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Bruce Miles @BruceMiles2112 13s For today's attendance game, you're not allowed to just guess crowd size. You have to name everybody, too. #Cubs
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aggressive baserunning strikes again
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draw a walk draw a walk draw.. yay, Starlin drew a walk. Will that one guy eat his hat?
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Bruce Miles @BruceMiles2112 3m #Cubs say Takahashi cleared waivers and was assigned outright to Class AAA Iowa.
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Cubs would have to be on the extreme high end of that
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Chris Kuc @ChrisKuc 1m Mini-scoop while taking day off: Tomorrow through Saturday the NHL Network to film #Blackhawks' front office for NHL 36 documentary episode.
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Minor League Discussion & Boxes 4-18-13
jersey cubs fan replied to CaliforniaRaisin's topic in Cubs Minor League Talk
^^^What he said^^^ Iowa Cubs @IowaCubs 3m No game tonight vs @nashvillesounds Postponed by rain. Makeup date TBD. -
Minor League Discussion & Boxes 4-17-13
jersey cubs fan replied to CaliforniaRaisin's topic in Cubs Minor League Talk
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Paul Sullivan @PWSullivan 1h Field looks like it's in pretty good shape, all things considered. Thanks, Sodfather, for the patented drainage system.
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It goes back to not having the balls and/or foresight to make the very easy decision to fire Hendry on day one. Put a competent management team into place from day one and this team isn't in this position today.
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Oh shut the hell up. This person is awful.
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http://www.sportsworldchicago.com/c=eLBamd9YOc3Wk8HLMmnHMe9n0/category/wrigley_field_cam/#_
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The reason are that Stanton will cost more talent, while Price would cost more money. So a team like the Cubs, with lesser valued prospects to offer but plenty of cash to spend (if they want to) would be more in line for Price. Additionally, the Cubs prospects base is more position player heavy with no high end pitching, so their perceived need would also be in-line with the asset they appear to be more able to afford.
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Bears Offseason Thread (Trestman new HC, pg 37)
jersey cubs fan replied to CaliforniaRaisin's topic in Other Sports
I don't love it at all, but I sure would not cross it off the list of possibilities. -
Bears Offseason Thread (Trestman new HC, pg 37)
jersey cubs fan replied to CaliforniaRaisin's topic in Other Sports
I don't understand this sentiment. They have positioned themselves so they can justify selecting just about any position with the 1st pick, outside of QB and RB. Last year they had a desperate need for an offensive lineman and they drafted a tweener to play at the back of the defensive end rotation. If there's a guy of value available at their selection I absolutely could see them drafting one. -
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Right but the hope is that at least 2 of Soler, Almora and Baez will be those position players we wouldn't be able to get via FA. If we trade them for Price, we make it even harder to have a strong offensive core. I could go either way...Price would obviously be the best pitcher we've had in Chicago since Prior and makes our staff dominant. a top 5 Baez (as hard as it is to imagine with his performance so far), a newly top 50 Vogelbach (who the Rays have plenty of room for), and one of our many middle infield prospects.. ? It's almost impossible for a future DH like Vogelbach to ever be a top 50 prospect. I realize that almost the same can be said for 1B, but it's not like he can't play 1B. He just probably can't play it for us. By many accounts he can't really be relied upon to play 1B.
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There will be graduations, but also new guys from this draft. Plus other guys who will emerge from the middle. I'm not saying it can't happen, but he's already starting behind the 8-ball injured and as a guy who is far from the majors, there isn't going to be a rush to bump him quickly. It's no lock.
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I don't understand your phrasing. Why would the presence of 20 other teams trying to trade for the same guy help Almora be a centerpiece? To me, if you're a top 25ish prospect, even if your "lead piece" isn't the absolute best being offered, it puts you squarely in the running, to where it comes down to the rest of what you're giving up. Okay, but I guess I just don't understand the point of saying "if you're giving two dozen teams a shot". The more demand there is for the guy the less likely a guy like Almora (not particularly high ceiling, and not close to the majors) can be a centerpiece in a trade that is going to get the job done. I also think it's a pretty big assumption to call him a top 25 guy next year. He's rated highly right now based pretty much on reputation alone. He's going to have to perform at a high level this year to climb much higher this soon. He's already missing a chunk of time due to injury.
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I don't understand your phrasing. Why would the presence of 20 other teams trying to trade for the same guy help Almora be a centerpiece?
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Fair enough...although I'd argue that the player facility upgrades are a necessity and long overdue (and embarrassing in their current state). Could still be a better long term use of their money, though. If all of this [expletive] ultimately (and in a relatively timely matter) takes us from what would otherwise be the Yankees of just the NL Central (but well behind other teams in MLB who have pulled way ahead or already were ahead) to Yankees/Dodgers of MLB status, I'm OK with it. Whether or not it is a better choice in the long run to cut back on payroll and funnel operating revenues into infrastructure upgrades, that doesn't change the facts of exactly what Wittenmeyer said and what every media member reporting on the Cubs should say. Don't get mad at the media who reports on that fact. If you are fine with it, fine. But the resources that were once there are not there now.
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I don't see how it depends on that at all. They chose to reduce payroll despite the fact that they could afford it. That's all there is to it. I'm just saying that if something else is reasonably deemed a higher priority, then it's not that cut and dried. I mean, there are a lot of things they spend money on that they could dump out and ship to MLB payroll. What does "afford to provide" mean? It means what it means. The quality of the play on the field is the product they sell and they have intentionally reduced the quality of that product.
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I don't see how it depends on that at all. They chose to reduce payroll despite the fact that they could afford it. That's all there is to it.
