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  1. RichHillIsABeast
    There is no need to eliminate a need that never existed. You don't need positional flexibility off the bench? They sucked offensively. No argument there. There is no need for guys who can play 7 positions, and play them poorly, without hitting a lick. The Cubs treated Macias's "ability" to play both IF and OF as a value worth paying extra for, when, in fact, there was no value. The only time you might need such a player, is during the course of one game, when multiple guys gets injured. But you are much better off just plugging in guys at positions for that one game, and then calling up somebody from AAA if you need them later. It's stupid to guarantee roster spots and significant money to players based on their ability to go anywhere in the field. Your bench should be able to hit, first and foremost. If you get into a position where you need such a crappy utility guy, call up somebody from the minors the next day. Don't waste the 161 games for the insurance of that 1 game where they might help you. You have 8 positions and how many bench spots? Positional flexibility is a numerical necessity. Where did I say that I advocated guys who couldn't hit on the bench? Where?
  2. RichHillIsABeast
    I don't have a problem with the out clause itself. The problem is not treating Aramis like a free agent last offseason. He was in a better position than Lee, because he had all the free agency rights of Lee, but with an insurance benefit of guaranteed years. If you are thinking of him as a pending free agent, just like Lee, you are in a position to negotiate a deal that is lower than the one you gave Lee. We're not talking about a 36 year old on the decline, who is less likely to exercise such an option. Ramirez is still in his prime, this is exactly when players want to be free agents. Why even create the need to treat him like a pending FA by including the opt out clause? Ramirez's agents bent the Cubs over the barrel on that contract. I wonder what they'll wring out of the Cubs this time.
  3. RichHillIsABeast
    Not particularly. Yeah, a bench full of DHs will do the trick.
  4. RichHillIsABeast
    There is no need to eliminate a need that never existed. You don't need positional flexibility off the bench? They sucked offensively. No argument there.
  5. RichHillIsABeast
    MacPhail may be a nice guy, but that out clause wasn't too bright. I don't know what he would have had to give up not to have that in there, but I can't imagine it was anything we'd regret now.
  6. RichHillIsABeast
    A druggy ruining his life is quite tangible. Only after the damage has been done. So why do the Twins (Braves, etc) value makeup so highly? It seems to work. It's the difference between talent that flames out in AA and talent that plays in the bigs.
  7. RichHillIsABeast
    I'd take supersub over Pierre any day. It would allow us to keep Murton and Pie and give a reasonable productive player to plug in when guys like Aramis and Izturis need days off, which they will. It allows you to have specialty guys on your bench, i.e. a guy who can mash lefties and doesn't have to have versatility in the field. That's huge. It eliminates the need for guys like Macias and Bynum, who are really just a waste of a roster spot.
  8. RichHillIsABeast
    I know everybody here likes to rag on "intangibles," but this is an extreme case of what should have been avoided from a player procurement standpoint. All the talent in the world w/o character and makeup doesn't get you far.
  9. RichHillIsABeast
    Can you go 1 day without posting an Iraq/Bush reference on a baseball message board? Just checking. :wink:
  10. RichHillIsABeast
    Sure, you can have 1 error a game Eric Patterson. Murton is off limits. Don't you think EPatt can be salvaged at 2B? It seems worth the effort. We usually think of more development time in the minors for offensive reasons. Maybe he needs to think of his defense more. Can he? Sure. Will he? I doubt it. Personally, I don't like his bat anywhere else as CF is Pie's, so if this defensive junk isn't worked out by the trade deadline, he needs to be gone. It's the same crap that happened with supposedly "slick fielding SS" Ronny Cedeno. He has the range and soft hands, but something always seems to go wrong. Capable of the great play, but frequently botches the routine stuff. You don't save runs with your glove doing that.
