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  1. jersey cubs fan
    That was my point when I criticized the signing. In theory it's harmless and meaningless. But with the Cubs, in practice it almost always involves them letting one worthless piece of crap veteran take up roster space without the ability to add an ounce of value to the team.
  2. jersey cubs fan
    This just in, Peter King is a moron. Film at 11. But what does that have to do with this note? The Bears paid an obscene amount for what is from all accounts a mediocre blocking tight end, and they aren't going to be using Greg Olsen this season. He has only 2 seasons to set his free agency price, so he should want out ASAP. King is right.
  3. jersey cubs fan
    They don't have to do such a thing, but there's pretty much no chance they would trade Theriot and not callup Castro.
  4. jersey cubs fan
    I'd guess the Cubs would have to do a major sell job before any contender would actually come calling for any of these guys. They would have to be viewed as fallback options.
  5. jersey cubs fan
    I hate Theriot too, partially irrationally. If they could trade him I'd love it. But as long as he's here, there's a significant likelihood that he will be at least as good as Castro right now. I would hate to see them go out and trade for a guy like Theriot, or sign somebody like that to a free agent contract when Castro is poised to take the position, but there's nothing wrong with status quo for now, and there are added benefits that should not be ignored. As a Chicagoan, i think my biggest worry is that the cubs treat theriot like the bulls treat Hinrich. What i mean by that is that they sign theriot to a overpaid long term deal eventhough he's a scrappy average player. And then they would justify it by saying he's a hard working player. I feel the cubs FO, Management and Some fans have built Theriot's ego to where he actually thinks he's a very good player and one of the best at his position. The notes that the front office was upset with Theriot this offseason makes me think maybe that won't happen. It won't keep a worthy Castro down forever. He just had his first arbitration contract, so he's a little bit away from free agency.
  6. jersey cubs fan
    I hate Theriot too, partially irrationally. If they could trade him I'd love it. But as long as he's here, there's a significant likelihood that he will be at least as good as Castro right now. I would hate to see them go out and trade for a guy like Theriot, or sign somebody like that to a free agent contract when Castro is poised to take the position, but there's nothing wrong with status quo for now, and there are added benefits that should not be ignored.
  7. jersey cubs fan
    Well the Yankees can afford $15m at every position so that's a different story. The Cubs should take these things into consideration. And as long as they aren't purposefully starting a worse player, it doesn't hurt them at all to be more patient.
  8. jersey cubs fan
    The problem with this nonsense is there's no such thing as earning it in the spring. Spring training numbers are absolutely meaningless. How well you perform is absolutely meaningless. Hitting well in spring training should not "earn" anybody a job they've proven they don't deserve over the course of multiple regular seasons. I think spring training matters on fringe cases. It helps you weed out the hitters who look absolutely lost vs the players who are just running into bad luck. I don't think the entire roster should be built upon who performed well in spring training, but for those last few bench spots, it has a lot to do with ST performance. I don't doubt that people actually use spring training results to make decisions on the margin, but they shouldn't. Hitting well in spring training doesn't tell you a damn thing especially when you have all sorts of regular season data to draw from.
  9. jersey cubs fan
    Yeah, that Victor Diaz homer more or less created his legacy, though. Baker said he was unavailable that day so he didn't start warming up then Dempster came in and sucked and Baker decided to warm up Hawkins and then he came in and the inevitable happened and I was there and there was an annoying Mets fan yelling horrible things at Mets players the entire game until the end and then he tried laughing in my face before I nearly kicked the crap out of him. God I hated that day.
  10. jersey cubs fan
    The problem with this nonsense is there's no such thing as earning it in the spring. Spring training numbers are absolutely meaningless. How well you perform is absolutely meaningless. Hitting well in spring training should not "earn" anybody a job they've proven they don't deserve over the course of multiple regular seasons.
  11. jersey cubs fan
    Kevin Millard is a bastard.
