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  1. jersey cubs fan
    no he doesn't. He was a 1+ WAR 1B in his prime (pre-2009). Nobody cares about that. At his best there had to be a dozen players outperforming him at his position, and his best barely lasted at all. I mean, he wasn't horrible at his best, that's about the nicest thing you could say. And smaller market teams were able to think about using him to fill-in for a season or two at a time. But come on, the guy is a dime a dozen.
  2. jersey cubs fan
    Okay, what the hell is a middle of the road comp then? Sounds to me like "most likely". Nobody is talking about locks. Rizzo could end up worse than LaRoche, that would really suck. LaRoche has not been a very productive 1B and if Rizzo became him it would be very disappointing, so why are people trying to sugarcoat LaRoche's career?
  3. jersey cubs fan
    you're honestly saying you don't understand the difference between spending 7 mil on one good player and 7 mil on three good players? No, I'm honestly saying that I don't understand the difference in spending 7 Mil at the RB position on 1 star and 2 scrubs vs. spending 7Mil at the RB position on 3 average players with different strengths, if the problem at hand is spending 7Mil on the RB position. I don't understand how you don't understand the difference. First off, $7m isn't the threshold. The "elites" are getting and/or want $8+ on average, and in reality those deals often pay well over that in the first couple years. Second, if you have 3 guys all contributing and combining to make $7m, having one of them get injured or suddenly lose effectiveness is not the problem of having your one stud do the same. 3 guys splitting $7m provides flexibility and fresh legs, whereas one guy making $8+ makes you far too reliant on that one guy producing, and doing it for multiple years when that player's production really doesn't correlate all that greatly with team success anyway.
  4. jersey cubs fan
    12 walks today? And Marmol has only faced 5 guys, that's kind of crazy.
  5. jersey cubs fan
    $7m for 3 guys is not a lot of money and has nothing to do with the discussion of spending $20+m guaranteed and $7m+ per on one guy. There is? I'm not sure why that's just an assumption. I'm not really sure what it is you are saying here. Anyway, the past decade plus is littered with teams who have regretted giving huge contracts to supposedly elite RBs. It's an unnecessarily risky investment. The teams with actual elite RB haven't exactly reaped a ton of benefits from those guys either.
  6. jersey cubs fan
    Can we talk about Barney giving Castro some tips on patience?
  7. jersey cubs fan
    And he actually said bleepin.
  8. jersey cubs fan
    He gives up 2 runs in the 2nd and you say he "fails to show up."? That's pretty dumb.
  9. jersey cubs fan
    I wouldn't call LaRoche the floor either. I'd call LaRoche a middle-of-the-road comp on what Rizzo might be. People seem to have this negative impression of LaRoche's career. It hasn't been a great career, but he's been a very productive first baseman, whose defensive UZR numbers would look a lot better if it wasn't for the 2005 stats. He has not been a very productive first baseman. He's been a middling one. What has he been, a 1 or 2 WAR player at his best? Lesser organizations trying to patch a hole would live with LaRoche, but he is a guy who as soon as he's on your team you are hoping to find his successor. Rizzo, as the Cubs #1 prospect and the new regime's biggest acquisition to date, panning out as Adam LaRoche, would be a big disappointment.
  10. jersey cubs fan
    Anthony Rizzo as Adam LaRoche is completely disheartening.
  11. jersey cubs fan
    sun-times is reporting hawks have discussed getting Kane "some help" in response to boozing pictures.
  12. jersey cubs fan
    I don't think you are doing a good job of showing that at all. In a salary cap sport you have to make choices and let good players walk away simply for financial reasons. If you have an elite RB and pay him elite RB money, you are almost certainly doing so at the expense of, or in the place of, your passing game. And if your passing game isn't settled, your team isn't. The Bears managed to field a great team for about a year and a half thanks to elite defense and a RB/QB/WR combo that barely got the job done. They couldn't maintain that success though, and you won't maintain any success if you put your salary cap eggs in the RB basket. It's just not smart NFL decision making to spend big on the position.
  13. jersey cubs fan
    People use holds in fantasy leagues?
  14. jersey cubs fan
    While I agree with your general point, I wouldn't say lot of mediocre teams make the playoffs, a couple per year, probably. It's usually because of a crap division that gets their winner in by default. Most playoff teams are pretty good. But if you want to be really good for a considerable amount of time, the way to do it is by solidifying your QB/passing game, not by paying one RB.
  15. jersey cubs fan
    http://deadspin.com/5914269/is-someone-chasing-aroldis-chapman Trouble keeps following Chapman.
  16. jersey cubs fan
    I doubt it is very rare. Everybody in the AL East is .500 or better. It's only a quarter of the way in so a lot of teams haven't even played each other yet. A week later and every team in both eastern divisions is over .500.
  17. jersey cubs fan
    Those are very different though. The money isn't even close to comparable and the positional scarcity isn't the same. Tallon was hung up on goalies when nobody else was, and he thought he be able to trade his extra one. But people are always on the look out for defensemen and you can always fit multiple defensemen into your roster. There's only room for one starting goalie.
  18. jersey cubs fan
    https://twitter.com/drewmagary/status/207868764866359297 http://i.imgur.com/6ddXn.jpg
  19. jersey cubs fan
    I agree it's probably most worthless, but nobody uses them and I don't think it's "worst" because of that.
  20. jersey cubs fan
    I don't get the comparison. Who is being "penalized" in the shift situation? The hitter?
  21. jersey cubs fan
    This stuff runs the risk of being as useful as the RBI. Giving a player a better defensive ranking because his manager and coaches put him in the right place gives him credit for making plays others could have easily made if given the same coaching staff. Also, I wonder if MLB will ever try and make this sort of shift illegal. If offense keeps declining, with powerful pull hitters resorting to changing their swing or laying down bunts, and a bunch more plays being made that weren't before, they might feel the need to boost offense again.
  22. jersey cubs fan
    http://www.extremeanimals.biz/shirts/test_a.jpg or something more like Ryan Braun would wear?
  23. jersey cubs fan
    He's a nice player in the prime of his career. But with a limited background of success I think it's safe to assume it won't last long into his real money earning years.
  24. jersey cubs fan
    Ok, the man's name is not Casher, and there's nothing to suggest he's disgruntled. Can we get an edit or complete deletion here?
  25. jersey cubs fan
    just saw the video of the final K, he offered on that one?
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