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  1. jersey cubs fan
    It's not all that dumb to trade a reliever, when that guy was relagated to last man standing status. You could argue it was dumb for Lou to apparantly give up on him to soon. But I'd rather trade a reliever than sign one to a longterm contract.
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    2 open spots
  3. jersey cubs fan
    Because he's got the tools that impress scouts but not the production that impresses numbers people?
  4. jersey cubs fan
    Doesn't look like much of a rush job. He was 22 in high A, 23 in AA and 24 in AAA. He had a cup of coffee at the higher levels a little early, but he was essentially one year at each level, and age appropriate all along the way. Unfortunately, he hasn't done much of anything since short season ball, with only a good amount of HR a couple years propping up his mediocre rate stats.
  5. jersey cubs fan
    Do we know anything about Robnett and Sellers? http://www.thebaseballcube.com/players/R/Richie-Robnett.shtml Richard Pryer Robnett is a smallish LH OF who has done nothing in the minors since being drafted in the first round. http://www.thebaseballcube.com/players/S/Justin-Sellers.shtml Sellers is a utility player who stinks.
  6. jersey cubs fan
    Will Oakland make him their closer this year and trade him next offseason for 5x what they paid to get him? Or stick with him until free agency and take the draft picks.
  7. jersey cubs fan
    I like Wuertz, and think he's been underutilized - something the Cubs seem to specialize in with pre-arbitration players. They take so long trying to ease guys into roles, that they start option clocks and arbitration clocks early without getting enough benefit from those cheap total team control seasons. But now that he's starting to make the bigger bucks, and before he hits free agency, you might as well deal him for something of value rather than keep him in the limbo section of the bullpen. Letting free agent relievers leave might be the easiest way to steal draft picks, but with the Cubs deciding to just let guys go for no compensation, and their inability to draft and develop, a trade might be the best value.
  8. jersey cubs fan
    Perhaps my biggest problem with the notion of chemistry is that, even if you assume Millar's personality somehow added just the right amount of lightheartedness to loosen up other players and help them perform better, the assumption that this is some sort of ability of his that he can bring to another team just doesn't make sense to me. It may have happened in Boston in 2004. But that team won it all again in 2007, without the help of Millar's loosy goosy personality. And Miller didn't help them beat the Yankees in 2003 either. And what about 2005, when they got swept by the White Sox? I just don't see any value in trying to recreate personality matches from teams that won in the past. The Phillies were a troubled team in a city even more title starved than Chicago, and their fans hated them for years, including during the 2008 season. They had done nothing in recent years. They got swept in the first round in 2007. But they didn't win because of some loose players.
  9. jersey cubs fan
    Hank's 2007 was a health issue. He was fairly consistent in 2005, 2006, and 2008. Bako has been consistently worse the past few years. It's not a matter of giving either guy an additionaly 200 AB's, it's getting the most you can out of the 150 or so PA a backup to Geo should get in a season. And Blanco is a better bet to give you more.
  10. jersey cubs fan
    Isn't he essentially only a backup 1B at this point? I don't see the point in Millar. His attitude wasn't nearly as important as his team's ridiculous production. Yeah, he is pretty much a backup 1B. Knowing how you think (and a lot of people here), its hard to believe that someone's attitude or clubhouse presence had a difference in the play of a team. But if it was possible, if any team could use a boost like the Red Sox allegedly benefited from, its probably the Cubs with their history and recent postseason success. A) We don't have a Yankees. B) Boston won because as often as they were good, it was bound to happen. C) If there's a team in the NL that needs some sort of mental boost, it's much more likely to be the Mets than the Cubs. That team has blown divisions two years in a row in glorious fashion. D) If Millar was any good, I'd be perfectly fine adding him in hopes that there was some sort of intangible mental benefit on the side. However, he's not any good, and he plays a position (RH backup 1B) that the Cubs really have no need for.
  11. jersey cubs fan
    Isn't he essentially only a backup 1B at this point? I don't see the point in Millar. His attitude wasn't nearly as important as his team's ridiculous production.
  12. jersey cubs fan
    It's a significant difference. One is bad, one is horrendous. It's absurd to accept any level of light hitting from a catcher just because all backups are supposed to be light hitting.
  13. jersey cubs fan
    Miles for now. But as I've said a bunch of times, I can't see Lou dealing with only 1 backup MI.
  14. jersey cubs fan
    and blanco signed with a team that's going to give him a chance to play more. comparing bako to blanco is silly; he wasn't going to come back. How is it silly to compare a player signed to fill a position this year that was filled by a different player the year before? because it wasnt a matter of choosing blanco or bako? Regardless of Blanco's purported reasoning for choosing SD (it was stated early in the offseason that the Cubs had no intention of bringing him back, add in the left handed thing and it stands to reason they were as big a part of it as he was), it's up to the GM to field the best team he can, and improve upon your team. The fact is he signed a bad backup catcher who is significantly worse than the guy they had last year. That's not good.
  15. jersey cubs fan
    and blanco signed with a team that's going to give him a chance to play more. comparing bako to blanco is silly; he wasn't going to come back. How is it silly to compare a player signed to fill a position this year that was filled by a different player the year before?
  16. jersey cubs fan
    OPS+ in 2008, Blanco had an 83, Bako had 62. That's a significant difference.
  17. jersey cubs fan
    there are varying degrees of light hitting backup catchers. Bako is the worst of the worst. Blanco actually provided something with the bat. he's definitely not, but if it makes you feel better to say that then power to you. There may be somebody out there worse, but there's no doubt he's significantly worse than Blanco, which is the point. It's incredibly stupid to just accept any level of non-hitting from a backup catcher because they all fit the category of light hitting.
  18. jersey cubs fan
    there are varying degrees of light hitting backup catchers. Bako is the worst of the worst. Blanco actually provided something with the bat.
  19. jersey cubs fan
    Blanco has been significantly better than Bako Fontenot won't be on the bench as much, and Miles is a downgrade. Gathwright doesn't replace Pie, he wasn't there last year. And Hoffpauier isn't going to make the team with only 1 infield backup. And we have no idea if Bradley will outproduce what Edmonds did last year.
  20. jersey cubs fan
    Nonsense. Worrying about losing a pick is overblown. It's happened from time to time, but it hasn't come close to keeping salaries down. Virtually any player worthy of a big free agent deal is signed regardless of whether that team loses a pick. The economy this season has brought a renewerd concern about fiscal responsibility on the part of teams, but this is a first. Every year the Latroy Hawkins of the world are signed without concern about losing a pick.
  21. jersey cubs fan
    google "shocker" (aka Shock her)
  22. jersey cubs fan
    The Boston Red Sox? David Ortiz. he reportedly was a part of the group that wanted Manny out really? never heard that. where did you read that? Don't recall exactly, but it was reported at the time that Ortiz actually was in the group that talked to management about their problems with Manny. They supposedly voted or something, and he agreed Manny needed to go.
  23. jersey cubs fan
    The Boston Red Sox? David Ortiz. he reportedly was a part of the group that wanted Manny out
  24. jersey cubs fan
    What does should have to do with anything? Some of these players are likely living in a pre-2008 world, and the teams are operating in a post-2008 world, where throwing away millions on less than ideal players is extremely risky. Until guys are ready to drop their demands, they are going to struggle to find a bidder.
  25. jersey cubs fan
    If Heilman or Gaudin are taking up too much of that 400 IP, it could very easily be a big problem. I didn't include Samardzija in that list, because I don't think he'll be pitching unless he's pitching really well.
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