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  1. Sammy Sofa
    They wouldn't want to pay anything. The question is would they take him period if they had to pay only the league minimum? I'm sure some teams would, but only one that (a) an American league team and (b) had zero better options now or for the forseable future. that's absurd. you're saying ZERO national league teams (and most american league teams) would take him for $400,000 a year right now? ZERO. That's what I'm saying. B/c it wouldn't just be for this year it would be for the remainder of his contract. And? They'd only be paying him $400k.
  2. Sammy Sofa
    They wouldn't want to pay anything. The question is would they take him period if they had to pay only the league minimum? I'm sure some teams would, but only one that (a) an American league team and (b) had zero better options now or for the forseable future. You're being ridiculous.
  3. Sammy Sofa
    Oh, God, no.
  4. Sammy Sofa
    Oh, well, it's good to see you're taking such a rational approach to this.
  5. Sammy Sofa
    It's only because he made less in the first couple years. Don't pay attention to that fangraphs nonsense, their $ values are terribly skewed. Agreed, but it's still ridiculous to say that he has almost negative value right now even if the Cubs picked up a good chunk of his contract. but how much? I mean, obviously he's worth more than league minimum going forward. But how much of his contract would the Cubs have to pick up for another team to want him through the end of his contract? I don't know. Probably at least half if they wanted to get a decent return. I think they could move him without paying that much, but then you would actually be getting a crappy return. Personally, I really don't think trading Soriano needs to be done or needs to be any kind of priority. They can eat the money as he gets older and crappier so long as they don't compound it with other bad contracts. This off season and the following are going to be critical to see if this team is actually moving in a new direction.
  6. Sammy Sofa
    Why? Outside of the first month, he never had a month with an OPS below .835, and he's at .838 for his career. Outside of missing time due to injury he was very good in 2008 and a critical part of that team's success. A SLG heavy OPS that isn't even all that impressive of an OPS to begin with. It's still valuable, and it's not like he was dragging ass with the OBP most of that season. Of course it would be ideal if he kept it above .350, but hey, he can still be very useful even if he isn't.
  7. Sammy Sofa
    It's only because he made less in the first couple years. Don't pay attention to that fangraphs nonsense, their $ values are terribly skewed. Agreed, but it's still ridiculous to say that he has almost negative value right now even if the Cubs picked up a good chunk of his contract.
  8. Sammy Sofa
    Why? Outside of the first month, he never had a month with an OPS below .835, and he's at .838 for his career. Outside of missing time due to injury he was very good in 2008 and a critical part of that team's success.
  9. Sammy Sofa
    B/c he's less than replacement level value right now or close to it. Last year he was replacement level at a 0.0 WAR but this year he's already been worth 1.7 WAR, so quite a bit above replacement level. http://www.fangraphs.com/statss.aspx?playerid=847&position=2B/OF#value I'm betting by the end of this year he'll be in negative territory. Soriano's has not played up to his contract since 2007. Did 2008 not happen?
  10. Sammy Sofa
    HE HAD CANCER.
  11. Sammy Sofa
    Stat wizardry?
  12. Sammy Sofa
    Tree, you monster.
  13. Sammy Sofa
    Moving Soriano isn't essential to fixing this team, but I'm not exactly sure how he would have "negative value" to another team if the Cubs were picking up a good chunk of his salary.
  14. Sammy Sofa
    I never want to see Nady in RF over Colvin again. Poor routes, shredded arm - he's a butcher. On a platoon basis I'll take the chance with Nady's defense out of the certainty of an 0/4, 2 K's from Colvin against a LH starter. No kidding. I have no idea why anyone would want Colvin starting against lefties over Nady.
