Sammy Sofa
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All of this because he's unlikely to ever steal 40 bases in a single season again. LOL. You're right. It's not just this. I'm projecting some of my other disappointments with Sori on to this recent story. Such as? Such as hitting 13 fewer HRs than he did his last year with the Nats, and 20 points lower in OBP. Such as coming up with only half the BB he did with the Nats in '06 (which would have greatly improved his OBP, of course). He missed time due to the leg injury, which clearly cut into how many HR's he would have had. Besides, expecting him to replicate the 40/40 years is like expecting Lee to replicate his 2005.
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What to do with Grand Marquis?
Sammy Sofa replied to ctcf's topic in MLB Draft, International Signings, Amateur Baseball
Drive him out to the middle of nowhere, tell him the rest of the money that's owed to him is just over the hill and then speed off when he gets out to get it. -
All of this because he's unlikely to ever steal 40 bases in a single season again. LOL. You're right. It's not just this. I'm projecting some of my other disappointments with Sori on to this recent story. Such as?
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All of this because he's unlikely to ever steal 40 bases in a single season again.
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Is he going to insist on batting leadoff after he's crippled, too? Just askin' Can't steal 40 bases = crippled. Hm. Don't you have some spring training stats to sweat over?
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No, but I sure was expecting around 25. Now it seems like we're hoping for 15 or so. As Soul mentioned above, where is he going to be in 2-3 years from now? Scary...in a bad way. Hopefully we're able to unload him on some poor sap before his contract becomes an albatross. Although it'll probably cost us a boatload of good, young farm talent before someone agrees to take him. And then we can all thank Jim Hendry. the cubs have enough revenue where they can afford to have a bad contract. manny ramirez sure wasn't worth $20M last year, and he won't be worth that much this year either. gary matthews jr and torii hunter will be badly overpaid by the angels. juan pierre's contract is a train wreck. but all these teams are in contention. even if you're a big market team, you have to be able to develop talent. that's the key, talent development, and not having too many contracts where the guy's performance is far below what he's being paid to do. But the Cubs don't have a seemingly unlimited budget like the Yanks or Red Sox do. There are budget concerns, and I'm afraid that several years down the road Sori's contract will handcuff us to the point where we won't be able to sign or trade for key pieces of the team. Based on what?
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Cintron Looking Less Likely to Make Roster
Sammy Sofa replied to vance_the_cubs_fan's topic in Chicago Cubs Talk
Felipe Lopez would be the biggest low risk/high reward player the Cubs could possibly get. It wouldn't cost to much to get him. The Cubs wouldn't be forced to make him an everyday player. His upside is as high as any other middle IF on the roster. I believe he's about average defensively at SS, maybe a little below. He's probably above average at 2B. It makes too much sense...therefore, Hendry isn't even considering it. I know it's a generalization, but how many times have we talked about scrap heap players with low risk/high reward that can be had for next to nothing that just pass right on by the Cubs? Hendry seems to only want to use that thought process on trying to stumble on some cheap pitchers, never, position players. -
Lou says he can't pitch until Saturday at the earliest. 11 trips to the DL indicates a history to me. Let me know when you see the light. Hey, history-lover. The back is nothing new. See the posts before yours. There's a difference between the injuries and surgeries that have sidelined him for much of his career and the back problem he has to deal with in the very short term from time to time.
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I say screw fairness. they put up the same numbers, virtually. roberts can steal bases, but why trade away assets to acquire something you already have? that's unfair to the organization. roberts walks more, has more doubles power and a little more home run power, steals a lot of bases and is good at it from a sb/cs perspective, and is a better defensive player. they're not virtually the same player; if roberts plays like he did in 2006 and derosa plays like he has the last two years, then they're about the same. if roberts plays like he did in 2005 and 2007, then he's better by a pretty good margin. Roberts is also younger.
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No, but I sure was expecting around 25. Now it seems like we're hoping for 15 or so. As Soul mentioned above, where is he going to be in 2-3 years from now? Scary...in a bad way. I guess I just don't value steals that much. It's not like his contract would be any less ridiculous with a bunch of stolen bases.
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Was anyone really expecting a man of his age to be likely to again steal 40 bases, even 100% healthy? Come on. That was window dressing.
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So long as he can still smack the hell out of the ball for a few more years, I don't give a rat's crap if he never steals another base.
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http://www.baseball-almanac.com/players/pics/bill_pecota_autograph.jpg
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Nice to see Cedeno end up just a HR short of the cycle.
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A Gameday link when this gets going would be much appreciated.
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A black.
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At this point even the two of them might not know what's actually happening. ](*,) Wouldn't suprise me if neither of those two even know where they are from moment to moment. Pretty sure Angelos has no clue to what is going on, but he hasn't had a clue in over 10 years. "Wait, wait, wait...I own a BASEBALL team?!?"
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Calling them our three "top" pitching prospects is the same as calling Roberts an "all star." It's all contextual and doesnt' really matter. What matters is how they grade out as prospects. They're only "top" prospects because they're in our system. In reality, none of them are A prospects. Yeah, but it's all we really have, in terms of prospects potentially able to step in relatively soon OR prospects that are going to hae some trade value. Trading them now on a good player who is arguably very redundant and doesn't address the teams major holes could very easily leave the team damn near crippled if the precarious starting pitching balance falls apart AND if they need to make key trades by the deadline.
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Yeah, we're on the verge of falling out of the srping training playoff race. Unacceptable.
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Stop generalizing like they're only giving up "four position players." Three of those players are three of their top pitching prospects...pitching prospects who very well may be needed given how crappy/old our last two starting pitching spots look this year, or i injuris hit the other starters.
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I didn't say anything about the high socks affecting actual physical ability. Neifi single-handedly campaigned to have the Mendoza line renamed the Perez line, sure, but at least he was wearing his socks properly while doing it. no, im saying he looked like an idiot Neifi's bulbous ass and chicken legs and general awfulness ensured he looked like an idiot no matter how he dressed.
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No kidding on both. If this deal goes through, despite their histronics, the Orioles have a pretty damn impressive offseason in terms of rebuilding their team.
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Oh, those blacks! Countdown to this thread being blamed on booze in 5, 4, 3, 2, 1...
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I understood exactly what you said, and yes, everyone obviously wants more than to just contend in this crappy division...but at the same time, basic analysis shows that at the very least the Cubs should do that, so why do they need to shell out so much for someone like Roberts when the trade deadline is still so far away and so many other players could be become available in that time?
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Roberts isn't worth all that. Agreed. Throwing in a 3rd highly rated pitching prospect is ridiculous. Cedeno and a combo of 2 of the other 3 is aready more than he's worth.
