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That is very rarely the case with RBs. It is a young man's position and a horrible one to pay big money in free agency.
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Well Sproles is a lot more explosive and younger than Taylor but the Chargers just put a high tender on him. So if you want to upgrade the Bears running game you've gotta go with Taylor, a draftee, or Tomlinson/Westbrook. Taylor is still explosive, IMO, which is why I like him. The Bears have money to spend and they're going to spend it regardless because the management is throwing a hail mary. What would you have them do? The running backs and offense in general aren't so good (in fact, they're horrible) that they should just hold the money and wait for the stud linemen who simply aren't on the market. The Bears need upgrades everywhere. RBs emerge from the depths every year, I would simply never spend money on the position. It's a waste, unless you have your own stud. I'd solidify both lines, offense via draft and defense via free agency, and spend money on the secondary. This defense has barely held on over the years and is in desperate need of an influx of talent.
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Yeah. I'd like to see him make the team over Fuld, though. I don't see him as anything more than a fourth OF anyway, so I don't think there is a lot to be lost by not leaving him in the minors for seasoning. Even if he tore it up in AAA and got called up, he's still be behind Nady even if something happened to Soriano. For him to get significant AB's, Soriano and Nady would have to go down, which is possible. If an increase in power led to some pitchers being more careful with him and him becoming more patient as a result, I could see value in giving him another year of work. I think I'd rather he play everyday until somebody in front of him gets hurt at which point he might be a better option than Fuld to start.
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I just can't put a good pass catching and blocking RB at the top of the priority list without being significantly more explosive and younger than Taylor. There's so much more important to go for.
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Negotiating
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He's probably missed out on many more millions of actual player contract.
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Really? Haven't you done this before? Just make the choice you would make. Nobodies livelihood depends on it.
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That's not a lifestyle you can choose, he was born that way.
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I bet Theriot disagrees with Bradley's assessment.
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Re: Spring Training Pics and video!
jersey cubs fan replied to Old Style's topic in Chicago Cubs Talk
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Some old prospect burnouts
jersey cubs fan replied to Hairyducked Idiot's topic in Chicago Cubs Talk
And I think that's a fairly "safe" way of doing things overall. -
I hope he does just so we can use your tears to nourish a drought-ravaged African village. Irrigation with tears seems like it would do more harm than good.
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Some old prospect burnouts
jersey cubs fan replied to Hairyducked Idiot's topic in Chicago Cubs Talk
I can't think of a draftee that really matches that description. Colvin I suppose, even if he's not super high on the athleticism scale. They have a lot of guys who are pretty good athletes and maybe strike out too much(Thomas, Flaherty, and Jackson immediately come to mind), but they all walk a good bit and don't match the Pattersonian model that it seems you're talking about. Cool. I was actually asking, not being rhetorical. I'm not that up on the minors these days. The recent years they seem to have gone after a bunch of somewhat safe, minimal ceiling guys all over the place, as if the new goal is to produce as many guys as possible who can make the major leagues, even if none of them are particularly good. Of course there's still Vitters, but he's not all that athletic. -
I think he's a bad guy.
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Millar’s chances of making Cubs improving
jersey cubs fan replied to Schwarber Fan's topic in Chicago Cubs Talk
Got that is all kinds of stupid, and written by the AP. -
I'm waiting for you to miss a selection so I can award him to the Jets. The Jets should only wish to be so lucky that he drops that far.
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should have been Tebow
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Some old prospect burnouts
jersey cubs fan replied to Hairyducked Idiot's topic in Chicago Cubs Talk
Anything's possible, but that's unlikely. He spent 1 full season in the minors where he dominated, was called up and pretty successful from the start. He didn't need much, if any, developing. But that's beside the point. The other thing you mentioned, that Atlanta actually produced their own hitters, is a major part of the point. Chicago tried something that was dumb, largely ignoring position players (and then focusing on the wrong ones when they did pay attention - free swinging athletic high schoolers) with the excuse of trading/signing bats when they needed, but they failed to trade for and sign the bats they needed, which is why the offense was so bad for so long after the plan was implemented. -
We're 35 minutes away from the 24 hour mark, and I'm ready to hand STL Tebow.
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My feeling is that of their position groups, at least WR has talent that can develop into quality players. The OL does not and needs to be addressed early and often, so losing a 3rd rounder on somebody with Boldin's question marks would just be too much. Perhaps if they found a way to swing other deals, but it wouldn't be a priority.
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Some old prospect burnouts
jersey cubs fan replied to Hairyducked Idiot's topic in Chicago Cubs Talk
But pitchers get hurt all the time, which is why it's risky to count on pitchers to carry your franchise. The plan did not work fine. The plan was to designed to make the Cubs as successful as the Braves, and they weren't even close. It is absolutely absurd to suggest the plan worked fine from any standpoint. They failed. They had a miserable record and were terrible far more frequently than they were good. It wasn't risky, it just wasn't idiot proof. It wasn't risky? They implemented a plan that failed miserably but there was no risk with the plan? -
this thing is off to a rousing start. How do you take the entire 24 hours as the first pick? Trying to allow the networks to get all the commercials in?
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If the Bears sign Peppers That depends entirely on what kind of contract they sign him to. Presumably, if they give him a signing bonus that would cause the cap hit to be spread out over every season. However, if they put most of the money into his 2010 salary, that might make it easier, although I'm not sure if they have rules around it. It's hard to say exactly how it would affect the cap, but I'd have to assume it will affect it significantly if/when the CBA is announced.
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But I'm sure Jeff Moe actually did something to somebody before as well.
