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  1. goonys evil twin
    I thought the topic was banking on career years? that's my point. I was saying that at least Hendry and Stoneman can look at the 2006 stats of the players they signed as a justification for the contracts they handed out. not that that is a good justification. Coletti doesn't even have that argument as to why he handed out that ridiculous contract to Juan Pierre. there is basically no justification for signing Pierre to that many years and that many dollars. He's a tryer though. He tries. He might not get the job done, and he might be a yoke around the neck of that offense, but he'll be trying the whole time.
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    Awesome. Yeah, I think most Chicagoans have the wrong impression of Rex. They think he's quiet and shy. And that's just dead wrong. He's actually pretty cocky. Hilarious that Sharper is crying about Rex trash talking, considering that's all Darren ever does. Sharper's words reak of a veteran desperate to inspire his wholly unimpressive team. Compared to Jason Taylor, who was pissed about being an afterthought and came ready to kill, this stuff is just silly nonsense.
  3. goonys evil twin
    They're looking at every possibility, including putting Jock there. Nothing is firm yet as trades take a lot more work than do free-agent signings. Ryan Church and Gabe Gross would be ideal candidates. Both would fit great in our lineup. Can Church play CF? Don't know how well, but it was his primary position in 2006. If the Cubs could manage a trade that brings them Westbrook and Michaels, aand then added Church, they would have a pretty nice CF situation. And neither would be blocking Pie (but could serve as solid 4th OF in the future).
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    I see the justification in giving him 5-6m for 1 year. I just don't see how anybody can say with any confidence that he will be good. He's a risky venture. He's sucked throughout his career. At this point you would have to consider yourself lucky to just get average out of him. But how can you say he will be good with any level of confidence?
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    I guess we'll have to agree to disagree on what the ultimate sin of the sport is. I find cheating to become a better player more unethical than betting on the team that one manages. The difference is just about everybody cheats in one way shape or form, while betting is quite different. Betting that your team will win doesn't seem to me to be all that horrible. Now, of course, if you bet that you will lose and throw the game or something like that, then that's certainly a bannable offense. It's quite naive to think betting for your team is harmless. If you had money on your team to win one game, the effort you make to win that game might be something that costs your team in the long haul. Likewise, any losses could put you at risk of being susceptible to the influence of the type of people who are taking these bets. It's very smart for legitimate sports leagues to ban gambling on their own sports, the results of such dealings could be devastating.
  6. goonys evil twin
    I guess we'll have to agree to disagree on what the ultimate sin of the sport is. I find cheating to become a better player more unethical than betting on the team that one manages. The difference is just about everybody cheats in one way shape or form, while betting is quite different.
  7. goonys evil twin
    To me, a trend has to be something more than just 2006 compared to 2005. I see trends when a guy has 2 or 3 straight improving seasons. Year-to-year changes are just one off comparisons, not trends. I think pitchers who make it into their 30's with their arms attached, can last a little past 32 before they decline. They are different than hitters. But there's a big range of types. There are lots of guys who make a splash onto the scene, but peak in their early 20's and never regain that stuff. I think a lot of that is because of health reasons. The problem, of course, is consistency with pitchers. There are very few truly reliable year-in-year-out performers. Anyway, I put Padilla on the top of the list of second tier guys long ago, and I've seen no reason to change that. I laughed at the idea that Suppan could get a 3/30 deal in this market just based off a good playoff game. But I'm not so dismissive of him now. The problem I see though, is there's a pretty long list of similar pitchers who completely disappeared in their early to mid 30's (Nagy, Helling, Astacio, Stottlemyre, Hentgen). It's a huge risk with such pitchers. I'd really like to see Padilla and Schmidt. I could live with Padilla and one of the lesser guys. But I'd hate to see them throw big money and Meche and Marquis, two guys with massive downsides who have not shown much on the upside.
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    rolen
  9. goonys evil twin
    That's some pretty stupid reasoning.
  10. goonys evil twin
    I don't see how anybody can support that arguement. It's absurd. The winner of the championship game is the champion. What if the other contender for #2 in the nation already lost to OSU earlier? Would they not deserve a chance? Don't teams from conferences with championship games sometimes play twice in a year? Why would the conference championship game winner be the conf champ if they lost to them earlier in the year? And with the outcry for a playoff, wouldn't that result in the occasional rematch? Would the winner of said playoff not be the champion because they lost earlier?
