Jump to content
North Side Baseball

jersey cubs fan

Old-Timey Member
 View Profile  See their activity

  • Posts

    68,020

  • Joined

  • Last visited

  • Days Won

    64

 Content Type 

Profiles

Joomla Posts 1

Chicago Cubs Videos

Chicago Cubs Free Agent & Trade Rumors, Notes, & Tidbits

2026 Chicago Cubs Top Prospects Ranking

News

2023 Chicago Cubs Draft Picks

Guides & Resources

2024 Chicago Cubs Draft Picks

The Chicago Cubs Players Project

2025 Chicago Cubs Draft Pick Tracker

2026 Chicago Cubs Draft Tracker: Picks & Bonuses

Blogs

Events

Forums

Store

Gallery

Everything posted by jersey cubs fan

  1. jersey cubs fan
    The last out of game 5 in Atlanta.
  2. jersey cubs fan
    So the line is Atlanta -3.5, a little higher than I thought it would be before they went out and blew-out an overrated 49ers team. I think I feel pretty comfortable taking the points in this one. Still a good chance Chicago loses, but the bye week should have them prepared for this game. How they do will say a lot about the coaching this season. If Lovie doesn't have that defense primed for a big game, I will be disappointed.
  3. jersey cubs fan
    This was about the only part of the game I watched and I thought it was really weird how they obviously missed Jeter telling Cano to "watch this" on the jumbotron. Why they decided to show dugout reaction to a HR from much earlier makes no sense.
  4. jersey cubs fan
    http://baseballprospectus.com/chat/chat.php?chatId=660 Isn't that something to get excited about? Compared to a year ago maybe, but I feel that's been his calling since he was drafted - safe bet to make the majors, very unlikely to have much of an impact.
  5. jersey cubs fan
    Oh ye of little faith raw. I'm telling you, this is following the script. Minnesota will falter.
  6. jersey cubs fan
    Gus is fantastic. He's a love or hate kind of broadcaster. I personally hate him, but that's just because he sucks. Actually I'm sort of indifferent to him, but I hate all the over the top praise the guy gets for screaming.
  7. jersey cubs fan
    depends on what kind of contracts the local announcers have signed with their local affiliates. beyond that, there's this ridiculous thing that NATIONAL broadcasts need NATIONAL announcers. TBS would probably think they were slumming to use the Fox Sports Midwest crew for their broadcasts. But it's not limited to baseball; NFL broadcasts are just as bad Well there aren't local TV crews at all for the NFL, so thats not really an avenue that can be pursued. True, but they over value people like Joe Buck and under value people like Gus Johnson Gus should broadcast baseball games too. Oh yeah, screamy sreamison needs an opportunity to scream more
  8. jersey cubs fan
    Perhaps that's not all that's wrong with your deals.
  9. jersey cubs fan
    That 82 OPS+ is actually pretty impressive for a toddler. Not in comparison to his 120 as a fetus. Blatant steroid use involved here.
  10. jersey cubs fan
    Not all bad contracts are created equal. GMJ is owed a little more money, is three years old, and a much worse baseball player. Bradley disappointed people with an OPS+ of 101, GMJ was at 82 this year. For their careers GMJ has a line of .258/.333/.408 while Milton has a .277/.371/.450. The Cubs would be getting considerably worse, and spending a little more money to do it. Why in the world would we even consider it?
  11. jersey cubs fan
    That's over-thinking it, to my mind. I don't think Q calling that timeout cemented in the guys' heads that they were [expletive] if they didn't score. It said they had a golden opportunity to take a two-goal lead and it was worth the extra time to draw something up. Now, that said, I disagree with Q calling the TO there because it gave Detroit's PK'ers a breather. Q calling the timeout was overthinking.
  12. jersey cubs fan
    The Vikings aren't going to be THAT good. They'll lose some games to teams they shouldn't. Agree. Minnesota was going to roll early this season, especially with their legal system coming to the defense of their players. Favre doesn't have 16 quality games in him. And Peterson is a fumbling machine. They are going to lose a couple heartbreakers on top of the just the games they are likely to lose. By the time they see Chicago the first time, Favre will already be slipping. This is all going according to script. Let's enjoy.
  13. jersey cubs fan
    So in my completely novice hockey strategy mind, I saw Q's timeout during the 5 on 3 as an unnecessary panic move. It was basically telling the team, if we don't score here we are doomed. What is the point of putting that much pressure on yourself for a 5 on 3? Sure, it sucks not to score on one, but I'd rather just not score and go on than call a timeout, adding extra emphasis on how screwed we are if we don't score, and then not score.
