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  1. jersey cubs fan
    If Kenney is on board with moving from President to President Business Operations as his official title, he should be applauded for being so on board with doing what is necessary to help the team.
  2. jersey cubs fan
    I think he will come in boner raging Fleita to be given even cushier job to get out of the way, Quade shot out of a cannon, and 1 major FA signing we're all hoping for I'm guessing he will be aggressive early with players, but wait a little bit with the front office. I guess he brings a couple guys with him, but they will be replacing the Hughes/Littlefield/Wasserstrom/Bush positions, and then figure out what he wants to do with Fleita and Wilken.
  3. jersey cubs fan
    I'm hoping. I would guess he would rather just try and get something out of him this year at that price than just waste the money on paying him to play elsewhere. I would think Ricketts would be open to letting his GM determine that outcome.
  4. jersey cubs fan
    Must resist urge for insensitive religious joke.
  5. jersey cubs fan
    No.
  6. jersey cubs fan
    Based on 2011, the only average/above average starting pitcher the Cubs have is Garza. Based on WHIP/ERA Wells, Z and Dempster were all in the bottom third of NL pitchers with over 100 IP. Maybe I'm too pessimistic, but I don't see Z turning it around at this point, and although Dempster did turn it around toward the end of the year, he is not getting younger. In regard to position players, offensively, Soto and Barney are well below avg. Soto ranks 10th in NL in OPS for C with over 200 ABs and Barney ranked 17th. Soto is an above average catcher. And Barney's defense supposedly ranks pretty damn high. He's probably a tick above average.
  7. jersey cubs fan
    Oh, well in that case........ Does that not factor into the durability question? No, an arm is not a lung. Big fat slobs have had very durable arms. It's also just a throwaway line by you that obviously cannot be verified.
  8. jersey cubs fan
    I'm a little confused about the buyout language, are the Cubs picking up Theo's tab for buying out of his own contract or is Boston buying out the rest of his contract and the Cubs reimbursing them? If it's the latter that would seem to end any talk of other compensation, and obviously confirm they wanted him out.
  9. jersey cubs fan
    They are on the Cubs. They are both above average. I don't know what else you want me to tell you. Do you think it is not likely, if not a near certainty, that both are going to be gone? And Aramis isn't really on the Cubs. I was responding to an idiotic claim that the Cubs have only 2-3 above average players. Those are players on the Cubs. Ramirez's stance is clearly a negotiating tactic in response to the lack of a GM who will talk to him. Either of them may be gone. Pena may be gone. Doesn't make a difference.
  10. jersey cubs fan
    They are on the Cubs. They are both above average. I don't know what else you want me to tell you.
  11. jersey cubs fan
    Oh, well in that case........
  12. jersey cubs fan
    I don't think that the likelihood of Ramirez being here next year is very high at all and Zambrano is 99% gone with us pretty much guaranteed to pick up a significant chunk of the salary. I don't really care about the speculation. As the Cubs currently stand they have more than 2-3 above average players. They can choose to get rid of some of those above average players if they want to, but they are Cubs.
  13. jersey cubs fan
    How are the Cubs above average at only 2 or 3 spots? Garza, Dempster, Zambrano and Wells are all above average pitchers (don't start with the #1, #2 nonsense, a pitcher is a pitcher, an ace isn't a position). Ramirez and Castro are above average. Soto, Barney, Pena and Soriano are probably all a tick above average. Marshall and Marmol are above average, Samardzija is above average.
  14. jersey cubs fan
    Like hiring Theo Epstein. I was thinking investing heavily in draft and firing Jim Hendry. By then we knew he was doing good things.
  15. jersey cubs fan
    look i think everyone had some doubts, just because nobody knows the future, but ricketts said a lot of good things about a more statistical approach and investing more in amateur talent. then they didn't invest in amateur talent in 2010 and some people are already declaring him a disaster. i'd much prefer an owner who knows he's not a baseball guy and takes some time to evaluate the people he inherited rather than just immediately throwing everyone out on their ass and starting completely over. Mike Quade said a lot of good things last fall too. Saying good things is all well and good, but largely meaningless until you do good things.
  16. jersey cubs fan
    JR almost started an "occupy Wrigley" movement he was so angry that Ricketts went to Africa during the season. He could have gone on an American Made Safari!
  17. jersey cubs fan
    Some people were hung up on the notion that the owner went on vacation and wasn't available to answer questions about the team's struggles on a daily basis.
  18. jersey cubs fan
    Look, we're not sure what the compensation could be........, but,.......you have to believe the Red Sox deserve at least the two best Cubs prospects. But....., look....., who knows if the deal will even happen given how strong of a draw the Boston area is and how impossible it is for anybody to want to leave.
  19. jersey cubs fan
    If you bitched about the safari, you should have been ashamed of yourself the moment that bitching left your mind and hit the keyboard. If you bitched about the 2010 draft, there's really not much to be ashamed of. If you had doubts about Ricketts prior to the day the Hendry firing was announced (that's me) there's really nothing to be ashamed of.
  20. jersey cubs fan
    They will lose a game next year.
  21. jersey cubs fan
    June 2010 - Never Forget!!!
  22. jersey cubs fan
    or when theo left the sox and then came back like 2 days later He left last time because of internal turmoil and a breakdown in negotiations for his contract, not to pursue the president/GM role at the Cubs.
  23. jersey cubs fan
    Or they realized they'd have to do some serious spin when they gave Theo permission last Friday, so they leaked as many damaging details as possible so as to provide cover. I'm sure the meatheads in NE are going to talk even more fervently about "clearing out the entire organization," (even those who weren't on board with the Theo move). Given the way that ownership gets off fairly scott-free in that article (the worst accusation basically says they didn't know it was going on), it seems to me that this was an ownership-level leak. I'm not sure what the "or" was for, but that's exactly what I was saying.
  24. jersey cubs fan
    He was also an established starter before being a reliever, racking up 200+ inning seasons three times while in Florida. Bad comparison.
  25. jersey cubs fan
    http://deadspin.com/5848921/pitchers-hooked-on-beer-fried-chicken-and-video-games-francona-on-pills-the-boston-globes-version-of-the-2011-red-sox-collapse Looks like Boston's ownership has gone a little batty. They would seem to be hoping for a massive shake up, so Ricketts better not give them anything of value.
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