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  1. Little Slide Rooter
    That's actually a good point. Quit and if they make a stink about the contract money the Cubs will just pay it and he's home free. Call me crazy but that makes a lot of sense. Per his contract, unless both parties agree to break the contract, if he is going to work in baseball in 2012, it will be for the Boston Red Sox. He is well within his rights to retire and not work in baseball at all this year, but he would forfeit his pay. True. He couldn't quit just to join another team. It can't be that easy. Ok, but if he did just quit, and couldn't work in baseball in 2012, what would be to stop Ricketts to simply correspond with him throughout the off season and season and pay him under the table until the official end of the contract? At this point, theres no way for Theo and Lucchino to work together this season. I guess the only two options for Henry would be to let Theo walk or can Lucchino, which would be an interesting end to the saga.
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    Final thought of the night: we know about all the haggling going on, and them asking us for players and us not wanting to in, but do we know exactly they're asking for? If They're asking for Brett Jackson, Cshner, Szczur, or Castro, yeah, that's unreasonable on their part, but do we know for sure that they're not asking for a few guys from thr Flaherty, Jay Jackson, wellington csstillo and Alberto Canbrera catagory and Ricketts isn't budging? Just saying. That would make our side a bit unreasonable. Remember, most of what were heating is media speculation, so for all we know Jackson and Castros names never even came up to begin with.
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    I'm a bit too drunk to piece the last several pages together. Aside from more fun with Nuts & Gum and davearm and the wu tang invasion, is there anything new to report?
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    oK, new plan. Say [expletive] you Red Sox, you can have Casey Coleman or nothing. They back out and keep Theo for his final Year. During that year Theo trades us John Lester, Dustin Pedroia, and Jacoby Ellsbury for Alfonso Soriano, Carlos Zambrano, and Daewin Barney, and exercises Zs 19 mil 2012 team option just for good measures. When 2012 rolls around, Ricketts offer to Theo is still on the table. The end.
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    Soriano vs Crawford, yes. Lackey vs Z, I don't know. Past 3 seasons WAR: Z 2009: 3.6 pitching + 1.0 hitting = 4.6 2010: 2.3 pitching + .5 hitting = 2.8 2011: .9 pitching + 1.0 hitting = 1.9 Lackey 2009: 3.8 pitching + 0.0 hitting = 3.8 2010: 4.1 pitching + .2 hitting = 4.3 2011: 1.5 pitching + .1 hitting = 1.6 Z is also 2 years younger. Put Z in the AL and the OWAR drops significantly. In fact, as much as he enjoys hitting I don't know if he'd waive his NTC to go to the AL.
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    Yeeeeah....about that....
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    That ball was a line drive off the top of the wall. It would of been a great catch. Jerry H however cost them 2 runs. In Jerrys defense, he's done more for The Brewers this post season than anyone could have possibly expected from Jerry Hairston.
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    There's almost no spread at all between ~6-30. Most of the guys that fall in that range are gonna be pretty comparable to Candelario. Good tools, but haven't faced any advanced enough pitching for us to know what we've really got. Marco Hernandez, Gioskar Amaya, Dan Vogelbach, Shawon Dunston Jr., Mark Malave, etc... any one of those guys could rocket up the list with a good full season debut. (not to say they'll all get to full season ball this year). Basically, what it comes down to is that our upper levels are pretty weak and the strength in our farm system is in all of the lower level high ceiling guys we have, none of whom we really know just what to expect from.
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    Convincing Tiger that LaHair is worth anything is like convincing your average Cubs fan that Crane Kenney isn't responsible for all that is bad in this world. I still feel that LaHair could be similar to Ludwick, Ankiel, or McGhee were they breakout late and have 1-2 strong seasons before they fall on their face. I'd like to give him a try ad a platoon with Soriano or Byrd. However, if he starts the year at 1B, I'll be quite disappointed.
  10. Little Slide Rooter
    Too many more important guys to protect: Vitters, Flaherty, Szczur, Clevenger, and Jackson, possibly Lake and Rhee although i cant see a team keeping either of them on their big league roster all season. If someone takes Hatley, I'm OK with it.
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    Take a look at Crawfords contract year by year and try again. I've looked at it and basically I'm asking the Red Sox to pay half his salary for the last 4 years. That will mean he will cost the Cubs about $42 million over the last 4 years in future money as opposed to 2012 money. Ok, assuming that they're paying for the remainder of Sorianos and Z's contracts, I suppose it could be OK for them. However, even if we do get better production out of Crawford for a few years, is paying that much for what is likely to become of Crawford in the last 4 years after we're finally off the hook for Soriano really a fair compensation? Sounds a bit steep. And if Crawford doesn't end up rebounding from 2011, it's a flat out disaster.
