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  1. jersey cubs fan
    I didn't turn it on until relatively late, and most of what I heard were them commenting, in the negative, about how the Cardinals were reacting to calls. They did a really bad job with the whole 3 or 4 balls thing. And they obviously had a few Zambrano comments, but they didn't come close to the outright disdain the Milwaukee announcers have for Z. I was impressed with them calling out Molina for his actions during the at bat that started 3-0 before he K'd.
  2. jersey cubs fan
    Is this the bacon cheeseburger served with krispy kreme donuts as the bun?
  3. jersey cubs fan
    Wow. That sounds a little excessive. Deal is probably backloaded, and I don't think he will see the last 2-3 years of it. The Bears typically don't do stuff like that though. At the most, I could see it being structured so that year 6 is more or less not going to happen, but that's even a stretch.
  4. jersey cubs fan
    No, I don't believe they are. Everybody talks about every small deal as an in to the same 2 teams making larger deals, and I just don't see it. I guess it comes from the tendency of some GMs to deal with the same group of GMs on a regular basis. But I wouldn't characterize any recent Cubs trade, with SD, OAK or PITT, as a precursor to something larger.
  5. jersey cubs fan
    I hate all that "one position" talk. QB is one position. MLB is one position. LB and CB are not. If guys are on the field at the same time, they aren't playing the same position. You should pay your best guys the most money. If you have great LBers, you can't just let one go because you are paying them more than your safeties. I think this just indicates how little they want to keep Briggs here long term. They think he's replacable, and don't think the CBs are. At this point I'd have to give mgmt the benefit of the doubt, given their impressive track record.
  6. jersey cubs fan
    The Reds are out of it. By trading Dunn, they are waving the white flag anyways. What do they care? What if Dunn gets hurt in those few games he is playing against the Cubs and the Reds lose out on a package of prospects because they didn't want him to hurt them right away. Just out of curiousity, what do you think the odds are that if they trade Dunn they wait until the last minute to see how good of an offer they can get? If they truly are shopping him and fielding offers, they may wait till the 13th hour to see who makes the best pitch. Probably pretty good odds. But every trading deadline has a couple deals go down in the days leading up to it. It depends on what others are offering, and what else they think the Cubs are after. If, for instance, they thought Chicago was either going to trade for Dunn or Tejada, they'd think twice about waiting out a Cubs offer if they got one they liked, because there's always the possibility they pull the offer and go for the other guy. That being said, Dunn coming to the Cubs is a huge long shot.
  7. jersey cubs fan
    Why? Serious why or sarcastic why? They wouldn't trade him to a team they are about to play and have him turn around and hurt them right away would they? In the division no less? I mean, I know its happened before and probably will again, and I know Krivsky isn't bright, but it just doesn't ring true to me. It would be incredibly stupid to hold up a trade for that reason. It would also be incredibly stupid to trade a player if you don't have to yet, i.e the deadline isn't till after the series. But excuse me for suggesting it, just seemed a bit off to me. Don't have to yet? Then why don't all trades wait until the deadline? You never have to trade a player. You trade players when a deal is reached. I would be incredibly pissed at the Cubs if they intentionally waited a few games to trade a guy because they didn't want that guy to hurt them for 3 days. The risks are far greater than the rewards. The Reds are done. They suck. I highly doubt they think their season will be affected one way or another by waiting a couple days to trade Dunn. If I come to an agreement to make a trade, and the other team says, ok, but now we have to wait until after our series, I end the discussions right there. Dunn could get hurt, the guys you are trading could get hurt. Another team could come in with a better offer.
  8. jersey cubs fan
    I'm pretty sure they talk to their players about the possibility of being traded. You can't just drop the bomb on the guy without warning. Of course you can.
  9. jersey cubs fan
    Why? Serious why or sarcastic why? They wouldn't trade him to a team they are about to play and have him turn around and hurt them right away would they? In the division no less? I mean, I know its happened before and probably will again, and I know Krivsky isn't bright, but it just doesn't ring true to me. It would be incredibly stupid to hold up a trade for that reason.
