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I think he receives too much adulation. People have been saying for years that he'll reinvent the position. He won't. He is a very talented QB that can help your team win. But outside of the hype, I wouldn't even consider him pro bowl material let alone say he's on track to be a hall of famer. Far too many have simply annointed him as the next great one. In reality he's done very little. The defense down there has been the biggest reason for success. Right now I'd take him on the Bears in a heartbeat, because I don't have a lot of faith in the Bears QB's and think Vick could do a better job of managing the team, without losing games on his own. But I think Brees is better than him, and stands a very good chance of finishing his career as the better QB. I think some people complain a bit too much about Vick, but for the most part what I hear is people echoing my sentiments, basically annoyance at all the early praise he's received without having really earned it. Or perhaps better explained as annoyance that many are still praising him after he's shown over and over that he's not great.
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You mean, like win? If this was a franchise, or even a management team, with a strong history of making the right moves to make a winning ballclub, I'd be able to have patience when thinking about what will happen with the Giles situation in particuliar, the RF position in general and the team overall. But this front office has no legs to stand on. Andy's regime has brought on many more losses than victories. It's there job to prove us wrong, not our responsibility to just assume they have everything under control.
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It's not even a subject this front office is interested in. If the scouts say "he looks like he may have turned it around" that is probably enough to cause interest. This is not an organization that is all that interested in objective analysis. They want gamers and players and workers and tools with upside and bodies with all the right dimensions and live arms or a natural stroke. Sure you could still win that way. There is no one way to build a winner. But the Cubs don't look like they know how to win their way, and they certainly don't have a history of winning their way either.
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Why? Why is he so unattainable for the Cubs, yet a half dozen other teams supposedly have a good shot? The only way they would have no chance to sign him is if they don't try to sign him. It's a self fulfilling prophecy when you assume you can't get a guy, so you don't even try to get a guy. The Cubs could sign Giles if they wanted him. There is absolutely no evidence to support the theory that he'd refuse to play for the Cubs. If you show no interest, he's not going to beg you for it. Giles is obtainable, and taking the attitude that he is not is simply sealing your own fate with mediocrity, as usual.
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He's arbitration eligible, so since his contract for this year isn't set at a value yet, that's why he's not up there I imagine. Not that it matters, but it's a little silly to add in all these ficticious contracts with other non-signed players, but not include Z with an estimated contract value.
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They better be better than an 88 win team. The '03 team wasn't all that great, they just got lucky with rivals that failed and won one round of playoffs.
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Totally different. Hideki was a Yankee. He always wanted to be a Yankee and made that quite clear when he first came over, and throughout his Yankee career. He stayed with his own team. There is no possible way that the agent would refuse to listen to the Cubs, that would be as incompetent as Hendry refusing to talk to Giles's agent. Why are you trying so hard to search for excuses for Hendry not to fill the biggest need? When players have specific teams they refuse to consider, that stuff leaks out there, and that is usually either the Yankees, or any number of screwed up small market teams like Nationexpos, DRays, Pirates. I don't get how you can't buy what I'm saying. I'm just thinking rationally, not digging up storylines with nothing to back them up. I'm not trying to stir up controversy where it doesn't exist, or completely distort the truth. Giles fills the Cubs biggest hole. He's an obvious candidate for signing. Contract rumors are not yet out of hand. Hendry would be completely incompetent if he wasn't trying to talk to the agent. Even if he didn't receive an initially warm reception he would be failing the team by not trying to acquire the best possible player he could get to fill the biggest problem on the team. You don't have to create ficticious storylines to see the logic there.
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I don't buy that for a second. You think there's any chance an agent will tell a big market team with a top payroll that they won't entertain any offers from them until everybody else drops out? That's about the worst possible strategy, and most unrealistic scenario that could play out in this mess. There is no excuse not to get in on the Giles talks, and there is no reason to try and search for excuses.
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What evidence do you have to back that claim up? Hendry loves old ballplayers. He was, by all accounts, behind the Alou and Remlinger signings, he went hard after Maddux. He obviously likes older bench players, choosing to guarantee mediocrity rather than risk failure in the pursuit of greatness. Show me a longterm contract Hendry worked out with a player 35 years old or older. Greg Maddux and Mike Remlinger. Moises was signed while Hendry was the asst GM, and he was reportedly a big part of making that signing.
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If Pittsburgh could get anything for him they should trade him in a heartbeat, but the Cubs better get nowhere near the white Neifi.
