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  1. jersey cubs fan
    You don't get it so much at NSBB, but there's a serious notion among Cubs fans on the internet that going into a season with a .500 projection is undesirable because you can't be a contender but you'll ruin your draft position. It's so wrong, and so frustrating. I don't see what's wrong or frustrating about that mindset. Projecting to mediocrity is a bummer. Theo and Co. obviously believed in one end of that spectrum last season. He means that you shouldn't try to avoid projecting to be .500 because a team that projects to be .500 has higher odds to surprise contend. If you end up not contending, there's plenty of time to blow it up. No reason to just go into the season trying to lose 90 just because you don't think you can win over 85. You should avoid projecting to .500 because you should try to be better. Not because, "hey .500 can sometimes be good enough if things work out well for you."
  2. jersey cubs fan
    all with two outs? that's always fun
  3. jersey cubs fan
    You don't get it so much at NSBB, but there's a serious notion among Cubs fans on the internet that going into a season with a .500 projection is undesirable because you can't be a contender but you'll ruin your draft position. It's so wrong, and so frustrating. I don't see what's wrong or frustrating about that mindset. Projecting to mediocrity is a bummer. Theo and Co. obviously believed in one end of that spectrum last season.
  4. jersey cubs fan
    I imagine it can be potentially helpful, but a raw player like Long who hasn't played much offensive line and needs a crap ton of coaching in that department isn't going to gain nearly as much playing grab ass with Jay Glazer and those meatheads than he is by actually practicing the sport of football. Offensive line is about technique. RB and WR is about exploiting your physical gifts. Apples and oranges.
  5. jersey cubs fan
    And some of them are To the tune of an about league average offense (8th in wOBA 9th in R) and that's WITH fairly to hugely disappointing seasons out of Rizzo and Castro. I don't understand why so many people think this team is so much worse than it is. It's not bereft of talent. There is no doubt there is talent. The reality is that talent still needs to maturate. I don't care what they do in their down time, I just want them to be better at playing baseball.
  6. jersey cubs fan
    Physically...but all I've seen have said he needs a lot of work on technique. Hub was saying that Long didn't know what to do with his hands, which is a little odd cuz I thought that was part of what he was working on with Glazer and the MMA stuff. MMA = offensive line play? Smart assery aside, I'm not sure why you'd expect a raw player to have better technique as an NFL OL as a result of MMA training with Jay Glazer. Yeah, that's a great way to have Jay Glazer speak glowingly of you during your career but I'm not sure what value there is to his play.
  7. jersey cubs fan
    Who the hell is going to hit in two years? Right now their foundation players are league average at best. The prospects I see at AA and AAA look pretty high risk to me, including Baez. I hope you're right Adam but I am not sure this team will be there in 2015 and certainly won't next year. Doesn't mean I would trade Shark but I would definitely consider it. "Who the hell is going to hit" is pretty far down the list of concerns regarding this team's ability to contend in future seasons. Between Castro, Rizzo, Baez, Almora, Soler, Bryant, Alcantara, & Vogelbach, enough of these guys should develop into productive major league hitters that offense should not be the glaring weakness that you're making it out to be. They have a plethora of bats for future seasons, but it's a legit question when referring to the next 2 years. Castro and Rizzo need to get better soon, and they each should be able to take steps forward. But I don't think any of those other guys can be expected to do anything on next year's major league team, and I doubt if any other does much in 2015, with the possible exception of Bryant. This team is only 9th in runs scored, 8th in OPS and 13th in OBP this year. They are 4th in SLG, but that isn't as important as OBP, and they are getting a bunch of that SLG mostly from older guys who will either being gone or probably decline.
  8. jersey cubs fan
    Physically...but all I've seen have said he needs a lot of work on technique. Yeah, I haven't read much about his actual play, just that he's really strong.
  9. jersey cubs fan
    I predict he's back in Iowa within a month. Hasn't Sveum said that part of the reason for the Soriano trade was to give Lake a chance to play everyday for the rest of the season to show what he's got? I think that was simply a convenient storyline to fit in for timing purposes. But they've been trying to trade Soriano for a long time and Junior Lake surprising start had no impact. He is going to fall off sharply and is not going to play everyday as a result, but it is going to take a massive decline in a hurry to send him back to Iowa now, considering September call-ups are just a month away anyway.