  10. jersey cubs fan
    Not to derail the thread, but Grudz produced very well during his time with the Cubs. Hindsight being 20/20 there is no way that any sane person would argue Hill would have been a better option. And to say that Dubois was a better option than Hollandsworth is like saying that Neifi was a better option than Macias. They both sucked. you must not have been around here back then. DuBois was the 2nd coming of Babe Ruth to some people here.... Why must you and others exagerrate so ridiculously the stance that some people hold on players. Saying it would be best to give one of their own cheap young players a chance over an aging unproductive player is not saying you think the kid is a HOF, Babe Ruth II, guaranteed All-Star or anything other such nonsense.
  11. jersey cubs fan
    Sure makes a lot of sense to me.
  12. jersey cubs fan
    Why?
  13. jersey cubs fan
    Wow. That sounds a little excessive. Unless it's heavily backloaded, I'd say very excessive.
  14. jersey cubs fan
    If this was the son of Dunn's barber, I'd believe it.
  15. jersey cubs fan
    I don't believe he can be a free agent until after 2008.
  16. jersey cubs fan
    Did you bother to read any other post before you enlightened us all with the gem above? It is posts like this that are dragging this board down to a lower level. This post and others like them are completely uninformed and vaccous and unfortunately all to indicitive of the general level of analysis as of late. It really sums up how absolutely clueless the anti-Murton crowd is.
  17. jersey cubs fan
    But it's not like they lost somebody of value to put him on the roster. The worst part is starting the option clock, but he isn't exactly a guy we need 4 years to determine if he can help the team.
  18. jersey cubs fan
    well, sample size, right? I would be all for calling him up and letting him play if there weren't 2 or 3 other holes in the lineup What does that even mean? SS is a hole, and at least Ronny provides a chance that it's filled. Status quo hasn't filled the hole. And a Ronny call-up shouldn't prevent filling any other holes.
  19. jersey cubs fan
    I am hardly a Cedeno believer, but young players first breaking into the majors typically improve as time progresses. and i feel the same way about cedeno as i do about pie: they may be good big leaguers long term, but a playoff chase isn't the time to break in the rookies. i know that creates the question of "when is the right time" and right now, i don't know. Good teams break in rookies during playoff chases all the time.
  20. jersey cubs fan
    Dye could help. But if he plays like he has so far, he won't. Dye, at his best, is much better than Murton, as I said. It's a bad trade, however, because Dye usually isn't any better than Murton, he's much older, and likely to decline. He's a free agent to be, so it's either 3 month rental or sign to a bad contract. Murton is under team control for the next 5 years and will be very affordable.
  21. jersey cubs fan
    I'm not saying he's likely to be an ace, or the centerpiece of a major trade. I'm simply disputing your statement that he's trash, which is definitely not supported. There's a world of middle ground between being an ace and being trash. I'm just trying to bring some perspective to this....you are not going to get a bat like Dye for a guy of Mateo's value. He may not be trash, but he isn't very good either and I think he is a 5 starter at best. Put yourself as a White Sox fan, and your team is in selling mode....and one of your biggest chips is Dye. My reaction to a Mateo for Dye trade would be that Mateo is trash compared to what we could/should get for Dye. Except that wasn't the trade you reacted to. It was Mateo and Murton for Dye, which from a Cubs perspective, would be a bad idea. Dye at his best, is probably better than Murton could every dream. But Dye is rarely at his best and is in his mid 30's now, so hoping for a resurgence isn't wise. Typical Dye isn't any better than Murton.
  22. jersey cubs fan
    23 choosing playoff appearance, 14 say nope.
  23. jersey cubs fan
    Did you got to the Jim Hendry school of cost management? Frankly I don't care if you don't care what he makes. The fact is it matters. Smart teams get the most bang for the buck. Poorly run teams pay big money for not big production. Inefficient management is why this team has had the troubles it has had.
  24. jersey cubs fan
    They aren desperate for OBP more, and Murton does provide that. Additionally, OBP is more important than SLG.
  25. jersey cubs fan
    Power isn't the only need. Have people forgotten the OBP issues? OBP has been the biggest problem for years, and they still lag behind there, due mostly to the lack of walks. In the NL, they are 8th in SLG and 10th in OBP. And OBP is the more important of the two factors in OPS. We need more productivity, and Murton can be productive. He already has been at the major league level, and the entirety of his professional career he is likely to be over the next few years. At his peak, that's probably fair. Although he could be a bit higher in SLG. I think he's a guy who would exceed the 900 level in OPS, if things came together.
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