  15. Sammy Sofa
    That's it. He's not good enough defensively to play CF full time and doesn't hit with enough power to play one of the corner spots. From what I've seen in both the minors and with the Cubs his arm his strong and accurate and he's a decent route runner, but nothing spectacular. I'm not sure why so many people here are so down on him, I think he might be able to start on a team that gets power else where, but for most teams in the post steroid era he's likely to be a backup. Personally, I'm not "down" on him altogether. A 4th OF can be very useful. I'm just down on the idea of him as a starter with the way this OF is constructed for now and likely will be for a while to come. If the Cubs had sure things who were younger in one or both of the other OF spots, OK, but that's not the case. As it stands right now, looking to make Colvin a starting position player wouldn't be likely to help this team except in regards to payroll. It's not only that lack of other OF, but the other corner infielders, and no "Chase Utley" type to provide replacement power at another position. Yes, exactly.
  16. Sammy Sofa
    That's it. He's not good enough defensively to play CF full time and doesn't hit with enough power to play one of the corner spots. From what I've seen in both the minors and with the Cubs his arm his strong and accurate and he's a decent route runner, but nothing spectacular. I'm not sure why so many people here are so down on him, I think he might be able to start on a team that gets power else where, but for most teams in the post steroid era he's likely to be a backup. Personally, I'm not "down" on him altogether. A 4th OF can be very useful. I'm just down on the idea of him as a starter with the way this OF is constructed for now and likely will be for a while to come. If the Cubs had sure things who were younger in one or both of the other OF spots, OK, but that's not the case. As it stands right now, looking to make Colvin a starting position player wouldn't be likely to help this team except in regards to payroll.
  17. Sammy Sofa
    And they won't talk to Theriot.
  18. Sammy Sofa
    The clubhouse is the cancer.
  19. Sammy Sofa
    It would be tremendously unlikely if Colvin showed himself to be a full time player since he could basically only be a corner outfielder. You're talking like it's practically a remote possibility that he wouldn't pan out when it's actually the opposite. Again, he's not very good defensively, so to justify him playing full time in any of the OF spots he'd have have continue hitting out of his mind. The Cubs are much better served finally shelling out for an actual corner OF, whether through trade or FA, than continue on the path they're on. Not long shot like Colvin, not a converted bad IF like Soriano, and not an overpaid platoon player like Fukudome. If they dick around and waste time seeing if Colvin can be a fulltime corner OF it's just going to be more of the business of usual except cheaper. That's an improvement only from a financial standpoint, but the team still sucks.
  20. Sammy Sofa
    Different situation. Colvin was a 1st round pick who was off to a decent professional career before he was slowed down by a bad elbow and eventully TJS. Also, Colvin can play a solid defense. Jake Fox, like Micah Hoffpauir before him was a guy who was always a decent hitter in the minors but nothing special who chose to blow up on AAA pitching for a year in his late 20's before he was called up and had some degree of success before big league pitchers figured him out. To be honest, I never saw Fox as a guy who would by a big time slugger, but at worst, I thought hed be able to put up Russell Branyan or Marcus Thames type numbers. Colvin is not solid defensively. He'd have to basically pull off full time what's done in a very limited sample size this season to justify himself defensively. I'm also not sure how you're concluding that Colvin was off to a "decent professional career" and yet just dismiss Fox's career minor league numbers like he was a zilch compared to Colvin.
  21. Sammy Sofa
    Good Lord, this division is a joke.
  22. Sammy Sofa
    Gee, what a shocker. I wonder if any of the people clamoring for Colvin as a full time player pay heed to things like this.
  23. Sammy Sofa
    Lilly didn't pitch last year?
  24. Sammy Sofa
    Maybe that's just where we'll need him in the near future. Cashner and Jackson and maybe Diamond all deserve cinsideration for the 2011 rotation. Z and Dempster are locks, and Silvas likely too. We also have Gorz, leaving a rotation logjam. IMHO all are better options than Wells, and certainly Atkins. That doesn't explain why it would be a better idea to move him to the bullpen instead of the minors.
  25. Sammy Sofa
    I don't understand why you're so insistent to move Wells to the bullpen. He has options, so send him to the minors to start and hopefully figure out what's been going wrong.
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