  11. goonys evil twin
    The current team better not be. The offense is a little better, but nothing special, and the pitching still stinks. He needs a couple more pitchers and a bat.
  12. goonys evil twin
    I don't see how this eliminates them from Schmidt talks. I wouldn't put anything past the Yankees, but for what it is worth, Olney in his blog today states: Thought it was worth mentioning the opinion is out there. A Yankees fan in my office says NY was never in the Schmidt market. He claimed Cashman said they were not going to bid on anymore NL pitchers, because they've been burned on that.
  13. goonys evil twin
    What does that even mean?
  14. goonys evil twin
    http://www.gribblenation.net/nflmaps/
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    There are worse ones as well. *COUGH* Neifi Perez *COUGH* The problem with Simon is he's all or nothing with that approach. So, when he's hot, he's a nice bench option. But when he's bad, he's worse than Neifi. He had a 41 OPS+ last year. Granted, it was one month of play, but his last season of significant time was 2004, when he had a 41 as well. A line of .188/.266/.266 is absolutely awful. He's a guy who got by on talent in his 20's, putting up respectable lines, for a bench player. But he's in his 30's now and hasn't been remotely decent since 2003. Yes, he did some nice things for the Cubs, but lots of guys can claim to have had nice stints on the Cubs who were never to be heard from again.
  16. goonys evil twin
    We can't afford to lose another SP, unless we acquire one elsewhere to make up for it. Hill shouldn't be untouchable, not if somebody is willing to give up a stud for him and you can cover your pitching with another move.
  17. goonys evil twin
    That's assuming the market for position players has gone up while the market for frontline pitchers has been stagnant. The only thing that we can say for sure has increased, in this market, is the cost for players in terms of dollars. The relative cost of a big hitting SS and a starting pitcher has not been clearly alterted.
  18. goonys evil twin
    I've always thought that if Hendry is going to go after that type of hitter, not particularly patient, but potent toolsy guy, he might as well get the really good ones.
  19. goonys evil twin
    OPS+ of 126 last year, still well above his career 114. That 126 is definitely elite for his position, and absolutely blows away anything the Cubs could hope to get. It might not be worth the trade cost, and he is an aging middle infielder (not a good combo), but don't think for a moment that's he's not an elite hitter. If he was ever an elite hitter, it was relative to his position, and in that regard, he still is.
  20. goonys evil twin
    You'd rather him reach his potential with someone else? I think he's saying the Cubs aren't a good organization for a toolsy undisciplined hitter to be in if he wants to reach his potential. I'm sure he'd love to have him do it with the Cubs, but the odds aren't great, given their track record.
  21. goonys evil twin
    i swear these people slept through 2006. Facts have never been the most important thing in baseball. Myths sell.
  22. goonys evil twin
    almost too logical to be true. One way or the other I expect Hendry to enter the Winter Meetings in a Brinks truck isn't westbrook due to make considerably more than $4 million? I'm assuming here that the Tribe would want some players back. ;) That's what I assumed when you said "net".
  23. goonys evil twin
    ERA+: 2003: 158 2004: 133 2005: 125 2006: 92 WHIP: 2003: 1.08 2004: 1.26 2005: 1.35 2006: 1.44 Also look at BB/K and BB/9... the trends aren't particularly encouraging. ONE offseason? I say he's had two in a row. He got lucky to have an ERA in the 3.00s in 2005 with that 1.35 WHIP. The trends are bad, but the fact is he's had only one bad season. Schmidt had a similar 2005. Just about every pitcher the Cubs are reportedly looking at has had similar seasons. And none of them has had the career of Hudson.
  24. goonys evil twin
    He had an ERA+ of 91. I forgot just how bad he was last year. But he's "only" 31, and there aren't many pitchers out there who the Cubs are looking at that don't have a 91 ERA+ type season on their resume. Tim does have a 128 for his career. He's had a better career than anybody the Cubs have considered, even Schmidt. I think it might be a good risk to take, although I'd have to have a thorough physical exam to be sure.
  25. goonys evil twin
    I'm wondering why LAA would trade Santana and how in the world the Cubs could get involved, seeing as how they don't have much to deal.
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