  11. RichHillIsABeast
    Who cares whether or not the media knows what they're talking about? They aren't going to impact Hendry's decision. Hendry wants to win now. Letting Ramirez go severely hurts that. You can go out and replace his production in other spots, but that severely limits the possibility of improving your team beyond that. Ramirez will stay in Chicago unless some other team tampers.
  12. RichHillIsABeast
    Sure, you can have 1 error a game Eric Patterson. Murton is off limits.
  13. RichHillIsABeast
    Winners don't like losing. We're talking about the guy who'd set up batters for later in the season by giving up home runs in blowout games. The "W" is the most important stat for Maddux. Seeing a team full of crappy defenders blow winnable games, a manager making horrible strategic decisions, and one injury after another shouldn't make a guy excited about playing in Chicago. Miserable is right. That anyone on that team was having fun blows my mind. Only losers have fun losing.
  14. RichHillIsABeast
    If that was my elbow, I'd be a little paranoid too. That's his meal ticket for life.
  15. RichHillIsABeast
    Maybe Hendry convinvced him to take less in order to build a better offense around Aramis and Lee. I think Aramis and his family really like Chicago. He'll give us a hometown discount. Maybe not 70MM/5 years, but I can't see him sticking us up for over 90MM+/6 years, which I think he easily gets in the open market.
  16. RichHillIsABeast
    Maybe that's why Mota regained his velocity. I would like the Cubs to hold on to Ohman. He is a really good at getting out left-handed batters. Yeah, we should hold onto Ohman until Rapada gets to Chicago. Then we'll have a nice trade chip in Ohman.
  17. RichHillIsABeast
    I do that but only to my wife. Am I harassing her? Only if it's unwanted attention... :lol:
  18. RichHillIsABeast
    Maybe they plan on resigning him, and then promoting it as a big offseason move. Get fans to start think of Ramirez as gone, then, when he signs, it's like signing a free agent. Remove the tin foil hat. The black helocopters aren't coming for you...yet. So it's a conspiracy theory to think the Cubs might botch the offseason and promote resigning their own guys as big moves? Far from conspiracy theory, it's a defined business process for them. There's a big difference between being incompetent and covering up your mistakes with mediaspeak and purposefully misleading your fanbase.
  19. RichHillIsABeast
    What a waste of talent.
  20. RichHillIsABeast
    Maybe they plan on resigning him, and then promoting it as a big offseason move. Get fans to start think of Ramirez as gone, then, when he signs, it's like signing a free agent. Remove the tin foil hat. The black helocopters aren't coming for you...yet.
  21. RichHillIsABeast
    Please be true. Please be true.
  22. RichHillIsABeast
    Or trade him for a player based on similar potential. I don't know of any other players with similar potential that are going to be traded for Prior. They flat out don't exist. There won't be an exact match, but if he's traded for any value now, it will likely be a situation where both teams are hoping on potential, whether it's prospect potential, return from injury potential, or something like that. I too can't think of anyone who fits the bill, with the exception of listing minor leaguers or such. One example could be a Prior for Gavin Floyd deal. Floyd has dissapointed in Philly and some wonder if he will ever do anything. Of course, he was highly touted at one time. Like Prior, he could regain what made others view him as so talented or he could never find it. It's a big risk. Another example could be Oliver Perez. Is he as bad as he's been or can he be as good as he once was? Those are just two off the top of my head. None of those guys have a ceiling that even comes close to Prior's. If you're going to take a risk, take it on the guy with the highest ceiling.
  23. RichHillIsABeast
    Or trade him for a player based on similar potential. I don't know of any other players with similar potential that are going to be traded for Prior. They flat out don't exist.
  24. RichHillIsABeast
    Aramis! Aramis only costs money. ARod will cost us talent, either at the ML level and/or prospects as well as money. ARod isn't that much better than Aramis that we need to go giving away players just to make our fanbase happy.
  25. RichHillIsABeast
    Bad news, Matsuzaka fans. :cry: link A half-assed bid isn't going to get us Matsuzaka. Super. Give me that #4 starter, baby! Whoohoo!!
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