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it's not my fault those people talk and write like morons. -
Bears Offseason Thread (Trestman new HC, pg 37)
jersey cubs fan replied to CaliforniaRaisin's topic in Other Sports
Wouldn't that make his job easier? He's coming into one of the best situations that any team with a just fired HC could be in. I think the point is that the standard is set pretty high already. An 8-8 or 9-7 season would be considered a great first season for most first time head coaches, but wouldn't be for Trestman. I was annoyed that I couldn't read that link this morning. Stupid Tribune and their 5 article limit. http://www.chicagotribune.com/sports/football/bears/ct-spt-0708-bears-chicago-questions-20130708,0,4960940.story I couldn't read that link but was able to read it off of a twitter link. Are they different? -
Eh, when "more MLB-ready" becomes part of the value the actual quality of the baseball player may not be as high. He turns 22 in a couple months and is one step away from AA with what looks like very solid performance in his first 200 professional innings. He's not going to be in MLB anytime soon, but for Hairston? So be it.
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well, it is nice when you don't have to search for it yourself
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Bears Offseason Thread (Trestman new HC, pg 37)
jersey cubs fan replied to CaliforniaRaisin's topic in Other Sports
Wouldn't that make his job easier? He's coming into one of the best situations that any team with a just fired HC could be in. While I think I understand the point he was trying to make, that was a very poor way of trying to make it. You're right, the fact that they are good should make his task of reloading easier, than if they were 6-10. The tall task is that Trestman isn't going to get a 2 year grace period of turning around a bad team. 7-9 in his first year would be a success for most new coaches, but for Trestman it will be a setback from what his predecessor was able to accomplish. If he doesn't make the playoffs then it will be just like most Lovie seasons. He has to come in and win right away. Which I think was the point Biggs was going for with that odd phrasing. -
luckily there are people who are not as smart as sandy alderson and andrew friedman running baseball teams, and i'm pretty sure there are still some who have no idea wtf a .218 BABIP against means. that's not to say i think there's any chance in hell you get a top 25 prospect for travis wood. I don't even think the mets will be buyers
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2013-14 International Free Agency Thread
jersey cubs fan replied to CaliforniaRaisin's topic in Cubs Minor League Talk
wasn't that Matos guy announced yesterday? -
2 of them. Which is why I used 20 years instead of 30. But even if we go 30, the fact that the Cubs have had six playoff appearances spread out over that time frame, while the Pirates have had just about nothing to show up to the ballpark to see for 20 consecutive years has to have some bearing. I mean even if you take out the Cubs' playoff appearances since 1992, at least there was a few seasons of Sammy mashing to watch. It's been 20 years of baseball desolation in Pittsburgh. I get that, but I was replying to illini's comment. I couldn't tell if he was talking about 20 years or 30 years. Anywho, the point stands from whoever said it, there are teams fan bases that have had it worse. Although that doesn't really help anything.
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This portion right here is completely stupid to include. If I was scouting a guy and he got suspended and received a talking to from the front office and then fresh off that gets benched by his manager for not playing the "Cubs way" it raises a red flag stupid or not I'll include it. Sure we aren't talking about Milton Bradley but you'd be stupid not to include that in the discussion. It has nothing to do with what you are talking about. You can go ahead and include it but all it does it weaken the rest of your argument, which I am predisposed to sympathize with, in the eyes of others.
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Uh, no. How are the Cubs brief flashes of being not terrible better than those teams in that period? I don't know about 30 years, but I can definitely tell you that I would much rather take the Cubs' past 20 over the Pirates' past 20, and if you don't see why then you're crazy. Probably than Milwaukee's too, but not by as much. 03 alone makes it better than both those franchises. Pretending otherwise is foolish. Pittsburgh had its own 2003 within the last 30 years.
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Baseball executives are supposed to have a greater ability to judge such things than the media experts that write about them and especially the fans who form opinions based on those media reports. It's not hindsight for them.
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This portion right here is completely stupid to include.
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Tell that to Theo.
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There's a Stefon bit to be made here.
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Is that supposed to say something else? Like, "the guy"? "A guy" sounds like a rather mundane description, especially for a description for what somebody might become if he gets his head on straight. I was going to snark that and say yeah he might become just a guy if everything breaks right, but I've been cranky enough. The fact that he quoted "guy" makes it a compliment. Yeah, I assume it's meant to be a compliment, but is what he is saying that if everything goes right he might turn into a replacement player? That's what it sounds like.
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Is that supposed to say something else? Like, "the guy"? "A guy" sounds like a rather mundane description, especially for a description for what somebody might become if he gets his head on straight.
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2013-14 International Free Agency Thread
jersey cubs fan replied to CaliforniaRaisin's topic in Cubs Minor League Talk
Why is it obvious that they didn't want to save actual money? -
If you wanted someone impactful, you should have traded him back when he had 64 starts left in his contract rather than 16. it wasn't my choice to make
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It's not a crap deal. Your expectations are simply out of whack. No, that is a crap deal. Unfortunately, it's also kind of along the lines of what I expect. My preference is to trade him for something that is potentially impactful. A top 100 guy is not that.
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Well then make up your mind, you can't say they will have to settle for a crap deal and that they will have plenty of strenght in negotiation that will net them a good deal at the same time. The deal mentioned sucked and should be passed on. A good deal should be accepted.
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Disagree. Getting a couple of useful prospects > a draft pick > having Garza on a bad FA deal If it was guaranteed to be a bad deal perhaps, but it is not. You can't negotiate with any strength if you are resigned to trading a guy no matter what.
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I thought you were against signing Garza long term. It's not my favorite option. But trading him for "whatever you can get" is a worse idea.
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That's not a fair comparison since it's not a $$$ for $$$ thing. The IFA money isn't just based on whatever a team wants to spend, they need to have access to the slots. It's a fair comparison to discuss what the market for IFA slot space is.
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I think that seriously underestimates the price to keep Garza. He's not going to come back on a reasonable deal. He's going to hit a money-rich, talent-poor FA market as the best pitcher available and get something stupid. Then you can pat yourself on the back with the No. 35 overall pick or whatever that might slot into the back of our top 10, instead of getting a top 100 prospect + a guy as good as the No. 35 pick. Then sign him. If you can't get an impactful return in trade there is no point in trading him. Incremental improvement does nothing for this team.
