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  1. Which is why I'm worried that he'll be the one sent to the pen instead of Silva. What is Gorzelanny's contract situation? I know he was arb-eligible this year and signed for $800,000 or something. When does he reach free agency? It would be great to get some (relatively) cheap production in the rotation (in addition to Wells). Cots lists his service time at 2.16 years, which would leave him a couple years shy of free agency after this season, if accurate. He spent all of 2007 in the majors, half of 2008 and half of 2009. He had a cup of coffee in 2005, and a full pot in 2006. So I'm not sure if that's all that accurate, but I think they might have control over him this coming offseason.
  2. This series has not been modified in any way. They're playing 'em just the way the schedulers laid 'em out. I was wondering what the line was implying.
  3. Headline was he apologized to team then went out an played well. I think the Marlins probably handled this appropriately.
  4. Very true, I just have little to no interest in limping into the playoffs and getting swept in three games again. To me, that winds up being about as fulfilling as having missed the playoffs by a few games. Go big or go home, as they say. I could not disagree more. As the White Sox in 2005 and Cards in 2006 proved, no one "limps" into the playoffs. That just proves that occasionally a team that backs into the playoffs can go all the way. But more often than not, the weak teams are going to get bounced. I don't think anyone was implying that it was likely. I was just disagreeing with the notion that 2 unlikely WS champs means no one limps into the playoffs.
  5. That's the entire business plan of cycling.
  6. Seriously, I don't understand how people can think otherwise.
  7. Very true, I just have little to no interest in limping into the playoffs and getting swept in three games again. To me, that winds up being about as fulfilling as having missed the playoffs by a few games. Go big or go home, as they say. I could not disagree more. As the White Sox in 2005 and Cards in 2006 proved, no one "limps" into the playoffs. That just proves that occasionally a team that backs into the playoffs can go all the way. But more often than not, the weak teams are going to get bounced.
  8. Why would you want that at all? Jay Jackson in the major league bullpen is better than Jay Jackson in the AAA bullpen. He's already relieving, might as well get something out of it.
  9. Ha. I never said I was concerned, I said I thought it was odd, that's all. What do you find odd? And why is it odd? People were mocking Theriot for his lack of power, and yet are praising Castro for his ability to put the bat on the ball. I know the age difference, makes it more impressive on Castro behalf, but essentially Castro has been Theriot with better defense since his first game. And what is odd about that. He's 20, Theriot is 30. Everybody said Castro's power isn't there yet. What is odd?
  10. More of a potential upside with Nady. With Dye you know he can't hit righties at all at this point. Nady potentially gives you someone off the bench who isn't as limited offensively. I suppose. But if we were looking to acquire a right-handed PH (which is all Nady is at this point) then we should have just brought someone up off the farm. At this point, but by the summer he's supposed to be a good option to platoon with Kosuke.
  11. They said all along they were going to be cautious early. It's mid-May and the weather has sucked in the Philly/NY corridor for the past day.
  12. The talk was Nady at full strength by June 1. I really don't have a problem with this (and don't really care what his 10 career PA in cbp say). Nady has been terrible vs lefties this year and could very easily not be ready to be out there.
  13. They were clearly the most talented roster in January 2007, I really don't think it was a stretch to say they were the most talented in the summer of 2007. Unfortunately, they were also very poorly coached and a lot of that talent either stopped developing or capsized, and they also didn't bring in any fresh talent so the talent level stagnated and began to decline in comparison to others.
  14. OMG you are one of THOSE Cubs fans. Going to a baseball game is supposed to be an act of reverence and a time for calm reflection. That's what the troughts are for.
  15. back to back DL stints can't be good
  16. story about a guy I know in the big ten office + unprecedented overreaction + message board = unfortunately probably made up
  17. Like right now? Really?
  18. To be a real number 1 in a 30 team league, why must you be top 10? Because equating the #1 pitcher across all 30 teams is idiotic Who equated them? He's talking about a true number 1 and a top ten list (a list that can change in any given year and one that Zambrano has spent time in). A true number 1 is just an arbitrary rating.
  19. Ha. I never said I was concerned, I said I thought it was odd, that's all. What do you find odd? And why is it odd?
  20. http://www.chicagobreakingsports.com/2010/05/ex-vike-taylor-likens-cutler-to-favre-forte-to-ap.html Bears are practicing so there's a couple largely meaningless articles out on them.
  21. That's always how I thought major league baseball works. You're thinking of the NBA. Or Hollywood police departments.
  22. That's always how I thought major league baseball works.
  23. Right, so why wouldn't he want to go to one of those instead of some sweep of a doubleheader in May of 2004? Because he's trolling? Yes. Jake is definitely trolling. And he's also definitely the only one doing so in this thread. I know Jake isn't a troll, but that response was just dumb. Why would that be the one game he would want to go to? Congrats those wins really meant a lot for your franchise they propelled you to 6 more losing seasons. Meanwhile you could have watched Honus Wagner play. Maybe it's not what his real answer would be to this option, if it were real, and maybe he was just kidding around. So maybe it's not dumb.
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