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    Crawford's contract gets better if the Red Sox send some money over, but purely on each contract as it is now I don't think Crawford's is that much better than Soriano's. Crawford has more value than Soriano right this minute yes, but he's already 30 and is signed for the next six years at more money each year (I think) than any one of Soriano's. I could see the argument that it's better to push back the awful years that are inevitable for both players, but the risk is that there will be more (both in terms of cost and length) for Crawford. Even if we traded Soriano for Crawford and swapped the contracts as well, best case scenario is going back to year 1 on the Soriano contract and hoping that Crawford can give us a few years anything close to the first two Sori gave us before the inevitable decline. Even if we can get some good years out of him, I cant see things looking good when he's making 80 mil for his age 34-37 seasons.
  13. Little Slide Rooter
    How is that?
  14. Little Slide Rooter
    Take a look at Crawfords contract year by year and try again.
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    Meanwhile, Scott Miller chimes in saying that some sources are telling him Jackson tweaked his foot while others are saying he did not. Unless things change, Brett Jackson tweaked his foot. If they do change, he did not.
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    You're also getting the two better players. I don't know about that. I agree fully with Crawford vs. Soriano, but with Z and Lackey, Zs 2 years younger and has never had a season remotely as awful as Lackeys 2011. Lackey was also pretty rough last year. Still, I'd take the trade in a heartbeat. It also makes some sense for Boston as they're completely off the hook for Z after the 9 mil buyout after next season and Soriano after 2014, whereas Crawford and Lackey, I believe are there until '17 and '15 respectively. However, Crawford also stands to make 20.5, 20.75' and 21 mil in his age 35, 36, and 37 seasons. Ugh to that, but hopefully our farm system will be so redunk by then that it won't matter.
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    Or maybe they finally realized that nobody cares about the WBC and decided to pull the plug mid game.
  18. Little Slide Rooter
    http://twitter.com/#!/CarrieMuskat/status/124981880897540096 Muskat vs. Kaplan: everyone loses. All we need now is for Rosenthal to chime in with some kind of third story and the trifecta will be complete.
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    His source is the World Cup game? Wow. I don't see how it's unreasonable to think that isn't a sign that he was used as compensation. It would be a horrible decision, but depending on the situation in which he was pulled, the 2 options are that he was sent to them or injury, neither of which is a good thing. Id really prefer not have some dreadful outfield combination of Soriano, Byrd, Colvin, and Campana.
  20. Little Slide Rooter
    If you were Boston would you settle for that? Absolutely. The relationships clearly sour. If it doesn't end here, it ends next year. His prodigy is already in place, and you can get 2 useful players and some cash or nothing at all and one year of a GM clashing with ownership.
  21. Little Slide Rooter
    How about Geo Soto too? Hm... no thanks? He's 29 years old and he isn't good behind the plate or at the plate. He hit .202 with RISP last year in 114 at-bats. Sir, you're not off to a good start here. My CubsGM-sense is starting to tingle... What was the last incarnation again that did nothing but post images?
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    To be honest, I'm at the point where I really think it's a done deal and the only question is how much we end up giving up. The main advantage they hold is that they have a much better guy on their end of the negotiations than we do. I'd have no problem giving them Baker, a solid prospect, be it big league ready ( J Jax, Carpenter, Flaherty) or lower level ( Lake, Watkins, Beeler) and kick in. 2-3 mil. Might sound like a lot, but remember if Hendry were still here, he would have spent that 2-3 mil on another John Grabow anyway.
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    Sorry if this is old news, but the player quality being tied to how many people Theo can bring with him part is news to me. If raking less or none means not giving up quality prospects, but me in that boat. If they really want Baker as earlier reported, Id rather five them him and a decent prospect than 2 decent prospects. Maybe someone like Jay Jackson or Marwin Gonzalez who we aren't quite sure if they'll be Rule 5 protected.
  24. Little Slide Rooter
    There's a not so fine line between not being ready to pop the champaign and being overly negative. You sir seem to be bounding over that line.
  25. Little Slide Rooter
    I'd withhold the hearty handshake Give them Marquez Smith instead of Vitters and a fist bump instead of a heart handshake and it's a deal?
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