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  1. goonys evil twin
    It's 12:25 and no deals yet? Come on Jim I'm growing impatient.
  2. goonys evil twin
    If you wish to use hindsight in viewing trades, I suppose I could see where you miss the robbery. I admit that the Cubs front office is more to blame for these deals than the Orioles. They couldn't have reduced the value of the those two players any more than they did prior to their trades. Whhat else should you use besides hindsight? Isn't that how all trades are ultimately judged? Corey Patterson reduced his own value, the Cubs didn't have to do anymore. Same with Sosa. The Cubs didn't have to do anymore, but they did.
  3. goonys evil twin
    We should not make bad trades with Baltimore.
  4. goonys evil twin
    Platoons are not ideal, but they can be a great tool for maximizing production out of a position in a cost efficient manner. If you can't get a guy who hits well vs LHP and RHP, and can only find a guy who can do one or the other, it would be much better to employ his counterpart as well. Platoon partners also add to the bench in games they are not playing.
  5. goonys evil twin
    Who is Rodrigo Lopez? Just checked him out on baseballreference. While I'm not Jones fan, this would be absurd as a straight up transaction.
  6. goonys evil twin
    Not necessarily. It could mean that both Miller and Prior suffer setbacks, and that there was little else to choose from after Zambrano, 2 new guys and Hill. In other words, he could win the job by default without having pitched all that well.
  7. goonys evil twin
    I don't want any of those guys in the starting rotation at the outset of 2007. But I cannot understand why you would be so vehemently oppose them pitching again. With the big deals the Cubs are giving out now, they are going to need several low cost alternatives over the next several years. And each of the guys you mention have enough upside to possibly fill those roles. I'd love if every one of them pitched for the Cubs again, and pitched very well. I understand not wanting to count on them right now, but I can't understand not wanting to ever see them again.
  8. goonys evil twin
    Well, there's nothing you can do about the schedule. It would be a bad idea to go into the playoffs with a guy playing as poorly as Rex has been of late. I'd feel much more comfortable giving Griese 3 games against subpar competition than going into the playoffs with Rex playing a string of bad games.
  9. goonys evil twin
    I'd let Rex and Griese battle it out next summer, unless Rex catches fire and wins the whole thing this year, or Griese comes in and looks amazing and wins the whole thing this year. With Rex's play quite shaky, Angelo doesn't have to extend him this offseason, so you let him play out a contract year and earn a new deal next year. That means beating out the competition and playing well.
  10. goonys evil twin
    Grossman starts, but has to play well to keep the job.
  11. goonys evil twin
    In this case, however, isn't the change also on ice, with a change in ice time, style and lines for many players? I'm not about to buy this as a completely changed team, but I'm pleasantly surprised by the improvement.
  12. goonys evil twin
    Bench him in week 14 though? See, this is the problem with the whole bench Grossman scenarios. I don't necessarily disagree, but at this point in the season I don't care if you're Johnny Unitas, you need more than 3 games against tomato cans to get ready for tough playoff games. If Grossmen fails to improve, I would not have a problem giving Griese a 3-game warmup before the playoffs begin. He's not a rookie. He's not in virgin territory. I like that Grossman brings a potential for big plays. And as long as he was bouncing back from bad games, I thought they'd be fine with him as QB. They've already beaten playoff caliber teams, both home and away, with Rex playing less than stellar. But back-to-back disaster games erodes my confidence in his ability to bounce back. 3 in a row would be unacceptable. Rex is no longer a "virtual rookie" with 21 games under his belt (including playoff). I was fine with the occasional setback earlier in the year. I was fine with how he came out of the NY trip. But I am not fine with tolerating prolonged very bad play. He absolutely has to show up Monday night.
  13. goonys evil twin
    Okay, I'm done defending Rex. If Lovie wants to keep throwing him out there for now, fine, but if he doesn't improve soon, I'm going to jump on the bench him bandwagon. If Tommie is done for the year, that really sucks. The first playoff game is still going to be 6 weeks away, so he might be able to come back. And at this point, I wouldn't want anything more than that. Then again, championship teams have to still be able to win when missing a piece or two. I think the Bears can survive and still thrive if Harris is out. This is when d-line depth will really start to pay off. Benson needs to get the ball more.
