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  1. goonys evil twin
    Nothing that made him miss significant amounts of time. Really? 2004: 118IP 2005:166IP 2006:43IP, I beg to differ. I'm sorry, I assumed that 2006 was the obvious exception. My point has always been that this year has been the only year that he has missed significant time for anything besides fluke accidents on the field. I think 2006 was the build up of 2003 and the two accidents and the adjustments he had to make for all 3 issues finally coming to a head. What about the achilles? There was talk that his ankle area was bothering him at the end of 2003, then he couldn't start 2004 because of an achilles issue.
  2. goonys evil twin
    Only a really smart person would think of this option.
  3. goonys evil twin
    So Benson is talking again, wanting more playing time. Personally, I don't have a problem with that. It's one thing to get all the carries, and complain you aren't getting enough. But Benson truly isn't being given much of a chance to do anything. And Jones isn't doing anything. The next two weekends might be perfect for throwing Benson into the mix and see what he can do. Both guys had injury issues in training camp. Benson should be healthy now, with next to no contact for nearly two months. You should be able to sell it to the locker room by talking about the need to keep Jones healthy all year, and that the running game needs a spark. You can start Jones, and play him a bit. But give Benson twenty touches the next two games and see what happens.
  4. goonys evil twin
    My guess is Ryno asked to be on the staff as a way for him to get his future managerial career going and the Cubs were happy to oblige him because it is good PR for the team. Is he really being asked?
  5. goonys evil twin
    Perhaps all the talk about being aggressive was his way of defending his players that were aggressive hitters. Protect them from what? I don't want a manager protecting the flaws of players, I want him helping to eliminate those flaws, or, at the very least, limit those flaws.
  6. goonys evil twin
    I'd stay away from Sheffield now, then and in the future. Probably...but Putting him in right and then signing Soriano and sticking him in center would sure put an end to our offensive questions... Not necessarily. The guy is poison. He'll want an extension more than anything. He's been whining about an extension since the day after he signed his current deal. On top of that, he's an old man coming off a season destroying injury. When he did play in 2006, he wasn't particularly productive. He's a great talent who had an amazing resurgence in his early-to-mid 30's, but he's fallen off a bit in recent years. If you're an ass, you better be a lock to produce, or else it's not worth the headache.
  7. goonys evil twin
    Define well supported.
  8. goonys evil twin
    I'd stay away from Sheffield now, then and in the future.
  9. goonys evil twin
    Bonderman is younger than Z, but Z was much much better at the same age. Bonderman might not be much more than a slightly better version of Jon Garland. No way would I trade Lee for just that. Sure, if he never improves again ever. Also...Lee? Derrek Lee, Cubs 1st baseman. Garland has been better, at times in his career, than Bonderman was this year. The point is Bonderman is no Zambrano. It's being suggested that the Cubs trade their two best players, and get back lesser players. I'm not a big fan of that.
  10. goonys evil twin
    and how far did that 'strength' take the cubs last year? I never understood the concept of turning a strength into a weakness. That strength didnt take the Cubs too far last year, because eveything else about the Cubs was a complete joke. Trading Scott Eyre isn't going to make the bullpen a weakness.
  11. goonys evil twin
    He wasn't very good last year and makes a lot of money. He had a couple of injuries last year also. His weight was a obvious problem as well. And he refuses to exercise.
  12. goonys evil twin
    I'm adamently opposed to taking part in the election, but I think it would be great if Mabry got more votes than somebody like Crede.
  13. goonys evil twin
    What the hell is with the title? Look again? At what, how bad some of these guys are (calling Mabry mediocre is an insult to mediocrity). The fact that some are everyday players and some barely see the field?
  14. goonys evil twin
    I don't think that matters much either way. These guys are professionals. If they've made up their minds to play in North America, I think they're willing to play with or without Japanese teammates. Willing yes. But if they had the choice, would they prefer the team with the other Japanese player? It's hard to say, but there seems to be a select few teams that are getting the bulk of the players. Maybe it's because those teams have made more of an effort, or that those teams are more attractive regardless of who else is on the team. But there could be some effect.
  15. goonys evil twin
    Obviously it would be Eyre in a package. No middle reliever is worth a decent SP or position player straight up.
  16. goonys evil twin
    If it means adding strength to the far more important rotation and lineup, hell yeah. yeah, but then the cubs are creating a hole while patching up another. No. It's creating a smaller more managable hole in order to patch a far larger and more important hole. Like it or not, a good bullpen is worthless on a bad team. And it's not like the Cubs bullpen would fall to pieces if Scott Eyre was traded. He's no difference maker. He's a very small piece to a very messed up puzzle. And relatively easy to replace.
  17. goonys evil twin
    If it means adding strength to the far more important rotation and lineup, hell yeah.
  18. goonys evil twin
    It wouldn't be stretch to say Padilla is as good as Suppan, and could easily be better next year, if not the next 3-4 years. And he could sign for less. The "average" salary is skewed by first year players, but the cost of free agents is skewed by the lack of supply. If every player was a free agent that only signed one year contracts, there'd be a much bigger supply. In theory, the average salary would go up a bit, based on teams no longer having to worry about future risk. But, there's still a finite amount of money that teams are willing to spend on players. If teams spend X on player salaries today, they wouldn't all of a sudden spend 2X. The average salary is the average salary. It's the money the league spends on players divided by the amount of players. How it is distributed is skewed by tenure. But that just means veterans are overpaid and pre-arby guys are underpaid.
  19. goonys evil twin
    The way he was talking, he was describing the Giants as an unstoppable force and the Cowboys as a great team that simply ran into that unstoppable force.
  20. goonys evil twin
    That's a good place to start for him.
  21. goonys evil twin
    I assumed that's what you meant. And I agree there's no reason to do that. But I'm just saying, I wouldn't hesitate to include him in the right deal, as opposed to only giving him up out of desperation.
  22. goonys evil twin
    But once you've done the minor league manager thing, the next step is getting major league coaching experience. Teams seem to like both in their candidates. There's not much use in staying as a manager at AAA once you've done it. Plus, it's worth it for the travel/hotel situation alone. And it might pay better.
  23. goonys evil twin
    Yes. I've said Suppan is above average.
  24. goonys evil twin
    If you're talking ARod with the Yankees, and you're selling Prior, Eyre and Moore, and they say they'll do it for Howry instead of Eyre, you'd walk? No, I'd make that deal in a heartbeat. I said I wouldn't actively shop Howry. If teams come calling and offer a good deal, then of course I'd take it. I guess it depends on your definition of shop. I wouldn't let it know to every team that Howry is available. But I wouldn't hesitate to include him in the initial offer for a great player, if I feel that's what it would take for the other team to know I'm serious. It's similar to the Murton situation. If the only way Florida will talk about Cabrera is to include Murton in an offer, I'm including him, because Cabrera is so much better.
  25. goonys evil twin
    Yes, but average is average. I'm still talking about twice the average pay, assuming a premium for pitchers. There are lots of average to above average pitchers who make less than what Suppan is likely to make in free agency. I'd like to make the argument that Suppan is above average for the fact that he goes 200 innings per year Then I'd like to throw out the fact that he hasn't done that since 2003.
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