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It sounds like that's what the plan is going to be and I'm fine with it. I'm fine with it if it gets resolved ASAP. It's been lingering far too long already. -
Cuban submits application to buy Cubs
jersey cubs fan replied to PrimeTime's topic in Chicago Cubs Talk
Forbes evaluation of team worth seems to be a little off when compared to these sale prices. (Braves and the potential Cubs sale) http://www.forbes.com/lists/2006/04/17/06mlb_baseball_valuations_land.html Yeah I don't see the Braves being worth $400M when they were just bought for three times that. Those estimates all seem a little low, and I think the top end teams are, in some cases, worth considerably more than what they were appraised at. The Braves were sold for $1.2 billion? When did that happen? -
No gameday talk today? Everybody forget the season is still going on?
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Pie down for Soto, huh. Not that surprising. Pie needs to get some at bats. 3 catchers is dumb, but if they start Soto and get rid of one of the others soon, it's not too bad. This is all about buying time to dump Jones/Izturis and get Dempster healthy.
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Probably
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Yeah, Soto isn't anything special. But you are talking about a legit opportunity to see an increase of 300+ OPS points out of a position, from the ~400 OPS provide by Hill and Bowen to possibly a 700 from Soto. Any such move is going to draw attention.
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my lord, the score has more commercial time than a late night infomercial.
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Unless there's a major shakeup and possibly a trade, I would think that move would wait. They were willing to push their luck for a good 3 weeks talking about the so-called need for 12 pitchers. Now that the entire bullpen is completely rested, I would think they'd be willing to wait another week or two.
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So I logged onto the score to listen online and hear the Soto report, and I'm listening to them talk about potential transactions. Some Indians fan asked about Shoppach for Jones. Boers claimed Shoppach has been around a long time and been really bad. He's 27 and has played in parts of 3 seasons, and is raking this year. Not sure how that qualifies as being around for a long time. And these idiots are talking about Jones as a solid CF who is a .280 hitter that has power. So many people in the media think of players ability as a constant. Jones hit .280 last year. But he is hitting .233 right now and hit .250 the 2 years before coming to Chicago. Sure, he's a .277 career hitter, but he's 32 years old now and has been pretty bad for 3 of the past 4 years. Maybe, just maybe, he's a mediocre player declining toward the tail end of their career. Huh? Maybe?
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For once I'm hoping that Levine is the more knowledgeable Bruce. :D If I recall correctly, BMiles doesn't work home weekend series, so maybe he's not around.
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Well I hadn't heard anything about other people hearing the same thing or both stations reporting. The fact that both stations are reporting lends more credence, but just a couple weeks ago several posters and several radio stations were reporting the Jones deal as done. All I'm saying is I'm waiting for some actual confirmation of a move. Just read the last page of this thread. Yeah, those were posted after I raised the skepticism.
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Well I hadn't heard anything about other people hearing the same thing or both stations reporting. The fact that both stations are reporting lends more credence, but just a couple weeks ago several posters and several radio stations were reporting the Jones deal as done. All I'm saying is I'm waiting for some actual confirmation of a move.
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It's not a matter of you intentionally posting untrue rumors. But it wouldn't be the first time somebody misheard a report, or passed on an erroneous report. I'm just saying I wouldn't assume it's a done deal until we see something substantial.
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Really? One person said he heard Bruce Levine report it, correct? Has there been any other confirmation?
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2007 International Free Agent Market
jersey cubs fan replied to CaliforniaRaisin's topic in Cubs Minor League Talk
Interesting phrase. -
I'm convinced many people just misinterpret reports. Guys go on the radio and say "One of the things the Cubs could do today is call up AAA catcher Geovany Soto from Iowa" and many people think they heard Soto was called up. Not saying that happened here or not, but it's definitely happened in the past. But we probably wouldn't hear anything official until tomorrow, unless a trade happens today. No need to make a roster move until game time.
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I'm trying to remain cautiously optimistic on this one.
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He's never hit for power. But I wouldn't say he's never been good. He's always had a decent amount of patience and hit for an acceptable AVG/OBP combo, for a catcher. He's just never hit for power. But catchers routinely take a little while to develop and power is always the last thing to come. His numbers last year in AAA, .272 .353 .386 would be more than welcome on the 2007 Cubs.
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It could mean they realized they were waiting for HENRY BLANCO to make it back to the team and help things.
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Hill is out of options. Assuming he's the one leaving to make room, he'll be going to a different organization. Maybe he would. But the Cubs aren't exactly loaded at catcher, so he could still look at them as one of his better opportunities to make a big league roster. This is very intriguing. I'd be surprised if they called up Soto right now, only because it took so long in the first place.
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They might as well trade him for something, since they aren't going to play him.
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They tried to move him last year. They've been trying to get out of that contract for a while, while at the same time getting some young talent. It is highly unlikely that they will be able to trade Griffey and his contract straight up for good young talent. Something will have to be done with the money, either them picking up part of it, or taking back somebody who makes less, but still a signficant amount.
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Obviously they will have zero interest in those guys. That's not the point. Teams often take back other team's problems they have zero interest in to fascilitate a trade. There isn't exactly a huge market for Griffey, and if he's truly limiting his potential destinations, Cincy is going to have to be flexible if they are going to make any sort of deal. If they are interested in trading Griffey for prospects, I'm sure they consider trading Griffey for prospects plus a bad contract. And with Jones at least having some power potential, I would think they would entertain the idea of bringing him to GABP.
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Minor League Discussion & Boxes 7-11-2007
jersey cubs fan replied to CaliforniaRaisin's topic in Cubs Minor League Talk
That's not a bad line at all. Hopefully he's coming around. I will be more than ecstatic if I'm wrong and he makes it to big club as a starter. 1.60 WHIP. You can't complain about the 5 IP and 2 ER, or 10 ground ball outs. And the second half ERA of 2.81 is nice, but Samardzija is still playing with fire. I'm pretty sure he started out the year with a couple outings where the ER didn't exactly match up with what the WHIP and K rate would indicate. A sub 4 K rate while allowing that many baserunners isn't the least bit impressive. Strike out at least 5 per and maintain the ground ball outs without walking guys and maybe we'd have ourselves a prospect. That would be something more like 6 IP, 2 ER, 5 H, 3 K, 1BB, 11 GO - 4 FO would be an impressive outing from him at this point. -
I have no issue with the yell, as playing sports for many years, I have yelled to distract in baseball, basketball, soccer, etc. The slap is pretty cheap and un-defendable however. Then you are bush league too. You don't do that, period. Yes, absolutely. All competitive sports should be played in complete silence, with neither side trying to do anything that would upset the delicate balance of competition. ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ BUSH LEAGUER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