  14. goonys evil twin
    It is meaningless to pay two guys to play one postion and to pay one guy to sit on the bench @100 games a year? The opportunity costs: The platoon player is taking a roster spot that could otherwise be filled by someone better You have one less player to use on your bench How do you propose to get "people on board"? Assuming the guy is good enough to be worth platooning, odds are you aren't going to be finding many better bench players. With people like Nixon, who hasn't been a full-time player in several years, it should be pretty easy to convince him to participate in such a situation. Guys like Jones, who play most games but stink against one type of pitcher would probably put up a fight. But that's what managers are for, to do what's best for the team. You don't have one less player to use on your bench. It's not like the guy who is not starting that day is ineligible to play. The first couple times through the lineup he's going to be facing the same pitcher, and you don't even have to think about pinch hitting. In many games I wouldn't even sub-in the platoon if they bring in a new pitcher. It doesn't have to be, and really, it can never be, a 100% strict platoon. But it doesn't have to be much of a problem either.
  15. goonys evil twin
    That doesn't make any sense. Why? This isn't fantasy baseball. All things being equal platoons are a sign of weakness. You are paying two guys to play one position, not to mention most players don't like being platooned. I understand the logic, but in this instance you cannot just use the numbers to justify a platoon. There are opportunity cost problems all over the place. I don't really care about "signs" of weakness. That's meaningless. There are no opportunity cost problems. A platoon can be fantastic if you have people on board. It's the managers job to get guys to agree to such a scenario. a Saturday appearance by Goon? me agreeing with Goon? dogs and cats, living together...chaos reigns. The wife is napping and I'm bored. With winter meetings coming soon I needed a fix. I had been thinking about Nixon a couple days ago, and seeing Bruce Miles throw that out there really got my interest.
  16. goonys evil twin
    The problem is they might have to. You have 5-6 bench players. If one of them can start 50 games a year and provide substantial production over the guy he's replacing, I don't see why you wouldn't. I'm really having a tough time understanding your argument. Ideally, you'd have 8 guys who hit very well vs both L and R and start 162 games. But that is not the case most of the time.
  17. goonys evil twin
    That doesn't make any sense. Why? This isn't fantasy baseball. All things being equal platoons are a sign of weakness. You are paying two guys to play one position, not to mention most players don't like being platooned. I understand the logic, but in this instance you cannot just use the numbers to justify a platoon. There are opportunity cost problems all over the place. I don't really care about "signs" of weakness. That's meaningless. There are no opportunity cost problems. A platoon can be fantastic if you have people on board. It's the managers job to get guys to agree to such a scenario.
  18. goonys evil twin
    I really like the idea of Nixon. He'd be a very good LH bat off the bench, and part time starter. If the Cubs don't improve the offense anymore from where it is now, then they are going to have to seriously consider platooning Murton. Nixon would be very good for such a spot.
  19. goonys evil twin
    More livable, but then you have to get rid of Izturis somehow.
  20. goonys evil twin
    I think he babies himself too much, and flinches at the first twinge he feels anywhere along his right arm. And this can indeed cause real problems down the road. It's a lot like a football player trying to play at less than full speed. You're trying to avoid injury, and in so doing.......you get injured. Like when he went back out after injuring his shoulder. Or when he returned from a broken elbow?
  21. goonys evil twin
    If you wanted to plant stories to drive up a guy's price, using the Cubs as the example is a pretty good idea, given the amuont of money they are rumored to be prepared to spend.
  22. goonys evil twin
    What happened to Murton, do they not know that he's on our roster? I didn't even notice that part. I'm assuming such a series of events would leave the lineup looking like: Soriano Lugo Lee Ramirez Barrett Murton DeRosa Izturis That is not something I'd like to see.
  23. goonys evil twin
    The current offense, minus Jones and plus Lugo, is not very good.
  24. goonys evil twin
    They'd be wise to blow that team up and go young. Their best players are pretty old. It was tough to try and rebuild in the middle of the streak, but now that it's over, they can more easily get away with a new look.
  25. goonys evil twin
    Considering the Cubs' current team I would agree with you (since neither Cabrera nor Pujols would be better than Ramirez or Lee to the degree that it would cancel out losing Zambrano). I'd be slotting Cabrera into a corner OF spot, so he wouldn't be replacing Ramirez.
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