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Everything posted by jersey cubs fan
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I would hate it. Theo tweaked a great team and he didn't have nearly as much financial freedom as he has on the Cubs. This isn't a great team, it needs a hell of a lot more than tweaks, and they have plenty of money now, and again next year to make big moves. -
Given all the talk about needing 9 starting pitchers I really doubt that happens, especially with Zambrano still on thin ice and Garza being their best trade chip. Although I certainly wouldn't mind seeing Wells dealt.
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Missourri was always sympathetic to the slave holders.
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You guys sure had a lot to say about a fairly meh transaction. I'm glad Colvin is gone. Don't really care much about Stewart. He's probably going to wash out in the not too distant future, but at least he has upside. Too bad they have to spend so much money on the guy. Eventually the Cubs have to stop being a small market team looking for nothing but guys coming off down years and actually acquire some players who have a really good chance of being really good.
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Bears game 13: Sunday, Dec 12 @ Den 3pm
jersey cubs fan replied to jersey cubs fan's topic in Other Sports
I'm expecting a loss in Denver, but even a win doesn't "change everything". Their primary WC opponents still have the advantage, and a beatable Seattle team still is a big threat to this Bears team. They are already going to lose to Green Bay as well. -
My guess is the Cubs were in the Cardinals bid to increase the price for the Cardinals and/or bring in other bidders, and I kind of feel Seattle is there just to do a favor their guy. It doesn't make sense for him to go there and have his power sapped by that stadium, especially if he wants to eventually sign another deal elsewhere.
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How did the other one mostly deal with Pujols? He just signed and has been most talked about more recently because of the news cycle, but that thread has been Pujols/Fielder all along, and all about the idea of the Cubs desperate for 1B and having 2 potential options to acquire free agent stud 1B.
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way to wait a full 12 hours on that one
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It was an example, it doesn't have to be an elaborate string of 1 off trades. Make it simple if it matters to you. Sign Darvish Sell the farm for Shields and Upton Pick up Morales and Stewart Sell off Soriano, Z, Byrd, even Marmol/Marshall as needed to re-stock farm The focal point does not HAVE to be Fielder or Free Agency. It absolutely does if they are serious about the parallel fronts.
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Nobody is saying trades won't happen, but trades won't make this team a contender anytime soon. That's a pretty weird statement to make. The incremental gains HAVE to come through Free Agency? Giving Fielder an enormous contract isn't going to be the healthiest thing either. He's a 4-5 WAR guy, and there's 50 of those guys every year(and another 25 pitchers), you can get similar benefit without a millstone contract by exploring some of the guys who are said to be available. What I'm saying is you'll only make incremental gains through trades and incremental gains aren't enough. They are what medium market teams can count on. You are listing an absurdly long list of deals to just make the team okay. It's not going to happen. They should be making trades and adding free agents. They won't be losing their pick, they have the money, they have the needs. It would be a huge swing and miss to come away with nothing on the free agency front. Of course it will also make those "we won't be able to contend for three years so why bother signing guys" prophecies true.
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nonsense
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Nobody is saying trades won't happen, but trades won't make this team a contender anytime soon.
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Re: Darvish
jersey cubs fan replied to SouthSideRyan's topic in MLB Draft, International Signings, Amateur Baseball
8/50? I could be wrong but 8 years seems much longer than reality. -
I don't really care what the offer was myself.
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It'll make him look worse when they completely bomb in their new building with no fans.
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That's not Epstein speaking.
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If it exceeded the Angerls offer because of the lack of state income tax, it doesn't make sense that it was also $30m more in total value. Florida can theoretically offer a little less than everybody else. If they offered $290m, the state income tax differential is small in comparison to the actual difference in value.
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Yeah, it was about the years of refusing to offer him more.
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Yeah, Florida is spending money, but not top end money. As long as they keep their name in the papers everyday, and/or for as long as possible, they are getting the PR they were looking for heading into the new stadium.
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It doesn't seem to me that the Rangers even attempted to bring him back. Perhaps they question how long he can hold up after that huge boost in innings the last two years. LAA may have painted themelves into a corner, but they are the biggest market team in their division, have very deep pockets and should be able to maneuver around their guarantees.
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Re: Darvish
jersey cubs fan replied to SouthSideRyan's topic in MLB Draft, International Signings, Amateur Baseball
so he doesn't do enough to help his team win -
Yeah, that was his hometown/gun friendly discount.
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They've been left in the cold, but have also gotten their man in the past.
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they can command all they want, nobody is giving him that. No one thought 250 or 260 would be given to Albert and it happened. I thought he might even get more. 10/250 was widely speculated. 10/200 was where rumors heated up this winter, but suggesting that nobody thought Pujols would come close to the biggest contract in MLB just doens't hold up.
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I think it's safe to assume they played it the way they did to purposefully let him sign elsewhere while saving face, and did so from the beginning.
