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Minor League Discussion & Boxes 6-19-12
Little Slide Rooter replied to Outshined_One's topic in Cubs Minor League Talk
Those latin american players never keep their head in the game. Italian Americans, Latin Americans, same difference. He was probably just thinking about pizza and Dean Martin. -
I grew up listening to Stone in the 80s. Hearing him "root" against the Cubs is just wrong. Also, either his announcing ability has gone down hill or my memory is really bad. . . :-k While many here will disagree I always enjoyed Stoney when he was with us. As for his announcing ability going down hill, perhaps poor announcing ability is contagious.
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Great play by Castro. No duck snort for you Hawk.
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Also to DFA him twice in the same year. And it won't be the last. If the Cubs are Mr. Burns, Koyie Hill's Bobo.
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The trouble is, there are plenty of Juan Pierre lights out there: Rajai Davis, Ben Revere, Sam Fuld, Carlos Gomez etc. and I can't imagine any of them having more value than DeJesus or a fully paid for Soriano.
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You really think we'd get more for Campana than DeJesus, Maholm, or Soriano?
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You may remember him from the Summer of 2009 when he entered Wrigley Field with an OPS in the low .600s and 1 career HR and left 3 days later in the mid .700s and 4.
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Do you not remember the 3 months between when we "signed" Jorge Soler and when we signed Jorge Soler?
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I have a hard time imagining what sort of already arrived MLB player they could get that would make it worth their while to deal him. The whole service time issue would be more or less a wash and then you'd be trading for the sake of a trade rather than resupplying the system as a whole. You'd likely be trading Barney's certainty for more upside, and probably at a different position. Barney is so valuable despite his lack of star potential because he's pretty well proven his ability to be average at worst(plus defense, .270 hitter in 900+ PA) with so many team controlled years in front of him. Taking on someone with more risk but more potential reward could be worth their while. I agree that it's not an easy fit, which combined with all that Barney offers makes it an unlikely match. This sums it up. Barney will more than likely be a productive, league average/above average player through his prime. However, if given the opportunity to move a guy who's a sure thing to be a good but not spectacular player for a package of high celing guys, you can't turn it down. If someone really wants him, and they offer a top 100 guy you take and run faster than Tony Campana. Basically, you're trading the promise of stability for the off chance of greatness.
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The good thing is that if he really does expect to sign before July 2 or whenever the CBA Fs things up, we won't have another 3 months of anticipation.
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I know the obvious response is nobody would offer enough to make it worth trading a player as productive as Barney at his price, but say that they do? If someone wants to overpay, or even sprinkle in some extra prospects in a Dempster or Garza I'd do it in heartbeat. I doubt that anyeone expects him to continue his 3.2 WAR, and if this could be the definition of selling high. Our next options for 2nd would be Cardenas, Valbuena, Lake, and DeWitt could then each audition for 2nd once Baker's gone.
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Any chance we could get him in a Dempster trade? :-"
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Daggumit.
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Meh, if the Tigers and/or Blue Jays were really offering the types of packages rumored/speculated, it would have happened. The extra year of team control still argueably makes him the most valuable SP potentially available unless of course the Mariners finally decide to shop Felix.
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That was the best Cubs vs. Sox inning since 2008 when Edmonds homered twice in 1. When was the last time the Cubs batted around in an inning anyway? Fred?
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He's always terrorized the White Sox.
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Well this inning sure got fun in a hurry.
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Looks like he did when he was a Cub. He's also pitching like did when he was a Cub.
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Looks like Starlin's remembered that he's awesome the past few games.
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Minor League Discussion & Boxes 6-18-12
Little Slide Rooter replied to Outshined_One's topic in Cubs Minor League Talk
When they run out of 40 year old retreads to sign. Seriously though, Cabrera will likely beat him there, but they should both make it sooner than later. With Maine getting the call up, I'd assume that 1 of the 2 should take his spot unless Dan Kolb or Frank DiPino show up looking for work. -
There's little that would make me happier than for Konerko to test positive.
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Sounds to me like an is what it is minor injury. I believe it's a year after they're drafted or a year after they sign.
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turner's k/9 tell me that he'll never be top of the rotation. i mean, doesn't a serious ace-prospect have to be at least over 9 at every level? i mean, that's a minimum requirement. if you can't strike guys out, you can't dominate. if you can't dominate, you're back-end. Greg Maddux says Hello, as do several HOF pitchers from the early 1900s (Walter Johnson included). So ''several'' pitchers in the history of baseball, pretty compelling evidence there. HOF = Hall of Fame. Do you really want me to go thru the names? Or are you ok now? Early 1900's=dead ball era. Very difficult to compare the 2. Fly balls were a lot less likely to leave the yard. Grounders were a lot less likely to make it into the outfield.
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Regardless, even if he does Dempster has quietly been one of baseball's more consistant mid rotation starters since he was put in the rotation. Even last season, take away the first month and his final start and he was very effective. The main problem now is that by the time he is ready to return, Greinke, Marcum, and maybe even Hamels could be on the block. I wonder if we could sell any of the teams in need of a starter sooner than later could be interested in Maholm. He's been a solid enough back end guy, and it's not like their are many guys available at this point.
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I guess I can stop expecting to see any Dempster trade updates until at least mid-July. I doubt that it will have a huge effect on his trade value, just that it will be delayed a few weeks.