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  1. apete6
    Completely agree. If he can get his SLG up over .450 this year and closer to .500 in the future, you're talking about a perennial all-star and MVP candidate. he'd also need to drastically improve his defense to warrant mentioning as an MVP candidate Maybe, but if you have a SS OPSing .900 on a winning Cubs team, he'll get consideration.
  2. apete6
    Completely agree. If he can get his SLG up over .450 this year and closer to .500 in the future, you're talking about a perennial all-star and MVP candidate.
  3. apete6
    HUSTLE AND GRIT WINS BASEBALL GAMES!!!
  4. apete6
    Henry Melton is going to make the Pro Bowl. http://www.chicagotribune.com/sports/football/bears/ct-spt-0804-bears-melton--20110804,0,1405997.story I love training camp stories.
  5. apete6
    If Wright or Conte step up, Safety could be OK. I'm just skeptical of young guys playing an extremely important position in this defense. Manning was terrible his first year or two, but came on nicely the past 2 years once he had a regular role for the whole season. He was generally a pretty sure tackler and his return ability was a bonus (although kick returns will be less important now with the rule change). I just don't see how TE isn't a huge downgrade. We basically replaced Greg Olsen (great athlete, could make game changing plays--Cowboys and Seahawks games) with Spaeth who is almost as bad of a blocker and has none of the athleticism. Agree on Kreutz. I don't know enough about offensive line play to grade Spencer in Seattle, but Kreutz was a shell of himself the past 2 years or so. The locker room presence is probably overrated quite a bit, but sometimes stuff like that comes through in the attitudes of the offensive players. Nothing quantifiable, but probably more than most non-meatball fans think and less than Ditka-files think.
  6. apete6
    Him and Vick and McCoy in some version of the Wildcat is just another strange weapon the Eagles can employ. Should score a lot of points.
  7. apete6
    Sounds about right and probably justified. I'm just sick of seeing guys with supposed good stuff come up and light the stadium on fire with their gas cans time and again. Like most teams in baseball, the revolving door of bad from the 10th, 11th, and 12th men on the pitching staff is nauseating. Why not give a guy a shot who has never really had a terrible ERA or WHIP?
  8. apete6
    So, just to make this clear, the Bears downgraded at the following positions: Safety (Manning>Conte) Linebacker (Pisa + Roach > Roach) Tight End Center Punter (accuracy) and have upgraded at: Wide Receiver Defensive Line (maybe) Offensive Tackle (maybe) Running Back (barely) Punter (length) And remained the same (basically) at: QB, kicker, guard, corners, special teams Consider me unimpressed. The defense better get a ton of pressure on the QB or its going to be one hell of a long year. The Bears refuse to spend money on the offensive line or a CB, their two worst positions and have gotten worse at Safety, one of the most important positions in the Tampa 2.
  9. apete6
    I got a reply about Carillo on his last start that he wouldn't be a difference making reliever. And, while that's probably true, he's on one hell of a run this year. If he can at least make the Cubs roster and contribute in the middle innings, that wouldn't be a bad turn of events. Very impressive numbers.
  10. apete6
    I'm pretty sure he's not overvalued as he's been on like 10 teams in 5 years. Then again, he's been traded for some awfully good players.
  11. apete6
    Could this Marco Carillo character ever do anything productive as a big league bullpen guy?
  12. apete6
    That's the thing. I'm not completely sold on us being able to spend the money on a pitcher worth a damn. Sure, we could bid the highest on Prince Fielder and CJ Wilson, but what is the incremental improvement of CJ Wilson+whatever we eat on Zambrano over just Zambrano the next 2 years?
  13. apete6
    LOL at the 8th inning of this game. http://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/CHA/CHA199007010.shtml?utm_source=direct&utm_medium=Share&utm_campaign=ShareTool 4 runs score without a hit after 2 outs, no one on base. I remember watching this game with my Sox fan uncle and his head almost exploded out of laughter because he hated the Yankees (even though that was in the glorious stretch of the Yankees sucking for 15 years).
  14. apete6
    And they have the pitching to compete with the Phillies in the playoffs. And getting Beltran keeps him from the Phillies. When you have a chance to win multiple titles, you do it, within reason.
  15. apete6
    Die in a fire, Jim Hendry. Unless we're also getting some good prospects back, why just give Zambrano away?
  16. apete6
    10Ks as well. Pretty dominant performance.
  17. apete6
    I guess, but if that were the case, if I'm the Sox, I tell the Cards to [expletive] off and have fun finding another pitcher like Edwin Jackson. Although rumor has it Reinsdorf wants to cut payroll, so maybe the Sox hands were tied.
  18. apete6
    Something tells me that Edwin Jackson will take less money in exchange for a no-trade clause as soon as he finally becomes a free agent. My god, I hope the guy hasn't bought houses everywhere he's moved. Really a weird situation, he's a good player and I haven't heard about any clubhouse problems with him, yet he continues to get passed around like a porn star at a keg party.
  19. apete6
    Why the hell wouldn't the White Sox just get Rasmus for themselves? Frasor is a nice piece, but useless on a team that isn't going anywhere, just ask the Jays.
  20. apete6
    You'd think a Packers fan would know this. I think he can come back at any time, but his contract is for 4 more years and is valid whenever he is active. Basically unless the Bengals trade or release him, he has to play for them if he wants to play.
  21. apete6
    Except we didn't get an average year from Gregg. He was pretty awful. Maybe he meant average for Gregg? I guess you're right, he was bad with the Cubs. Negative WAR. Maybe I just blocked that out of my head. Going into the season, though, he was projected to possibly be a Type A and if he had replicated his previous 3 years (averaged about 0.8 WAR), he might have been a decent long term bullpen option or at least a good arbitration candidate--if, you know, our GM believed in offering arbitration to mediocre relievers instead of signing them to over-market 2-3 year deals (see Grabow, John). He sucked, we got nothing, and it was one in a series of either bad or mediocre moves by Hendry.
  22. apete6
    The guy is 6'3" and runs a 4.4. To not have gotten drafted, he must have been the first receiver in history to play without hands
  23. apete6
    Roy Williams is a classic underachiever and a bit of a douchebag, but I would put him below Edwards & Santonio Holmes, but above the old receivers discussed earlier. Probably on par with Sims-Walker and probably cheaper at this point.
  24. apete6
    Don't forget Carlos Quentin. I don't think the WSox gave up much for him and he's raking. This is one thing that Kenny Williams does extremely well (Quentin, Humber, Thornton). Obviously there are other examples as well (Josh Hamilton, Bobby Abreu--although I think he was an int'l signing, not a draftee). We tried it and got a few years of terribleness from Thomas Diamond. Thanks Hendry!
  25. apete6
    Tampa Bay has no choice but to spend. I believe the proposed salary floor for the next 2 seasons is 99% of the cap. If they spend well, they could have a very strong team the next few years. Wow, I knew there was a floor, but I didn't realize it was that high. Damn they are going to be interesting. Now, they could also just give long term extensions to a few players and make the signing bonus all payed this year to avoid signing a bunch of free agents to long term deals, but the fact remains that they will have to spend money. Rumor has it the Bears might take care of Forte (high signing bonus and relatively low future salaries) this way after they see how much $$$ they have left after the initial free agency period.
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