  14. jersey cubs fan
    It won't be hard if they eat most of the money. But some people are suggesting it won't be hard to move him without eating money. Those are very different things. I'm sure reality is probably somewhere in between. They'll probably end eating half of it or something, unless they just take a bad contract in exchange (or some garbage prospects). And if you ask me, either of those scenarios are bad, so even if it's "easy" to do, the lack of gettiing quality value for the asset means it was hard to make a good move.
  15. jersey cubs fan
    agreed, which is why he's being suspended from playing football instead of going to jail for a long time. what punishment do you think is appropriate for lying to the ncaa? How long is the punishment? The NCAA is notorious for screwing people over for relatively minor mistakes, I wouldn't entirely blame a kid for lying about something he might have thought could land him in a heap of trouble. I don't necessarily have a problem with them punishing the guy, but is he suspended for the season or something? That would be nuts.
  16. jersey cubs fan
    I don't know, I don't see this fellow they got as being particularly desirable to anyone. And I doubt Johnson was much of a cap hit. Looking forward to the game tonight. I don't care what happened last spring. DETROIT (still) SUCKS! The maneuvering may not necessarily be about acquiring somebody another team would want, but rather acquiring somebody you wouldn't mind using in replace of whomever gets traded.
  17. jersey cubs fan
    It won't be hard if they eat most of the money. But some people are suggesting it won't be hard to move him without eating money. Those are very different things.
  18. jersey cubs fan
    Yeah, but with Bradley ready to be traded for pennies on the dollar, there's more money not available to upgrade the offense. I'm of the mind that there won't be a big bump in payroll next year, and with the limited flexibility because of existing contracts, not offering Harden arb is the most concrete way to add some maneuverability. Figure that if the Cubs pick up (liberal estimate) eight million of Bradley's 2010 contact along with ditching Harden, that potentially opens up $12 million. However, with salary increases for remaining players, it could drop that number significantly. When they end up with a rotation of Lilly, Zambrano, Dempster and 2 of Wells, Marshall, Gorzo and Shark, the moderate jump in offense they get with whoever replaces Bradley (actually they probably won't get a bump) won't matter.
  19. jersey cubs fan
    I don't see Ricketts interfering with a baseball decision like this. Maybe he'd add enough payroll to make it less of a risk in Hendry's mind, but I'm sure Hendry has a pretty good idea what Ricketts is going to offer up as a budget.
  20. jersey cubs fan
    Interesting the drama behind it, I guess, but the fact is we had a surplus on defense and Brent Sopel is better than Aaron Johnson. Which isn't saying much for AJ. I was under the impression they were very deep at forward and if they needed anything it was defensemen.
  21. jersey cubs fan
    There are absolutely reasons why they shouldn't offer him arbitration. I happen to think the reward is greater than the risk (because I think the risk is pretty low of him accepting), but there is definitely risk involved and potentially serious risk. Risk isn't a reason not to offer arbitration. There's risk in every contract you hand out. One year of maybe $10m is not that much risk in the grand scheme of things. And the potential reward is much higher.
  22. jersey cubs fan
    The jury is not out, they were very clearly a fluke super bowl team. They were 9-7, outscoring their opponents by 1 point, and they have a 38 year old inconsistent QB. They aren't a young team putting it together, they are a mediocre team with the ability to put a bunch of points on the board at times.
  23. jersey cubs fan
    Because they should have all gotten into their delorians to see what happened in the future, duh! The day Dusty Baker signed up for the Cubs that future was decided.
  24. jersey cubs fan
    Yes, but like my 12 year old cousin, if the ball stays in the air until it reaches the infielders, for Miles that's considered a line drive. No matter how soft it was hit.
  25. jersey cubs fan
    I'd like to see that, but I don't think they have the personel. I don't think either of those guys would be effective at all dropping back. It's not about being effective. They just have to cover their area and cut off a passing lane. Both being 6'5" and the two most athletic DL on the team, makes them the most likely candidates. They still have to do more than just back up though. I don't think they are nearly as athetlic as the type of 3-4 ends that typically run that sort of zone blitzing scheme.
×
×
  • Create New...