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  1. Sammy Sofa
    Can't be mad at Aramis.
  2. Sammy Sofa
    Well, I definitely didn't miss this type of the thing the last few years.
  3. Sammy Sofa
    Well that's dumb.
  4. Sammy Sofa
    Hopefully it would be Arrieta.
  5. Sammy Sofa
    So is there any sign on the horizon as to how changing diplomatic relations with Cubs will impact stuff like this, or is that still waaaaaaaaaaaaaay down the line?
  6. Sammy Sofa
    Flimflammery.
  7. Sammy Sofa
    Yeah, but he's probably framed away 10 times more runs or something.
  8. Sammy Sofa
    This is probably like picking between Wood and Prior was back in the day, you know, before Theo. Or picking a winner between King Kong and Godzilla. http://cdn.niketalk.com/5/50/200x200px-ZC-5070dc7f_tee-hee.gif
  9. Sammy Sofa
    Especially if they deal him in a tumultuous MI sandwich with Baez. Still think they could get a seriously good return for something like that. Then who the heck would be Russell's DP partner? Beats me. This is why I'm terrible at chess.
  10. Sammy Sofa
    Especially if they deal him in a tumultuous MI sandwich with Baez. Still think they could get a seriously good return for something like that.
  11. Sammy Sofa
    That could mean some VERY different things.
  12. Sammy Sofa
    So now you want them to sign a starting pitcher, extend Arrieta, sign an OF AND Zobrist? Wouldn't it make more financial sense to just see what Baez can do and have Castro as backup?
  13. Sammy Sofa
    Again, they don't know if Schwarber is going to stick at catcher and they have no idea as to what Baez is going to do.
  14. Sammy Sofa
    Holy crap, that WAR is insane given how terrible his bat is. That almost makes it like deserves some kind of honorable mention. That defensive value is almost Ozzie Smith-good (plus Belanger racked his up in about 500 fewer games). What a weird career.
  15. Sammy Sofa
    So they ended up going 10-7 in the stretch against cruddy teams; I was thinking something like 11-6 going into it, so that ended up being not too bad at all.
  16. Sammy Sofa
    3 out of the 5 making seems about right.
  17. Sammy Sofa
    Baez is the easy pick, but Soler this year has been hugely perplexing and a bit worrisome.
  18. Sammy Sofa
    I mean, it's like 50 years later and people still think Soriano's contract was an albatross. People are stupid. Zambrano's too. http://replygif.net/i/1392.gif
  19. Sammy Sofa
    Yeah, I've been thinking something similar. I've wanted to package Baez and Starlin up for a while now.
  20. Sammy Sofa
    At the moment. Castro bouncing back and being useful and Baez actually panning out aren't as far apart as you want to think.
  21. Sammy Sofa
    Or they just do 2 of those things and not all 3. Again, if Castro and Montero's contracts are hindering them from making major moves, then they're completely screwed to begin with. I'm not saying there's any imperative to get rid of Castro's salary (there isn't), but they have a finite amount to spend and we know that. That $22M worth of salary (Castro and Montero) is not an inconsequential amount and they could conceivably get rid of it to get somebody. I don't see how that means they're completely screwed. They are obviously far from completely screwed, even though we obviously all wish they could/would spend a lot more. Schwarber as a catcher and Baez as a baseball player, period sure as [expletive] aren't sure things at this point, so I'm not eager to see the Cubs just assuming that they are and casting off players with reasonable contracts to save money. It would be equal parts hubris and financial desperation right now.
  22. Sammy Sofa
    That's ridiculous. No one would be upset if the Cubs started spending money, I think a lot of people would be upset. It depends on what they spend it on. if they spend it on David Price, I would not be upset. If they spend it on Jonny Gomes, I would be upset. It takes about 2 seconds to find scores of comments online of Cubs fans flipping the [expletive] out every time Lester gives up a run; tons of them are insanely paranoid about the Cubs spending real baseball money.
  23. Sammy Sofa
    Or you just move them into support roles, because, hey, you need those, too! Stop with this pennypinching nonsense.
  24. Sammy Sofa
    That's what got us into this mess. Spending money is what Jim Hendry would do. So many stubby little rage-boners over mythical all-prospect teams that cost next to nothing.
  25. Sammy Sofa
    Or they just do 2 of those things and not all 3. Again, if Castro and Montero's contracts are hindering them from making major moves, then they're completely screwed to begin with.
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