  10. jersey cubs fan
    I, for one, hate that in their minds this vindicates all the idiotic Yankees fans who went on and on about how ARod wasn't a "true Yankee". which is funny, because a crap-ton of "true yankees" have been on PEDs during the past 15 years. andy pettitte jumps to mind immediately. But Andy was just doing it to help the team!
  11. jersey cubs fan
    I, for one, hate that in their minds this vindicates all the idiotic Yankees fans who went on and on about how ARod wasn't a "true Yankee".
  12. jersey cubs fan
    Well, at the very least there are still division battles that do matter. Even if Pittsburgh is the leader for the wild card, they don't want to have their first shot at the playoffs to be a potential one and done scenario. The Dodgers are streaking, but they do only have a 2.5 game lead.
  13. jersey cubs fan
    In the last 4 weeks they've added Olt, Grimm, Strop, and Arrieta when they very likely could've gotten different players with lesser warts/greater potential that were not as close to MLB ready. I can't agree at all with "They have shown zero interest, to date, in emphasizing the now over the longterm value of any asset." Arguello actually put it pretty well just now: I don't think he put that well at all. It's a meaningless comment. What they theoretically "could" have had isn't particularly meaningful, since it's all speculation and they were trading away a bunch of flawed guys in the first place. You can disagree but you know you are wrong. How is any of what they've done emphasizing the now over the longterm value? Now isn't a guy who might make the team next year. The fact that they acquired guys who can play in AA or AAA doesn't mean they are emphasizing the now, at all.
  14. jersey cubs fan
    I would be absolutely shocked if the Cubs hesitated in an opportunity to trade Wood for Bundy, notwithstanding having their doctors go over his medical reports. They have shown zero interest, to date, in emphasizing the now over the longterm value of any asset. They have not been hesitant to acquire, and pay for, guys with current injury/rehab situations. And I would guess they view Travis Wood's results as a Cub as better than what they expect them to be going forward. Things like what "message you send by trading your all star" are completely irrelevant to this group. I would think the only reason there would be a chance they would hesitate would be if they regretted the path they have taken already, but I cannot imagine that is the case. It would be pretty much a text book example of a value-oriented transaction they would be likely to jump at.
  15. jersey cubs fan
    Did he change his twitter handle? It would appear so.
  16. jersey cubs fan
    Corey Black ‏@CblackCHC 1h For my physical done. Took all of five minutes for the doc to sign off. Ready to throw for the cubs Retweeted by Paul Sullivan
  17. jersey cubs fan
    Doesn't seem like there is a fit for us, short of doing a deal around Samardzija. Travis Wood for Bundy? http://assets0.ordienetworks.com/images/GifGuide/michael_scott/The-Office-gifs-the-office-14948948-240-196.gif you wouldn't make that trade?
  18. jersey cubs fan
    What does that even mean?
  19. jersey cubs fan
    He's 8th? The highest he can possibly is 5. I have him 6 behind Pierce Johnson. "Not anywhere near that low" is not accurate. He should be solidly 5th. 5th - 8th isn't an enormous gulf.
  20. jersey cubs fan
    It's not controversial, it's one [expletive] douche of an alderman being a whiny child No kidding. A drunk fan could drop something over the railing of the bridge? Then put fencing over the bridge like what exists on highway overpasses. Or just make it enclosed. The threat of somebody dropping something off a bridge is something that could be used to stop construction of any bridge anywhere. This Tom Tunney guy sounds like a real dick. I think the controversy comes from the notion that the city would be giving up city owned airspace to the Cubs for what amounts to a bridge that isn't going to be used much as a bridge, since it only connects the relatively small hotel to the stadium, but rather is a billboard.
  21. jersey cubs fan
    @PWSullivan: Ready to do this one more time and finally go home. http://t.co/JLTKwB1FQU Explains this earlier tweet. Is he switching with the white sox guy?
  22. jersey cubs fan
    Original title for war and peace
  23. jersey cubs fan
    Halfway through that I assumed layoutmans point was the complete opposite of what it ended up being.
  24. jersey cubs fan
    There does seem to be an attempt to set the record straight so all the idiots who hate Soriano realize how idiotic they are. Although, as dumb as they are they may not comprehend.
  25. jersey cubs fan
    I'm glad that type of racism isn't tolerated here
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