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Someone was posting earlier that Jay Jackson + money would be the compensation. I believe the Cubs were about to have to make a roster decision with Jackson don't they have to add him to the 40 man soon or had they already done that?
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I'm guessing they are in the process of retooling Maples mechanics? I thought I remembered it being said they were kind of awkward or something to that effect. I'm sure that'll alter his control/velocity somewhat till he's comfortable. This may have been mentioned already here I cant remember.
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That's not quite what he said. According to his source, Ricketts asked each of the top 3 or 4 GM candidates they interviewed who their manager might be, and none of them mentioned Sandberg. I think this is because most people in the business see AAA as the ceiling for Sandberg. maybe someone will give him a shot but hopefully not us.
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George Ofman citing sources close to the situation says that Sandberg os not on Theo's short list of candidates. Not that this is surprising to me.
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George Ofman just tweeted citing sources close to the situation : Sandberg is not on Theo's short list of managerial candidates. Thata' boy Theo! Thank God!
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Tweet him back and ask when GM and President were added to Guillens job description. Also ask him when we started tampering, because I'm pretty sure this was all done legit. The only reason Marlins gave up so much was because they clearly were talking before they had permission.
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Multiple outlets, eh? No not really just multiple outlets quoting the same stupid line about Theo wanting Sandberg for a minor league job. For some reason that equates to him wanting Sandberg for the major league one. Because it makes for nice publicity I guess. just because you want something to be true doesn't make it so.
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oh lord what a stretch, just because he wanted him to manage a minor league team doesn't mean he thinks Sandberg os major league material. I don't think it'll happen.
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i guess i'll accept that He wanted to hire him for a minor league job, that doesn't mean he would want him at the major league level.
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Muskat tweeting about Theo still weighing the decsion between personal and professional something about his heart being in Boston. Why start the process if your heart can't handle the end result?
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lol I love that pic
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A lot of people have said that Crawford was heavily influenced by President/ownership. The thing about blaming Epstein for the free agent blunders is you never really know who's call it was.
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http://bostonherald.com/sports/baseball/red_sox/view.bg?articleid=1372633&position=0 -bah ya beat me to it Doesn't need a new thread since nothing is official.
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Again, the offense was already average and you'd be replacing an average 1B with a 1B who is a hell of a lot better. You also don't have to get rid of Ramirez. The offense isn't weak. It wasn't strong, but it could be if you replaced Pena with Pujols. The pitching staff was a problem. Some of it was health and when it comes to health it is very difficult to know what you are going to get. I'm not thinking they have much of a chance to turn into a potential #1 seed next year, but they should be able to field a contender. And there is no good reason to hope for another bad season when you can realistically hope to be at least decent for 6 months. I think if you could find a way to improve the defense, the pitching staff would suddenly look a lot better. Fielder certainly doesn't upgrade the defense.
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There is all kinds of stupid at work here. First off, the Cubs scored the 8th most runs in the NL this year and had the 8th highest OPS. They are average. You can compete with that (Philly and Atlanta did). Add a superstar to that lineup while replacing a mediocre guy and you are going to have a respectable offense. The Cubs have sucked for two straight years, why would you want to go through that again? One higher draft pick is not worth sucking when those draft picks are such longshots to contribute anyway. Its hard to see how Pujols or Fielder could turn the mess we had on the field this year into a playoff team. Maybe your right. Id also add, its not just the offense thats weak. The starting rotation needs 2 or 3 more arms as well. Just one, really... Garza, Dempster, Wells, New Guy, Cashner/someone else How good is Wells really going to be? Cashner is also a huge question mark as to if he can even handle the work load of being a starter. Dempter could also opt out, I dont think its likely but he could and pitching is pretty thin in the FA market this year. So you might have 2 good staters and then whatever else they throw out there. No one fears facing Wells, and Cashner could get there but like I said who knows if his arm will hold up or not.
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There is all kinds of stupid at work here. First off, the Cubs scored the 8th most runs in the NL this year and had the 8th highest OPS. They are average. You can compete with that (Philly and Atlanta did). Add a superstar to that lineup while replacing a mediocre guy and you are going to have a respectable offense. The Cubs have sucked for two straight years, why would you want to go through that again? One higher draft pick is not worth sucking when those draft picks are such longshots to contribute anyway. Its hard to see how Pujols or Fielder could turn the mess we had on the field this year into a playoff team. Maybe your right. Id also add, its not just the offense thats weak. The starting rotation needs 2 or 3 more arms as well.
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The offense isn't going to be competitive with or without Puljos or Fielder. We'd just be mediocre instead of bad. Id honestly just rather be bad and pick up another high round draft pick the following year. I'm assuming Aram is gone, which honestly he should be since he's aging and I wouldn't want to give him a multi year deal. I just don't see the hope of being competitive next year as being very realistic but I know a lot of you guys do. There were a bunch of you guys that thought we could be competitive this year to and we see how that went. I realize Fielder is relatively young and maybe the type you could build a lineup around but I greatly dislike his body-type and I think he will be prone to break down more quickly as he ages. Giving anyone a 10 year deal is a bad idea in my mind I don't care who they are. The roster needs to be built up from within then you can start adding some big free agent pieces. We dont have much to work with right now from a hitting standpoint.
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It appears all this talk about him has given him a big head.
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"The guy in the purple shirt" Will now be among the great sources of the past, right beside BigBird lol even Bigbird never had a article in the Trib though
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Roflmao my God imb you have made my day lol this thread has gone straight to hell now lol it's good to laugh at it all though.
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If Theo doesn't want to come here there is nothing Ricketts can do about that. He tried if nothing else, at least we know he's trying to get the best.
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I'd assume that if Theo was 95% wanting to stay in Boston he wouldn't risk hurting his standing among Sox fans by interviewing with the Cubs and then staying in Boston. Maybe they're just keeping the permission close to the vest so that this scenario doesn't happen. I don't know though. Like some others, I would just like to hear the "no" sooner rather than later, if that's what it will be. Then we can focus on others. Yup, the uncertainty sucks.
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It's also possible that permission paperwork was signed and dated but hasn't been delivered to MLB offices (which is where I assume the source is located). So permission could be in effect but the source has no knowledge of it and just assumes it hasn't been given. I guess if the source is a Boston connection this is all pretty moot. I just hope his source is wrong, it kind of ruins my weekend. *sigh*
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I agree. If they haven't granted permission though that's pretty bad news, if you want Theo that is. They have all but said they won't stand in his way if he wants to leave so if permission was denied it was because of Theo's decision not the RedSox.
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Rick Hahn would be a real yawner of a choice of you ask me, the Whitesox don't have a great track record of player development. It just seems like he really hasn't done much of anything to warrant consideration. I guess if Freidman is not a possibility my next favorite would be the Braves guy who's name I would surely butcher if I tried to spell it off the top of my head. - Copolella ?