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Soriano has 4.5 years on the Cubs and 5.5 in the National League, so I don't think he'd have 5 and 10 rights. The rest of them would, of course. The 10 applies to MLB service time, not time in a particular league. Was he joking when he mentioned the National League part? -
I like his talent but I've never loved his total game and I don't mind holding firm on a player of his stature. If somebody wants to pay him big, good for them. We have to remember that Cutler's cap hit is likely to go way up in the next year or two (either that or we will be looking for another QB).
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I'd say there are at least a handful of other guys worth paying attention to and who are not just "playing out the string." Ramirez, Soto, Dempster, Zambrano, Garza and Wells. Those guys have been mostly good, except for Wells (who needs to bounce back to at least a level of competence). Soto struggled early but has been pretty good since May despite the occasional setback. Another group may be nothings special to watch or hope for, but Byrd and Pena hardly look "dead ass". The team is no good, but let's not pretend it's about guys just not trying.
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What is the difference here?
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I have no idea why you would think this is true. 3B is probably next on that list of positions without production. 1B and the corner OF should have the most above average producers. But even those positions will be manned by a few hacks.
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Is Hendry still in Iowa? I'd imagine the media would love to ask him about Quade's recent silliness.
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2008, and to a lesser extent 2007 were the clear outliers of the past decade. People talk about the Cubs "waiting for the three run homer". That's nonsense, they don't wait for anything. Not that this team would be patient under anyone, but it'd be really cool if we hadn't scapegoated the hitting coach of those 07 and 08 teams for no good reason halfway through 09. It's a little known fact that Jim Hendry gets 100 lifetime scapegoats to sacrifice before he loses his job. It's in the contract.
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You don't like discussion of what Cubs players have done in their minor league career in the minor league forum? I have no problem with discussion and I rather enjoy a well supported discussion. I have a problem with being overly dramatic and pessimistic while spouting hearsay with no factual information to back it up. If I wanted that I'd go over to Cubs.com. This post is overly dramatic with no factual information. Pointing out very obvious obstacles is not pessimistic, it's realistic.
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Minor League Discussion & Boxes 7-20-11
jersey cubs fan replied to Outshined_One's topic in Cubs Minor League Talk
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Castro's wasn't a mental error. It wasn't an error due to a lack of focus and not keeping his mind in the game. He lost the ball in the sun. It's really the ultimate 'oh well' kind of error. To call him out is not fair to Castro and makes Quade and the Cubs organization look small time. Not only calling him out on a missplay (one that every player has committed at one time or another) but the issuing some vague threat about having 60 days to prove he deserves a job. This is how people like Neifi Perez get jobs over more deserving young players.
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And it still wouldn't matter because it's dumb as he'll to judge a gm on an individual deal when the only thing that matters are the results.
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He retired a year and a half before that contract was signed. It was his hand-chosen successor though. And the team hasn't let their foot off the pedal in a decade of dominance.
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What the what? Not only did he single out Castro and Barney and blame them for a blowout loss, he specifically defended the veterans. Read more: http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20110720/sports/707209798/#ixzz1ShtAxtxC
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Aside from just a never ending string of horrible managing, we've got the Dempster thing, the umpire rant, and now a "one missplay ruined the whole game and therefore the season" explosion. Three strikes and you're out? I think he knows he's in over his head and is desperate.
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Damn you SSR, I get all worked up about another idiotic Quade thing and you go and ruin it with a funny.
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I think you might be misremembering things Tim.
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2008, and to a lesser extent 2007 were the clear outliers of the past decade. People talk about the Cubs "waiting for the three run homer". That's nonsense, they don't wait for anything.
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It amazes me how many people are begging for the day they let him go, as well as all the reports that he is as good as gone next season. If he walks, they will have to spend just as much money to get back to where they are today, let alone add another stud.
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Why do people keep pretending there is all this disdain out there for Barney? I'm not saying even the casual fan hates him, but there's been plenty of references to Theriot when discussing Barney, and they aren't positive ones. There's references, but not claims of equality nor disdain.
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He retired a year and a half before that contract was signed.
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Would anyone still watch after the fifth round or so? Does anyone still watch now?
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You don't like discussion of what Cubs players have done in their minor league career in the minor league forum?
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It had been a while since Dempster really crapped the bed in an outing.
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Hendry's Worst 10 Moves (Non including draft)
jersey cubs fan replied to apete6's topic in Chicago Cubs Talk
All of those are pretty defensible. Brownlie was a Top 10 talent who slipped because of signability. Harvey was a possible #1 pick, while Markakis was thought to be a reach where he was drafted as a hitter (most saw him as a pitcher). Pawalek, again, was a top 10 talent who dropped because of signability. And Vitters was a consensus top 5 talent as well. Hayden Simpson or Tyler Colvin are one thing, but none of these were questionable in terms of overall talent. Development is/was a different story, of course. Defensible, but ultimately wrong. There may or may not have been others with similar opinions about the players the Cubs took, but the fact is they were the ones who took them and they were the ones who missed out. Development is an issue, but you can't dismiss the problems they have had drafting just becasue there are reports that other people thought relatively highly of the guys the Cubs took. If you were really good at drafting, you would do a better job than the Cubs have done. -
I've been wondering this very thing for some time. You've got a whole bunch of elite players anxious to get their professional careers started off on the right foot (not to mention paid their bonus $$$), and yet they're being held off the field by the commissioner. It's not unrealistic that missing these 100 or so ABs could delay a guy's ETA in the bigleagues by a year. Seems like a lawsuit waiting to happen. And given that many agents are attorneys, I'm surprised it hasn't happened already. It's probably a case of letting sleeping dogs lie. Teams that are willing to pay overslot don't want to make a stink because they just want the player in the end. Players/agents don't make a stink because they don't want to force MLB's hand to make more of an effort to suppress bonuses. It would have to be hard to prove in a court of law that a delay of a few weeks or even months negatively affected their future earnings in a significant manner.
