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  1. jersey cubs fan
    It wouldn't be about 60 at bats in March.
  2. jersey cubs fan
    If he doesn't, why would we want to extend him? Because an underwhelming first half will still likely leave him as our best starting pitcher. With a very limited resume at a relatively advanced age. Unless he's suddenly dying to give a discount there would be no reason to sign him after a disappointing first half. And I cannot imagine him suddenly offering a discount unless he was hiding some sort of injury.
  3. jersey cubs fan
    He's 25 years old and this team sucks. If he can't make it, he's not going anywhere. Throw him in AAA and let him find ABs where he can, but there's no reason to worry about a logjam.
  4. jersey cubs fan
    If Olt can't win a job on this year's Cubs teams then I do not think you have to worry about getting him reps.
  5. jersey cubs fan
    Those are some unbelievably great storylines on 5 of the 8 series if it were to hold: Pens/Wings, Bruins/Habs, Leafs/Rangers, Hawks/Canucks, Blues/Kings Also, potential 2nd round matchups of Hawks/Blues and Pens/Leafs That isn't how the playoffs work anymore. Is that yahoo link even accurate? I don't see the "divisional matchup" aspect at play at all. No, it's not accurate. I think ESPN is showing the same, and I haven't been able to find anything that gives a breakdown of what we might be seeing.
  6. jersey cubs fan
    Those are some unbelievably great storylines on 5 of the 8 series if it were to hold: Pens/Wings, Bruins/Habs, Leafs/Rangers, Hawks/Canucks, Blues/Kings Also, potential 2nd round matchups of Hawks/Blues and Pens/Leafs That isn't how the playoffs work anymore. Is that yahoo link even accurate? I don't see the "divisional matchup" aspect at play at all.
  7. jersey cubs fan
    That's true, it is much better to not risk anything and guarantee a top ten draft pick than take a risk and maybe draft in the bottom half someday.
  8. jersey cubs fan
    Schmelzer? I don't even know her.
  9. jersey cubs fan
    I concur
  10. jersey cubs fan
    Are there still weirdos who think the sale structure nonsense is true?
  11. jersey cubs fan
    Every? No, but I very much like the idea with certain situations. One of those situations is when you've already let your payroll plummet to ridiculously low levels, have nothing else to spend it on and are in desperate need of exactly the type of player that is available if such a clause is given.
  12. jersey cubs fan
    You're getting four years of upside if things work out and seven years of downside if they go sideways. You don't see a problem? You're getting seven years of downside if things go sideways regardless. You just said one post up that you don't like going 7 years for pitchers, well there you go, you managed to get him signed to a 4 year deal assuming he doesn't get injured. Send him on his way and let his elbow explode for somebody else. I'm not sure I understand your POV here. Would you be in favor of giving player options in every contract? I can understand if you're saying we should have signed him regardless. But you seem to be saying that giving the player an opt out makes it a BETTER contract. How do you interpret it that way? The point is you offer the contract necessary to sign the guy, because you can, and because you need the player. It's not that big of a deal to give him a 4-year opt out. If he does opt out, odds are that you're going to be extremely happy about what happened in the meantime. Maybe in year 5 you won't need the player as much as you need him now. You can deal with that issue when the time comes.
  13. jersey cubs fan
    If any other player charged the mound after a teammate got beaned in a Venezuelan League game, would anybody make note?
  14. jersey cubs fan
    Impossible. The Cubs are DOOOOOOOOOMMMMMMMEEEEEEDDDDDDD because they didn't spent 160 million on someone who has never pitched in the Major Leagues and has built up a lot of innings playing in Japan. Good point, since this was the only quality free agent the Cubs have missed out on and they have otherwise done a marvelous job building a competitive team every year.
  15. jersey cubs fan
    i'd put our big 4 up against any other in baseball, especially regarding power potential in a league that lacks it. That's all well and good but does not address the point you quoted.
  16. jersey cubs fan
    So just, random collection of names associated with the position?
  17. jersey cubs fan
    Bummer for you jersey. I kind-of think it is getting more interesting because the top guys were so well covered that there is a bit of a consensus. I really like getting opinions on the guys...oh lets say from 10-30 because those are the ones I haven't heard as much about and for me (not being a scout or wannabe scout) this is how I form my opinions on the rest of the guys in the system. What can I say, guess I need a real life. :roll: It just seems to me that every guy at this point has a, "well, that's nice but he's 25" or "he's been good but his stuff is unimpressive", or "he's got some upside but has not done anything yet", or "but he's probably still injured/handicapped/dying". There's not a guy on the list that I think has to be voted here.
  18. jersey cubs fan
    For all the depth in this organization, this is when the interestingness of these guys plummets for me.
  19. jersey cubs fan
    I mean, yeah...but meh. I'm not gonna be upset if they take him or anything but I'm just not so overwhelmingly enthused about that profile that I'd strongly favor it over drafting a pitcher. My interpretation as well. I am almost always going to side with the elite college bat, but at least at the outset, that doesn't seem to be the case here.
  20. jersey cubs fan
    To think that veteran FA pitchers give two shits about the rankings of 20 year prospects is a bit of a stretch. Baseball veterans hate young players. They aren't putting their future in the hands of kids.
  21. jersey cubs fan
    I don't think promoting the culture of winning is as important as avoiding a culture of losing. It can't be good for player development when the team obviously tanks.
  22. jersey cubs fan
    Or it feels like a play on the "well, it's called the 'THEORY' of evolution"-argument. Just because some people act like it's set in stone doesn't negate it's value or mean that the people that use it correctly don't understand that it's not perfect. Not at all like that. The problem with war is it's attempt to quantify defense and baserunning. Hitting and pitching stats work because of what they measure, one on one matchups. Football stats don't work because of what it attempts to measure, and the same is true for defense in baseball.
  23. jersey cubs fan
    Not impossible. Heck, not impossible now. I'll take the under.
  24. jersey cubs fan
    Nothing interesting
  25. jersey cubs fan
    Whoever voted dunston must hate this system.
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