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  1. jersey cubs fan
    I think one more year at $5.6M. God Tallon is/was an idiot. Will they be able to rent him out again like they did last year and save on the cap hit? yes and I think both Huet and Campbells contracts had more to do with a certain ex Cub PR man then they did Tallon, or at least that is what is widely speculated among a lot of hockey fans. Tallon trading for the Campbell contract has to make one wonder. I think that is a convenient excuse. Tallon was most likely under orders to spend money on something that could draw excitement. McDonough was probably very happy with the Campbell signing when it happened, and to be honest I think they needed it. They were still in desperate need of scoring when they got him, and none of their current stars had truly emerged as stars yet. It just so happens that Campbell was leapfrogged by a half dozen guys shortly after he arrived, making him less important. Huet was never anybody that was going to sell tickets or drum up interest. That was a hockey decision based on the fallacy that you need a big money franchise goalie in order to succeed.
  2. jersey cubs fan
    Lots of people in baseball don't like interviewing for somebody else's job.
  3. jersey cubs fan
    How much time off does the reliever get after those three days? If it's only one, then that is a season of 121 outings and 121 innings. The starter would go 35 starts for 175 innings. I think that reliever is taking much more of a toll.
  4. jersey cubs fan
    I would be happy with an incredibly amazing offer for anybody. But the one for Castro would have to be so incredibly amazing I'm not sure why anybody would offer it.
  5. jersey cubs fan
    http://deadspin.com/5815180/jim-riggleman-partied-away-his-sorrows-last-night http://cache.gawker.com/assets/images/deadspin/2011/06/329157686.jpg Rigs is doing it right.
  6. jersey cubs fan
    Maybe make a "From my experience you have no chance of making it in sports so why don't you go into theater or something more accepting" video.
  7. jersey cubs fan
    They likely can't interview anybody because teams won't want their top front office guys focusing on finding another job in July and August. They can hire a search firm whether Hendry's employed or not. I'm not sure exactly what they can do toward finding the right guy during the season that they can't do while Hendry is employed. They can just do it more openly if they fire Hendry. And they can make sure they are first to pounce on the best prospects. Waiting is dumb. Letting a guy you know won't be running your team next year run your team right now is dumb. The only reason to hold onto the guy now is if you want him to run your team in the future, and if that is the case, they are dumb. Stop making up nonsensical reasons to support keeping Hendry here. It's ridiculous.
  8. jersey cubs fan
    If he keeps pitching the way he is, Matt Garza is an ace. didn't he already stop pitching the way he was? He's taken a noticable step back since returning from injury.
  9. jersey cubs fan
    The advantage is they can openly look for the new guy.
  10. jersey cubs fan
    12/20 - CHI @ PIT - A couple years ago these two teams seemed poised for some potential Finals matchups. If Crosby isn't dead, this is pretty big.
  11. jersey cubs fan
    The Bryz contract is reportedly 9/51, or 5.6m/year.
  12. jersey cubs fan
    I see 5, where were the other 3?
  13. jersey cubs fan
    Carter and Richards? That's insane. Didn't they both recently sign longterm extensions?
  14. jersey cubs fan
    Seems to me like he overplayed his hand. He's in his late 50's and has a pretty terrible track record. Can't imagine many teams jumping at the chance to hire him.
  15. jersey cubs fan
    http://cdn.ksk.uproxx.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/the-dunge1.jpg Tony Dungy
  16. jersey cubs fan
    Not in approach, but in looking absolutely lost at any breaking ball thrown to them. Geo looks overmatched at the plate, much like Soriano does on any breaking stuff. Total pitches swung at: Soriano: 57.9% Soto: 39.7% Pitches swung at outside the strike zone: Soriano: 48.5% Soto: 21.9% I still don't see the similarity. When Soriano looks bad swinging and missing at a breaking ball out of the zone it looks similar to when Soto looks bad swinging and missing at a breaking ball out of the zone. I didn't say it happened at the same rate.
  17. jersey cubs fan
    Seems like that might be uncomfortable.
  18. jersey cubs fan
    not exactly
  19. jersey cubs fan
    That's kind of a ridiculous claim to make. You should never trade any potential star for a Cy Young caliber pitcher? They got a very young stud arm. It's not like they traded him for an innings eater. Sure, they probably weren't expected 950 OPS seasons out of him, but pretending they had no inclinations that he was going to be good is just wrong.
  20. jersey cubs fan
    Yeah, if they knew he would be a star then trading for Beckett was incredibly short-sighted. They would have much rather had Hanley than Beckett the last 6 years, and that isn't even accounting for the money they would have saved to use on another pitcher. I was under the impression that Hanley was widely considered to be a star in the making at the time of the trade. Maybe they didn't think he'd be as good as he ending up being so soon, but he was star material nonetheless.
  21. jersey cubs fan
    The 2005 Red Sox won 95 games and were one year off from a world series title. They could afford to trade off stud prospects and were in a completely different situation than the Cubs.
  22. jersey cubs fan
    The problem I have with this nonsensical insistence on giving Hendry credit for good moves is that the team is freaking awful and that is all that matters. A professional baseball person with a payroll that dwarfs the competition would have to try to not make any good moves. His job isn't to make a few good moves. His job is to build a team that wins the majority of its games, and not just 50.1%.
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  24. jersey cubs fan
    I'm saying he probably hasn't done enough yet this year to get something worthwhile right now, and unless you can get an impact player in return there's really no point in trading him. And yes, with the absolute lack of both impact bats and potential 1B in the system he has value to the team as a potential option in 2012.
  25. jersey cubs fan
    If he stays hot through July it shouldn't be a problem, but that is still up for debate. And you have to get more than the mediocrity they've gotten for some other veteran dumps in recent years. I just don't see the point in acquiring more filler for the system. If they can get a potential impact player, terrific. If he was blocking somebody there could be motivation for moving him for the sake of moving him, but he's not even close to blocking somebody already in the system.
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