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  1. jersey cubs fan
    Twitter says: Officials say Robert Feder, of Huntington Station, blew a stop sign and a red light and plowed into 61-year-old Joseph Carney's car in Westbury last May
  2. jersey cubs fan
    But that is exactly how New England operates their offense. The Bears won't be "making them" do anything.
  3. jersey cubs fan
    That would be, far and away, the most points given up by the Bears all season. Most up until now is 26 to Philly in a win. New England is also the highest scoring offense they've faced and Chicago matches up better with what Philly tries to do than what New England does. I was just about to post that NE has only scored fewer than 26 twice. Something definitely has to give. Or they could score 26.
  4. jersey cubs fan
    That would be, far and away, the most points given up by the Bears all season. Most up until now is 26 to Philly in a win. New England is also the highest scoring offense they've faced and Chicago matches up better with what Philly tries to do than what New England does.
  5. jersey cubs fan
    On the other hand, Ramirez has been the most reliable hitter on the team for 7+ years. Soto is a bit more hit or miss, and plays a more dangerous position for injuries. I'm not sure why 2B is listed as reliable, unless you mean reliably weak. I think it's more about there not really being a solid candidate for breakout stud production at his position. 2008 saw league leading production at C and CF, they also had near top of the league at 3B and 2B and not one "black hole" position. RF was below average OPS, but still had a .350 OBP. Most positions were at least above average. The Cubs sufferered from a couple black hole positions last year, 1B and 2B. And they really didn't get top of the line production anywhere, thanks to Castro showing up late and backup catchers. Those might be the only guys who stand a real chance of top notch production this season.
  6. jersey cubs fan
    Plus they can't.
  7. jersey cubs fan
    The latter for two reasons. You can always change management, and in addition to the limited resources, the former has an extremely difficult path to the playoffs even when at their best.
  8. jersey cubs fan
    It still requires you miss 15 consecutive days. If you can put a guy on the IR one day and take him off quickly thereafter it's pretty insignificant.
  9. jersey cubs fan
    $5 million in 2012 is cheaper than $5 million now. It also would be very advantageous if the team doesn't contend and Pena is traded mid-season. True, a team would only pick up $2.5 mil instead of $5 mil at the deadline. Could net us a better prospect, potentially. Actually wouldn't that be more like picking up 7.5m instead of $5m?
  10. jersey cubs fan
    I'm actually having a tough time understanding this sentence. But I've thought all along this team could compete in the NL Central, namely because it is the NL Central.
  11. jersey cubs fan
    He should be excited. He sucked last year and didn't have to take a paycut.
  12. jersey cubs fan
    My bad. I looked at Cot's saying he was making 950K and neglected to realize that was this past year's salary. Even still, I have trouble believing a reliever who doesn't have saves will go above $1.5 mil or so, that's still pretty cheap if he can be a 2 WAR player again. 2nd arbitration year, I'd bet he goes past 1.5m. Then next offseason he's probably going to get a longterm extention, and me no likey longterm contracts for relievers.
  13. jersey cubs fan
    He's not making less than a million dollars.
  14. jersey cubs fan
    Not sure why you are pretending that is the only point of a trade. I think the point would be to upgrade now as well as acquire a piece that can really help over the intermediate and longterm. He just turned 27 and won't be a free agent for a while. Trading away prospects makes it all that much more harder to be better later. Trading away prospects makes it harder to be better later than trading away young, cheap, productive MLBers(aka, what we hope the prospects become when they grow up)? Not sure which people we are talking about now, but a few names won't be cheap for long either. And names like Colvin should be treated like Vitters in the trade 'em if you can department.
  15. jersey cubs fan
    Not sure why you are pretending that is the only point of a trade. I think the point would be to upgrade now as well as acquire a piece that can really help over the intermediate and longterm. He just turned 27 and won't be a free agent for a while. Trading away prospects makes it all that much more harder to be better later.
  16. jersey cubs fan
    Okay Mr. Literal.
  17. jersey cubs fan
    The Cubs have talked about a couple things to make them better next year. One has been getting Colvin in the lineup everyday (or close to it). There was a slim chance he would move to 1B if they didn't sign one. But now that they have one, it seems to me the only realistic shot is in RF. There have been talks of moving Fukudome up until this fall. I happen to believe they want to do it now that they have Pena (another LH bat) and are still talking about mediocre pitchers (that will still cost millions). He is due $13.5m. If they can reduce their payroll but $7m+ by trading him, that will go a long way toward affording some mediocre pitching. If they trade Fukudome, who becomes the 4th outfielder? Isn't the team better off having Colvin as extra depth? To be able to stick Colvin in any one of Byrd, Fukudome or Soriano's spots if one of them gets hurt (none of them are spring chickens) seems like it would be better than getting rid of Fukudome and weakening the bench and the starting line up. Of course my preference is that they use Colvin as nothing more than a 4th OF. But I don't think the Cubs see it that way.
  18. jersey cubs fan
    +1000 I don't know what else Soto has to do to prove he's not a bottom of the order hitter. Probably switch positions.
  19. jersey cubs fan
    The Cubs have talked about a couple things to make them better next year. One has been getting Colvin in the lineup everyday (or close to it). There was a slim chance he would move to 1B if they didn't sign one. But now that they have one, it seems to me the only realistic shot is in RF. There have been talks of moving Fukudome up until this fall. I happen to believe they want to do it now that they have Pena (another LH bat) and are still talking about mediocre pitchers (that will still cost millions). He is due $13.5m. If they can reduce their payroll but $7m+ by trading him, that will go a long way toward affording some mediocre pitching.
  20. jersey cubs fan
    But it's the last offseason they have to trade him while he's currently not getting lots of money. One off year (which as a reliever could easily happen) and his salary will continue to rise while his value drops.
  21. jersey cubs fan
    Maybe they realize the year to year volitility of middle relievers and are trying to maximize his value. They're not getting a ton of value, though. A 27-year-old catcher who was in AA last year and a nice relief pitcher prospect isn't an exciting haul. Since he's still pretty cheap, I'd rather keep O'Day and see if he can continue to pitch well. But isn't he up for arbitration this year, meaning he's not going to be that cheap?
  22. jersey cubs fan
    Because they can afford it even after giving Adrian Gonzalez 160m? So every contract ever signed is a good idea. Not at all. Pittsburgh had to trade Aramis Ramirez because of some stupid deals they signed. The Cubs have had to go cheap do to contracts they've signed. Boston won't have to half ass it elsewhere after this deal, and the player is still in his prime and likely worth the money for the foreseeable future.
  23. jersey cubs fan
    Other than the fact that they've turned into more annoying versions of Yankees fans, why do you say that? They should be right back in there in 2012.
  24. jersey cubs fan
    JD Drew's $14m comes off the book, as well as whatever Cameron makes. And if they picked up his option then Ortiz as well. The next year Daisuke's money is gone.
  25. jersey cubs fan
    The timing of the 5 on 3 was advantagous for the Stars, since the Blackhawks were on the verge of scoring but had to rush to beat the clock, then come out for a center ice face off. They really got close there.
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