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  1. jersey cubs fan
    no
  2. jersey cubs fan
    I wouldn't lose faith in the direction of the front office as much as I would just be incredibly disappointed and bored with the Oakland A's playing at Wrigley Field next year.
  3. jersey cubs fan
    Again, UZR must be the luckiest guesser that ever guessed then. To bring it back to Crisp, do you think his defensive value is appreciably lower than the relatively modest +5 that UZR assigned to him? You keep railing on this like UZR is giving him his entire value with the glove. Even if we ignore his defensive value entirely, he's been worth 5 wins the last two years. He was also worth less than that the previous 4 years combined.
  4. jersey cubs fan
    He's stolen a base every 10 plate appearances the last two years. His offensive production isn't paltry, especially since we're talking about Crisp replacing Soriano, Byrd, or Jackson, none of whom you can clearly say are going to be more productive offensively. Well, maybe Byrd. Either way the point remains. But if all you do is replace mediocrity with mediocrity you are still left with mediocrity. It's just shuffling the deck.
  5. jersey cubs fan
    I have a problem pretending you know how many runs a guy prevents with his glove, and then pretending a run created = a run prevented. I also have problem with the notion that everybody is very happy to forecast the decline in runs created via the bat with age and then ignoring the decline in 30-something year olds whose defensive value is tied very closely to their legs. I know you like to dismiss UZR as magic beans, but you just sound bad for trying to dismiss defensive value in its entirety. I don't dismiss the value of defense, I think you sound bad pretending you can put a runs driven in with their glove number on players, especially going forward.
  6. jersey cubs fan
    If we don't go big then I want a fire sale.
  7. jersey cubs fan
    If the Cubs are keeping their bid amount locked down, there's no amount of trading numbers that could lead to others knowing if we outbid the Blue Jays or not. What if the leak is from the MLB offices? It could be but I just highly doubt it is. I get having doubt, but "highly"? Several leaks have apparently originated in league offices.
  8. jersey cubs fan
    could be he just pulled a couple of kids apart and injured one in the process. Could very well be, but Milbury is a douchey hot head.
  9. jersey cubs fan
    Do you think the Cubs are really close to that point? Is there a single player on the team that you would say is an elite defender? Maybe Barney? Otherwise the best case is guys like Crisp, DeJesus, Byrd, and Jackson, who aren't going to be Brett Gardner in racking up runs saved. I think there's enough room on the field for those types of marginal improvements to be realized, even across many positions. There's not enough room in the lineup to justify such paultry production for such marginal defensive improvement.
  10. jersey cubs fan
    Yes, I thought Mike Milbury assaults 12 year old boy was going to be more Sandusky/Fine than good old fashioned A-Hole coach.
  11. jersey cubs fan
    I have a problem pretending you know how many runs a guy prevents with his glove, and then pretending a run created = a run prevented. I also have problem with the notion that everybody is very happy to forecast the decline in runs created via the bat with age and then ignoring the decline in 30-something year olds whose defensive value is tied very closely to their legs.
  12. jersey cubs fan
    If the Cubs are keeping their bid amount locked down, there's no amount of trading numbers that could lead to others knowing if we outbid the Blue Jays or not. Unless the people who do know have already given indications.
  13. jersey cubs fan
    that's a pretty terrible way to describe what's going to happen Yeah, how hard is it to say the team that signs him could spend in excess of $100m?
  14. jersey cubs fan
    When learning the game of football what Harrison did was a complete no-no. Absolutely horrible form. But the NFL 50 years ago was nothing but horrible form if you look at the videos. It became all about the collision and not about the tackle. The Harrison apologists are complete morons with no sense. It's so easy to make good plays without doing that (assuming you are good enough to make a play in the first place).
  15. jersey cubs fan
    I'm probably just grasping at straws here but who's to say that Boras didn't call them and they've been talking ever since? Remember, Epstein did go to law school and like most lawyers, he's likely a master when it comes to not divulging any information that he doesn't have to. "Initiated" is the key word there, I think. That's a pretty easy way for Sveum to downplay potential Cubs' interest in Prince without lying. Playing hard to get. Theo is a player with a desperate girl who has daddy issues just dying to get with him.
  16. jersey cubs fan
    Until the Bears signed him I had never heard of him, and half the time I saw him this season I thought, "oh yeah, he's a Bear, I forgot about him."
  17. jersey cubs fan
    ew, a canadian?
  18. jersey cubs fan
    Because there is nothing resembling a reliable way to measure them.
  19. jersey cubs fan
    Have you never heard of Mexico? Why, you need some cell phones? Carlos Slim is gangster.
  20. jersey cubs fan
    No they aren't. Runs from hitting are real. Runs from defense are theoretical.
  21. jersey cubs fan
    Nothing irrational about the parent company dictating what assets it wants, but it's very irrational for the parent company to tell them to pay whatever it takes. I'm sure they meant it literally I'm sure it was just a BS line.
  22. jersey cubs fan
    Nothing irrational about the parent company dictating what assets it wants, but it's very irrational for the parent company to tell them to pay whatever it takes.
  23. jersey cubs fan
    Have you never heard of Mexico?
  24. jersey cubs fan
    It's not like Boras is going to say, "oh, you don't have much money, okay, whatever you have on you."
  25. jersey cubs fan
    Perhaps a move similar to the Soriano signing in an attempt to boost franchise value prior to a sale? The Tribune was in a state of upheaval at the time and the Cubs were already up for sale, so it's quite different.
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