  12. jersey cubs fan
    Is Tebow still available?
  13. jersey cubs fan
    No Mel Rojas or Todd Hundley either. Enrique Wilson should be on here. Ridiculous, he should be no higher than 12.
  14. jersey cubs fan
    That doesn't really appeal to me I don't see how it could happen, given the layout.
  15. jersey cubs fan
    Seems like the Pirates would have been much better off promoting Ramirez when he was ready at age 22 instead of rushing him up at age 19. They could have gotten more production out of him or perhaps more from the Cubs in the trade. It's probably more important for a poor team to keep their kids in the minors longer, to prolong their affordability, whereas a bigger payroll team can afford to take that risk with the expectation that when it comes to that time, they can resign their own guy.
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  17. jersey cubs fan
    http://www.chicagobreakingsports.com/2010/03/cubs-ramirez-on-castro-if-youre-ready-youre-ready.html
  18. jersey cubs fan
    Why so desperate to get Jeff Baker into the lineup? I wouldn't see him getting into a platoon with Fuk over Nady...esp considering Nady should be full speed by June. Is Nady healthy, if so let him play. :roll:
  19. jersey cubs fan
    Jets take Jared Odrick
  20. jersey cubs fan
    Being smart. If the batter is charging out there with bat, you get out of the way. I don't know why the pitcher kept looking back instead of just booking for the nearest exit. Maybe he knows he's not fast. I would have been looking back to see what I needed to do. And who knows what awaits on the other side of the exit. If a player is chasing you with a bat, there's no telling what some spectators might do.
  21. jersey cubs fan
    This is the thinking I'd use. And only would I consider calling up Castro if he's absolutely tearing up AAA pitching and Theriot is struggling. You don't want to rush a prospect with the potential Starlin has. It has nothing to do with giving up on the season or anything like that, it's all about what you guys note here, no need to rush, and keep him affordable for longer.
  22. jersey cubs fan
    I agree with the second half. I'm not looking forward to Sandberg at all, but my guess is he won't be as headstrong as Dusty was about the abuse. He's being exposed to the idea of taking care of pitchers in the minors. And personally I think the next logical step is for him to be the bench coach in the majors under Trammel. Or, if Lou returns, then being the bench coach and Trammel moving on. Players win games, managers lose them. They need a GM to find the right players and then hope the manager doesn't get in the way. Let the nostalgia freaks fall in love with Sandberg, I don't care, unless he abuses pitchers and openly promotes a free swinging mentality.
  23. jersey cubs fan
    IIRC, Boston included cash in the deal to make it cash-neutral for both teams? But the Cubs were still taking on a soon-to-be free agent with injury and decline issues who was not going to get arbitration from his old team. There's more to the story than just who the players were.
  24. jersey cubs fan
    It's being floated for a reason. I'm not sure it has anything to do with getting the players to cave on salary caps, but it's for a reason. Probably more like testing the waters to see what people think of the idea, and spur conversation about other options. Also, it gets the national attention leaning more toward MLB as a whole, which is a good thing when you are preparing for Opening Day.
  25. jersey cubs fan
    The problem with this is they went to an unbalanced schedule for a reason, to profit from rivalries that people care about. As soon as they go away from it, people are going to bitch and moan about the Cubs only playing STL 6 times a year, or whatever it would be. I don't remember if this worked or not in the plan I came up with a few years ago, but if you go 3 divisions of 5 teams you can play: 15 games against your 4 division rivals - 60 9 games against the 10 other league teams 4 interleague series Now that I think about it, that must be tweaked a bit to account for enough interleague matchups, so it would be more like 15 games against them, and then take away 3 games elsewhere. Anyway, a balanced schedule will not work. A slightly less unbalanced schedule might, but east coast teams don't want to go to the west coast as often as they go to the next state. Travel times and cost are real. There hasn't been any upgrades in modern travel since they went unbalanced, and there's no reason to think they can do that now.
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