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Because the Cubs have made the mistake of narrowing their focus too specifically on the need to improve leadoff instead of just improving the team overall. They've lamented that lack of traditional leadoff hitters in the league, which drives up the cost of the few remaining. And they've fallen right into the trap of overpaying for overhyped value. If the overall team production is good enough, it really doesn't matter who is hitting where. You get yourself into trouble when you make acquisitions for specific spots in the order, instead of just filling all 8 positions adaquately.
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Um, at the time I remember practically everybody was pissed off the Cubs settled for a terrible pitcher like Alfonseca to be closer, and nobody was excited for walk artist Clement. This was around the time that stories leaked out about Alf's bad back due to his gut, and his run-in with the team strength guy after not making some sort of weight limit. Florida was trying their darndest to rid themselves of that overpriced chunk of mediocrity.
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Every story that came out said Hendry orchestrated the trade (as asst. GM at the time) for Alfonseca. Clement was a throw-in salary dump on Florida's part.
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I honestly think that Hendry believes last year's team was fine, and that he doesn't need any sort of overhaul to improve the squad, just a tweak here or there. That being said, I don't think he feels the need to go after impact players. My assumption is he believes he has the impact guys in Ramirez and Lee, and that everybody else just needs to show up and catch the ball, and they'll win. Hendry has his beliefs, and I don't think he feels he's been proven wrong yet. He's sticking with Baker, he's sticking with guys like Rusch, Neifi and probably Macias, overpaying for all of them. He's in fine-tuning mode, not change the direction of this failing and falling ballclub mode.
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What bidding war? Between the Cubs and Braves? If he reports are to be believed, the Yanks and others are involved in the Giles sweepstakes. I'd say that's very different than the Furcal situation. The Mets are involved. If you are willing to even consider a 5/50 for Furcal, but won't get in on the Giles talks while the numbers are still in the 3/30 range, you're just a plain old incompetent GM.
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What evidence do you have to back that claim up? Hendry loves old ballplayers. He was, by all accounts, behind the Alou and Remlinger signings, he went hard after Maddux. He obviously likes older bench players, choosing to guarantee mediocrity rather than risk failure in the pursuit of greatness.
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I don't have a problem with the Cubs if they choose not to get into a bidding war for Giles, my problem with the team is I highly doubt they will even get into a bidding skirmish, or even fracas. The theory that lots of teams are likely to have an interest in Giles seems to be enough of an incentive for Hendry not to have any, and that's just incredibly disappointing, and also telling of the ineptitude of this front office. When you don't even realize that BBs and OBP have been your biggest offensive problem, and that right field was an absolute black hole last season, you can't know that Brian Giles is the cure for what ails you. It all goes back to this administration's ancient and out of date approach to the game. Walks are for sissies and real men swing early and often.
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If his contract goes away from the 3/30 range and closer to the 5/60 range, then you are justified staying away. Other than that, you're incompetent if you don't get involved.
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If you took that approach with every kid, you've never break in anybody, and that's exactly why the Cubs have sucked so bad for so long. They keep plugging holes with outsiders, which is more costly and less efficient. If you solidify the rest of the team, it almost doesn't matter what you get from the $350,000 kid.
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Because I don't think anybody believes that Nomar can still play a passable shortstop. Nomar at SS >>>>>>>>>> AGon II or Neifi. Offensively yes, defensively not so much. Overall yes.
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Monster year for Aramis Ramirez in 2006
goonys evil twin replied to AramisRamirez's topic in Chicago Cubs Talk
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Heilman does nothing for me. He's Leicester plus one year.
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The defense is more than fine right now. But a dominating D is also their best chance of winning a super bowl. I don't see a mid-to-late 1st round WR really helping to turn the offense into greatness in 2006, that depends entirely on the battle between Orton and Grossman. I would take a d lineman who can help them put pressure on the QB without blitzing help, something they still have issues with. But I'd really like a stud D back. They've got some good players back there, but the corners are more like a collection of #2 guys than anything else. I would not hesitate to draft a playmaking linebacker either. I think this group is likely to be broken up in the next couple years, just like the previous group, and they need that pipeline to keep flowing.
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I don't agree with that at all. Maybe Jon will improve somewhere else. But the guy walked over 4.2 per 9 in the minors, and was over 4.5 in the majors. His WHIP was around 1.50 in the minors as well as the majors, with a K rate just over 7. He was nothing special and summed up the Cubs problems with their pitching staff, lack of control. There were too many guys giving up walks, and this is a case of getting rid of one. There's nothing wrong with "giving up on him" given the Cubs roster issues.
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In what way? He was having a career year before getting hurt. He turns 33 this January and is going from one pitcher's park to another. I don't see him improving at all.