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  1. CubColtPacer
    True, but the quote that was being disputed initially said that there was no way that the report was true because Z would never sign for that little because he could get more on the open market. They then just pointed out a couple of pitchers who took similar contracts-why can't Z do the same if reports say that he is close to doing just that?
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    I'm not sure I agree with you that the closer concept should never have been invented. There is still a mental toughness about closing out the 9th inning that some relievers simply can't handle. Now, this doesn't have to be your best reliever, and it's probably preferable if it isn't-but a closer by committee usually only works IMO if you have multiple people who could be closers by themselves instead of going to a committee because you have no one who could be a closer by themselves. For the Cubs, if Dempster can bounce back he's pretty good for the role. He's not the team's best reliever, but he does have the ability to be a closer, which allows us to bring in our ace relivers like Howry and Eyre in key situations.
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    Hopefully Angelo can exchange the 1st picks and steal their 2nd rounder. Probably a lot to ask for but hey if they get that you can't complain. I hope you wouldn't complain-that would be quite a steal:) Seriously though, if you read the Redskins board on the thread, most of them want the Bears to throw in their 2nd or 3rd rounder to make this deal even. While I think that's definitely excessive, the 6 for the 31 and Briggs is tilted a little bit towards the Bears. (Just think-the Redskins could probably trade down twice and get at least two extra second round picks along with a first round pick at 28-32. Briggs is likely worth less than 2 second round picks). To ask for more would have a low probability of success, but with the incompetent Redskins ownership, it just might work. If you reject this deal and move on to a team like the Patriots though who work more on true market value, you're going to get a deal less than this one.
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    It doesn't at all. Briggs totally went about this the wrong way, so we should return in kind. Who cares? I want to what is best for the Bears and having a vendetta with Briggs doesn't seem like that would be the best way. The point was, the Skins did this and wound up rewarded with 2 1st rounders. If we wait, it *could* result in a better deal than swapping 1st round picks, which is what some have suggested isn't good enough. True-in fairness though, that is the only time in the history of the league that it is ever happened, and it set back the franchise that did it a couple years (in fact its labeled as the worst move in the short Panthers history)-I doubt anyone is going to be trying that anytime soon, although if anybody would be silly enough to try something like that, Washington would. I was hearing though when it Peyton was franchised for a couple weeks 3-4 years back that it was unlikely that anybody would even sign him and give up 2 first rounders. I do think that if people want the extra pick rather than the top pick, that the Bears probably could get a pick in the 20's or maybe a little later for Briggs. That's not worth quite as much as moving up to 6, but it does pick up an extra pick that may fill a need.
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    This is likely very, very bad-at least a couple of runs. It's been a long time since the updates.
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    Floyd singles and is lifted for a pinch-runner-either there was an injury or Lou is furious with him to be lifted this early in the game this late in ST. Edit: Maybe not-there were a couple other substitutions as well.
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    Wuertz pitched a scoreless inning with a walk and two K's. I think that outing may have solidified him on the team again-if he had struggled mightily one more time, he would have been down to Triple A.
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    And there's a big reason that Prior had no chance to make the Opening Day roster no matter what he did today-he hasn't made it up to a high pitch count yet, and they are not ready to have him get up that high, instead going to let him slowly build up closer to 100. I like the approach-no need to have a setback now.
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    pretty good-a walk and a WP, but that's it with a strikeout at the end. Good inning Prior.
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    The NFL started awarding compensatory picks in 1993. seriously? are they all at the end of the draft? they must not talk about it much at all No, they start in round 3. You hear about them before the draft, but you don't usually hear them talk about a particular pick being a compensatory selection during the draft. It can really help a teams draft though-like this year, the Colts have an extra 3rd, 4th, and 5th round picks-they knew they were going to get good compensatory selections, which allowed them to trade their 2nd round pick for Booger Mcfarland who helped them win the title.
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    That pitch count isn't necessarily right-that's just gameday's usual thing in the spring of giving a strikeout as 3 strikes, a ball in play as one strike, and a walk as 4 balls. It doesn't tell you of all the pitches he threw before that.
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    That's officially his third error-of course, OF's can make misplays that don't get called errors, and I know there have definitely been a few of those. I'm concerned about it, but it's the price the team has to pay with going with offense first there-I hope the sinkers a couple of the pitchers are working on and the K's for a couple of the others work well during the season.
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    The outfield defense will likely be an adventure at times, especially with Floyd in the game.
