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  1. jersey cubs fan
    A Cubs one.
  2. jersey cubs fan
    Sign Fielder and the Cubans and hope to hell your pitching doesn't suck.
  3. jersey cubs fan
    I heard the explanation once. It has something to do with them doing it by hand in the pre-internet days and it being easier for some reason. Since the league is 15 years old or whatever, they just grandfathered in the scoring when they switched to doing it online. It's basically just an extra 0, so I'm not sure how it makes it easier, but 250 points essentially equals 25 points. oh, man I'm glad I never played fantasy sports pre-internet. It's too much work online already.
  4. jersey cubs fan
    Seeing as how the best we could do for Ramirez is Ian Stewart, I'm going to go with "yes." You're better than that. You know Stewart is a stopgap. If he hits, great, but Theo, you, me and probably everyone else too, is fully expecting to go back to the drawing board here next year and hope you've acquired a prospect that's better than Stewart. No, there's not going to be a 3B in FA next year that's going to give us Aramis' production either. But, with that 16 mill he was getting, I bet we can get just as much and probably more WAR out of that somewhere else. To where if you put Aramis and Dempster together, we've upgraded the pair of spots as a whole and probably for less money, so you can then do the same thing for the next grouping. And the next grouping, and the next grouping, and the next grouping. Hell, I don't see why they'd even bother spending $100m on payroll with this foolproof scheme. You could rebuilding Wrigley in 2 years with that kind of profit margin.
  5. jersey cubs fan
    I tend to agree with this, but you have to be realistic and admit they are going to suck for a long time if they do this. 2012 and 2013 will be lost. 2012 is definitely lost. 2013 would depend on how well some of the young players play. If they find another piece or two of the core during 2012 and then spend a lot in free agency before 2013, they could very well compete. If all the young acquired players flop and they still have this many holes to fill next offseason, they're sunk. But if they don't make a major upgrade this offseason, they're in that position in 2013 whether they trade those players or not. At least with completely punting 2012 they'd have a chance to find some players to fill those 2013 holes. If they don't punt they still have a chance to fill 2013 holes.
  6. jersey cubs fan
    I tend to agree with this, but you have to be realistic and admit they are going to suck for a long time if they do this. 2012 and 2013 will be lost.
  7. jersey cubs fan
    You don't do it to appease fans, you do it to put the best baseball team possible on the field in 2012. Also, considering how important fan based revenues are to the business plan, you probably should at least try to keep them happy. The fans loved the Soriano signing There was quite the mixed sentiment around Soriano. But that's a pretty stupid strawman you've thrown out there. Soriano isn't on the market this year.
  8. jersey cubs fan
    what kind of insanely stupid league gives out that many points?
  9. jersey cubs fan
    You don't do it to appease fans, you do it to put the best baseball team possible on the field in 2012. Also, considering how important fan based revenues are to the business plan, you probably should at least try to keep them happy.
  10. jersey cubs fan
    Did you even attempt to read? I'm sorry, I think you're going to have to explain this "witty" response. Your nonsensical statement about replacing this average group in no way shape or form addresses the issue being discussed. The point is not to replace what is here, the point is to get better. If the first step you take toward getting better is getting a lot worse, it's going to take longer to get better.
  11. jersey cubs fan
    The Cubs are a below average team with a few good parts. It's going to take a lot to improve this team to the point of contention. If you trade off all of the good parts after letting 2 of your better parts walk without acquiring any other impact players it is going to take even longer.
  12. jersey cubs fan
    Did you even attempt to read?
  13. jersey cubs fan
    I could see him maybe being a starter for 50-ish innings late in the year. But no way he gives the team a full season or anywhere close.
  14. jersey cubs fan
    He absolutely is suggesting punting longterm. If you trade off all your actually productive players, and let the rest walk, without acquiring any impact players in return, it will take an extremely long time to get back to being competitive. You would effectively be starting from scratch and that takes time. The Cubs will suck for multiple years if they do that. No he's not. Read it again. He's setting them up for a major reload, be it from FA signings or trades, next off season. That's not a 4-5 year rebuild. The sheer volume of good prospects you'd have from trading all those guys would be huge or you'd get some very useful major league pieces that you can fill in around. Setting yourself up for a major reload doesn't equate to enacting a major reload. You can't do a major reload that this team would need in one offseason. It's foolish to pretend you can. Free agents you think will be available won't be, or other teams will outbid for them. Trade targets that may be available will come off the market or go someplace else. If the Cubs punt, they are staying in the toilet for a while. There's no way around it.
  15. jersey cubs fan
    He absolutely is suggesting punting longterm. If you trade off all your actually productive players, and let the rest walk, without acquiring any impact players in return, it will take an extremely long time to get back to being competitive. You would effectively be starting from scratch and that takes time. The Cubs will suck for multiple years if they do that.
  16. jersey cubs fan
    The Cubs are in the "mess" they are in because their previous GM could not make a plan and had horrible priorities when acquiring players. More accurately, however, the Cubs, as a buisiness are in very strong position and can easily afford big tickets items. There's no justification for going Oakland out there.
  17. jersey cubs fan
    Where's a tsunami when you need one?
  18. jersey cubs fan
    Why not just give him $50m?
  19. jersey cubs fan
    Yeah work arounds. Then the cubs can just write it off.
  20. jersey cubs fan
    You can't give performance bonuses
  21. jersey cubs fan
    12.5
  22. jersey cubs fan
    I'd rather have Keith Moreland than Mitch Moreland. I would as well, but whether we like it or not, he's a possibility to be trotting down 1B next year for us. Would be a stopgap and not the headline piece of any Garza trade, but a space filler. The Cubs better not be trading assets for space fillers.
  23. jersey cubs fan
    every level he played at, it went up each year. he showed a slight drop when moving to the next level then improved. Don't know why that wouldn't continue. Are you serious? You don't see any reason why a non-dominant minor league player's OBP won't continue to increase as he enters the major leagues?
  24. jersey cubs fan
    I'm confused
  25. jersey cubs fan
    I believe it's somebody other than the Cubs because the odds are it is somebody other than the Cubs, not because it hasn't been leaked yet.
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