Sammy Sofa
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Everything posted by Sammy Sofa
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Jeez, I forgot that Guzman's brother was killed a couple months ago. What a brutal year for him and his family. Poor guy. -
Wait, wait, wait...are people really slamming Hendry for getting a bad pitcher in Silva? Everyone knew he sucks. The reasons for getting him are obvious.
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The Cubs are no match for the amazing speed of Andruw Jones. PS - I really hope Silva looks this shitty all spring. He shouldn't even sniff the starting rotation.
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Ugh, Carlos Silva blows.
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Ugh, Silva is so fat. I never understand when a starting pitcher lets themselves get that sloppy.
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Who cares if they're a veteran? That means nothing. If they're available right now they stink.
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Nobody. Absolutely no one. Complete waste of money at any amount.
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Why? If they're available now and for cheap it's because they suck. What is the point of shelling out that money, relatively little as it may be, to take a chance on a pile of crap just because he's a veteran? There are no truly quality veterans available on the cheap for the bullpen right now. None. Anyone you're getting that little at this time of the year is nothing but a gamble. Might as well take that gamble on the bevy of arms in the system already that won't cost anything extra. It's false hope to think there's a sure thing reliever just sitting out there right now waiting to be signed.
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ST - 3/5 Diamondbacks (Haren) @ Cubs (Z!) 2:05 CST
Sammy Sofa replied to UMFan83's topic in Fred Hornkohl Game Thread Forum
True. Like I said, in no way am I rooting against Colvin and if he did break out as a starting OFer it would be fantastic...I would just be very surprised if he did. -
Sure you can. And it's a pipe dream to think the Cubs could get a reliever you "know will be good" at this point because they're all signed and nobody is trading them right now and even when they do it's for way too much. Plenty of pitching prospects to cyle through the bullpen.
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ST - 3/5 Diamondbacks (Haren) @ Cubs (Z!) 2:05 CST
Sammy Sofa replied to UMFan83's topic in Fred Hornkohl Game Thread Forum
Saying that Colvin has an inability to draw a walk is a bit misleading, though. He has periodically shown patience in the minors. He's just never shown patience and hit well at the same time. Hey, if you can't do it and hit you're still basically screwed. -
White girl + white QB = won't amount to squat.
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Where's your robot messiah NOW?!?
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Its not about sure things. Its about having that dependable set up man to get you to the closer. For the past 3 years, at least for the most part Marmol has been that guy. Now hes the closer, and while I dont mind a lot of the guys we have as middle relievers or mop up men, theres not a one Id trust to consistantly take a 1-2 run lead from the 8th to the 9th. I dont mind Grabow despite his foolish contract, which is hardly his fault but hes not that guy. Marshall or Silva? I dont think so either. There more long men if your starter burns out early. Then theres the pool of Stevens, Gaub, Berg, Samardzjia, Parisi, Caridad and maybe even Cashner. Granted, I wouldnt be surprised if at least one of these guys gave us a pleasant surprise as Marmol did in '07, but Id feel more comfortable with another vet, and at something like 1.5 mil, Calero would have been a nice gamble. Waste of money. Why spend so much more gambling on a player when you can do it for much cheaper using someone already in the system? I'll never understand why some people are so quick to dump money on the most unreliable roles in baseball.
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Yeah, it's unusual when teams have more than one "sure thing" in the bullpen. It's definitely a luxury if that's the case, and it's either the result of lucky development from within or paying way too much to make it happen.
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ST - 3/5 Diamondbacks (Haren) @ Cubs (Z!) 2:05 CST
Sammy Sofa replied to UMFan83's topic in Fred Hornkohl Game Thread Forum
Colvin is going to have hit out of his mind to actually be a starter. I'm not rooting against the guy, but the odds of him being an MLB starting OFer with his inability to take a walk aren't very promising. It's more likely that if Colvin is starting in the OF for the Cubs on a regular basis then the Cubs are in a bad, bad way. I'd be very surprised if he has a ceiling beyond 4th OFer (which still could be very useful). -
What teams typically have a "handful of awesome arms" for their bullpen? Maybe you meant to say "a couple," since that's infinitely more realistic and even then isn't the norm. The Cubs have more than enough in house options to cycle through the bullpen before anyone even needs to think about wasting money or trade bait to strengthen it.
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ST - 3/5 Diamondbacks (Haren) @ Cubs (Z!) 2:05 CST
Sammy Sofa replied to UMFan83's topic in Fred Hornkohl Game Thread Forum
I never understand how people make these declarations like it's a sure thing. Yeah, bullpens fluctuate all the time so it COULD be bad, but it's not like it should be assumed they'll suck because of last year. Outside of the Gregg experiment the bullpen was fine last year. -
Guzman is Guzman. Anyone pinning any kind of hopes on him is pretty loopy to begin with. If he's there, great. If not, oh well.
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did we trade olsen or are you just assuming? I'm just assuming, it seems inevitable to me. I'm just assuming and hoping.
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On the game of baseball itself? Very easily. On society as a whole? Not so much.
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I don't mind stealing in critical situations with the right people, but the Cubs' philosophy seems to be the opposite of that.
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I really, really hate stealing bases more often than not.
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Sure, but it's still a terrible point because your roundabout argument, even with the caveats, is to dump this on Cutler so you can declare him as not being worth the cost after one year with a crappy team. All of those numbers, including the picks, are not hinged on him. Hell, you break down the picks and a good portion of them are the result of crappy routes and running by the receivers or bad luck bounces (though nobody is saying Cutler doesn't have an obvious issue with trying to force plays, especially in the red zone). It's telling that you keep trying to make your points as broad as possible without breaking down what actually happened or comparing/contrasting them with anything that counters them.
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Kyle, why is 26 picks at age 26 so disastrous but 23 picks at age 25 not a big deal?
