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  1. Elrhino
    Bradley + Peavy would pretty much be my dream scenario for the offseason. I really haven't followed Bradley closely other than his stats and his headlines until he came to the Rangers, since I live in Texas. But at least for the Rangers he was a passionate player and a ferocious competitor. He was also a lockerroom leader in Texas, because his teammates appreciate his intensity. One of the reasons they didn't dump him at the trade deadline is they liked the leadership he brought to the young team, and kind of became a mentor and father figure to Hamilton in particular. I think the Wrigley fans would like his intensity ... the editorial writers and umpires could be another matter. The only problem I would see is the Cubs also have a tempermental, head strong, volatile and emotional manager. I could easily see Lou and Bradley in a Dibble-esque lockerroom wrestling match at some point in the season. But then again Lou seems to handle Z pretty well.
  2. Elrhino
    Bradley has problems staying healthy, but to say 'he's not very good' when healthy is laughable.
  3. Elrhino
    His numbers the last 3 years don't look particularly bad to me, other than the innings pitched in 2007 ... then again, he put up 184 IP last year, 205 in 2006, and 225 in 2005. I wouldn't have any problem with RJ on a one year contract. Especially if it means we're getting rid of Marquis.
  4. Elrhino
    Believe it not, minor league relievers aren't exactly hot commodities around baseball ... even when they don't have such dire command problems that an extended major league future seems improbable. The Cubs are basically on the other end this time of the Kyle Farnsworth for Roberto Novoa trade.
  5. Elrhino
    If anyone looked bad in that situation it was the Orioles, not Hendry. GM's want to know they can negotiate with someone in good faith without getting the run around or having the rug yanked out from underneat them (especially after things start getting leaked to the press). The Orioles have long had a front office reputation of being so completely unorganized and chaotic that they're almost impossible to deal with. There's a reason why that Bedard trade took almost 2 months to finally get completed.
  6. Elrhino
    Is "respect" as much of a sought after commodity as "grit factor"?
  7. Elrhino
    Towers really looks stupid with his "train has left the station" comment.
  8. Elrhino
    Except the Braves really can't sit on their hands for a few weeks and wait for this to deal to play out as the free agent pitching market gets picked clean in the next few weeks.
  9. Elrhino
    I agree, the benefit of acquiring the "proven closer" is it keeps Marmol and Shark in more valuable positions.
  10. Elrhino
    He won't be shown the door because of Kevin freakin' Gregg; he'll be shown the door because he's a big name reliever hitting the market with a lot of big money teams looking for closers and he's shown very little history of staying healthy for an extended period of time.
  11. Elrhino
    But he has also hosed them Lee for Choi was a salary dump. Not sure that's the best comparison. It's always a bad comparison when it doesn't fit your preconceived bias. The vast majority of trades in the MLB involve money as one of the key contributing factors. It doesn't make them illegitimate. Every other team in the MLB had a shot at Lee. Hendry is the one who got him for nothing.
  12. Elrhino
    Bradley was loved by the Rangers clubhouse. That's one of the key reasons they didn't dump him at the trading deadline, because he had become something of the leader of the lockerroom on a team full of younger players. He's a passionate and intense guy, but he's respected by his teammates because of it. Umpires and beatwriters might feel differently. The bottomline is if this is a playoff team, we need an optimal bat for a playoff lineup. We have plenty of inhouse options at RF to treadwater if he misses a stretch of the season with minor injuries. As long as he's ready in September and October.
  13. Elrhino
    I wouldn't be inclined to resign Dempster at his asking price, but if we were able to somehow do this deal without giving up Marshall it would clinch it. Trade for Peavy, dump Marquis, use Dempster and Marquis' money on Bradley and Furcal, resign Kerry Wood ... enjoy your winter, see you guys in March.
  14. Elrhino
    It might just be blind hope, but I'm thinking it won't be both Shark and Marshall in the package. That's probably what the Padres deserve for Peavy, but they don't seem to have a lot of leverage.
  15. Elrhino
    The Padres will hold out until the last minute of the GM meetings to see if they can pry Hanson away from the Braves. But I don't see why the Braves would suddenly lose their resolve over the weekend, given that Hanson just had another dominant performance in AFL last night.
  16. Elrhino
    Personally, I would rather give up Shark than Vitters.
  17. Elrhino
    After previously viewing this as the longest of long shots, I now realize that Hendry is masterfully doing just enough to get my hopes up to make me resentful and view the rest of the offseason in contempt when it doesn't happen.
  18. Elrhino
    On a sidenote, if anyone wants to get inside his head, his blog is pretty interesting. He's typically all about basketball at this time of the year, but recently almost all of his blog posts have been about the economy and personal finance ... so it's definitely on his mind. At any rate, very little insight into the Cubs, but it's an interesting and opinionated read ... almost like you're getting to casually shoot the Howry with a billionaire entrepreneur about the topics of the day. http://blogmaverick.com/2008/11/05/proud-to-be-an-american/
  19. Elrhino
    I like the idea of Hermida a lot. He actually reminds me a lot of ARam when we stole him from the Pirates. Worst case scenerio: he's a dirt cheap and young platoon partner with DeRo ... and I'm perfectly comfortable with that. Good case scenerio ... he bounces back to 2007 production. Best case scenerio ... sky is the limit.
  20. Elrhino
    No fan wants to see Wood go, but objectively looking at it paying huge money to a closer with a long history of arm problems coming off a rebound year isn't the most sound decision.
  21. Elrhino
    I'm 32. Too young to really have too much invested in 84. 89 was the first year I fell in love with baseball. 2003 broke my heart. I thought our young rotation was going to be utterly unstoppable in the playoffs. I was in the dump for months after that one. These last two years almost seem more comical and tragically amusing. I'll get over this one in a week. No matter how badly the Cubs choke and find new and creative ways to embarrass themselves in the playoffs, there will never be a level of devastation compared to 2003 for me.
  22. Elrhino
    We walked 8 batters in game 1 and allow 4 unearned runs in Game 2. This isn't chance. This isn't one hot team outplaying a better team .... this is just one team playing bad, bad, bad baseball.
  23. Elrhino
    Dare I suggest this team could use some grit factor?
  24. Elrhino
    I'm well aware of the chance nature of the playoffs, especially a 5 game series. However, it's still heartbreaking to watch the Cubs routinely and predictably play a much poorer brand of baseball in the postseason than the one we've become accustomed to in the regular season. It's hard to find solace in the idea that they just found themselves on the wrong end of the coinflip when they walk 8 batters.
  25. Elrhino
    The frustrating aspect is they'll keep throwing him the same pitch over and over and over, you'd think Perry or Lou would say something to him. You'd definitely think they'd be saying something, which makes me wonder even more. Soriano has been swinging at that pitch for 10 seasons. You think someone hasn't told him to stop by now? You think Lou is just going to say "Hey, why not lay off that low and outside breaking ball?" and Soriano says "Wow, I hadn't thought of that before. Yeah, come to think of it ... I have been striking out a lot on that pitch over the last decade. Thanks, skip"
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