job at all, but let's not make it ridiculous by basically making up scenarios that didn't exist.
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Because you said this: I certainly didn't say that more money made him worse, so I assumed that was what you were saying. I said more money just amplifies a GM's flaws. It doesn't make them "worse" so much as give them the ability to make more of the mistakes they were already making.
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That seems to be a pretty extreme conclusion to come do. Why do you think that more money is going to always allow an average GM to overcome their mistakes and misconceptions as opposed to just amplifying or increasing them? If more money makes you worse, you aren't average. You're incompetent. But it's not a given that he or someone similar in the same situation are "worse" so much as their flaws in judgment are just magnified. You're seemingly talking about having more money like it somehow makes a GM smarter or make better decisions, when it ultimately just lets them make more of types of decisions they were making already. I say Hendry is average because I look around and see the lack of truly well constructed teams. There's really only a handful. Sure, many teams have a much smaller budget, but even then you see that money being inexplicably wasted time and time again on really bad or shortsighted signings. These are the guys that tend to occupy the GM spot. Most of them all have their inefficient, myopic ways of how a team should be made. It's almost a lock we'll be at least just as pissed as the next as we as Hendry. *AGAIN, THIS IS NOT AN ENDORSEMENT TO KEEP HENDRY.
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This is a profoundly stupid and wasteful reason to hold onto a player.
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Im surprised that the usual suspects didnt have a field day with this comment, but I kind of agree. Hah! Nobody "jumped on it" because it's patently absurd. -
That seems to be a pretty extreme conclusion to come do. Why do you think that more money is going to always allow an average GM to overcome their mistakes and misconceptions as opposed to just amplifying or increasing them?
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But their seasons aren't very similar at all.
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White Sox pushing for Dunn
Sammy Sofa replied to Clem Fandango's topic in MLB Draft, International Signings, Amateur Baseball
If they're going to trade what few valuable young players they have it might as well be for Prince instead of Dunn. They'd be getting a much better return. -
heyward has hit .207/.307/.279/.586 since june 1st, that's pretty damn bad. that being said, it seems a lot of his downfall has been because of a thumb injury, which can really sap hitters of their power. Right, which is why, again, this has very similarity to Colvin's "swoon." This is a rookie playing injured.
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Good point. I suppose/hope Lilly being gone next year and if Silva continues being Silva they'd almost have to start him instead.
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That's not the same "swoon" at all. Colvin's numbers for the year are bolstered way too much by something that's all but unsustainable for him whereas Heyward is demonstrating the type of tendencies that are very promising in a young hitter like him and bode well for his future.
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The bullpen really isn't all that "lousy" at all, and rarely should it be any kind of a priority when a team needs this much work since it's relatively easy to construct a serviceable bullpen. The bullpen is not going to make or break the Cubs next year, and it's just going to be another year of extreme wear and tear on the arm. It's pretty incredible that they've gotten this much productive use out of him thus far, so they should definitely be listening to what other teams are offering for him, if they are inquiring. Teams in the hunt are always looking to overpay for bullpen help, and someone like Marmol would net an even better return.
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this may be true, but people have been saying that his arm is going to explode soon for three years now, and during that time he's been one of the most valuable relief pitchers in the game. Which is fantastic, but why gamble on him being one of the very rare exceptions that doesn't fall off of a cliff? It's much smarter and better for the Cubs in the long run to sell high on him.
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You think Heyward has it locked up? Strasburg and Garcia have to be in consideration. Heyward or Strasburg are just too far ahead for Castro to have a chance unless he goes on a REALLY insane tear the rest of the year. Heyward isn't that far ahead of Castro if at all. Of course he is. Remember, the decisions for these things typically comes to down to being little more than a popularity contest. It's ultimately less an issue of whether Castro had a better year than Heyward as to whether or not Castro's year was a bigger story and Castro is a bigger name than Heyward when it comes time to vote.
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aside from jaime garcia, the rookies who have played well have been mostly blue chip prospects this year. none of this chris coughlin, j.a. happ [expletive]. as for castro, he makes too many errors still, but that's to be expected from a guy who's 20 years old. there's certainly a lot to be excited about with him... the rest of the team, not so much. Turned on Cashner and Soto already? Cold.
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You think Heyward has it locked up? Strasburg and Garcia have to be in consideration. Heyward or Strasburg are just too far ahead for Castro to have a chance unless he goes on a REALLY insane tear the rest of the year.
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No.
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Yeah, a lot of Cubs fans overvalue Marmol WAY too much. He's a ton of fun to watch, but it's just a matter of time until his arm explodes. It would be one thing if there was even a chance of him starting, OK, then he'd probably be worth holding onto, but as it stands the Cubs should be listening to offers for him, too.
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Not to justify Hendry's time here, but some of the "bad deals" he's dished out here aren't necessarily the result of him being uniquely bad. Fukudome was a highly touted player that multiple teams were in hot pursuit of, and he reportedly actually took a bit less money than some of the other deals offered to play for the Cubs. Zambrano at the time of his last deal was definitely in demand and could have easily gotten the deal he got or even more if he had been a FA and arguably took a hometown discount to stay with the club. Look, I'd love to see Hnedry fired, but I guess this comes back to how I think he's ultimately not an exceptionally bad GM. I think he's actually a very average GM, and odds are he'd be replaced by someone whose teams would pan out with similar results when all is said and done. This is in no way an endorsement of keeping Hendry, but I would be very surprised if the Cubs ended up with a genuinely good GM as opposed to the usual reactionary retreads that tend to occupy that spot on most teams.
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I don't believe that's close to true. I bet you could get Dunn for 3/45 or 4/50. Yeah, Dunn's not going to get a giant contract. Howard's contract is absurd, but he has name recognition and a (vastly overrated) reputation that Dunn doesn't. Homegrown slugging hero on a WS champion plays a big part in that contract. Exactly.
