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what is significant about IR in NHL? Does he have to miss more time? Why wasn't he already on IR?
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Somehow what I was writing disappeared. Anyway, price difference should easily be $5m+ this season with Garza being arbitration eligible coming off a 15 win sub 4 ERA season. Also, ERA should not be only way you judge him, and I believe his ERA might not be as good as advertised. -
Because I don't want to trade anything more than that. I think Garza is a little better, but he is more expensive, so the difference in ability is offset by price. It seems to me this team is intent on adding second tier starting pitching. I don't see the need. One thing I wonder is if the Cubs are trying to prioritize starting pitchers who don't have as much problem with racking up high pitch counts and can go a little deeper into games. Hence the interest in moving Gorzelanny and the interest in Garza. In theory (and depending upon the cost in talent and dollars), it's a good idea and a good way to indirectly improve the bullpen. Of course, they'd be a lot better off if they'd look for a big upgrade at second base. That was pretty much what they did in 2007.
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That could be something like having video of his 17 year old girlfriend stripping or something, right?
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Because I don't want to trade anything more than that. I think Garza is a little better, but he is more expensive, so the difference in ability is offset by price. It seems to me this team is intent on adding second tier starting pitching. I don't see the need.
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Wells and not much else.
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That stuff never happens in Iowa. It just doesn't. Man, I was just saying the other day I'd love to smoke with Marvin McNutt. Hehehehe, bowl games, hehehehe.
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I agree with you. The guy is a lot like Big Z. He has great stuff, but has a hard time putting it all together. Boy has a big temper as well. Zambrano has done a hell of a lot more than him.
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For an arbitration eligible pitcher who isn't all that great? I don't like Vitters, but I would rather he be included in a deal for a guy that is more impressive. Plus, they might need him to start next season when they are clear out of corner hitters.
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I thought he was banged up one of those years. 604 PAs one year, 543 the next. None of the minor league time on rehab stints. Well then my memory is worse than I thought. He's just an inconsistent SOB. Hopefully he's got a decent year left in him.
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Heavens to Betsy! A college kid smoked pot with regularity?
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That is pretty much insane. It's not like it's hard to hit in the AL East. No, but he goes from one of the best divisions to one of the least competitive. I'm not saying it's gonna make him a superstar, but a slight bump in numbers wouldn't surprise me. That isn't a slight bump. And again, he's a hitter. It's not hard to hit in the AL East. A pitcher might benefit from never having to face the Yankees and Red Sox, but both of those teams throw out their fair share of mediocre pitching.
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I thought he was banged up one of those years.
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That is pretty much insane. It's not like it's hard to hit in the AL East.
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Defense isn't the issue. And occasional power is worthless in comparison to the horrible OBP.
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I doubt it too. I also doubt they didn't hit their career norm for 70% of the year and hits anemically bad the other 30%. What is Carlos Pena's career norm? He's had full seasons of sub 800 OPS and one well over 1000. I think his career norm is inconsistency and volatility. He's never been a 160 game player, has lost most of two key seasons I assume to injury and was once again banged up last year. I would guess it's pretty normal for him to have such crappy months and there is no good reason to treat his 2010 season as anything but what it was as a whole. We aren't looking for him to play 4 months of baseball next season. He might OPS 1000 one month, but I think it would be a mistake to expect much more than a low 800 OPS for the season.
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I would bet most guys who had bad years didn't bat poorly all year long.
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I don't see how anybody can think they have to get Webb. He's not very likely to be great, and the Cubs have plenty of decent pitching already.
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Garza won 15 games last year.
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Matt Garza? Arb eligible decent AL east pitcher whose peripherals look a little worse than his traditional numbers. Will they take Randy Wells for him to save money?
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He hit 40 points better with RISP and 60 points better with men on 3rd and less than 2 outs.
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Other than the apparent insistence on having Colvin replace Fukudome as early and as often as possible. Also, I doubt Soto is going to bat third all that often. I would guess Ramirez/Pena/Byrd in the 3/4/5 slots.
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Oh, I see he edited this morning. So that's about 125m for 16 guys and then you are just adding in assumed contracts for the last 9, right?
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If Pena is getting $10m where does this leave 2011 payroll estimates?
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I think this story has been confirmed, right?