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    I wouldn't say that-he gave up a single, a WP, and a walk-but that's it. It's possible that 1 run shouldn't have scored, and certainly not 2.
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    I thought about that too, but then I looked up the last year for Soriano. He had 90 singles and 67 walks-let's disregard HBP and getting on due to an error or fielder's choice for now. That's 157 times he was on first. Of that, he stole 2nd 32 times. So that's only 125 times that Murton would have put the ball into play behind him with Soriano on first base, and some of those come with 2 outs. When I thought of it that way with Soriano's power and speed, I realized Murton hitting into double plays is likely going to happen less at that spot in the lineup than at most of the others.
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    I'm sure it is-they've been giving him 5 days off between every start, and so this one is no different from the last couple times. Plus, do you really think they'd keep him from starting yesterday because the Royals had a radio broadcast? I doubt they look at if an opposing team has a radio broadcast when making pitching decisions.
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    I think this was the answer to an old LSAT logic game question. Logic problems are my specialty :D I love to see why things fit together the way that they do. Izturis is going to see some time at the 2 spot this year if he remains patient, but I can't see it being more than 1/8 of the games at most unless Lou decides he really doesn't like Jones in the 2 spot at all, and even if that's true Murton will likely play the majority of the time and be in the 2 spot if Theriot is not. Wow-I tried to make that last paragraph clearer, but I guess that came out a little confusing as well :D
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    Bruce Miles / Daily Herald Thanks for posting that I had not heard that he had options. That's the only way the waivers are revocable-if he didn't have options, he would have to be put on irrevocable waivers and the Cubs wouldn't be able to pull him back if somebody claimed him. Prior's just in that gray area where he has options, he doesn't have enough service time to refuse getting optioned, but he's been around long enough to have to pass through revocable waivers, which he should be able to do.
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    No, I believe that was game 2. Sosa's homer in game one was to left-a long shot into the mass of people that were standing on Waveland.
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    Exactly-in this lineup, Izturis makes sense in the 2 spot. From his usage patterns, here is what I think Lou has decided on a regular basis: If Theriot is in playing anything but short, he will bat 2nd (or if he's playing short and Blanco is playing, he would bat 2nd). Murton will bat 2nd when Theriot is not in, or when Theriot is playing short and Barrett is playing (this should be the majority of games). Jones will bat 2nd most of the time when he and Floyd play together, unless Blanco is playing. Izturis bats 2nd when Murton is not playing, Theriot is not playing, and Blanco is in the lineup. I haven't figured out yet when DeRosa will bat 2nd (he's only batted there once this spring IIRC). That pattern shouldn't always hold, but it's been pretty consistent over the last couple of weeks.
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    Hill is my choice. Z has become too much of a high strikeout/high walk pitcher to complete many games, Marquis goes deep a pretty good amount of the time but rarely goes 9, Lilly doesn't go deep enough on a regular basis to be considered, and Miller doesn't have the arm strength to go a complete game.
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    Which is the difference between signing a FA from another team and getting a hometown discount from your own team. The two pitchers were signed to similar salaries as players like them signed in the same offseason, and Soriano was probably overpaid relative to the market but not that badly so.
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    1. 88 wins +250 2. 9 wins +75 3. 838 runs +25 4. 791 runs 0 5. 1st place +200 Player stats 1. 36 HR 0 2. 44 SB 0 3. .302 +10 4. 128 0 5. 17 +40 6. 4.47 +50 7. 193 +50 8. 184 +30 Bonus 1. Z's batting average +30 2. Aramis's HR +30 3. Cesar's OBP 0 4. Barrett +30 5. Hill 0 6. Hill +30 Bonus Part II 1. Soriano +30 2. Lee +30 3. Zambrano 0 4. Dempster +30 Tiebreaker-834 OPS Total: 940
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    More of a short reliever-he had 48 2/3 innings in 31 appearances in double A last year. He put up good numbers in double A-2.22 ERA, 1.17 WHIP, over a strikeout per inning, and he was added to the 40 man roster over the winter. He has also impressed during spring training-10 1/3 innings, 1.74 ERA, 15 K/6 BB.
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    When Urbina faced Sammy in game 1, I told the 40 half Cubs fans/half Marlins fans watching the game with me that if Urbina didn't throw an inner half fastball, Sammy would strike out. The first inner half fastball he threw would be deposited on Waveland. Sure enough, 3 pitches later it became reality :D
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