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  1. Blue W
    The good news is tha it only took 14 pages for this Peavy thread to derail. Thank you for sparing me.
  2. Blue W
    from MLBtraderumors.com: Graziano has a source who continues to insist the Blue Jays will explore the market for ace Roy Halladay, who has two years and $30MM left on his deal. In that case, he believes the Dodgers are the most likely match. If the Dodgers acquire Halladay, they would focus on Manny Ramirez rather than Sabathia. What would it take?
  3. Blue W
    I know that hyberbole and negativity rule the day on this site, but some of the responses to this signing are ridiculous. Could we have spent the money better? Maybe- but there are no garuntees there either. But I bet that, if Dempster had won Game 1, people wouldn't be quite so ready to kvetch. I like Dempster and I'm OK with the signing.
  4. Blue W
    I think that 13M/yr is pretty good. Would have liked 3 years instead of 4, but that wouldn't have gotten the deal done. IMO Demp left a minimum of 2M/yr on the table to resign with the Cubs. He would have definitely gotten 15M per from someone. Obviously, I'd like to see Peavy added. But with a full year of Harden (whatever that equates to in actual games started) we now have a better staff than we did last year - even if Demp falls off a little. Peavy makes the rotation legendary. But its pretty good as is. Trade Marquis, Trade for Peavy, sign Abreu or Ibanez, and sign Kerry Wood to a one-year deal. Done!
  5. Blue W
    I don't know if it's been reported yet, but Fire Joe Morgan.com is pulling up stakes. I will miss the irreverent send ups of bad sports journalism and punditry, that skewered the likes of Steve Philips, John Kruk and, of course Joe Morgan. The bloggers on FJM, Ken Tremendous especially, blended insightful, dead-on humor and sabremetric knowledge to expose the self-appointed baseball gurus of of national and local media for what they are - a bunch of wind bags. FJM exeplified all that is right with the blogosphere: irreverence, insight and in-your-face commentary. They will be missed.
  6. Blue W
    It's pretty hard to claim that Peavy is our number-one target. You can say that about free agents, but not guys who you have no control over in any way. Clearly, Hendry and Piniella, right or wrong, think a left handed power bat in RF is the priority. Frankly, I won't be heart-broken if we don't get Peavy. We have Harden for a full season (whatever that means in terms of injuries) and we will re-sign Dempster who is a serviceable number three or four (though I agree we will most likely over pay him.) That's a better rotation than we had April through June of last year, and if fully healthy, has the potential to dominate for a full season like we did for about two weeks in late July early August includng the 4-game sweep of Brewers. As for Kerry: It's sad to see him go from a fan standpoint, but he's not worth the money he'll command or the years. Plus I think a bullpen, if it proves to be lacking, is pretty easy to solidify during the season with painless trades. Gregg and Marmol are a good foundation. Let's go after Furcal. Let's get that LH power bat. Let's shore up the bullpen. Peavy would be gravy, but he's not necessary and certainly isn't our number one target.
  7. Blue W
    Not sure there's anything to back that statement up. Where have you heard that Dempster is a "priority" as opposed to Peavy via trade or any other FA pitcher? I would take Peavy or Lowe over Dempster any day. I don't think the Cubs are putting all of their eggs in the Dempster basket by any means. But maybe you've read or seen something I haven't. In which case, please share.
  8. Blue W
    If Peavy can be a done deal soon (as in, the next 2-3 weeks) then I say take the bird in the hand. I wouldn't want to get into a prolonged bidding war over Sabathia onlyto lose out to the Yankees in January once all the other good FA pitchers are signed. Hermidia (love the upside of this LH-er plus he'd come cheaply) Furcal (Switch hitting speed at the top of the lineup) Peavy (Solidifies Cubs as best rotation in the NL) That's a nice off season IMHO.
  9. Blue W
    I believe that quote was in an article about 10 days ago. Can't remember where (si.com?) but believe this quote came at the end after the main article was about Piniella and the Rays. As for the meaning of the quote: who can say? It's pretty speculative. I doubt the Cubs are going to be completely out of the FA market this year regardless of the team-sale status -though their interest might be highly targeted (Furcal only?). Let's not forget that Dempster is a FA. As for trades - I'm with those who say buy low on Hermidia. I might go after BR too if we can't get Furcal. Though I'm not sure I could make it through another trade thread.
  10. Blue W
    While this might be a Brian Roberts part II thread in length, I kind of doubt it. The Cubs are going to have to make a decision on Dempster pretty quickly. They aren't going to re-sign Dempster AND treade for Peavy. If there is a deal to be made with San Diego, they're going to have to give the Cubs some assurances soon. We can't be dickering for five months over Peavy only to lose out on him AND Dempster.
  11. Blue W
    Let me get this straight, a team that has the second best record in baseball from June 1 on in 2007 and wins its division does not even qualify as good. A team that led the toughest division in its league for the majority of the year, had the league's best record and won its diivision going away is terrible because it had a bad streak of 3 games at the wrong time. And the guy who built a team capable of gret play and winning the division two years in a row in 323-game sample size is an idiot because somehow he makes the same team suck in a a six-game playofff sample. That's it. It's Hendry. Let's take him out back and kick the crap out of him.
  12. Blue W
    Not to excuse Z's performance, but when there are 15-plus walks in a game, the umpire should get some scrutiny. The strike zone was miniscule last night and there was no outside corner or low strike being called. Again, Z should keep his cool - but he looked ok other than the walks (tight k-zone induced) and the GS (Z headcase induced). I still don't want him starting Game 1 - he could kill a fan in the 30th row with his first pitch!
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